In her article on Friday, 'Professors in the pulpit' published in UVa Today , Caroline Newman introduces us to some of the members of the faculty at the University who are also religious leaders in the local community. Michael F. Suarez, S.J. has served as Director of Rare Book School, Professor of English, University Professor, and Honorary Curator of Special Collections at the University of Virginia since 2009. He is also a priest affiliated with Holy Comforter Roman Catholic Church in downtown Charlottesville, established just a year prior to Jefferson’s death.