MARYLAND • NEW ENGLAND • NEW YORK PROVINCES

SPRING 2014

Looking to Our Future SOCIETY OF

Fathers Provincial (from left): Myles Sheehan, SJ, James Shea, SJ, and Ciancimino, SJ

Dear Friends, We have some good news to share about our provinces and the larger Jesuit world! The six-year terms for the provincials of the Maryland and New York Provinces are ending July 31, and Jesuit Father Adolfo Nicolás, Superior General of the , has appointed Fr. Robert Hussey, SJ, to succeed Fr. James Shea, SJ, as the Faber was a “modest, sensitive provincial of the Maryland Province and Fr. John Cecero, SJ, to succeed Fr. David man with a profound inner life. Ciancimino, SJ, as the provincial of the New York Province. In July 2015, Fr. Cecero He was endowed with the gift of will become the Provincial of the New England-New York Province when Fr. Myles making friends with people from Sheehan, SJ, completes his term of service. every walk of life” (Benedict XVI, Fr. Hussey and Fr. Cecero will be excellent leaders in helping Jesuits and our Jesuit Address to the Jesuits, 22 April ministries on the East Coast move forward in our desire to change the world, serve the 2006). Yet his was also a restless, faith and help our neighbors. unsettled, spirit that was never We also want to share some news about our newest Jesuit , . On satisfied. Under the guidance of January 3, at the of the Gesù in , Francis celebrated the canoniza- Saint Ignatius he learned to unite tion of Peter Faber, one of Ignatius’s first companions, a tireless worker in the earliest his restless but also sweet — I years of the Society, whose labors were marked by kindness, deep spiritual zeal, and would say exquisite — sensibility, a profound relationship with Jesus. We are sharing some of the Pope’s homily on the with the ability to make decisions. sidebar to the left to let you know more about St. Peter Faber. These words of the He was a man with great aspira- Pope are not meant just for Jesuits. Faber’s life and the Pope’s remarks are good for tions; he was aware of his desires, all to heed. he acknowledged them. Indeed for In this issue of JESUITS magazine you will also find inspiring reflections from our Faber, it is precisely when difficult Jesuits in formation and stories about our ministries to young adults and the growing things are proposed that the true Hispanic community. We hope you are encouraged and motivated by the reports on the spirit is revealed which moves one educational colloquium, the social ministries gathering and Ignatian Teach-In, and find to action (cf. Memoriale, 301). the Moved to Greater Love prayer program enriches your Lent and experience. An authentic faith always involves Please be assured of our gratitude for your support of Jesuits in formation, senior a profound desire to change the Jesuits in our health care communities and for the ministries of the Jesuits in our world. Here is the question we must provinces. Know that we remember you and your loved ones in our prayers. ask ourselves: do we also have great vision and impetus? Are we Sincerely in the Lord, also daring? Do our dreams fly high? Does zeal consume us (cf. Ps 68:10)?

— Excerpted from ’ Homily V. Rev. James M. Shea, SJ V. Rev. Myles N. Sheehan, SJ V. Rev. David S. Ciancimino, SJ on January 3, 2014 Provincial of Maryland Province Provincial of New England Province Provincial of New York Province MARYLAND About Our Cover NEW ENGLAND Jesuits in formation gathered at Campion Center in Weston, NEW YORK Mass., during December 2013 for a weekend of prayer, PROVINCES faith-sharing and fellowship.

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SPRING Features New Province Leadership ...... 2 Editors Drawing Deeper into the Experience of Christ...... 4 Benigno Alice Poltorick Celebrating Newly Ordained Jesuit Deacons...... 6 Sheila Welton Building Bridges...... 8 Contributors Ministering on the Margins...... 10 Fr. Michael Boughton, SJ Fr. Charles Connolly, SJ Wisdom of Years: A Lifetime of Service...... 14 Br. John Hollywood, SJ Using the Law to Help Humanity...... 16 Fr. James Keenan, SJ Wendell Laurent Come and Walk with Us ...... 18 Nick Napolitano Debra Ryan Men and Women for Others...... 20 Advancement Directors Gabriele Delmonaco Sherri Weil Page 4 Please address all correspondence to JESUITS magazine at: Maryland Province Jesuits 8600 LaSalle Road, Suite 620 Towson, MD 21286-2014 443-921-1310 [email protected] New England Province of Jesuits P.O. Box 9199 Watertown, MA 02471-9199 617-607-2890 [email protected] New York Province of the Society of Jesus 39 East 83rd Street New York, NY 10028-0810 Page 6 212-774-5500 [email protected]

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New Leadership for the Maryland, New York and the U.S. Central and Southern Provinces

esuit Father Adolfo Nicolás, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, has appointed Jesuit Fathers Robert Hussey as the next provincial of the Maryland Province, John Cecero as the next provincial of the New York Province and Ronald Mercier as the first provincial of the new U.S. Central and Southern Province, a unification of the Missouri and New Orleans Provinces.

The provincials will begin their respective terms on July 31, 2014, the feast of St. Ignatius. As part of the ongoing national unification of Jesuit provinces, Fr. Cecero will become the provincial of the new province that forms when the New England and New York Provinces unite on July 31, 2015.

Fr. Robert Hussey entered the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus in J 1989 after completing a Ph.D. in economics from Duke University. As a regent he taught economics in Chile. In 2000, following theological studies at Weston Jesuit School of , Fr. Hussey was ordained a priest. He taught economics at Georgetown University, completed tertianship in Mexico and has ministered in several parishes. Currently, he is serving as pastor at St. the Archangel Church in Raleigh, N.C., where he has been for the past five years. ***

Also a Jesuit of the Maryland Province, Fr. John Cecero entered the Society of Jesus in 1976 and was ordained in 1989. He has served in a variety of lead- ership positions and has spent time in both the New England and New York Provinces. For 15 years, he taught as professor of psychology at Fordham University (1998-2013). He served as an advisor to the provincial of the New York Province from 2004-2012. He is currently finishing a sabbatical year after serving as rector of the Spellman Hall Jesuit Community since 2007.

*** Fr. Ronald Mercier entered the New England Province of the Society of Jesus in 1975 and was ordained in 1987. He served as executive director of The Jesuit Collaborative and dean and professor of ethics at Regis College, the Jesuit School of Theology at the University of Toronto. He currently is rector of the Bellarmine House of Studies in St. Louis and a theology professor at Saint Louis University, specializing in theological ethics, bioethics and social ethics. He also serves in sacramental ministry at the College Church and at St. Mary’s Assumption Ukrainian Byzantine .

2 New Leadership for the Maryland, New York and the U.S. Central and Southern Provinces Communal Prayer Experience for Lent and Easter

For the Lent and Easter season, the Society of spiritual freedom, vision and joy. Daily online presentations Jesus in the U.S. created a program of prayer and offered questions for reflection, a reading and multimedia reflection that was open to all.Moved to Greater content. Reflections were posted on the national Jesuit Love was a nine-week digital prayer experience website www.Jesuits.org/GreaterLove. that began the week of Ash Wednesday and ran “This is the first time the Society has done something through the second week of Easter. The nine on a national level where we’ve invited Jesuits, those Jesuit provincials who authored the program who work with us in our ministries and anyone who is described it as “an invitation to magnanimity, interested in a deeper Lenten experience to join with us silence, creativity and depth, calling us all to con- in prayer,” said Fr. Thomas Smolich, SJ, president of the sider how God’s love burns away fear and opens Jesuit Conference. us up to respond generously and wholeheartedly.” Moved to Greater Love emphasized individual More prayer and reflection for four graces: gratitude, on the web For further information, please visit www.Jesuits.org/GreaterLove

Ignatian Family Teach-In

More than 300 colleagues, students and Jesuits from parishes and schools across the Maryland, New England and New York Provinces joined over 1,300 individuals at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (IFTJ) on November 16-18, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Ignatian Solidarity Network, a national social justice network inspired by the spirituality of St. Ignatius Loyola, the IFTJ is an annual gathering for mem- bers of the Ignatian family to learn, reflect, pray, network and advocate together for social change. Two days of keynote speakers, prayer, small group workshops and liturgy concluded with 800 individuals advocating with their legislators for humane comprehensive immigration reform, an increase to the federal minimum wage, and Fr. Thomas Smolich, SJ, president of the Jesuit Conference, delivers a blessing continued access to food assistance for low-income to those gathered outside the Capitol building on Advocacy Day. U.S. households. Keynote speaker Fr. James Martin, SJ, said, To learn more about the Ignatian Solidarity Network and “I can’t remember being so inspired by so many More to see videos of keynote and student speakers at the IFTJ, young people in such a short period of time.” on the web visit: www.ignatiansolidarity.net/iftj.

3 Formation

Drawing Deeperinto the Experience of Christ

Fr. John Wronski, SJ, and Fr. Chuck Frederico, SJ, visited Mt. St. Helens during the tertianship program in Portland, Ore.

In 2012, the Society of Jesus inaugurated a new national tertianship program which provides support and training for men during the last stage of . Occurring before a man is called to Final Vows, tertianship is the time for a Jesuit to make a 30-day retreat for the second time, as well as prayerfully reflect on the major documents of the Society. The national program allows Jesuits from around the world to experience the program together. Two Jesuits in the tertianship stage of their formation reflect on the graces they have experienced during this period, which St. Ignatius described as a “school of the heart.”

The Long and Winding Road The journey to and through tertianship for a versation over dinner with one of the Jesuit typically begins after he has finished provincials, I was casually asked, “So, three to five years beyond a traditional track Chuck, when are you doing tertianship?” of formation (novitiate, first studies, regency, I dutifully replied, “Well, of course, and theology) and when the provincial when I’m asked!” decides it’s time to go. My own journey And as they say in show biz, “The rest is history.” 4 began late in 2011. While having a con- Two tertianship programs are Because the group was large, we Placed with the Son offered in Portland, Ore. Both programs formed at random four small groups of One of the many graces I received are directed by Jesuit Fathers Charles four men each. I was fortunate to have as a tertian during the third week of Moutenot and Michael Harter. The first two international Jesuits and a stateside my 30-day retreat this past summer program lasts nine months and occurs man whom I had never met before. was a vivid experience of carrying during the academic year; the second, We opened our hearts, discussing our the cross with Jesus on his way to which I am taking part in, is a 13-month prayer, our works, our family histories, . In my contemplations of Drawing Deeper program that runs through two consecu- our struggles and our dreams – all this scene I felt very close to Jesus tive summers. within the context of just having done and deeply attuned to the tragic Tertians study the foundational the Spiritual Exercises with men who circumstances surrounding his documents of the Society of Jesus, make love the Church and the Society and unjust suffering and death. the 30-day retreat, study the Spiritual who stand faithful to their vows. It was As I write four months later, Exercises, and participate in an apostolic apparent that each of these men had a in the midst of my ministry with experiment chosen by the tertian instruc- personal relationship with Jesus and underserved children from Boston tor, all meant to draw a man deeper into was on fire for mission. This compo- at Nativity Preparatory School, the experience of Christ in the world. This nent of “Friends in the Lord,” a phrase the vividness of that prayerful brings a Jesuit to the verge of Final Vows, coined by St. Ignatius, was deeply journey to Calvary with Jesus which is full membership in the Society moving and gratifying. Because our has not diminished. of Jesus. quartet got along so well, we traveled There is so much injustice and

tragic suffering in our world. I see it

in the lives of my students and their “I’ve come to see that Christ has woven a families every day. I see it in the structures of our society that keep web of tranquility and grace amidst my people mired in cycles of poverty. experiences of community, service and prayer.” This is the world where my 30-day

— Fr. Chuck Frederico, SJ retreat continues to unfold, the place where the Gospel scene takes on real flesh and blood. Each day as a The provincial makes a recommendation, to places in the Northwest on our days tertian I am blessed with the grace but only the Superior General in Rome of rest and on the weekends. We even of carrying the cross with Jesus and can call a man to these vows. A Jesuit made a pact to journey the mission his suffering people. Through these makes this final step when he has trail of California next summer. God experiences I am being called more reached a deeper level of availability is good. deeply into my life as a Jesuit, a for mission in the Society of Jesus. Reflecting on the pilgrim journey of companion of Jesus – “placed with My first summer of tertianship began St. Ignatius and making the Spiritual the Son,” as Ignatius was at on a Sunday evening with prayer and a Exercises again has brought me back in Italy. barbeque. We had men from as far away to the inner sanctum of my heart in Fr. John Wronski, SJ, is the director at as Sweden, Poland and Germany and new ways. As a young priest with years Nativity Preparatory School in Boston. from as close as Montana. The east coast of sacramental ministry on a college contingent was large and varied; out of campus and now years as the vocation 16, we had three men from the Maryland director, I’ve come to see that Christ “Each day as a tertian Province, three from the New England has woven a web of tranquility and Province, and two from the New York grace amidst my experiences of com- I am blessed with the Province. The great inspiration for me, munity, service and prayer in these grace of carrying the right from the beginning, was that all the 19 years of my Jesuit life. All I can men showed up, dropped their bags and do is look with hopeful anticipation as cross with Jesus and approached our time together with big, I continue my tertianship experience. his suffering people.” open hearts. This camaraderie grew over Fr. Chuck Federico, SJ, is the — Fr. John Wronski, SJ time. Everyone gave their whole heart vocation director of the Maryland, to the experience, and conversion in the New England and New York Provinces. best sense of the word was apparent. I suspect that St. Ignatius would have been moved. More on the web www.jesuitvocation.org 5 Formation

Celebrating Newly Ordained Jesuit Deacons

With gratitude and joy, the Society of Jesus ordained 18 Jesuits to the diaconate in October 2013. For a Jesuit in formation, ordination to the diaconate is the final step before priesthood.

Newly ordained Jesuit deacons at St. Ignatius Church, with Fr. Jim Gartland, SJ, rector of the Peter Faber Jesuit community at School of Theology and Ministry. Back row, from left: Christopher Johnson, Paul Shelton, Mario Powell, Tom Simisky, and Robert Murphy. Front row, from left: Sam Sawyer, Jim Gartland, Michael Rozier, and Nathan Wendt.

rchbishop of Boston, Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Canada. Both ordination liturgies were celebrated O.F.M. Cap., ordained nine men, eight Jesuits and with over 600 Jesuits, family and friends of the one Redemptorist, to the diaconate on October 12 newly ordained, and faculty, students and staff Aat St. Ignatius Parish in Chestnut Hill. All nine are from the schools of theology in attendance. students of the Boston College School of Theology After entering the Society of Jesus, it takes many and Ministry. years to become a priest. The formation process On October 19, ten more Jesuits were ordained concludes with four years of study in theology deacons by Bishop Robert McElroy, auxiliary bishop and in the last year the Jesuit is ordained a deacon. of San Francisco, at Santa Clara University’s historic The new deacons proclaim the Word of God, Mission Church. Nine of the Jesuits are students of preach and preside at the sacraments of baptism the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara Univer- and marriage and at the rite of Christian burial. sity and one is a student at Regis College, the Jesuit These 18 men will be ordained to the priesthood School of Theology at the University of Toronto, in June. 6 “It is wonderful to embrace diaconate ministry — preaching the Word and assisting at the altar. It is something God has been calling me to and preparing me for, for a long time. I have felt like Celebrating Newly Ordained Jesuit Deacons I belong to the People of God in a new way, one that calls my heart to deepening service and solidarity with them. A real highlight was to return to the parish I grew up in (St. Anselm’s, Sudbury, Mass.), and serve as a deacon and preach at the Christmas liturgies. There it was easy to see how the hand of God — always faithful — has been leading me throughout my life.”

— Brent Otto, SJ, newly ordained deacon

Jesuits were ordained to the diaconate at Santa Clara University’s historic Mission Church. Back row, from left: Eric Sundrup, Brent Otto, Chris Schroeder, Dong Vo, Nathan O’Halloran. Front row, from left: Vu Dao, Quang Tran, Vincent Duong, Okoye, John Shea.

“While my vocation to religious life as a Jesuit remains the core of my calling, ordained ministry has been a wonderful blessing. I am learning how God can transform all of my life experience in new ways, so as to be of sacramental and pastoral service to his Church.”

— Thomas Simisky, SJ, newly ordained deacon

More View more photos from the St. diaconate ordinations on the web http://spidercurran.smugmug.com/Events/diaconate 7 Education

BUILDING BRIDGES

Donna Andrade, Fairfield Prep, in Fairfield, Conn.; Yachira Torres and Angela Sigismondi, Nativity School of Worcester, Worcester, Mass.; Jose Peralta, Cheverus High School, Portland, Maine; Meg Florentine, provincial assistant for secondary and pre-secondary education for the New England Province; Anthony Burke and Bill Burke, Cheverus High School

In October 2013, over 700 educators, administrators and staff members gathered for “Building Bridges,” the third triennial colloquium for secondary and pre-secondary education, a celebration of Jesuit education hosted by the New York Province.

The event, held at Fordham Prep, speech. “We join experience with celebrated the rich connections that conscience; with characterize Jesuit education in schools compassion; and we integrate faith along the east coast. and justice throughout the world.” “We seek to build bridges across our Break-out sessions explored aspects nation and around the globe, mixing of mission and identity, development, competence with action; learning with curriculum enrichment, Ignatian service,” said Fr. Agbonkhianmeghe spirituality, campus ministry and Orobator, SJ, provincial of the East many other topics. Africa Province, in the closing keynote “The colloquium isn’t just a time 8 to share best practices; it’s a celebration!” said Fr. Vin Biagi, SJ, provincial assistant for secondary and pre-secondary education for the New York Province. “Certainly one of the most enjoyable parts was the community element that was so visible during the liturgy and the The Jesuit and Ignatian social gathering that concluded the first day of the colloquium. One person, in charism drives each their colloquium evaluation, put it best, of our schools in: saying that each colloquium seems better than the last because we are getting better A spirituality that encourages our at being together, sharing our stories, students to see God in all things, Fr. Joseph McShane, SJ, president of learning from one another and celebrating Fordham University, celebrating Mass with an expansive worldview our shared commitment to the work.” at the Fordham University Church. A spirituality that fosters a relationship with Christ as a model for adult living

A special commitment to the goodness and uniqueness of every individual

A pedagogy that engages the world through analysis of context, in dialogue with experience, open to evaluation through reflection, for the sake of action

A faith that seeks to do justice

A restlessness to discern and to live the in the pursuit of excellence

A commitment to partnership with companions who share our vision Fr. Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, SJ, provincial of the East Africa Province, with Fr. David Ciancimino, SJ, provincial of the New York Province — Source: “A History Rooted in Mission: Jesuit Higher Education in the United States,” Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Jesuit Connections and Collaborations on the Web Those who would like to learn more about the Jesuits need not wait for the magazine JESUITS. A constant stream of news and information is available on our websites and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, iTunes MARYLAND: www.mdsj.org and the blog, In Our Company. Daily offerings include prayers, podcasts, information about Jesuit NEW ENGLAND: www.sjnen.org ministries, Ignatian spirituality, special events and more. We invite you to visit, follow, become fans and NEW YORK: www.nysj.org join the conversation of the Jesuits in the Maryland, New England and New York Provinces. 9 Social Ministries

inistering on the argins M by Ben Horgan

As a lay collaborator, I found it refreshing and inspiring to reflect on social ministries with so many Jesuits and learn of their experiences in the Society. Moreover, the weekend empowered me, as a member of the mlaity, and to push my work in social ministries to new frontiers. I have the privilege of teaching in a Jesuit high school, accompanying students on their faith journey and intro- ducing them to Catholic social teaching and the virtues of moral decision mak- ing. Often, I have approached teaching social justice as a tool to identify root causes, examine government influence on social issues, and question societal norms. While these are important skills to faith-justice work, the gathering challenged my perspective and the way Five second-year Jesuit novices from the Maryland, New England and New York Provinces participated in the social ministries gathering: Chris Geraghty, Dickson Tiwelfil, Sean Hagerty, Matt Cortese and Matt Lopez. I introduce social justice and human rights issues in an Ignatian context. One of the most consoling aspects of my vocation as an educator in a Jesuit n November 2013, 77 individuals school is the rich, welcoming community Ifrom nearly 50 Jesuit apostolates of the Ignatian family. Conversely, as I gathered at Loyola House of Retreats work with my students and colleagues in Morristown, New Jersey to reflect, to better understand how to live a faith pray, and listen to where the Holy that does justice, it is easy to feel Spirit is guiding the Society’s work in isolated from those you wish to serve. accompanying those who are poor and Dr. Kevin Ahern, associate professor of marginalized. Men and women, lay and religious studies at Manhattan College, religious, teachers and lawyers, parish- augmented the theme by examining the ioners and staff were called together in theological foundations of a faith that the spirit of collaboration to examine the does justice and inviting us out of our Society’s history of social ministries in isolation. Kevin reminded us that our the Maryland, New England and New work for justice is rooted in the Gospel, Fr. James Walsh, SJ, an attorney who provides York Provinces and to discern where that it is lived not as individuals, but in legal services to the poor and elderly, delighted attendees with an animated recounting of the history our work for justice is being called to accompanying others. When we confront of social ministries in the New England Province. in the future. injustice, those who are marginalized

10 “...to protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love, is to open up a horizon of hope.”

— Pope Francis

Shaina Aber, policy director for the Jesuit Conference Secretariat for Social and International Ministries, shared reflections from a recent delegation visit to Jesuit works in Honduras. have a face, a name and a story. In intentionally building relationships with those we are working for, we more While the first Jesuits ministered strongly build the kingdom of peace to the sick and those living on the and unity to which Christ calls us. fringes, today we continue to push Web resources Fr. Sean Carroll, SJ, of the Kino those margins geographically, to to follow and m Border Initiative and Shaina Aber, political offices, online, and to local policy director for the Jesuit Confer- communities, responding to where engage in Jesuit ence, also illuminated the notion of the Holy Spirit is leading us. As Pope social ministry. accompaniment in their work for Francis asserted in his inaugural Mass, comprehensive immigration reform. “…to protect creation, to protect every They explained how their apostolates man and every woman, to look upon • Social Ministries website: www.nysj.org/socialministries accompany those who are marginal- them with tenderness and love, is to ized – from providing immediate care open up a horizon of hope.” The spirit on the border through humanitarian- • Jesuit Advocates, an alert and of the gathering challenged all who messaging tool of the Jesuit assistance programs, to advocating for are connected to the Society of Jesus Conference and JRS/USA: undocumented workers to be reunited to reach out to the margins of hope www.capwiz.com/jesuit/home with their families and secure a safe and accompany those we find there path to citizenship. This was one with great love. • Ignatian Solidarity Network: example of many that touched upon www.ignatiansolidarity.net the spirit of collaboration among our Ben Horgan is the director of the Office Jesuit apostolates in hopes of better of Ignatian Mission and Identity at Loyola • On Twitter @JesuitJustice Blakefield, in Towson, Md. and former serving those in need. director of campus ministry at the Red In hearing others reflect on the Cloud Indian School in South Dakota. evolution of social ministries within the region – and experiencing the work of my colleagues across the country – I was again reminded how intimately faith-justice work is tied to our Jesuit identity. Much like the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, the faith-justice work of the Society of Jesus aims at liberation. Freedom is not achieved individually, but rather is lived by accompanying another on Fr. Tim Brown, SJ, interim their journey. It is not a practice in director of campus ministry deconstructing corrupt social struc- at Loyola University Mary- ture; it is an effort to build a greater land, and former provincial of the Maryland Province, kingdom of peace. The faith-justice presented on the future ministry of the Society of Jesus of Jesuit social ministries. continues to grow and bring the Church out into the world. 11 Across Our Provinces

Young Adults Growing Closer to God

“They are all faced with the desire to grow closer to God and the challenge of finding ways to Contemplative Leaders in Action incorporate faith in their daily lives.”

— Mary Tracy, CLA director

A group photo from CLA’s first intercity retreat, 2011

Two thriving Jesuit programs are engaging young professionals and pairing active adult faith lives with the call to action.

Contemplative Leaders in Action discernment, Ignatian spirituality, Catholic Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) social teaching, leadership models and was founded in 2008 as a two-year faith spirituality in the workplace. formation and leadership development Program participants lead busy lives program rooted in the Spiritual Exercises in a wide range of fields, but they quickly of St. Ignatius Loyola. CLA is a program of find practical ways to integrate their faith The Jesuit Collaborative, a Jesuit ministry with their careers. They also develop a that helps the people of the Maryland, deeper understanding of Ignatian spiritual- New England and New York Provinces ity and its implications for personal and grow closer to God through prayer, retreats professional decision making. and spiritual formation. “There are teachers, lawyers, doctors A small group of participants – primarily and social and civic workers taking part in graduates from Jesuit schools and other the program, but we would say that they’re Ignatian spirituality programs, along with all involved in ministry,” said Mary Tracy, parishioners from Jesuit parishes – meet CLA director. “They all have a desire to monthly during the first year of the pro- grow closer to God and are faced with the gram. Guest speakers, presentations and challenge of finding ways to incorporate 12 community-building exercises focus on faith into their daily lives.” Second-year participants design Jesuit Connection “We believe that capstone projects that apply their Jesuit Connection is a spiritual, enhanced skills and encourage them to service and social group that enables our faith doesn’t discover their personal leadership style, young adults in their 20s and 30s to belong by itself oftentimes in collaboration with Jesuit engage with Jesuit values and build a institutions or their own professional or network of peers. Sponsored by the New in a pew. It thrives personal circles. The projects come in England Province and run by a team of when challenged, many shapes and forms. One participant young adults in the Boston area, the studied homelessness in Washington, group organizes Pizza and a Pint and lived and shared.” D.C., by partnering with a mobile soup Ignatian Conversations events, retreats, — Paul Bisso kitchen service, another coordinated a Masses and outings throughout the year. faith sharing group for new parents, a This fall, Jesuit Connection partici- third organized a Just Faith seminar on pants filled a local brewery tasting room to Boston, Lizzie McQuillan – now a immigration at the Romero Center, in near the Boston Harbor for an annual New England Province staff member Camden, N.J. fundraiser, which benefitted the Jesuit – found Jesuit Connection to be Program graduates are emerging Refugee Service. Members of the Jesuit the perfect way for her to become engaged and eager to share the lessons Connection peer leadership team spoke acquainted with Jesuit works closer they have learned. about the work JRS does to accompany, to home. The proof lies in the list of accom- serve and advocate for forcibly dis- “There are so many networking plishments from the growing number placed people around the world. events and opportunities for our age of CLA alumni who have leadership Many of those gathered were group, but this is a unique chance to positions on Nativity School boards, excited about the success of the last connect your life with Jesuit values have spoken with New York City’s new Jesuit Connection event, a meditation and develop relationships that can mayor on the impact of Catholic social hike on the Blue Hills Reservation be difficult to grow after college on teaching and were recently featured on in Milton, Mass. your own.” the pages of America magazine for a “Jesuit Connection participants For Paul Bisso and his wife, feature on women of faith. love the social and service-oriented Miriam, Jesuit Connection has “There really isn’t anything else like events, and they are also very interested provided a key building block in CLA,” said Mary Tracy. “When people in the spiritual components we offer, forming their adult religious lives. hear about it, they’re interested, and like the Masses and retreats,” said “People our age want to grow and we’re seeing so many ways the spiritual Liz Cunningham, associate director to be a part of something important,” and professional lives of program alumni of advancement at the New England Paul said. “We believe that our faith are just blossoming.” CLA is currently Province. doesn’t belong by itself in a pew. It operating in New York, Boston, Phila- After graduating from Loyola thrives when challenged, lived and delphia, Washington, D.C., Syracuse University Maryland and moving back shared. The Jesuit Connection and Atlanta. community is committed to these ideas, and the people we’ve met have been warm, open and dedicated to deepening their spirituality while serving others. It’s really a breath of fresh air.”

More on the web To learn more about CLA visit: http://jesuit-collaborative. org/contemplative-leaders. For information on Jesuit Connection, www.sjnen.org/Jesuit-Connection.

Members of Jesuit Connection took part in a meditation hike on the Blue Hills

Photo by Katie Bisso Photo by Reservation in Milton, Mass. 13 Wisdom of Years

A Lifetime of Service

It is often said that a Jesuit never retires. The men who enter the Society of Jesus have answered God’s call – they go anywhere in the world and do all things for the Greater Glory of God. Three of the many Jesuits who entered the Society of Jesus more than 50 years ago and continue to serve others in their encore careers are highlighted here.

signalman, reading the Bible whenever He left for Rome soon after, possible – even in Guadalcanal and the next chapter in a life led with Okinawa. Studying the life of Christ in a missionary spirit, ready to serve the New Testament led to a growing wherever and however needed. vocation, and shortly after ordination, Today, Fr. Fiorino reflects on his Fr. Fiorino began a long career as a ministry with deep humility and Catholic chaplain for the Navy. He in the spirit of St. Paul, attributing served in places such as Vietnam, the his successes to the grace of God. Philippines and Alaska’s Aleutian Islands “Sometimes I joke with the Lord and received a total of 18 citations and and say, ‘What next?’ But I know awards for providing emotional and that I will always do my best with spiritual care to military personnel and whatever is presented to me. I don’t Fr. Alfred Fiorino, SJ for service during crisis situations. sense that specific talents or gifts “As a chaplain, I learned to expect are at play in my life. What has the unexpected. That lesson has carried constantly motivated me has been fter a December snowfall, on throughout my life. You plan ahead my desire to serve the Lord.” Fr. Alfred Fiorino, SJ, 88, as best as you can, but you have to be Awalks the paths near his residence at ready to adjust,” he said. Fordham’s Kohlmann Hall almost as *** What helped Fr. Fiorino was the easily as he would have as a young knowledge that he was doing God’s seminarian more than 60 years ago. work, and a spirit of acceptance when hether founding a high school He keeps a busy schedule, driving life doesn’t always go as planned. Win Massachusetts, taking part in a Jesuits to medical treatments and And, as he pointed out, he is familiar White House advisory committee on providing spiritual counsel to indi- with the unexpected. Fr. Fiorino began literacy, or serving as dean of Boston viduals at convents, nursing homes ministry in the Philippines, teaching in College’s Woods College of Advanc- and monasteries throughout the Quezon City, but was forced to return ing Studies, Fr. James Woods, SJ, Bronx and parts of the Hudson Valley. to the U.S. due to vocal cord problems. has always approached his work Each Sunday he celebrates three While serving as a chaplain in November and service with deeply rooted care Masses, including one in Italian at 1969, he survived a railroad bombing and concern for the welfare of others. nearby St. Church. outside of Danang, Vietnam. The decoration of his office in Fr. Fiorino’s current ministry In 1995, when his Jesuit superior Boston College’s McElroy Commons comes after a lifetime of service. asked him to consider a position han- speaks to five decades of ministering Prior to becoming a Jesuit, he dling international correspondence for to students’ wide range of needs – a served in the Pacific as a U.S. Navy the Jesuit Superior General’s office, caricature sketched by an Advancing Fr. Fiorino, then 72, joked, “Do you Studies graduate, a wall calendar fea- 14 know how old I am?” turing the family church of a student President Jimmy Carter to the National (now university) as treasurer of the Advisory Council on Adult Education Jesuit Community, administrator in 1979 gave him the opportunity to and treasurer of the Jesuit commu- advocate for literacy on a national level. nities at the In 2002 the Evening College was and Georgetown University, director renamed the Woods College of Ad- of Maryland Province properties and vancing Studies. After stepping down ten years at the Vatican Observa- as dean in 2012, Fr. Woods continues tories at Castel Gandolfo in Rome, as special assistant to the president of Italy, and in Tucson, Ariz. Fr. James Woods, SJ Boston College and is present on cam- “The Roman Delegation of the pus, always ready with wisdom and wit Society of Jesus for International from Korea, even the record book from – and the booming laugh – for which Houses, of which I was a member, Fr. Woods’ first teaching position at he has become so well-known. has a directive that when a Jesuit Cranwell, an all-boys boarding school Last year, in recognition of his min- reaches 75 years of age, he is to in Lenox, Mass. istry to those in need, the university’s return to his home province and Though his office serves as home base, undergraduates named Fr. Woods Person here I am back in the Maryland his work as a Jesuit has been and continues of the Year. This year the university Province. to be wherever he encounters academic, awarded him an honorary degree for his “To quote Fr. John LaFarge, SJ, financial, career and pastoral needs. dedication to Boston College’s mission. former editor of America magazine, Following his ordination in 1961, Fr. With no hint of his 83 years slowing ‘The great fact of old age, no matter Woods was named provincial secretary him down, Fr. Woods sees each day how you look at it, is diminishment and director of vocations for the New filled with possibilities. “I’ve always in one form or another.’ England Province. He founded Bishop worked every day until I don’t have any Connolly High School, in Fall River, energy left,” he said. “No matter what Mass., responding to the financial need my position, I’ve always enjoyed being of each student while assessing the around people, and I see my work educational needs of the region. today as a continuation of my ministry In 1968 Fr. Woods was appointed and service to others.” dean of Boston College’s Evening Fr. Fiorino and Fr. Woods were profiled College of Arts, Sciences, and Business by Michael Benigno, director of print and Administration, and two years later digital media at the New York Province. also assumed the position of university registrar. *** He encouraged faculty to appreciate the diverse learning styles and needs rother John Hollywood, SJ, of individuals, keeping his vision settling in at his new home at focused on empowering students as the Colombiere Jesuit Residence B Br. John Hollywood, SJ they improved their lives. in Baltimore, Md., reminisces on “For most of our students, full-time his years as a Jesuit and reflects on “I am looking to grow through studies are not an option,” he said. “We his new career in the advancement diminishment. I am now venturing accommodate all those in the metropoli- office at the Maryland Province of into a whole new field as I am in tan area who want to come to Boston the Society of Jesus. the early days of working in the College, and make it possible for them “On September 7, 1956, at the Maryland Province Advancement to access a quality education. In doing so, young age of 18, I walked into Office, a challenge with purpose, we model the roots of Boston College.” the novitiate of St. Joques which I enjoy. The Province depends In 1969 Fr. Woods created the Eve- in Wernersville, Pa. to begin my on the work of this office and the ning College’s first endowed scholarship six-month postulancy as a Jesuit generous benefactors who are fund for students in need. He partnered brother in the Society of Jesus. dedicated to our apostolates. May with other area institutions to provide “Never could I have imagined all who have been chosen by your a network of support for these men and what I would experience over the Son always abound in the works of women, collecting valuable data on next 57 blessed years – I have had faith, hope and love in your service. graduates and publishing comprehensive the opportunity to serve at St. Joseph’s Growth through diminishment is research in They Went to College Eve- Preparatory School as assistant the law of the Kingdom.” nings 1929-1968. His appointment by treasurer and Loyola College in Md. 15 Ministries

Using the Law to Help Humanity By Alyson Krueger

But his dream of becoming a Catholic priest, particularly a Jesuit, never disappeared, and when he was 35 he took the leap. What his mother never foresaw was that it was the life of a Jesuit, not a lawyer, that afforded her son the oppor- tunities he lacked growing up. The priesthood allowed for postgrad- uate studies in law at both Columbia and Oxford. It led him to an endowed chair position at Loyola University Chicago. It brought him into the Vatican’s diplo- matic service where he represented the at the United Nations, working on issues as vital as child trafficking and other matters of international criminal courts. It was as a Jesuit that he pub- lished three books as well as articles in prestigious law publications including Fr. Araujo with his mother at his ordination in 1993 the Loyola Law Journal and the Journal of Catholic Legal Studies. And perhaps most importantly, his life as a Jesuit has enabled him to approach law with t the age of five, when family and friends a humane and compassionate mindset, started asking Fr. Robert John Araujo, SJ, something he could not always do in the now a 65-year-old Jesuit with jet corporate or government world. black hair, a stern face, and dark-rimmed Fr. Araujo said, “When my mother glasses, what he wanted to be when he grew would ask, ‘Why are you doing this, you up, he answered without hesitation “I’m aren’t going to be a lawyer anymore?’ I going to be a priest.” His mother’s response: would say, ‘Mom, I’m still going to be a “No, you are not.” lawyer, and I’m going to be something Fr. Araujo’s family, whose ancestry is in addition. I’m going to be more rather Portuguese, lived in Dighton, a small town than less.’” in southeastern Massachusetts, where they Fr. Araujo grew up as a Catholic struggled to make a living as farmers. His in a religious household and attended mother dreamed that her eldest son would Mass every Sunday and on holy days. choose a career in law or medicine, one that But it wasn’t until he reached George- Awould supply wealth in addition to prestige. town University as an undergraduate For years Fr. Araujo listened to his mother, that he started to get to know the Jesuits. securing a law degree from Georgetown “At the time there were a number of University and working in high-end law Jesuits who were teaching in the class- firms. He had “nice homes, a nice car, and room, and I could see myself being nice vacations.” one of them one day,” he explained. “I was impressed by their love for the classroom, their ideas and values and 16 for their strength as great pastors.” Following his mother’s advice and faced with peer pressure (at his first college reunion over 90 percent of the class was either a lawyer or a doctor) Fr. Araujo attended Georgetown Law School and then served as a commis- sioned officer stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia during the Vietnam War, an experience that taught him what it meant to “serve others in a meaningful way.” After the war, he worked as a lawyer for the United States Department of the Interior before moving on to the litigation department of the original Standard Oil Company. After meeting with several Jesuits including his former dean at Georgetown he was ready to take the step he always wanted: to join the Society of Jesus. When he was at the post office about to slip his final paperwork in the mail Fr. Araujo met with Pope Francis when he was in Rome for the International Catholic Legislative Network and the International Jurists Network meetings. he asked himself and God, “Am I doing the right thing?” Fr. Araujo said he heard a very audible voice declare, “Of course to bring values formed by an objective international criminal court (while you are.” moral order rather than subjectivity into it currently exists in The Hague, the During his nine years of Jesuit for- their study of law. “Because of him, I court has not yet been accepted by mation, Fr. Araujo received an education think I always try to look at things from the United States or the Holy See.) he never could have imagined. a perspective that I wouldn’t necessarily Everything Fr. Araujo does, He journeyed to a village outside have done before,” said Ronald Rychlak, from teaching law to working in of Amman, Jordan to teach in a grade a current law professor at the University the United Nations, he does in the school where he endured extreme of Mississippi who learned and worked service of this Church that he has heat and a volatile political situation. under Fr. Araujo. Fr. Araujo then taught loved and believed in since he was He received a research fellowship at at Loyola University in Chicago as a five years old. Columbia University where he wrote his professor of law, where he was the And it is this passion and devo- dissertation on the then controversial inaugural holder of the John Courtney tion that his mother finally saw in topic of using legislative history to Murray, SJ, University Professorship. her son. interpret statutes. He went to Oxford As a legal advisor to the Vatican Fr. Araujo said, “Finally, I could where he studied under Sir Ian Brownlie, Secretary of State in the United Nations – see that she was proud.” a world-renowned international law a position he has held since 1997 – he has scholar. demanded that the international commu- Alyson Krueger is a freelance journalist The fascinating part of his studies writing for the New York Times and nity advocate for humanity as well. The Tablet among other publications. was learning how to use each law to While sitting on the committee help humanity. He started asking tough responsible for human rights, Fr. Araujo questions such as, “Why do we have this made sure that handicapped populations law? What is its purpose? What is its were able to get access to good health objective? Who is it going to help? Who care. He fought against child trafficking. is it going to harm?” As a Jesuit lawyer, He sought out opportunities to bring he experienced the need to promote the about peaceful resolutions to internal moral good, the common good. civil war situations and worked on the After he was ordained to the priest- committee charged with creating an hood in 1993, he became a professor of law at in Spokane, Wash., where he encouraged his students 17 Ministries

Come and Walk with Us Sacred Heart Church and Center

n a bright December day, children Odressed as Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe join mothers, fathers, brothers Celebrating the and sisters as they stream into Sacred feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Heart Church in Richmond, Virginia. Sacred Heart Church

During this season of light, festive and for developing community leadership. mariachi music pours from the church. Everardo Sosa, Sacred Heart Center intern An image of the of Guadalupe, and full-time college student, comments, nine feet tall, extends upward in the “Most people say they feel welcome here, front of the church, surrounded by fresh even though they are not from just one carnations, roses and dozens of candles ethnic group. God is actually working with flickering at her feet. The celebration dates us. I’m working to start a youth group, back to 1531 when a “Lady from Heaven” encouraging students to get to know each appeared to Juan Diego, a poor Indian other and become involved with commu- from Tepeyac, outside of Mexico City. nity and church service.” She instructed him to have a church built This busy community center and church on the site, leaving her image imprinted are affiliated with the Catholic Diocese of miraculously on his tilma. The crudely Richmond and have been staffed by the constructed cactus cloth tilma should have Jesuits since 1990. The Center has a tradi- deteriorated, but shows no sign of decay tion of serving the most vulnerable and after more than 470 years. December 12, currently addresses the needs of the largely the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Latino immigrant community by offering is one of the most celebrated feast days online and classroom adult education and at Sacred Heart Church for the predomi- a wide variety of family support programs. nantly Hispanic parishioners. To meet basic health and nutritional needs Across the street, Sacred Heart Center as well as immigration support, the Center provides a gathering place for the commu- has forged partnerships with local agen- nity to share handmade tamales wrapped cies to offer a mobile health clinic, food in cornhusks, soup, and hot chocolate. assistance and counseling on rights and As the celebration continues and children immigration laws. Mary Wickham, execu- imbued with mariachi music whirl to the tive director of the Center since 2010, rhythm, it is apparent that much more comments, “People are so hungry for is happening at the Center. A place of opportunities. You just have to open the welcome for the burgeoning Hispanic door a little.” The GED classes in Spanish ministry, Sacred Heart Center serves as a are the most popular and 170 students are hub for the community and offers oppor- enrolled in the bilingual family literacy 18 tunities for economic and social support classes. “I know our community is good for Richmond – it offers energy and gration law and reminding them they are thrive and to share their strengths and diversity, adding to the cultural vibrancy like Jesus – immigrants just like him.” faith with the entire community.” of the city,” Wickham says. A new leadership program at the Father Auerbach reflects on what Fr. Shay Auerbach, SJ, pastor of Sacred Heart Center begins this spring. lies on the horizon, “Given the con- Come and Walk with Us Sacred Heart Parish since 2007, ex- Fr. Jack Podsiadlo, SJ, the newest Jesuit stellation of elements that exist here, plains, “The Center has taken a unique to join the Sacred Heart community, this ministry is unique. Jesuits are Sacred Heart Church and Center approach to its ministry by providing will oversee it. A native of New York, walking in solidarity with Latinos a welcoming place where cultural Fr. Podsiadlo worked for many years as they move things forward within strengths are embraced and celebrated providing education for underserved a very closely united parish and and resources are provided to equip in- students in New York City. In the few community center. We want to grow dividuals to take responsibility for their months he has been at Sacred Heart, in all directions – spiritually, building church and their lives.” Fr. Auerbach Fr. Podsiadlo refers to the song, Ven con a strong parish community, engaging has made it a point to visit many of the nosotros al caminar (Come and walk the wider community we live in and parishioners’ hometowns and villages with us) to explain the Jesuit way of advocating for immigration reform in Mexico and Central America since proceeding at the Center. The emphasis so people don’t have to live under becoming pastor here. Prior to moving is on accompaniment, “being with and the radar. It is such a privilege to say to Richmond, Fr. Auerbach completed doing with rather than doing for” as a that we are participating in this key tertianship, his final stage of Jesuit way of embracing their entire story and moment for the Latino community formation, at the Instituto de Literatura their relationship with God. During the in Richmond.” in Puente Grande in Mexico, which 50 days leading up to the Feast Day of consisted of a year of focused spiritual- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fr. Podsiadlo Sheila Welton is communications ity in preparation for Final Vows. There accompanied parishioners Rebecca and associate at the Maryland Province. he became deeply immersed in Mexican Chavez to the outskirts of town, culture and spiritual traditions. past the large new luxury homes, over

Come and walk with us; Holy Mary, come. Come and walk with us; Holy Mary, come.

Ven con nosotros al caminar; Santa María, ven. Ven con nosotros al caminar; Santa María, ven. (From left) Jesuit Fathers William Noe, Shay Auerbach and Jack Podsiadlo

Father William Noe, SJ, the second the winding farm roads, beyond the point of three Jesuit priests serving Sacred where pavement turns to gravel to small Heart, was ordained in June 2013 and trailer communities, with a guitar, statue learned Spanish in Bolivia. He began of Our Lady of Guadalupe and rosaries serving as parochial vicar at Sacred to share the story of faith and hope with Heart Parish last summer. “We let families living there. people know that the parish is con- Josué Ruben Salguero Cortez, SJ, a cerned not just that they come to church Jesuit scholastic from Nicaragua serving on Sunday but that we also care about at the Center, finds that the new immi- how they live during the week. We try grants exhibit a high sense of self-esteem, More on the web to connect people with resources at the resilience and courage, “Sacred Heart www.shcrichmond.org/ Center. As a parish, we can support can provide the venue and the training families by teaching them about immi- that will enable these folks to really 19 Jesuit News Around the World

M en and Women for Others: Jesuit schools support those in need in the Philippines

In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, Fr. Antonio Moreno, SJ, provincial of the Philippines Province wrote: “In Father General’s brief conversation with me shortly before I left Rome on 9 November, he conveyed deep concern and prayers for the victims of super Typhoon Yolanda (“Haiyan”). All our Jesuits are thankfully safe. But thousands of our people lost their lives; other untold thousands, their homes and properties.”

efforts in different and meaningful ways. Supporters prayed together, hosted benefit concerts and organized special collections to provide aid to storm victims. And the work – and need – continues. A partial list of Jesuit institutions that contributed typhoon relief aid:

At Boston College, students came together to form the BC Typhoon Haiyan Relief Initiative, holding a prayer ser- vice and fundraising efforts, including a Philippine Typhoon Recovery Charity Concert for Catholic Relief Services. Canisius College’s campus ministry took up a special collection for the Philippine Jesuit Foundation during weekend Masses to help with the cause Prayer wall at Fairfield University and collected relief supplies from faculty and staff members. f the nine Jesuit-run schools in Fairfield University and the Jesuit Othe Philippines, all but one was spared Universities Humanitarian Action from the wrath of Typhoon Yolanda. Network (JUHAN) declared November Loyola College, on the island of Culion, 22 a day of Solidarity and Fundraising sustained considerable damage, but all for the Philippines across the Jesuit net- took refuge at the height of the storm work of schools. The University’s efforts and were safe. included an interfaith prayer service, a Jesuits, students, staff and alumni prayer wall, a radio show, and bake sale. at many Jesuit high schools, colleges “Events such as these remind us all of the and universities throughout the U.S. fragility of life, and of our responsibility contributed toward typhoon relief as compassionate persons and global 20 citizens to offer what assistance we The ’s University Recognizing St. Peter Faber can to our fellow men and women,” community participated in a special said Fr. Jeffrey von Arx, SJ, president Mass with Fr. Jose Salazar, SJ, and of Fairfield University. the Asian American Student Union Collections at Masses at Fordham in memory and solidarity with those University’s campuses were donated affected by Typhoon Haiyan. The to Catholic Relief Services for Philip- Mass was followed by a candle pines aid. The Offices of University procession led by Fr. Rocco Danzi, Mission and Ministry and Student SJ. The University’s campus minis- Affairs assisted students, faculty and try collected monetary donations, staff members whose families were which were sent to Catholic Relief impacted by the storm. Services to aid their work in the Students, parents and members of Philippines. the faculty and staff at Georgetown Through the generosity of the Preparatory School supported the Xavier High School community fundraising efforts of the campus in New York, substantial funds were ministry department. Savings from raised through events including a Seek grace for the smallest things, the “Simple Meal” were also donated 50-50 raffle at the annual Xavier- to the Philippine Jesuit Foundation. Fordham Prep football game and and you will also find grace to Georgetown University’s Center matching gifts from alumni. accomplish, to believe in, and for Social Justice Research, Teaching Before becoming an indepen- to hope for the greatest things. and Service set up a fund to support dent province, the Philippines was Attend to the smallest things, disaster relief work and humanitarian a mission of the New York Jesuits. examine them, think about assistance in the Philippines. The uni- Hundreds of New York Province versity also hosted a memorial Mass Jesuits served in the Philippines and putting them into effect, and and dedicated intentions toward the received part of their Jesuit train- the Lord will grant you greater. victims at other campus services. ing there. More than 25 New York — St. Peter Faber The community at Le Moyne Province Jesuits are now members College participated in a number of of the Philippine Province. More than 140 years after being named fundraising activities including collec- “Blessed,” Jesuit Father Peter Faber was tions in Masses at the Panasci Family Information on the work of the Jesuits More in the Philippines and the response to canonized by Pope Francis on December Chapel, outside Le Moyne’s LaCasse on the web Typhoon Yolanda can be found on their 17, the pope’s 77th birthday. Pope Francis Cafeteria and the Dolphin Den. website at: www.phjesuits.org. has long admired Faber, one of the first Jesuits and a close companion of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus.

Faber was born in the Upper Savoy region of in 1506 and was said by St. Ignatius to be the man best suited to direct others in the Spiritual Exercises. Faber – whose story is not nearly as well-known as those of his two college roommates, Ignatius Loyola and – spent a great deal of his Jesuit life working with Protestants during the turbulent era of the . Faber died in Rome in 1547 a few weeks before he was due to attend the .

Peter Faber was beatified in September 1872.

More on the web www.sjweb.info/photo-repository/favre/ Candlelight procession led by Fr. Rocco Danzi, SJ, at Saint Peter’s University 21 Advancing Our Mission

The Practice of

The Society of Jesus is fortunate to have many individuals who give to Giving the Jesuits on a regular and sustained basis. Monthly donors – or those who make recurring gifts each year – commit to supporting the life-long work of the Jesuits and provide a steady stream of financial support that enables the work of the

provinces to continue. Madeline Jiran with her late husband, Joseph

Two donors were asked MADELINE JIRAN’S powerful experience with Jesuit education motivated her to support the work of the Society of Jesus with donations on a what inspires them to monthly basis. be such constant and A student in the first class of women to attend Saint Peter’s College in Jersey City, Madeline found herself surrounded by Jesuits who were generous contributors sensitive, caring and intelligent. “I graduated with an open mind and to the Jesuits. Their with the ability to think clearly and freely and to communicate with confidence. I owe this to my Jesuit education.” answers offer insight into Madeline’s late husband, Joseph, attended Brooklyn Prep, the Jesuit St. Ignatius’ enduring high school then located in Brooklyn. They both graduated from Saint Peter’s College in the Class of 1970, a formative experience that provided message: “Love ought Madeline with the opportunity to think for herself and question what she to show itself in deeds truly believed in. “What continues to strike me about Jesuit education is that it supports more than words.” the adolescent experience and seems to understand what so many of us go through during that period of life. Specifically, it fosters sensitivity in men and helps them become fuller, well-rounded people – I found that in my husband and I see that in my son, who is a Saint Peter’s Prep graduate. The high school experience, in particular, had a tremendous influence on their lives and played such an important part in who they would become.” 22 hen you get up to 86 years old, you see what a joy life has been, even with the ups and downs, the births and “Wdeaths. Looking back, dear Jesus got me through it all.”

JOHN EARL LUCAS, of College Park, Md., has been consistently generous over many decades. In addition to his monthly giving, he has also made a provision for the Society of Jesus in his estate plans. His story offers Ignatian lessons of humility and generosity. Born in 1928, Mr. Lucas grew up in Anacostia, in the southwest section of Washington, D.C., an area that carried restrictive covenants prohibiting the sale, rental or lease of property to anyone of African or Irish descent. Mr. Lucas was baptized at Holy Redeemer Church, a place of worship that was many miles from his family’s home, but, due to racial segregation, was the only church he and his family could attend. His parents, who were devout Catholics, made a commitment to the Church. John Earl was just three years old when his mother died in a car accident on her way home from church. “I knew God was with us that day and has been with me ever since,” he said. At age 16, John Earl fulfilled his grandparents’ and mother’s wish by becom- ing an active Catholic. That was in 1944, and fortunately, a church in his neigh- borhood, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, opened its doors to all. He attended Mass and religious instruction there and made retreats at the Jesuit retreat center, Loyola on the Potomac, in Faulkner, Md. It was there that he met many Jesuits who guided him during his formative years and during his undergraduate and graduate studies at Howard University. He was drafted into the Army during Madeline Jiran and John WWII and remembers a consoling visit with a Jesuit priest before embarking on Earl Lucas were profiled by Michael Benigno his three years of service. Mr. Lucas then worked for 30 years with the Internal and Sherri Weil. Michael Revenue Service. Benigno is the director Now retired, Mr. Lucas attends daily Mass at his local church, St. Hugh’s, of print and digital media and has fond memories of the Jesuits and “their way of thinking.” He offered at the New York Province; Sherri Weil is the director these words of inspiration, “When you get up to 86 years old, you see what a of advancement at the joy life has been, even with the ups and downs, the births and deaths. Looking Maryland Province. back, dear Jesus got me through it all.”

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We are grateful to the generous donors who support the Society of Jesus with gifts made monthly or on a recurring S basis throughout the year. Monthly or recurring gifts, ranging from $10 to $1,000, enable Jesuit brothers, priests and scholastics to be on the frontiers for those in need. Because of these gifts, Jesuits can provide spiritual support to those in prisons, shelters and hospitals and at international apostolates in places like Micronesia, Jordan and Nigeria. The sustained generosity of our donors also provides a stable source of funds for educating Jesuits in formation and for long-term planning at Jesuit health care centers, where Jesuits receive medical attention after a lifetime of service to others. Whether donors choose an automated credit card charge, a convenient monthly bank transfer or payment by check, recurring gifts provide crucial support to the Society of Jesus and give life to the Jesuit mission. Donations to the Society of Jesus support Jesuits like Fr. Robert McGuire, who resides in Murray-Weigel Hall, the province health care center in the Bronx, N.Y.

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24 MARYLAND: www.mdsj.org | NEW ENGLAND: www.sjnen.org | NEW YORK: www.nysj.org Friends of the Jesuits Golf Outing USTAINING J esuits are aware that the success of their endeavors depends upon the grace of God and the generous support and care of colleagues and friends. This past September, at the Fourth Annual Friends of the Jesuits Golf Outing, New York Provincial Fr. David Ciancimino, SJ, recognized the committee and supporters of this very successful event with sincere gratitude. Inspired by the selfless commitment and leadership of Presenting Sponsors and founders of the outing, Gary Goodenough and Pete Dagher, a record-breaking $315,000 was raised. A long time friend and benefactor of the Jesuits, John Meditz, learned of the need for a generator at Murray-Weigel 1 Hall, the New York Province Jesuit health care community, and presented a challenge to match his donation of $50,000. The challenge was met! Sponsorships at the 2013 Friends of the Jesuits Golf Outing included a Tournament Sponsorship given in memory of Francis Xavier Rohn by Elizabeth and Robert Jeffe, a Dinner Sponsorship from Thomas S. Johnson, a Brunch Sponsorship from Pat and Diane Kelly and a Grill Sponsorship given in memory of Christopher V. Waldorf. Together with the support of hundreds of golfers and gracious donors over the past four years, the annual outing has raised more than $960,000. 2 Half the proceeds from these events are used to support older Jesuit priests and brothers at Murray-Weigel Hall, while the other half provides vital funding for other Jesuit works. Jesuits carry out so many ministries in the Church today – wherever the need is greatest. They initiate new programs in education and social justice and stand ready to support the growing Church in Africa, Asia and America. Fr. Ciancimino commented, “I am keenly aware that we Jesuits work in partnership with others…people like you, who make our work and what we do possible.” Thank you for your collaboration with the Jesuits and your continued generosity.

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