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FALL/WINTER 2015 Welcoming FRANCIS 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, , 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

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. through Hopeworks ‘N Camden, Jesuit Father Jeff Putthoff is moving on. Parish in Buffalo, N.Y.; St. He leaves the technology training program financially sustainable and vibrant, Parish in New York, N.Y.; and St. Charles having served over 3,000 youth since its founding in 1999. Borromeo Parish in Woonsocket, R.I. – When Fr. Putthoff began working in Camden after being ordained a priest, participated in Jesuit Alumni Sunday by he learned of the town’s historically low high school graduation rates – less celebrating Masses for over 300 Jesuit than 50 percent. Seeing an opportunity to serve the community, Fr. Putthoff educated graduates. sprang into action, founding Hopeworks, a program that provides both entre- Jesuit Alumni Sunday provided opportu- preneurial and technological training for about 300 teens and young adults a nities for alumni, joined together in their year, equipping them to enter the job market with a set of valuable skills. Hopeworks helps Camden teens earn the equivalent of a high school diploma shared Ignatian heritage, to foster a from its in-house tutoring program. This year alone, the program helped 20 common bond, while highlighting students enter college; overall, 200 Hopeworks youths have gone on to college. opportunities for continuing spiritual Those who don’t have found jobs at companies like Google, and about 30 growth and service to the local and percent of Hopeworks’ annual global communities. operating budget comes from In addition to alumni from local schools businesses that students have in the province, there were alumni from created and run within the organization. Jesuit schools from the rest of the “We’re viable and sustain- country reaching as far away as Loyola able,” Fr. Putthoff said. This Marymount University and Santa Clara gives him the freedom to step University, both located in California. back, leaving the organization Future plans include expanding Alumni secure in the hands of Dan Sunday to other provinces, or even Rhoton, Hopeworks’ new nationally. executive director.

Save the Date! ••• Thursday, April 28, 2016

Please join us as we celebrate and support the Jesuits and honor Gloria and Chuck Clough with the Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Award at the Jesuit GALA Thur., April 28, 2016, at Boston Marriott Copley Place.

For sponsorship and ticket information, call Liz Cunningham at 617.607.2893, or visit: www.JesuitsEast.org/GALA2016 ope Francis is explaining the world P to the Church and the Church to the world That was the lens through which many Jesuits in our nation viewed Pope Francis’ historic first visit to the United States, one that was a choreographed blend of political and pastoral moments.

At the Festival of Families and the World Meeting Congress, the pope urged elected officials to approach of Families Papal Mass in Philadelphia, Pope Francis the treatment of immigrants in this country with dignity. encouraged nearly one million attendees and many During his visit, Pope Francis did not just meet with others worldwide to love as God loves. He implored high-ranking dignitaries and church officials – he also world leaders at the headquarters to adopt met and prayed with priests, religious men and women sustainable development goals that connect environmental in formation, interdenominational groups, prisoners, the preservation with care for humanity. And, in the first-ever homeless, immigrants, and school children, sharing the papal speech delivered to the joint session of the U.S. joy he exudes at one or more pastoral stops in each city.

SEPTEMBER 22-24 | WASHINGTON D.C. Pope Francis’ visit to Washington, D.C. included a welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House and a visit with President Obama. Other stops in Washington included: • The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle • The Canonization of Blessed Junipero Serra (see p. 9) • Speech before the U.S. Congress (see p. 11) • St. Patrick’s Catholic Church • Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine

SEPTEMBER 24-26 | While in New York City, the pope led a Multi-Religious Meeting for Peace inside the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Other stops in New York City included: • St. Patrick’s Cathedral • Our Lady Queen of Angles Catholic Elementary School • Mass at Madison Square Garden Photo: Michael Ehrmann/Aleteia

SEPTEMBER 26-27 | PHILADELPHIA Pope Francis celebrated the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Other events in Philadelphia included: • Mass at Ss. Peter and Paul Church • Meeting with Hispanic community at Independence Mall • Prayer Vigil at the Festival of Families • St. Charles Borromeo Seminary • Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility

5 The Francis Effect By Mike Gabriele ONJesuits

Jesuits in formation reach out for their Holy Father.

e was Time magazine’s person of the pope has a message of love, acceptance, year in 2013 and has graced the covers of and forgiveness that transcends cultures countless other periodicals, including purely and generations. secular publications such as Rolling Stone But how has this all affected his and People. Whether visiting the homeless, brother Jesuits? Pope Francis, after all, speaking on immigration and religious is a Jesuit – the first Jesuit pope since St. Hliberties, or spinning basketballs with the Ignatius founded the order in 1534. One Harlem Globetrotters, our Jesuit pontiff need not be a Jesuit to understand that has made an impact on Catholics and his visit to America was a big deal. Many non-Catholics alike. This draw that Pope of the Jesuits in the Maryland and USA Francis has on so many people has come to Northeast Provinces were asked by local be known as the “Francis Effect.” It created and national media what it means to have a whirlwind of media attention and excite- a Jesuit pope, and how his Jesuit back- ment during his first visit to America in ground shapes his thoughts and actions. September, drawing hundreds of thousands As is usually the case, Pope Francis never to his Masses and public appearances. This ceases to surprise and inspire. 6 The Francis Effect ON esuits “Many Jesuits in our provinces had J the opportunity to see and hear Pope Francis in person,” said Fr. Robert Hussey, SJ, provincial of the Maryland Province. “It was an inspiring experience for all of us just to be in his presence, but also to hear his wise and pastoral words, exhorting us to solidarity and to going out of ourselves to share the Gospel.” Fr. Hussey hopes that the opportunities will continue for Jesuits to share with others the important chal- lenges Pope Francis calls us to act upon. Fr. John Cecero, SJ, provincial of the USA Northeast Province, anticipates that the pope’s visit will reinvigorate the call to serve the alienated and marginal- ized. “I am confident that the recent visit of Pope Francis will continue to inspire Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop at St. Joseph’s University, seen here being greeted by the university’s Jesuits and colleagues to work with and president, Dr. Mark Reed. for the poor and to wholeheartedly offer ourselves to others. This is our Jesuit inside the Basilica of the National mission, and we are so blessed to witness Shrine in Washington, D.C., to greet, how Pope Francis models it for us encourage and thank the Jesuit novices and for the whole Church in his daily and other men and women preparing ministry.” to heed God’s call to a religious life. ...This is our Jesuit Pope Francis marked 2015 as the Year “For all Jesuits, any opportunity to be of Consecrated Life, a time to pray for with, listen to and pray with the pope mission, and we are continued vocations in the Church and is a great blessing,” said Fr. Michael for those in religious life to re-examine Boughton, SJ, assistant for formation so blessed to witness the significance of the mission entrusted for the Maryland and USA Northeast to them. This focus on consecrated life Provinces. “For a young Jesuit, to be how Pope Francis has been a key component in much with the Jesuit pope who has so cap- models it for us and of Pope Francis’ reflections this year. tured the hearts and imaginations In true Jesuit fashion, he states, “God of young people around the world for the whole Church asks us to fly the nest and be sent to is a most special grace and joy. His the frontiers of the world.” How special words are a great consolation, and in his daily ministry. then for those who have dedicated their a wonderful challenge to all Jesuits, lives to God to actually meet the Holy young and old.” — Fr. John Cecero, SJ Father during the year he designated For Jesuit pastors and priests who as a celebration to their vocations, celebrate Mass and help lead various especially the men in formation studying drives for social justice, Pope Francis’ to become priests and brothers in the visit has provided a catalyst to bring Society of Jesus. his message and tenets into the pews The pope made a memorable stop each week. “There is a new openness

7 tourists and pilgrims is that tourists go through a city, whereas pilgrims allow a city to go through them,” Fr. Brown explained. “The pope is not a tourist. He’s asking us to be pilgrims rather than tourists as well – to encounter places not at a distance, but close-up, allowing them to touch our psyche and inspire us to act.” Less than a month after the pope’s visit, his environmental encyclical, Laudato Si, sparked conferences and lectures, and organized student discussions at both Loyola University Maryland and Boston College. In addition, Georgetown Univer- sity joined over a hundred other Jesuit and Catholic institutions of higher education to sign an official “statement of support and public commitment” to study, promote, Pope Francis engages with Georgetown Prep President, Fr. Scott Pilarz, SJ. The pope asked Fr. Pilarz to pray for him. and act on the ideals and vision of integral ecology laid out by Pope Francis. The key theme that Jesuits in all apos- to understand the positions Pope Francis tolates hope carries forth from the pope’s takes and the context for them,” acknowl- visit this year is that the excitement and edged Fr. James Casciotti, SJ, pastor of enthusiasm that welcomed him remains St. Ignatius Parish in . “I keep an energizer to act, whether at a parish, a meeting all kinds of people who may school, a retreat center, or anywhere in our The difference not even belong to or attend a church but daily lives. “As the Jesuits begin our work between tourists who love to talk about what Francis says for the upcoming General Congregation and does.” in 2016, the themes that Pope Francis is and pilgrims is Since so many people first encounter emphasizing are certainly front and center Jesuits through a school or university, in our deliberations,” adds Fr. Hussey. that tourists go the pope’s invitation to accept all, forgive Having any pope visit the United States all, and help all will be spread through is an honor, especially getting the chance through a city, Jesuit teachers, chaplains and administra- to actually meet him. Embracing the first tors, and their lay colleagues. St. Ignatius Jesuit pope to pray with us, bless us and whereas pilgrims claimed centuries ago, and Pope Francis guide us, is something that will resonate allow a city to go reiterates today, that “love ought to show for a very long time with Jesuits, and with itself in deeds more than words.” Our all those who hold a special place in their through them. colleges and secondary schools are some hearts for the values of St. Ignatius. of the best places to accomplish this. When Fr. Andrew White, SJ, became — Fr. Timothy Brown, SJ Fr. Timothy Brown, SJ, has been a the first priest to celebrate Mass in the staple at Loyola University Maryland for original thirteen English colonies after many years. His Office of Mission Inte- landing here in 1634, could he have gration seeks to do just that – to motivate imagined that nearly 400 years later, the students and faculty to live the Jesuit pur- world’s first Jesuit pope would celebrate suit of faith-filled service and promotion his first American Mass less than 100 of social justice. “The difference between miles away with a crowd of thousands? 8 East Coast Novices inspired by Francis By Mike Benigno

Novices from the East Coast, joined by Fr. James Carr, SJ, novice master, attended the papal Mass and canonization of Blessed Junípero Serra in Washington, D.C.

On Sept. 23, Pope Francis inspired moved and excited by the words and Kevin Starr, professor of history novices and seminarians from many example of Pope Francis,” said Fr. at the University of Southern Califor- religious orders and groups during the Michael Boughton, SJ, assistant for nia, wrote in America magazine that papal Mass and canonization of 18th- formation for the Maryland and USA Pope Francis seems to be suggesting century Spanish missionary Blessed Northeast Provinces. “But in person, that even saints have flaws. “Saints Junípero Serra, held outside the Basilica he is even more dynamic. He really do not have to be perfect. Nobody of the National Shrine of the Immaculate does reach out and touch people’s is perfect. Sanctity is just another Conception in Washington, D.C. minds and hearts. Our 17 novices mode of imperfection. Nor do good Among those in attendance were all found it thrilling – and a great grace intentions guarantee good outcomes… 17 Jesuit novices from the Maryland – to be with His Holiness in person Be humble, therefore, in the face of and USA Northeast Provinces, along at the National Shrine.” history…When Pope Francis raises with novice director Fr. James Carr, SJ. Blessed Junípero Serra, who was Junípero Serra to the altar, Christian Pope Francis himself served as a Jesuit beatified by St. John Paul II in 1988, humility demands that he pay special novice director and provincial in Argentina was the Franciscan founder and father tribute to the shared tribal sanctity, the prior to being named archbishop and, later, president of the mission system of Alta martyrdom even, of those thousands cardinal. In Nov. 2014, he announced the California from 1769 to his death in of Native Americans.” Year of Consecrated Life and invited reli- 1784. Serra has been remembered The Mass, Pope Francis’ first in gious orders around the world to celebrate for his missionary zeal, his Marian the U.S., also included an iron cross the ways they are responding creatively devotion and his witness of holiness; provided by Georgetown University to the needs of the Church. he was also once selected by the state that historians believe came over to The seminarians and novices in legislature as one of two Californians Maryland from England with the first attendance greeted Pope Francis when to represent California in the Hall of settlers in 1634. The cross, which was he arrived in the popemobile. In addi- Statuary in Washington, D.C. Though on the altar of the basilica, bears a fit- tion, they were invited to be inside it was never Serra’s intent, some ting Latin inscription, “Ad perpetuam the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate modern scholarship has made a link rei memoriam,” or “For the eternal Conception to greet the Holy Father between Serra’s mission system and memory of this event.” before the Mass began. colonialist suppression of the indig- “So many people have been deeply enous people of California. 9 OPE FRANCIS CPomes to America: THOUGHTS ON A PAPAL VISIT In preparation for Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S., an audience of more than 200 friends of the Jesuits gathered at New York’s Sheen Center for Thought and Culture on Sept. 16 for a one-of- a-kind live conversation between His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of New York, and Fr. Matt Malone, SJ, editor- in-chief of America Media. Jesuit Father Matt Malone, SJ, editor-in-chief of America Media, interviews His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan during a conversation on the papal visit.

The event, co-sponsored by America a man of simplicity and sincerity – the Media and the USA Northeast Province, more power he has, the more attention was hosted by Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, he gets, the more popularity he gets. America magazine editor-at-large, “An outsider might say, ‘Well, be offering an opportunity for the panelists careful, if you get rid of that, some of and the evening’s audience to explore the clout of the office of Peter is going the papal visit and its significance to to be diminished.’ He as a believer the Church and the Society of Jesus in knows that isn’t true. Because in the the United States. eyes of the Gospel, of course, that was Cardinal Dolan shared some of his Jesus. There was no one more simple, Jesuit Father Jim Martin, SJ, host of Thoughts on initial personal experiences with Pope there was no one more without the a Papal Visit, greets guests at the reception that followed the Sept. 16 event. Francis, including his time serving on trappings. And yet the people kept the 2013 Papal Conclave and a meeting saying, ‘This man speaks with author- that took place while Dolan served as ity, not like the people we are used to.’ president of the United States Confer- This is a great gospel message.” ence of Catholic Bishops. The panelists also emphasized “The minute he accepted the papacy, the next stage of the “Francis Effect,” our attitude [at the Conclave] toward where Catholics are responding to him changed radically,” Cardinal Dolan Francis’ welcoming tone and begin- said. “He was no longer the same man. ning to return to the sacramental Now that’s innate, that’s natural in the Church. Catholic imagination, how the office of The lecture panel was streamed the papacy is transforming...But what live over the Internet and shared with Fr. Charles Connolly, SJ, director of donor relations, gets me is this: the more he tries to an audience of over 2,000 people on was joined by his sister, Ellen Douglas, his niece, Laura Douglas, and his brother-in-law, Carl Douglas, de-emphasize the office of the papacy, the night of the event and over the following the Sheen Center event. in a good way – the more he tries to be following two weeks.

10 More on the web To view the complete video of the discussion panel, visit www.JesuitsEast.org/FrancisPanel. ISN WATCH PARTIES ENGAGED THOUSANDS

Parishioners, students, teachers and province staff pher Merton and activist alongside THOUGHTS ON A PAPAL VISIT members at Jesuit institutions across the nation – includ- Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as ing dozens of locations along the East Coast – joined live “four representatives of the American people,” lauding stream parties and took to Twitter during Pope Francis’ their dreams of justice, equal rights, liberty and peace. historic address to Congress. In total, over 38,000 The watch parties, sponsored by the Ignatian Solidar- members of the Ignatian network attended watch parties ity Network (ISN), were paired with a social media push across the country to witness Pope Francis’ address. from the ISN that invited participants to urge elected Several dozen people filled a conference room at the officials – including the 55 Jesuit-educated congressional USA Northeast Province offices in Manhattan to watch members – to respond to the pope’s message of solidarity the address, take part in prayer, and engage in a discus- with those who are suffering. sion led by Nick Napolitano, assistant to the provincial “Pope Francis offered an inspiring message inviting for social ministries for the Maryland and USA North- people to work for the common good, and to do it together,” east Provinces. Another large watch party was held at said Christopher Kerr, executive director of the ISN. “He Colombiere Jesuit Community in Baltimore. emphasized that the realities of our brothers and sisters The morning speech addressed moral priorities raised are our own realities as well, encouraging us to utilize by the pope, including the plight of immigrants, climate dialogue to solve the complex problems of our world. In change, and economic inequality – key advocacy interests short, he offered us much to think about, pray about, and of the Society of Jesus. Pope Francis referenced philoso- act on to live out the social mission of the Gospels.”

For a complete list Jesuit-educated congress members and More ways to urge elected officials to address the issues brought 11 on the web up by Pope Francis, visit www.JesuitsEast.org/FrancisISN. JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLS UNITE AROUND FRANCIS By Mike Gabriele

Hooray for Pope Francis! Students from Xavier High School in New York leap in joyous anticipation with Sister Bernice of the Missionary Sisters of Charity.

It isn’t often that we’re blessed with pilgrim himself, and make a pilgrimage once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. When to Philadelphia to celebrate with us.” they do present themselves, we often Rosinski and others at St. Joe’s Prep stop to think how we can best capital- knew that an invitation to see Pope ize on that extraordinary and unique Francis’ first visit to the United States moment in time. In October of 2014, would be an enticing offer, but they when Jesuit scholastic Adam Rosinski, never quite imagined just how huge a SJ, a teacher and campus minister at response they would receive. Within St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, and minutes of launching a simple “Save the the school’s Mission and Ministry staff Date” email invitation, responses started learned that Pope Francis would cel- coming back…lots of responses. Schools ebrate Mass less than two miles from from all over the U.S., Canada and Puerto Pope Francis waves to the students as he takes to the streets of Philly. campus, they realized that a once-in- Rico wanted to make the trip, hoping a-lifetime opportunity was upon them. to bring 50, 75, even 100 students! “All “We asked ourselves, how might they needed to see was that the invitation God be inviting us to respond to all of came from another Jesuit school, and this,” said Rosinski. “It didn’t take long they were completely on board,” Rosin- to realize that we needed to share this ski acknowledged. “They knew nothing celebration of the World Meeting of else – nothing about how they would get Families and Pope Francis’ visit with to Philly, what their accommodations our larger Jesuit and Ignatian family. would be, or even who these people So we invited Jesuit high schools from were who sent the invitation! They around the country to embrace the simply knew that we were Jesuits and spirit of St. Ignatius Loyola, a lifelong lay colleagues from a fellow Jesuit high 12 school, and that was enough for them I was so excited for people to see several to commit. I think this speaks volumes about our shared Jesuit and Ignatian hundred teenagers walking together in witness JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLS UNITE AROUND FRANCIS identity and the network we’ve built to their Catholic faith and Jesuit identity. up among our institutions.” Although St. Joe’s Prep couldn’t — Adam Rosinski, SJ accommodate hundreds of students from each school, they set to the task of welcoming as many as possible. Two Prep students in particular stepped up to help Rosinski organize this massive pilgrimage: Juniors Liam Scott and John Barbera. The logistics were not easy, but the fruits of their planning and labor paid off. “The pope is one of the most charismatic people of our generation,” said John Barbera. “For him to come to Philadelphia is a very special opportu- nity we wanted to share.” Since the school is so close to where Pope Francis spoke and celebrated Mass, the student pilgrims took to the streets on foot. On Sat., Sept. 26, they attended his speech on immigration and religious liberty at Independence Mall and walked again on Sunday to the papal Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. What Hundreds of student pilgrims walk from St. Joseph’s Prep to see the pope. an amazing experience to be part of a St. Joseph’s Prep to the papal events, held confession for those interested,” proudly waving their school flags. “I he said, “and just about all of the was so excited for people to see several students participated! And so many hundred teenagers walking together were unafraid to discuss the possibil- in witness to their Catholic faith and ity of vocations with each other. Jesuit identity,” said Rosinski. They truly felt free to be themselves St. Joe’s Prep President, Fr. John during this special, spiritual experi- Swope, SJ, added, “We hope these ence.” The Vocations Office for students come away with a broader the Maryland and USA Northeast vision and a bigger goal, seeing them- Provinces contributed to help make selves as being able to make an impact this great event possible, donating in the cities where they live.” supplies and funds through a special Organizer Adam Rosinski, SJ, and Vocations Director, Fun, faith-filled activities kept grant to assist the program. Fr. Chuck Frederico, SJ, pause for a picture while waiting for Pope Francis’ address at Independence Hall. students busy between all things Pope Rosinski aptly summed up the Francis. As they gathered together on “2Philly4Francis” event by saying, record-breaking 800,000-plus crowd Sunday, Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, spoke to “This pilgrimage doesn’t end here. witnessing such inspirational events. them about listening and discerning We hope these young pilgrims take “This is so exciting. I never thought God’s call, urging them to live the their experiences home to share I would be able to do this,” said Cait- gifts God gave them. He expressed with classmates, friends and family.” lyn Drake, a student from Cleveland, how even the secular world is affected From the looks on their faces, we Ohio. Kevin Eberle made the trip with by Pope Francis. Vocation director Fr. think they’ll be sharing their stories classmates from Milwaukee. “We drove Charles Frederico, SJ, was especially for a long, long time. fifteen hours to get here!” he exclaimed. inspired by how the students under- More than 300 students from 42 stood that this was truly a pilgrimage, Jesuit high schools marched from not a vacation. “On Friday evening we 13 Across Our Provinces

2015-2016 FIRST-YEAR NOVICES Jesuits in ormation

in the Maryland and USA Northeast Provinces F Jake Braithwaite Brendan Coffey John Pignone The Path of Formation

Jesuit novices from the Maryland and Melvin Rayappa Christopher Smith Kenneth Tompkins Christian Verghese USA Northeast Provinces enter Saint Andrew Hall in Syracuse, N.Y., for the two-year Novitiate program, SECOND-YEAR NOVICES culminating in the profession of perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. In First Studies after the novitiate, Jesuits study philosophy and theology for three years at Loyola University Chicago, Saint Louis University or Fordham University. Bo Chamberlin Henoch Derbew Thomas Elitz Brendan Gottschall Justin Grosnick In Regency, most Jesuits work full-time for two or three years at a Jesuit work or apostolate, such as an educational institution or in pastoral ministry. In Theology, Jesuits continue advanced studies for three years at one of three locations in North America (the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston Kieran Halloran C-Y Kao Joseph Lorenz Jonathan Pennacchia Nathan Sparks College, the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, located in Berkeley, Calif., or Regis University in FIRST STUDIES Toronto) or at the Gregorian University in Rome. Recently Ordained includes men who completed theology studies and who were ordained as priests. Jesuit Brothers undergo a slightly different but equally rigorous formation Matthew Cortese Daniel Gustafson Sean Hagerty Michael Lamanna Matthew Lopez process of studies and apostolic work. Tertianship is the final step in the formation process and the period of preparation before making final vows in the Society of Jesus.

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Dennis Baker Brent Otto John Peck Sean Toole Marco Rodriguez Jonathan Stott 15 Formation A global journey... By Chris Ryan, SJ THROUGH JESUIT FORMATION

Jesuits like Chris Ryan, SJ, are taking part in a forma- tion process created by St. Ignatius himself — one that, nearly 500 years later, is giving Jesuits in training a global vision of the Society’s mission and places them with Christ.

Miguel Ceron, SJ, Brad Mills, SJ, Marcos Gonzalez, SJ, and Andrew Hanson, SJ, walk through a railyard in Tierra Blanca, Veracruz, Mexico.

The process of Jesuit formation, that I scarcely recognized at the time. which continues for life but is often As I learned Spanish and adapted to identified with the 10 to 12 years between another culture, I gradually fell in love entrance into the novitiate and comple- with the vibrancy of faith, piety, and tion of theological studies, is ultimately social community that I encountered, oriented toward supporting especially while spending Holy Week in each man’s growth and de- a village far from Mexico’s second city. velopment as his fullest self, When I later moved to Saint Louis a companion of Christ, and a for philosophy studies, I found a parish man sent on mission in and with a large Mexican congregation, and with community. The tasks began pastoral work there. Much of the and responsibilities a man is motivation to get through three years in given throughout these years the classroom at St. Louis University give each Jesuit first-hand came from the joy I found in teaching experience working in the RCIA classes, organizing home visits, Lord’s vineyard, allowing and offering faith sharing and catechism him to develop distinctive sessions, all while improving my Spanish gifts and qualities to lend and feeling more at home in this kind of to that shared enterprise. parish community. I also became aware Marcos Gonzalez, SJ, Andrew Hanson, My own formation began during two of the challenging tensions created by SJ, Brad Mills, SJ, Elias Ibarra, SJ, and years at the St. Andrew Hall novitiate in immigration law; many members of the Alejandro Olayo, SJ, meet with one of the Syracuse, N.Y. Amid a wealth of other parish had been awaiting the resolution coordinators of the “El Buen Samaritano” migrant shelter in Bohay, Hidalgo, Mexico. experiences, a two month “pilgrimage of their residency petitions or citizenship experiment” in Guadalajara, Mexico, applications for years, and many chil- 16 would nourish a thread of my vocation dren who were born in this country had parents who were at risk of being sent ministry with the people of Latin back to Mexico. The strength and faith America by living in their reality with Web EXCLUSIVES of these families facing great uncer- the presence and support of fellow tainty created by the legal and political Jesuits who felt a similar call. Jesuit novices and scholastics situation at the time drew me to commit We knew that we would be traveling myself more deeply to accompanying often, sleeping in crowded conditions, share the life-changing experi- them. and encountering not simply stories ences of their Jesuit formation. During four years of regency in of hardship but the men, women, and Worcester – two at the Nativity School children – mostly from Honduras, THROUGH JESUIT FORMATION there, followed by two at the College El Salvador, and Guatemala – who of the Holy Cross – the nature of my were risking the difficult northward work led me to focus more on the journey. On the trip, these individuals mission of the Society’s educational put great faith in our compassion as institutions. A trip to La Paz, Bolivia, they spoke of being robbed, extorted, with a fellow Jesuit and his seminar on attacked, kidnapped, and arrested indigenous brought me to along their route. They spoke of their a part of the world rich with ancient faith in God’s guidance and protec- 7 traditions on the one hand, and dis- tion, their love for their families, their Chris Grodecki, SJ, writes about finding turbing poverty on the other. As I wit- desire to have their dignity seen and God’s grace while instructing the drama nessed the joys and sorrows of Aymara respected, and their gratitude for any group at Yap Catholic High School. villagers, I felt again the consolation act of kindness received in shelters, in www.JesuitsEast.org/Grodecki I had received while sharing the cycle churches, and on street corners. Their of Christ’s condemnation, suffering, desires were for the very things that death, and resurrection with villagers I too often take for granted, and their in rural Mexico. joys were in the same simple gifts that Earlier this year, when I received have drawn me deeply into the culture notice of a five-week summer program and practice of Latino Catholicism: along the Mexican migration corridor faith, family, food, and a sense of for Jesuits, I sensed that this was a loving solidarity. perfect opportunity to bridge the past During the long journey across two years of theology studies at Boston the length of Mexico – roughly 2000 College’s School of Theology and miles from the border with Guatemala 7 Matt Cortese, SJ, describes the Ministry, my work with a local Central to the city of Nogales (home to the meaningful experiences he had earlier American parish congregation during Jesuits’ Kino Border Institute) on the this year, while directing Wheeling Jesuit that time, and my upcoming year of Sonora-Arizona border – the migrants University’s new summer academy for service as a deacon before ordination scrambled onto freight trains while students at Cristo Rey high schools. to the priesthood next June. Organized the seven of us caught public intercity www.JesuitsEast.org/Cortese by Alejandro Olayo, SJ, a priest and buses. Those hours-long rides gave doctoral student from the Oregon me time to pray about the shaping of Province, our group included two my vocation. The Society’s global pri- ized and driven from their homes scholastics from Mexico and four from oritization of missions with migrants by the utter lack of any other con- three different U.S. provinces. Over the and refugees, stated in Decree 3 of ceivable option shaped me anew course of five weeks, we would travel General Congregation 35, has shifted as a Jesuit, placing me with Christ along the route used by thousands of from something I read in a document as he places himself among these migrants, predominantly from Guate- to a call that I have been graced to men, women, and children created mala, Honduras, and El Salvador. We answer with increasing commitment. in God’s image. As I see God more would volunteer at the shelters where Invitations from mothers and fathers clearly among people with roots in they stopped along their journey, learn to bless their children before we parted Mexico and Central America, they about local reactions to their pres- from a particular migrant shelter shape in me a vision that seeks to ence and movement, and get to know became blessings in themselves, and find, serve, and accompany Christ in the migrants themselves while chat- gentle confirmations of my call to one and all – a vision first proposed ting over a meal or along the side of and desire for humble service as an to me 11 years ago in Syracuse, at a railway line. Leading up to the trip, ordained minister, in the Church and the beginning of my own journey. instead of expectations, I had a simple for the whole world. desire: to be better formed for ordained Walking with migrants marginal- 17 Y Now in the Loving Embrace of their Creator

Fr. Francis R. Allen, SJ Born May 13, 1925; died January 20, 2015 Teacher at Fairfield Prep; assistant principal, director of admissions, and academic vice Jesuit Jubilarians gathered for Masses at St. Ignatius Church in Chestnut Hill, Mass., (pictured principal at B.C. High; pastoral ministry based above), the Fordham University Church and the Chapel of Our Lady of Montserrat on the Loyola at Campion Center. Blakefield campus to mark their anniversaries as members of the Society of Jesus. Fr. Gerard P. Bell, SJ Born May 3, 1926; died November 17, 2014 Teacher at Brooklyn Prep; retreat ministry at Loyola House of Retreats and Loyola-on- Jubilee Celebrations 2015 Potomac; director of the Insignis Foundation. Fr. Theodore E. A. Brady, SJ Born September 18, 1930; died June 18, 2015 A blessing to the Church and the Society of Jesus, Teacher and admissions officer at Georgetown we are grateful to the Jesuits celebrating jubilees Preparatory School; chaplain at hospitals, hospices, penal institutions and inner-city for their wholehearted response to God’s call to serve. parishes. Fr. John J. Carroll, SJ (Philippine Province) 75 years in the Society 50 years in the Society W. Alan Briceland, SJ ? Born January 16, 1924; died July 17, 2014 Walter A. Buckius, SJ James M. Bowler, SJ George V. Coyne, SJ Teacher at the Ateneo de Manila; assistant James W. Skehan, SJ William P. Cain, SJ Robert W. Dahlke, SJ director of the Institute of Social Order; director Robert L. Carson, SJ John W. Elder, SJ of the Institute on Church and Social Issues; James J. Fedigan, SJ teacher in Rome. 70 years in the Society James J. Ditillo, SJ Edward J. Durkin, SJ Joseph J. Feeney, SJ Dominic W. Maruca, SJ Charles J. Healey, SJ Fr. Joseph H. Casey, SJ William J. McGarry, SJ Louis T. Garaventa, SJ Born October 13, 1917; died February 27, 2015 Thomas M. Gavin, SJ James J. Hosie, SJ Robert A. McGuire, SJ Robert E. Kennedy, SJ Taught philosophy at Weston until the program Francis X. Moan, SJ Robert L. Keane, SJ moved to Boston College; he later taught at Robert B. Lawton, SJ Lucien F. Longtin, SJ John J. Mawhinney, SJ Boston College and had a vibrant pastoral Paul D. McNelis, SJ ministry in parishes; lived at Campion center 60 years in the Society William L. Mulligan, SJ Ronald V. Perry, SJ until he died. William J. Bergen, SJ Michael F. Steltenkamp, SJ Enrico Raulli, SJ Fr. Neil F. Decker, SJ Gasper F. Lo Biondo, SJ Vincent B. Sullivan, SJ George A. Restrepo, SJ John J. Campbell, SJ William C. Russell, SJ Born June 23, 1928; died May 16, 2015 Ramon A. Salomone, SJ Teacher at College and Al-Hikma Calvin A. Clarke, SJ 25 years in the Society Joseph A. Currie, SJ T. Howland Sanks, SJ University; hospital chaplain; served at Weston Vincent C. Curtin, SJ Vincent G. Conti, SJ William J. Watters, SJ Jesuit School of Theology and Boston College. David C. McCallum, SJ Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, SJ George P. Winchester, SJ Fr. Joseph V. Dolan, SJ Robert J. McTeigue, SJ Alfred O. Winshman, SJ Edward Glynn, SJ Born March 5, 1917; died April 30, 2015 Damian O. Halligan, SJ Luis A. Tampe, SJ Wayne P. Tkel, SJ Teacher at Canisius College, St. Peter’s College Robert E. Hamm, SJ 25 years in the and Fordham University. He was the oldest Paul F. Harman, SJ Priesthood member of the USA Northeast Province. Otto H. Hentz, SJ 60 years in the Priesthood Frederick G. Betti, SJ Paul L. Horgan, SJ ? William B. Cogan, SJ Fr. Robert R. Dorin, SJ Scott N. Brodeur, SJ James J. Hosie, SJ Charles J. Dunn, SJ Born September 9, 1930; died November 13, 2014 Jon D. Fuller, SJ John T. McCaslin, SJ J. Donald Monan, SJ Teacher at Xavier High School in Concord, Thomas J. Kuller, SJ Thomas P. McDonnell, SJ Mass., and Cheverus H.S., Xavier High School Joseph E. Lingan, SJ (NYC); teacher at Fairfield University and William A. McKenna, SJ 50 years in the Priesthood James R. Mattaliano, SJ ; hospital ministry. T. Howland Sanks, SJ George A. Aschenbrenner, SJ Thomas R. Slon, SJ David O. Travers, SJ William J. Bergen, SJ Robert Yankevitch, SJ Robert J. Braunreuther, SJ ? Deceased

18 IN MEMORIAM Deceased Jesuits of the Maryland and USA Northeast Provinces ~ July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 Y

Fr. James J. Dressman, SJ Fr. Charles H. Lohr, SJ Fr. Louis B. Pascoe, SJ Born June 29, 1930; died December 18, 2014 Born June 24, 1925; died June 21, 2015 Born May 26, 1930; died April 27, 2015 Teacher at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati; Taught at Fordham University and, after Teacher and author at Fordham University; ministered in Nepal, Thomas Aquinas Parish in completing a Guggenheim Fellowship, taught teacher at Georgetown and ; Storrs, Conn. at the University of Frieburg; wrote about served on the executive committee of the and researched Aristotle until his return to American Catholic Historical Association. Fr. Thomas F. Gleeson, SJ New York in 2009. Born July 9, 1936; died November 7, 2014 Fr. Michael Proterra, SJ Principal and teacher at St. Joseph’s Preparatory Fr. Frank J. MacEntee, SJ Born September 12, 1942; died August 28, 2014 School; teacher at St. Joseph’s University; Born March 23, 1923; died February 12, 2015 Teacher at St. Joseph’s University and Loyola president of the Jesuit School of Theology at Teacher at St. Joseph’s Prep; teacher at St. University Maryland; dean of the College of Arts Berkley; retreat director at Loyola Retreat House Joseph’s University and the University of and Sciences at Creighton University; parochial in Faulkner, Md.; rector of the Jesuit Center in Scranton; biological researcher in Australia vicar at St. Raphael the Archangel Church in Wernersville. and Hawaii. Raleigh, NC. Fr. Edgar Graham, SJ Fr. James B. Malley, SJ Fr. Richard C. Schmidt, SJ Born January 14, 1923; died February 1, 2015 Born September 14, 1921; died June 23, 2015 Born February 23, 1930; died October 11, 2014 Teacher in Jamshedpur, Chaibasa and Jealgora, Taught and worked at the law schools at Boston Director of discipline at High India; assistant chaplain at Good Samaritan College and Georgetown; served at the Jesuit School and Georgetown Preparatory School; Hospital in Baltimore; house treasurer at Loyola Conference; returned to B.C. in 1988, where he pastoral minister at Loyola Retreat Center. University Maryland. worked until moving to Campion Center in 2005. Fr. James J. Wheeler, SJ Fr. Robert A. Haus, SJ Fr. Gerald J. McIntyre, SJ Born September 4, 1936; died April 7, 2015 Born May 8, 1924; died July 12, 2014 Born January 23, 1944; died October 1, 2014 Founded, organized and led houses of prayer Teacher at St. Peter’s Prep; teacher at Canisius Teacher and theater director at Canisius High and healing in different parts of the country, College and dean of the Evening Division; School; co-founder and teacher at Arrupe as well as in Mexico and Spain. ministered in local parishes. College in Zimbabwe; retreat director. Fr. Joachim von Kerssenbrock, SJ Fr. William J. Hamilton, SJ Fr. John P. McIntyre, SJ (German Province) Born April 1, 1930; died December 4, 2014 Born August 12, 1930; died July 19, 2014 Born September 1, 1929; died January 7, 2015 Teacher at Cheverus High School; pastoral Teacher at Boston College High School; teacher Missionary in Zimbabwe; executive director for ministry in parishes and hospitals throughout at Holy Cross and Fairfield University; pastoral the American St. Boniface Society; chaplain of New England. ministries. the Kolping Society; celebrated Mass in German throughout NYC. Fr. John F. Henry, SJ Fr. Edward J. McMahon, SJ Born October 1, 1923; died October 12, 2014 Born November 19, 1929; died July 16, 2014 Fr. James P. M. Walsh, SJ Educator and missionary in Chile; chaplain to Assistant director of the Jesuit Seminary and Born March 13, 1938; died June 30, 2015 Jesuit Volunteers Corps; pastor of St. Ignatius Mission Bureau; university chaplaincy in Teacher at Georgetown University; administrator Church, Baltimore. Nigeria; chaplain in the U.S. Navy; pastoral of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service in ministries for the Veteran’s Hospital, St. Patrick’s Qatar; mentor and member of the University’s Fr. William P. Klintworth, SJ Cathedral and the New York Yankees. choral group, The Chimes. (Philippine Province) Born June 21, 1930; died May 31, 2015 Fr. Vincent M. McNally, SJ Fr. Henry J. Zenorini, SJ Teacher at the Ateneo de San Pablo, Ateneo Born November 29, 1917; died November 29, 2014 Born May 10, 1921; died May 15, 2015 de Naga, and Ateneo de Manila; teacher and Teacher at Canisius H.S.; served for 20 years in Director of the Catholic Medical Mission Board pastoral minister at Xavier University. the Philippines as a principal and then president and the Jesuit Seminary and Mission Bureau; of four schools; pastoral and social ministries in student counselor at Xavier High School; Fr. William F. Lamm, SJ the U.S. at the provincial’s office, in Auriesville, president of the J. Homer Butler Foundation. Born November 18, 1926 Died May 27, 2015 on Staten Island and at Canisius College. Teacher at Gonzaga High School; teacher and Fr. Eugene A. Zimpfer, SJ treasurer at Scranton Preparatory School; assistant Fr. Peter F. O’Brien, SJ Born December 15, 1932; died January 9, 2015 province treasurer and secretary at Manresa. Born August 23, 1940; died May 3, 2015 Teacher at Loyola School and McQuaid Jesuit; Teacher at Fordham Prep; pastoral minister at principal of St. Peter’s Prep and McQuaid Jesuit; Br. Robert A. Larouere, SJ Fordham, St. Ignatius Loyola Church (NYC), assistant to the president at Canisius High School. Born December 13, 1934; died December 15, 2014 Christ the King Retreat House in Syracuse, N.Y., Faculty member and director of golf program at and St. Ignatius Retreat House in Manhasset, Georgetown Preparatory School; cared for elderly N.Y.; advisor to Mary Lou Williams, the great Jesuits at the Jesuit House in Wernersville. jazz composer, and executive director of the Mary Lou Williams Foundation. 19 Education In the footsteps of St. Ignatius

Forty colleagues from Jesuit secondary and pre-second- ary schools participated in an Ignatian pilgrimage to north- ern Spain in June, 2015. The pilgrimage celebrated the creation of the USA Northeast Province and provided an opportunity to deepen the Ignatian roots that give direction and meaning to our shared ministry of Jesuit education. From the grandeur of the Basque countryside to the bustling port of Barcelona, participants journeyed along the Camino Ignaciano. The pilgrims reflected on the powerful significance of celebrating Mass together in the room of conversion in the childhood home of St. Ignatius, “where it all began,” as presider Jim Croghan, SJ, noted. Traveling in the footsteps of Ignatius to the shrine of the Black Madonna at Montserrat, the participants contemplated on how they serve God and what they have laid down, as Ignatius laid down his sword. Several pilgrims walked from Montserrat down the rugged mountainside on a very hot June day to the cave at Manresa where Ignatius prayed and wrote the Spiritual Exercises. The final stop on the journey was a visit to a Jesuit school in Barcelona to meet with colleagues who shared their exciting new pedagogical approach to Jesuit educa- tion. In reflecting on our days together, Mike McGonagle from BC High shared, “We are the continuation of that mission that began in Ignatius’s room at Loyola.” The journey continues in our lives and in our ministry with students and colleagues in our schools. Ignatian pilgrims along the seven-mile walk from Montserrat to Manresa.

TRISH FITZPATRICK my eyes and heart to the Ignatian way. Director of Marketing and PR Traveling with new friends from such Saint Peter’s Preparatory School, Jersey City, N.J. exotic spots as Cheverus High in Maine Just weeks before I was to attend the and the Nativity Schools in Massachu- Camino Ignacio, I broke my foot on a setts cemented my feeling that we are field trip with students from Saint Peter’s travelers together, guided by the maxim Prep. However, I reasoned, Saint Igna- “finding God in all things.” tius had much more to complain about I recently completed the pro- with his grievous leg injury, and he gram offered through The Jesuit Collab- managed to traverse the Basque region, orative, culminating in a six-day silent make his way to Paris and Rome, and, retreat at Wernersville. Traveling to incidentally, transform the world. The Spain was the next logical step, and I am trip was all I hoped it would be, even supremely grateful to my school, to Fr. with my trusty boot. Physically inhabit- Vin Biagi, SJ, and Meg Florentine, and ing the spaces important to Iñigo opened to our wonderful guide and driver for 20 their careful crafting of our pilgrimage. castle); Montserrat (where Ignatius creation, particularly others in need. Of course, the “big things” were great: gave up his old life by laying down I hope to be able to share some of Azpeitia, Monserrat, Xavier, Loyola, his sword before the Black Madonna); these insights with my students this and Barcelona. But it was in the Manresa (where Ignatius lived in a year and to help them to see their smaller moments that I found grace: cave discerning God’s will and com- life as a holy journey, a pilgrimage In the footsteps time spent with my “seat buddies” posing the Spiritual Exercises); and filled with challenges, to be sure, but on the bus, Tom McMurray, SJ, and Barcelona (where Ignatius lived, also graces beyond imagination. I Alex Lavy; a great hike (boot and all) prayed, studied, begged, and set off hope they come to see, through their with Jim Hederman, SJ; dinners with for Jerusalem). service, that committing themselves the Reinharts of Xavier High School; Each stop helped to bring names to the care of others and to justice for visiting a cemetery with Fr. Hernan and places to life. In that sense, the all is an essential component of that Paredes, SJ; and special time with my trip was informative, but what made journey and its joys. colleagues from Prep, Jess Nordstrom it transformative was to experience and Cheryl Rice. these sites in the context of liturgy and YACHIRA TORRES I come back to Prep after an excit- reflection. We were fortunate to be 6th Grade Lead Teacher and Community ing summer with a full heart, new able to celebrate Mass in places like Service Coordinator friends, and great memories of travers- the room in which Ignatius conva- Nativity School of Worcester, Worcester, Mass. ing the Basque country and thinking lesced after being hit by a cannonball. of not only the visionary who started There we realized the eternal kinship I was excited for the this whole adventure centuries ago, but we shared with Ignatius through the opportunity to walk also the visionary who now leads our Mass and our faith, despite the miles in the footsteps of church. I ask myself, as I think about and centuries that separate us. We St. Ignatius. The the Mass our group celebrated at Mon- realized, too, how blessed we were pilgrimage was serrat, what will I give up? What lies to share in the ministry of Jesuit a chance to learn ahead? What does God want for me? education with our students and their more about St. families. Finally, being on this Igna- Ignatius and his companions, and to PAUL HOMER tian pilgrimage helped us to see that look more closely at the history of the Director of Christian Service Program we are all on our own pilgrimage, just Jesuits. I had just completed my fifth Fordham Preparatory School, Bronx, N.Y. as sacred as St. Ignatius’s. And what year teaching at the Nativity School of I am a religious sustained Ignatius on his journey can Worcester. I knew the trip would give studies teacher sustain us – prayer, companionship me the chance to reflect on another and the director of with loved ones and fellow believers, successful school year, but I could not Christian service at life in the church, and committing have anticipated how important this Fordham Prepara- ourselves to the service of all of God’s journey would be for the rejuvenation tory School, and I was immediately grateful and incredibly excited to have the chance to make this trip. One of the goals of the program was to begin to foster a common identity among education leaders in the new USA Northeast Province. Another goal was to deepen our appreciation of Ignatian spirituality by visiting sites that were significant in the life of Ignatius. The program achieved both goals and more. As a religion teacher, it was very moving to stand in places that I have taught about for over 25 years – like Loyola (home of the family castle); Azpeitia (where Ignatius was baptized and later ministered in a hospital); Pilgrims Rachel Edleman and Fr. Hernan Paredes, SJ, stop to rest along the path from Montserrat to Manresa. Xavier (home of St. Francis’ family Ignatian Pilgrimage photos by Fr. John Wronski, SJ 21 of my faith and the reparation of my gifts he received from his creator. I am Xavier praying in the tiny family spirit as a Jesuit educator. in the process of doing the same. This chapel at Xavier Castle and to During the pilgrimage, the distant pilgrimage truly helped me realign my ponder how his religious imagination places that shaped St. Ignatius’ con- personal vision with my mission as a as a child and his missionary zeal as version and his spiritual journey were Jesuit educator. an adult were shaped by the image of within my reach. The mountains of the chapel’s “smiling Christ.” Montserrat reflected a majesty that FR. JOHN WRONSKI, SJ The second part of the pilgrimage could only be created by divine hands. President brought us to the cave at Manresa and There, I realized that we are all carefully Nativity Preparatory School, Boston, Mass. Ignatius’ holy mountain, Montserrat, and intentionally made by our creator The first part of our the place where he held an all-night and it is our creator who decides how pilgrimage brought vigil before the statue of Our Lady. our lives will impact others. To me, us to the family In relinquishing his sword and trading it made sense that St. Ignatius chose homes of two friends his rich clothes with those of a beggar, Montserrat as the place to lay his sword I have come to know Ignatius entered a new stage of his life down before God. Ignatius knew that and love in my 20 as a companion of Jesus carrying his God had a plan for him, for his future, years as a Jesuit – cross on the road to Jerusalem. Our and for his legacy. He heard God’s call, Ignatius Loyola and visit to Montserrat and our seven-hour and he answered. It brought him from Francis Xavier. I have often found that walk down the mountain to the town Montserrat to Manresa. visiting the childhood home of an adult of Manresa challenged us to leave I, too, answered the call to Manresa. friend helps me to understand and behind our own swords and status I was part of a small group of pilgrims appreciate that friend in a new light and symbols – all the extra baggage that who were able to hike down Montserrat with deeper devotion. It was indeed keeps us from moving forward freely and walk to the Basilica of Santa Maria, a special privilege to visit the rooms in the next stage of our journey with the cathedral where St. Ignatius prayed, of the house where Ignatius spent his Jesus. The Montserrat/Manresa begged, and began crafting the Spiritual early years and to wander through experience was particularly meaning- Exercises in a nearby cave. During the the surrounding green hills at sunrise, ful to me as I enter the next stage walk, I tried to live and think as St. imagining that Ignatius himself must of my Jesuit life, having professed Ignatius did. I embraced the spirit of have admired the same lush landscape final vows the month previous to our thanksgiving for the beautiful landscape, illumined by the morning sun. It was a pilgrimage journey. my fellow pilgrims, and the trajectory of thrill to imagine the young Francis my spiritual formation, and in gratitude for the Jesuits who have helped educate me and help me grow in my faith. In the cave, I found myself wondering how I would be remembered as a Jesuit educator. I thought deeply about how my work has impacted the lives of Nativity Worcester students and graduates, their families, and their education. I felt a renewed sense of responsibility to the mission of Nativity Worcester and the mission of the Jesuits. Jesuit education transforms lives. A Jesuit education raises your aware- ness of injustice and teaches you how to combat it. It cares for the individual at an academic, physical, and spiritual level. Most importantly, it encourages everyone to be a reflection of Christ and His teachings, willing to educate, learn, overcome adversity, and forgive. St. Ignatius embodied and celebrated all the Xavier Castle, the birthplace and home of the young St. Francis Xavier. The red flag flying from the tower is the checkerboard crest of the Xavier family. The facade on the left of the building 22 is the basilica that was added to the castle after the canonization of Francis Xavier. By Alyson Krueger Edited by Mike Benigno and Robert Ludwig, PhD. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Fr. Daniel Berrigan, SJ, following an arrest, circa 1968

One night in the spring of 1968, burn them with a mixture of homemade became a contemporary classic drama Daniel Berrigan moved his Jesuit napalm. Phil had journeyed to Cornell, of conscientious political trials. When vocation into the breach: his faith where Daniel was serving students as a they were convicted and released on collided with his conscience and with campus chaplain, imploring his brother their own recognizance, both Daniel the American legal system, and his to join him and others in the action at and Philip went underground and life would never be the same. Catonsville. refused to show up for jail. Daniel Daniel was always aware of injustice, After an all-night conversation that evaded authorities for weeks until his sensing that the world God had envi- included shared prayer, Daniel agreed capture at Block Island and subsequent sioned didn’t match the world he was and bid Philip safe travel back to Balti- imprisonment in a federal correctional living in. During a portion of his Jesuit more. “Immediately I began quaking in facility. training spent in France, he encountered my boots because I could see the storm In the ‘80s, he entered a nuclear the worker-priests and met many who coming,” he later recounted to Daniel missile facility and destroyed key had resisted the Nazi occupation during Cosacchi, a doctoral candidate in Chris- instruments and papers. The following World War II. Closer to home, he had tian Ethics at Loyola University who is decade found Daniel Berrigan protest- become a critic of America’s war in publishing a book of letters between ing the , the Kosovo War, the Vietnam and had been deeply influenced the brothers. United States invasion of Afghanistan by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the “The ” performed and and abortion. Three years ago, non-violent campaign to end segregation. what they called “a liturgy” in the when Berrigan was 92, he joined the Probably no one had had a greater parking lot outside the draft offices, Occupy Wall Street movement in New impact on him than his younger brother burning A-1 draft records while joining York’s Zuccotti Park. Philip, a Josephite priest, who, like hands in prayer. He inspired “the radical priest” Daniel, had engaged in anti-war activity From then on, Daniel didn’t stop in ’s “Me and Julio…” for years with friends like Thomas acting for peace. After their raid on the Time magazine put him and Phil on Merton and Dorothy Day. Catonsville draft board office, there the cover on January 25, 1971, with Now, Phil was hatching a new plan. was a celebrated trial in which the the headline: “Rebel Priests: The A group of Catholics were planning defendants challenged the government’s Curious Case of the Berrigans.” He to break into the Selective Service “illegal and unjust war.” Daniel turned also became close friends with actor Office in Catonsville, Maryland. There, the trial transcript into a play (“The , who joined in acts of they would remove draft records and Trial of the Catonsville Nine”), which 23 . During Movement. They moved to Syracuse, these many years, Daniel was N.Y., when Daniel was still a young boy. also publishing more than 50 His mother invited strangers in off the books, teaching in various street to live in their house. Both parents universities and colleges, taught him to reach out to others and and leading retreats. to engage with the world; they sent the Today, Daniel is 94 and message that it’s important to act for living in Murray-Weigel Hall, what is right. the Jesuit health care com- The priests Daniel would later munity in the Bronx. He has encounter in France during tertianship difficulty communicating, but weren’t standing on a stoop, lecturing he continues to inspire peace to people. They weren’t even solely and justice activists across the focused on spiritual guidance. Rather, globe. He inspires so many they were working alongside the fringes young people, even today, of society every day and contributing not just because of his brave tangibly to the world. After that, Ber- actions but also because he rigan was itching to get back to the has lived according to the United States and do something similar, Gospels as he sees them. said Martin. “He went through a period On the surface, Berrigan of struggle, of saying, ‘What can I do? seems like an unlikely candi- It’s not enough, it’s not enough.’” date to rebel against the status He would find his direction with his quo. Eric Martin is a doctoral brother Philip in the anti-war movement student of theology at Fordham in the ’60s after his return from Europe. University who is working He became comfortable with breaking As a Jesuit activist, Fr. Daniel Berrigan, SJ, has taken with Cosacchi on the book. “When I the law. “When the laws of humans and part in civil disobedience for over 50 years. read about Dr. King or Oscar Romero or the laws of God clashed, he chose to be , it’s clear to me that they faithful to the laws of God,” said Mar- are part of a people who are oppressed tin. He was also willing to endure the in some way, and Daniel was not,” said repercussions of doing so. Once, while Martin. “He was part of the power struc- he was underground, he was scheduled ture; he’s white; he’s a priest. There was to give a talk to students at Cornell. no real reason for him to engage in what Instead of missing it, he had the students he engaged in.” sneak him on and off stage in a 10-foot It did take Berrigan a while to tall puppet costume. “The FBI couldn’t become “the radical priest.” He didn’t apprehend him, even though there engage in bold civil disobedience like were 10,000 people who had just seen that at Catonsville until three decades this felon speak,” recounted Cosacchi, after he joined the Jesuits in 1939. He clearly still amused by the story. applied to many religious orders after He saw his country spending money high school and chose the Jesuits and time and making sacrifices for war, because they were the only ones not when no one was doing the same thing desperately chasing him. For those for peace. “There is no peace because years, his main occupations were there are no peacemakers,” he wrote in teaching and writing poetry, for which his book No Bars to Manhood. “Peace- he received prestigious recognition like making is hard, almost as hard as war.” The Jan. 25, 1971 cover of Time magazine, the James Laughlin Award. But Berrigan From 1970 to 1995, Berrigan would featured “Rebel Priests: The Curious Case of always had seeds within him that made spend many years in prison, a sacrifice the Berrigans.” him fight for social justice, even if they that he considered essential. took time to be translated into action. Berrigan’s way with words made him He was born to an Irish/German- a leader, said Cosacchi. “He was able Catholic family in Virginia, Minn., to put into writing their feelings better where his dad worked for the unions than anyone else could, so that is why he and supported the Catholic Worker ended up being the voice of the Catholic 24 radicals.” “The Trial of the Catonsville hardly alone in receiving such a warm Nine” is still being produced today. welcome. When he traveled with historian Howard When he taught, Berrigan encour- Zinn to Vietnam to bring back prisoners aged his students to come with him to There is no peace of war, he wrote poems about his experi- protest and see injustices playing out in ence, including what it was like to be the streets. “He introduced them to life with the Vietnamese under the bombs. beyond the classroom,” said Liz McAli- His book Night Flight to further ster. “He taught them that each one of because there are publicized the tragic consequences of them not only could but also needed to warfare. “He experienced first-hand a make a difference in the world.” number of our nation’s bombings,” said “Even those who don’t get one-on- Liz McAlister, who became Phil’s wife one time with Berrigan still benefit no peacemakers... after he left the priesthood, and who was from this gentle but radical priest,” a strong anti-war advocate. “It would said Cosacchi. “He didn’t shut down have been unforgettable to anyone, but the , he didn’t stop children Peacemaking is especially so for a poet. His poems about from being burned, he didn’t stop Amer- that experience are among his best.” ica from developing a nuclear weapon. The more he engaged in these acts, But he maintained faith in the Gospels the more he started questioning his and discipleship anyway, and I think hard, almost as relationship with the Jesuits. He even that is a huge thing for today’s genera- left posts at Jesuit universities because tion. He showed a singular focus that they had ROTC programs. he is not going to be deterred, and he An even more pressing question was is not going to play games, and ultimate- hard as war. whether the Jesuits would allow him to ly, it was not about him. It was about — Fr. Daniel Berrigan, SJ act in any way he saw fit. In 1965, even justice, peacemaking, the Gospels, and prior to the Catonsville action, Berrigan’s following God.” Jesuit superiors transferred him to Latin America after he spoke at a memorial ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• service for a Vietnam protester who had •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• set himself on fire in front of New York’s ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• U.N. headquarters in an event the man •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• claimed was a religious act. Other times, Berrigan reported coming back from a stay in prison to find his room occupied and his belongings in the hallway. Ultimately, Berrigan never left the Jesuits, nor did they kick him out. In many of his letters, he describes the relationship like a marriage, full of quarrels and questions but also com- mitment and love. And now, rather than being perceived as a threat, many of the younger Jesuits look to him for guidance about how they too can live their lives with moral courage and conviction. Martin first met Daniel Berrigan after sending him a letter asking him for guidance about how to best live out his desire to be a peacemaker. Berrigan surprised Martin not only by writing back but also by inviting him into his home for long conversations and giving him books to guide him. Many younger At age 94, Fr. Daniel Berrigan, SJ, pictured during Mass at Jesuits have the same story; Martin was Murray-Weigel Hall, still possesses a look of conviction. 25 Advancing Our Mission

Honoring Jesuits By Sherri Weil AND THEIR LEGACIES

Shea, SJ, the Jesuit priest I had the great fortune of having as a mentor and col- league. He helped me fully understand what it means when people say, “if not for the Jesuits.” In my current work at the Maryland Province, I had the privilege to meet many more Jesuits and have listened to their extraordinary stories of serving others around the world. Their legacies are inspiring and certainly deserve to be recognized. One way we do so is through Living Tribute: A landscape project at Colombiere Jesuit Residence. Colombiere is the Maryland Province’s state-of-the-art facility for senior Jesuits, a place for retired Jesuits to receive the care they need while still living in a com- Fr. Harry Hock, SJ, sits on one of the benefactor benches in the Colombiere courtyard. Fr. Hock’s brother sponsored munity. Ever since the new complex was 3a tree on the Colombiere grounds in memory of their parents. completed four years ago, many Jesuit priests and brothers have called it home, carrying on their ministries of praying Having known many Jesuits over the for the Church and the Society of Jesus. past three decades as a student, staffer I like to think that Fr. Freeze would and parishioner, I often think about enjoy the courtyard that now graces the Opportunities for thanking them when I visit Colombiere Jesuit Colombiere entrance, and that Fr. Healy Jesuits who have had Residence in Baltimore, Maryland. would appreciate the Jesuit seal that an impact on your life: Fr. J. Donald Freeze, SJ, was the adorns the stone wall. Fr. Shea, no doubt, first Jesuit I ever met, and Colombiere would love to see how his brothers use it Bench for Reflection & Repose $1500 ~ is where he lived during his final days. to welcome visitors to their community. Benches are located in the Courtyard and on the grounds. This gift includes When I knew him in the early 80s, he The Colombiere courtyard, beautifully a dedication plaque. was provost at Georgetown University, landscaped with trees, bushes, and and I was an intimidated 27-year-old Hardwood & Ornamental Trees~$1000 benches, is a tranquil place for prayer, Deciduous trees are planted throughout employee. His charm – no doubt nurtured remembrance and reflection. On these the property. This gift includes a from his Baltimore, Md., roots – won trees and benches, we place plaques hon- dedication plaque. me over in the ensuing years. oring Jesuits and reminding all who visit Flowering Shrubs~$500 Fr. Timothy S. Healy, SJ, was my of the impact they have made. Decorative bushes are planted along second introduction to a Jesuit. As presi- the entrance wall, back terrace and in If you would like to honor a Jesuit the courtyard. dent of Georgetown from 1976 to 1988, through a Living Tribute, please his intellect and leadership inspired me contact me at [email protected] or call and many others. There is also Fr. James 443-921-1331. 26 Honoring Jesuits Remembering Father James P.M. Walsh, SJ Former Georgetown University Professor and Celestial Chime AND THEIR LEGACIES

This past summer, shortly after cel- ebrating his 60th anniversary as a Jesuit and his 45th year of ordination to the priesthood, Fr. James P.M. Walsh, SJ, died of myelofibrosis. He fought a coura- geous battle with this rare form of bone marrow cancer for many years, and true to his Jesuit calling, he kept on serving, and in his case, singing. A native of Wilkes Barre, Pa., Fr. Walsh was a treasured member of the Georgetown University community for more than four decades. A professor of theology and an administrator at the School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Fr. Walsh distinguished himself with the Georgetown Chimes, an acapella choral group. As the permanent Jesuit member for more than 30 years, he was known as the “Celestial Chime.” At his funeral Mass on a glorious July summer day, the pews of Holy Fr. James Walsh, SJ, is remembered most for leading, mentoring and most of all singing with his beloved Trinity Church in Washington, D.C., Georgetown Chimes. were packed. One eulogist commented, “Heaven’s chorus may now enjoy a more perfect pitch and sound even sweeter.” chaplains and other staff enable Jesuits Heaven’s chorus In the church’s balcony, close to a to remain grounded and face their final hundred members of the Chimes days with dignity and grace. Fr. Walsh’s may now enjoy a more harmonized the hymns in tribute to last months were spent at Manresa Hall their coach and mentor. Along with in Philadelphia, where members of the perfect pitch and members of the Georgetown community, Chimes traveled far distances to be with sound even sweeter. they accompanied his casket to the him during his final days. — Anonymous Eulogist university’s cemetery. Family, friends, and Chimes have During his prolonged illness, Fr. graciously expressed their gratitude for Walsh’s medical care was supervised the generous spiritual, musical and More by the health care staff of the Maryland financial support that provided for the on the web Province. The province, and all Jesuit needs of Fr. Walsh during his illness. For more information on Fr. Walsh, visit provinces, are blessed with medical staff Such support is continuously needed for mdsj.org/walshtribute. For information and facilities that provide 24-hour health Fr. Walsh’s brother Jesuits at Manresa, on supporting senior Jesuits visit mdsj. org/support or JesuitsEast.org/support. care and assisted-living care. In addition, Wernersville, Colombiere, Campion spiritual direction and counseling from Center and Murray-Weigel Hall. 27 Y

Tom Brock, Bob Jeffe, Fr. Cecero, SJ, Gary Goodenough and Fr. Dan Gatti, SJ, on the green

n Sept. 28, 2015, nearly 100 golfers and supporters attended the 6th Annual Friends of the Jesuits Golf Outing at the beautiful Meadow Brook Club in Jericho, N.Y. OAfter registering for the day, guests had the opportunity to talk with Jesuits and members of the province staff. Fr. James Keenan, SJ, director of donor relations for the USA Northeast Province, led the golfers in prayer before they teed off. Inspired by the selfless commitment and leadership of the presenting sponsors, Gary Goodenough and Pat Kelly, more than $300,000 was raised. John Meditz, a dedicated benefactor of the USA Northeast Golf Committee members gather with Fr. Cecero. Province, once again presented a challenge to match his donation of $50,000 to benefit our senior and infirm Jesuits. The challenge was met! Since its inception, the Friends of the Jesuits Golf Outing has raised over $1,500,000 to support the care of Jesuits living in the USA North- east Province’s senior health care communities and to provide funding for apostolates that cannot sustain themselves.

“Jesuits will continue to respond to the needs of the Church, and we can flourish because of friends like you,” said Fr. Cecero. “Thank you and God bless you for your generosity and goodness, and be assured that the Jesuits – and especially our Jesuits residents at Campion Fr. Cecero presents the winning foursome with trophies. Health Center and Murray-Weigel Hall – pray for you every day.”

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