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MARYLAND PROVINCE • USA NORTHEAST PROVINCE FALL/WINTER 2015 Welcoming POPE FRANCIS SOCIETY OF JESUS OUR PROVINCIALS... Very Rev. Robert Hussey, SJ Very Rev. John Cecero, SJ Provincial, Maryland Province Provincial, USA Northeast Province Dear Friends, What an amazing and inspirational year 2015 has been for our two Jesuit provinces! Everyone is still riding high on the excitement of having our Jesuit Pontiff, Pope Francis, in our midst this September. How incredibly blessed we were that his first visit to America came through the Maryland and USA Northeast Provinces. As he celebrated Mass in Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia, he drew crowds far and wide by the hundreds of thousands. His appearances, including his address to Congress, his prayer service at the 9/11 Memorial, and his participation at the World Meeting of Families, just to name a few, engaged millions of Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Our coverage of these events via social media garnered more than a thousand new followers on our Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/JesuitsEast. “Let us seek for others For Jesuits, the pope’s visit was a wonderful opportunity to shed light on our mission of service to those in need. His Jesuit background couldn’t have been the same possibilities more fully and beautifully expressed, as he chose to interact with the forgotten and marginalized in each city, rather than only with dignitaries. He captured the which we seek for hearts of so many, creating the opportunity for them to draw closer to Christ. ourselves. Let us help What better way to live the spirit of St. Ignatius! Pope Francis named 2015 the Year of Consecrated Life, and while in Wash- others to grow, as we ington, he paid a special visit to those following their call to religious life. How extraordinary it was that during this year devoted to vocations, 28 Jesuits were would like to be helped ordained to the priesthood throughout the U.S. and Canada, the highest number in 15 years. Please pray for a continued calling of candidates to the Society of ourselves. If we want Jesus and for those already in formation. We hope you enjoy this issue of JESUITS as we recap how the pope’s visit life, let us give life. If transcended cultures and generations, enlightening all those who experienced we want opportunities, his charisma – Jesuits included! And, as always, we thank you for your continued prayers and support of our let us give opportunities.” many ministries, the formation of our future priests and brothers, and the care of our senior Jesuits. May the peace of Christ be with you and your loved ones – Pope Francis during this season of Christmas and throughout the New Year. Sincerely in Christ, Very Rev. Robert M. Hussey, SJ Very Rev. John J. Cecero, SJ Provincial, Maryland Province Provincial, USA Northeast Province MARYLAND About Our Cover Pope Francis greets the crowds lined up USA NORTHEAST along New York’s Fifth Avenue prior to the PROVINCES Vespers service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Photo: L’Osservatore Romano FALL/WINTER Features Pope Francis: Explaining the World to the Church .........................5 The Francis Effect on Jesuits ...........................................................6 East Coast Novices Inspired by Francis ..........................................9 Pope Francis Comes To America: Thoughts on a Papal Visit .......10 Jesuit High Schools Unite Around Francis ...................................12 Jesuits in Formation .......................................................................14 A Global Journey Through Jesuit Formation ................................16 Jubilee Celebrations .......................................................................18 Editors In Memoriam .................................................................................18 Michael Benigno Michael Gabriele In the Footsteps of St. Ignatius ......................................................20 Contributors Fr. Daniel Berrigan, SJ: No Peace Without Peacemakers .............23 Rev. James Keenan, SJ Wendell Laurent Robert Ludwig, PhD Joseph Petriello, PhD Debra Ryan Sherri Weil 20 Advancement Directors Sherri Weil (Maryland Province) Joseph Naylor (USA Northeast Province) Please address all correspondence to JESUITS magazine: [email protected] Maryland Province Jesuits 8600 LaSalle Road, Suite 620 Towson, MD 21286-2014 443-921-1310 USA Northeast Province 39 East 83rd Street New York, NY 10028-0810 12 212-774-5500 JESUITS is published three times a year by the Maryland and USA Northeast Provinces of the Society More Look for this symbol to find of Jesus. The opinions expressed are In Every Issue on the web more information online. those of the individual writers and do not necessarily constitute the official Visit our websites at: policy of the Society of Jesus. In the News.........................................2 MARYLAND: www.mdsj.org ©2015 All rights reserved. Advancing Our Mission....................26 USA NORTHEAST: www.JesuitsEast.org Very Rev. John J. Cecero, SJ Printed in the USA. Provincial, USA Northeast Province Printed on recycled paper. 1 In the News announcing... NEW LEADERSHIP V and appointments Adam Baber began service as principal of McQuaid Jesuit on July 1, 2015. Mr. Baber previously served as assistant principal for faculty and curriculum at Canisius High School in Buffalo, a position he had held since 2005. Prior to that role, he was a faculty member in the school’s history department, served as its Vdirector of student activities, coached tennis and moderated club teams. Baber earned his bachelor’s degree in history and music from Bowdoin College in Maine and his master’s degree in educational policy, organization and leadership studies from Stanford University. He is also a graduate of the leadership seminars of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association. On Sept. 18, 2015, Pope Francis named Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, to be the new director of the Vatican Observatory. Br. Consolmagno is a planetary scientist who has studied meteorites and asteroids as an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory since 1993. He had been serving as president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, coordinator of public relations and curator of the Vatican meteorite collection in Castel Gandolfo, one of the largest in the world. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Br. Consolmagno was a post-doctorate lecturer at Harvard College Observatory and at M.I.T. before serving in the U.S. Peace Corps in Kenya, where he taught physics and astronomy. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1989. The author of numerous books on science and faith, he received the prestigious Carl Sagan Medal in 2014 for his ability to clearly and accurately communicate the discoveries of planetary science to the general public. Maura Parker, RN, BSN, CPHQ, has been appointed assistant to the provincial for health care of the Maryland Province Jesuits. She will provide clinical oversight for Jesuits who require nursing care and assess the health needs of all Jesuits in the province. Maura brings many years of hospital clinical work and instruction at local community colleges and has served as a performance improvement coordinator for the medical peer review team at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Maryland. In addition to participating in medical missionary trips to El Salvador and Nigeria, Maura coordinated a parish nursing program at St. John’s Catholic Church in Frederick, Maryland to meet the ongoing medical needs of the community. 2 Mary Claire Ryan began service as president of St. Aloysius School on July 1, 2015. The USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus has also named Ms. Ryan as director of the work, responsible for its Catholic and Jesuit mission. Her professional accomplishments include the establishment of the Cornelia Connelly Center, a middle school for girls on the Lower East Side of New York, one of the earliest replications of the Nativity model. She served as the executive director of the school until 2005. She has also served as the director of mission assessment and executive director for the NativityMiguel Network of Schools, the executive director of the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, and most recently the executive director of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Timothy Shriver has been named president of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC), one of the nation’s longest-running service organizations, effective Oct. 12, 2015. Tim comes to JVC from The Future Project, where he has held leadership positions since 2012, most recently as chief dream director in San Francisco. Along with a handful of the organization’s earliest employees, Tim spearheaded the development and growth of The Future Project’s transformative school programs – from youth leadership training and teacher engagement to its innovative recruitment and marketing strategies. Tim is a graduate of Yale University with a BA in ethics, politics and economics. educateadvocateguide inspire Fr. Michael Suarez, SJ, Nominated to National Council on the Humanities Jesuit Father Michael Suarez has been nominated by President Obama to join the National Council on the Humanities, a council made up of 26 distinguished citizens who contribute depth of scholarship, expertise and leadership in essential areas of the humanities. Once he is approved by the Senate, he will serve for a six-year term. As a scholar with particular interests in books as physical objects and 18th-century literature, Fr. Suarez’s extensive background in the humanities has prepared him for this role. He received his master’s in theology and Master of Divinity from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. His research has led him as far away as Oxford University, where he was a junior research fellow at St. John’s College and a member of the Oxford University faculty of English for 14 years. He taught at Fordham University for 10 years before accepting his current role as director of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. 3 Fr. Jeff Putthoff, SJ, Jesuit Alumni Concludes Service at Unite Hopeworks ‘N Camden P On Oct. 18, four Jesuit parishes in the USA Northeast Province – St. Ignatius After 16 years of changing the lives of at-risk Parish in Boston, Mass.; St. Michael’s youth in Camden, N.J.