Summer 2015

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Also in This Issue: The Spirituality of Solidarity | The ’s Call to Action | Celebrating Jesuit Jubilarians From the Provincials

Dear Friends,

During this “Year of Consecrated Life,” has asked the Church to “look to the past with gratitude, to live the present with passion, and to embrace the future with hope.”

This summer the Midwest Jesuits, and indeed Jesuits throughout the world, have had a very special opportunity to respond to the pope’s call for reflection by conducting “province congregations” in preparation for the ’ , which will take place in Rome in October 2016. The Midwest Jesuits of the Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces who were elected to attend the regional congregations gathered at Jesuit Frs. Thomas Lawler, provincial of the Wisconsin Province, and Brian Loyola University Chicago to pray, reflect, Paulson, provincial of the Chicago-Detroit Province, with the Most Reverend and elect delegates to attend the upcoming Joseph Tobin, C.Ss.R., archbishop of Indianapolis, at the ordination of eight General Congregation. Midwest Jesuits

This international meeting will be the 36th General Congregation since the time of Saint Ignatius and will include Jesuits from every region of the world. Delegates will also elect a new Superior General to continue the good work that Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, has accomplished in the role since 2008. The delegates will pray together and discuss important issues of our time, seeking the Spirit’s guidance on how the Society can best serve the needs of the Church and respond to urgent needs around the world.

As in the past, we will invite the Holy Father to address the congregation delegates. As a Jesuit, and before becoming archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis attended the Jesuits’ 32nd General Congregation in 1975 and the 33rd General Congregation in 1983. He understands from personal experience the importance of such a worldwide gathering of Jesuits and its implications for our mission. We look forward to his guidance for the future direction of our service to the universal Church. Please join us in praying for the Spirit’s guidance in the preparations for these important events in our history.

Every summer we have a wonderful opportunity to look to the past with gratitude by honoring our Jesuits who have gone home to God and our jubilarians who continue offering their lives in service to God and God’s people. We invite you to read the reflections in this issue by some of our jubilarians celebrating 50 years in the Society (see pages 14–15).

We also invite you to join us in embracing the future with hope by celebrating the eight Jesuits who were ordained on June 13 at Queen of All Saints Basilica in Chicago by the Most Reverend Joseph Tobin, C.Ss.R., archbishop of Indianapolis, Ind. (see pages 10–13).

Finally, we invite you to enjoy the many news items and articles in this issue that show how together, with your help and prayers, we are living the present with passion.

We continue to pray for you, and we ask for your prayers in return.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Brian G. Paulson, SJ Thomas A. Lawler, SJ Provincial, Chicago-Detroit Province Provincial, Wisconsin Province SUMMER 2015 Features A Jesuit’s Journey Fr. Brian G. Paulson, SJ Fr. Schlegel’s Living Sermon PROVINCIAL, CHICAGO-DETROIT PROVINCE 7 Fr. John Schlegel’s life took an unexpected turn when he was diagnosed Fr. Thomas A. Lawler, SJ with inoperable pancreatic cancer. The university president, magazine PROVINCIAL, WISCONSIN PROVINCE publisher, teacher, and pastor has responded by turning his remaining time Howard Craig into a remarkable, living sermon on the things that matter most. PROVINCIAL ASSISTANT FOR ADVANCEMENT, CHICAGO-DETROIT AND WISCONSIN PROVINCES Jeremy Langford The Spirituality of Solidarity PROVINCIAL ASSISTANT FOR COMMUNICATIONS, The Ignatian Solidarity Network is a national social justice network CHICAGO-DETROIT AND WISCONSIN PROVINCES 9 inspired by the spirituality of St. . Executive Director Ann Greene, Brian Harper, Nancy Kolar, Christopher Kerr reflects on the organization’s mission and what it means & Quentin Maguire to be in solidarity with those in need. MAGAZINE TEAM

CHICAGO-DETROIT PROVINCE Ordination 2015 2050 N. Clark St. 10 Embracing the Future with Hope Chicago, IL 60614 Eight Midwest Jesuits were ordained to the priesthood this summer. (773) 975-6363 The ordinands share what inspired them to join the Society, how they Regional Directors of Advancement have been moved throughout their journeys, and the many ways they are grateful for those who have supported them along the way. Bill Burke (Chicago/Cleveland) [email protected] | (773) 975-6909 Jeff Smart (Chicago) Jesuit Jubilarians [email protected] | (773) 975-6920 14 Share Words of Wisdom and Gratitude Mark Maxwell (Cincinnati/IN/KY) Each year we celebrate our jubilarians and ask those marking 50 years in [email protected] | (513) 751-6688 the Society to reflect on a word that captures their lives as Jesuits. Enjoy 607 Sycamore St. their wisdom and gratitude. Cincinnati, OH 45202

Nora Dabrowski (Detroit) [email protected] | (773) 368-6399 Mail c/o Chicago Office The Pope’s Ecological Call to Action

WISCONSIN PROVINCE 16 In his much-anticipated encyclical “Laudato Si,” Pope Francis issues an unprecedented papal call to ecological conversion. The pope appeals to 3400 W. Wisconsin Ave. people of faith to care for God’s ongoing creation and those in need. Milwaukee, WI 53208 (414) 937-6955 Regional Directors of Advancement Dan O’Brien (Milwaukee/Omaha) [email protected] | (414) 727-1955 Al Bill (Minneapolis/St. Paul) Also in This Issue [email protected] | (952) 715-0770 2–5 News, Assignments, 8 Social Justice Ministries In Memoriam 17 Advancement FOR MORE INFORMATION, 6 Vocations — A Heart on Fire CONNECT WITH US ONLINE: WWW.JESUITSMIDWEST.ORG

ON THE COVER Stay Connected with the Jesuits On June 13, eight Midwest Jesuits were WWW.JESUITSMIDWEST.ORG ordained to the priesthood at Queen of All Saints Basilica in Chicago, as family, friends, and brother Jesuits prayed with and for them. Photo providedSo by Stevec ialDonisch Media Search Midwest Jesuits Visit our photo galleries at Free App on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube midwestjesuits.smugmug.com JesuitPrayer.org NEWS Jesuits Respond to the assessed 25 villages in nine of the hardest Midwest Jesuits hit districts and is providing recovery as- Earthquakes in Nepal sistance, including both food and non-food n Saturday, April 25, a 7.8-magnitude kits, training, educational initiatives, and Oearthquake rocked a mountainous temporary and permanent shelters. After region near Kathmandu, Nepal, killing three months, the Jesuits will move from more than 9,000 people, injuring more than early recovery to the rehabilitation and 14,500, and leaving 1,400 schools lev- continued response phases. eled and 3 million people in need of food In spite of the many tragedies and set- assistance. The tragedy threw the already backs, Nepal’s people are persevering. impoverished country — it ranks 157 of “The people of Nepal are ever strong, 187 on the United Nations’ Human Poverty powerful, resilient, and cheerful in every Index — into crisis. circumstance, even crisis,” observed NJSI Many of Nepal’s 62 Jesuits, with whom Finance Director Fr. Boby Thadathil, SJ. 2 the Midwest Jesuits share a special rela- The Midwest Jesuits established the Number of majors Dallas Jesuit High tionship, were attending the ordination of a Nepal Earthquake Relief fund in response School alum Jordan Spieth, 22, has won Nepali Jesuit in his home village six hours to the initial quake and subsequent earth- in the 2015 PGA Tour. He has won the east of Kathmandu when the earthquake quakes that took additional lives. To Masters and U.S. Open struck. Nevertheless, they sprang into date, generous donors have contributed action, making their way back to their $575,000, and the Jesuits have donated an ministries, turning them into makeshift additional $50,000. relief centers, and developing initiatives Nepal, however, is far from full recovery. 53 With the potential for landslides and after- Number of Jesuits canonized by the and structures to begin the long process of rebuilding Nepal. shocks still looming, the country continues Targeted emergency relief efforts have to face significant risk of more damage and included opening campuses to accommo- suffering. date homeless and displaced people and The Midwest Jesuits continue to accept 474 delivering food and tarpaulins to hard-to- donations on behalf of their friends in Nepal. Years since St. Ignatius of Loyola reach rural villages. Coordinating with Visit https://connect.jesuitsmidwest.org/ founded the Society of Jesus other relief groups, the newly established nepalearthquake to make your gift. n Nepal Jesuit Social Institute (NJSI) has Homeless Jesus Comes to 36,524 Warming Center in Detroit Total Examens prayed by each Golden he famous Homeless Jesus statue Jubilarian celebrating 50 years in the Tfound its latest home with a dedication Society of Jesus ceremony at Saints Peter and Paul Jesuit Church following the parish’s 11 a.m. Sun- day Mass on June 28. The bronze structure, designed by Ontar- 3 million io artist Timothy P. Schmalz, who attended People in need of food assistance the event, is a life-size sculpture of a body following Nepal’s Gorkha earthquake lying under a blanket on a park bench. The figure’s identity is only revealed by the nail Student volunteers help relief efforts following Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. holes in the feet protruding from under the 6,222 blanket. By the Numbers Households served by Nepal Jesuits “When I first saw a picture of the statue I and collaborators in the wake of the did not notice the wounds on Christ’s feet,” earthquake said Michael Thomas, outreach coordina- tor for Saints Peter and Paul’s Warming Center, a ministry that serves people deal- 3,375 ing with addiction, poverty, homelessness, Students who have graduated from 19 and other issues. “Sometimes you have secondary and pre-secondary Jesuit to look closer. Jesus was wounded by the schools in the Chicago-Detroit and lack of understanding and compassion in Wisconsin Provinces in 2015 the world. Isn’t this true of so many of our guests? Being homeless can result in much guilt, shame, and self-condemnation, Jesuits lead a group in prayer at a ceremony to all of which reflects the judgment and inaugurate the Nepal Jesuit Social Institute. condemnation of a society in which they have been dislodged.” 2 NEWS issues including “caring for the marginal- St. Louis Jesuits Announce ized and the poor; advancing economic op- portunity for all; serving as good stewards 40th Anniversary Benefit of the environment; protecting religious Concert for Cristo Rey minorities and promoting religious freedom Milwaukee around the world; and welcoming and in- he St. Louis Jesuits, world-renowned tegrating immigrants and refugees into our composers and performers of Catholic communities.” T spiritual music, will reunite in celebration The pope’s visit to the United Na- of their 40th anniversary at a concert to tions will include separate meetings with benefit the newest Cristo Rey Jesuit High The Homeless Jesus statue, courtesy of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and School in Milwaukee. the artist, Timothy P. Schmalz President of the United Nations General The concert is scheduled for Sunday, Assembly Sam Kutesa, as well as a town September 20, 2015, at 3 p.m. at Milwau- A Detroit Free Press story reported that hall gathering with U.N. staff. Ban pointed kee’s Pabst Theater. Tickets are avail- out that the pope’s visit will come as the an anonymous donor paid Schmalz’s fee able via the Pabst Theater’s website, U.N. is celebrating its 70th anniversary to bring the $32,000 sculpture to Detroit. www.pabsttheater.org. and discussing sustainable development, Schmalz, who works in Xiamen, China, Cristo Rey Milwaukee’s president, Andy climate change, and peace. has made the statue for a number of loca- Stith, is excited for the reunion. “I am Last November, Pope Francis announced tions around the world over the past several thrilled to welcome the St. Louis Jesuits years, including Phoenix, Ariz.; Washing- his desire to travel to the United States and to Milwaukee to celebrate the opening ton, D.C.; Chicago; and Charleston, W.Va. attend the 2015 World Meeting of Families. of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School with a “The sculpture is meant to create aware- benefit concert,” he said. “Their music ness of the relation between spirituality and has given life to the Church for decades the least of our brothers, one of the greatest and, once again, helps breathe life into messages of Christianity, a message that is the Church through this support of Cristo often overlooked in our western society,” Rey Jesuit’s new educational mission in Schmalz told the Free Press. n Milwaukee.” Pope Francis Plans Visit to The St. Louis Jesuits, who formed when the members were Jesuit scholastics at the United States in the early 1970s, ope Francis will travel to the United include Bob Dufford, Roc O’Connor, Dan PStates this September, marking his Schutte, John Foley, and Tim Manion. first visit to the country since being named Their contemporary liturgical music has pope in 2013. He will arrive in Washing- crossed denominational boundaries and is ton, D.C., from Cuba on September 22 and as popular in Anglican, Lutheran, and Pres- will be welcomed at the White House the byterian churches as in the Catholic liturgy. following day by President Barack Obama Pope Francis Special appreciation for the Cristo Rey and First Lady Michelle Obama. On Sep- benefit is owed to group member Fr. Roc tember 24, he will address a joint session O’Connor, SJ, who serves as an associ- of Congress before speaking at the United The World Meeting of Families was ini- ate pastor at the Church of the Gesu in Nations General Assembly in New York tially devised by Pope Saint John Paul II in Milwaukee and is organizing the benefit. on September 1992 and first held in Rome in 1994. This “Viva Cristo Rey!” announced Fr. 25. The pope year will mark the first time the meeting O’Connor. “Come, sing, support, and will attend the occurs in the United States. rejoice in the good God has been doing in World Meeting The Society of Jesus in the United States Milwaukee!” of Families in is particularly enthusiastic for the first Je- Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Philadelphia suit pope’s inaugural visit to the country. Milwaukee is part of a nationwide net- on September “We have been deeply inspired by work of 30 Catholic, college preparatory 26 and 27. the pope’s leadership, pastoral care, high schools for low-income students. He also plans and witness on behalf of people liv- Its unique and innovative educational to visit Our ing on the margins of our society,” said model empowers students to pursue higher Official Papal Visit 2015 Logo Lady Queen of Fr. Brian Paulson, SJ, provincial of the education, arms them with the tools they Angels School Chicago-Detroit Province. “We look for- need to thrive, and provides invaluable in East Harlem ward to his visit to the United States and professional experience through its Cor- and a correctional facility in Philadelphia. continue to look to the past with gratitude, porate Work Study Program. Cristo Rey The White House Office of the Press live the present with passion, embrace Milwaukee will open its doors in August, Secretary indicated Pope Francis and the future with hope, and enthusiastically welcoming the Class of 2019. To learn President Obama will continue the dialogue respond to his call to live out our faith, lay more about the school or how you can they began with the president’s visit to the and religious alike.” n sponsor the St. Louis Jesuits’ concert, visit Vatican in March 2014, covering a range of www.cristoreymilwaukee.org. n 3 IN MEMORIAM ASSIGNMENTS

We give thanks for the following Leadership in Jesuit Schools Jesuits who have gone home to God. Fr. Michael Marco, SJ, has been named 11th Visit www.jesuitsmidwest.org for more information president of Marquette University High School CDT=Chicago-Detroit Province in Milwaukee, effective July 1, 2016. Fr. Marco WIS=Wisconsin Province has served as special assistant to the president since 2013 and previously served as president of Georgetown Preparatory Fr. William J. Sullivan, SJ (WIS) School in Maryland (2010– December 20, 1930 to June 16, 2015 2013) and Walsh Jesuit High Seattle University president (1976–1996) and president School in Ohio (2003–2010). He succeeds emeritus and chancellor (1996–2009) Fr. Warren Sazama, SJ, who will accept a new assignment after 25 years at Marquette High, including the past nine years as president. Fr. Michael Garanzini, SJ, Fr. Lawrence A. Jonas, SJ (WIS) stepped down after 14 years as president March 5, 1921 to June 5, 2015 of Loyola University Chicago and became chancellor of the university, effective June Retreat ministry, pastoral work at diocesan parishes in 30, 2015. He continues as secretary for higher South Dakota (1986–2001) and Church of the Gesu in education for the international Milwaukee, Wis. (2001–2014) Society of Jesus. John Pelissero, the university’s current provost and chief Fr. Lúcás (Yiu-Sing Luke) Chan, SJ (CHN) academic officer, will serve as interim president. Chinese Province, Applied to WIS The university will begin a national search for a June 7, 1968 to May 19, 2015 president in 2016. First Chinese Jesuit to be missioned to apostolic work Fr. William Muller, SJ, has outside the Chinese Province, one of the world’s top been named executive director of the newly moralists, and Marquette University theology professor established Jesuit Schools Network of North Courtesy of Marquette University America (JSN). JSN will replace the Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA) in Fr. Roland J. Teske, SJ (WIS) providing services and programming to the 80 October 29, 1934 to May 18, 2015 Jesuit pre-secondary and secondary schools Philosophy professor for 40 years and head of Honors in the United States and Canada. Fr. Muller Program (1978–1981) at Marquette University, contributed succeeds Fr. James Stoeger, SJ, who served scholarly work on St. Augustine and medieval Augustinians JSEA as vice president from 2008–2011 and more recently as president for the last four years. Susan Smith became the fifth president of Fr. Benjamin R. Morin, SJ (CDT, transcribed to Peru) Nativity Jesuit Academy in Milwaukee on July August 15, 1920 to April 23, 2015 20, 2015. Smith most recently served as vice president of marketing and communications WWII army lieutenant in the Philippines, POW in Japan, for the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Loyola Academy teacher, missionary in Peru, and pastor in served for six years on the Board of Directors Los Angeles for Nativity. She succeeds Melodie Wyttenbach, who accepted a faculty position at the University of Notre Dame. Province Office Fr. John F. Pennington, SJ (CDT) March 14, 1937 to March 27, 2015 Fr. Timothy Lannon, SJ, will become the Religion and philosophy teacher, night chaplain at Loyola provincial assistant for formation for the University Medical Center, director of Catholic Chaplains Midwest Jesuits, effective September 8, at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and writer on ethics 2015. Most recently, he served as president of compassion of Creighton University. Fr. Lannon succeeds Fr. Raymond Guiao, SJ, who served as assistant for formation for Br. Donald H. Bengert, SJ (CDT) the Chicago-Detroit Province September 16, 1926 to March 25, 2015 since 2008 and for the Wisconsin Province Registered nurse and infirmarian at Milford Novitiate, since 2012. Fr. Guiao became president of Saint West Baden College, and Bellarmine School of Theology; Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio, on nurse at Xavier University’s Student Health Center, home July 1, 2015. visitor to the elderly, and social minister at St. John Social Service Center in Cincinnati, Ohio

4 ASSIGNMENTS

Fr. James Stoeger, SJ, will become the Pastoral new provincial assistant for vocations for the Midwest Jesuits beginning Fr. Timothy Manatt, SJ, has been missioned fall 2015. In addition, he will as the next pastor and administrator of St. serve as regional vocation Patrick Parish and Our Lady of Guadalupe director for Chicago, Parish in Milwaukee. He previously served Milwaukee, and northern Indiana. Other regional as president of Cristo Rey Jesuit High vocation directors include School-Twin Cities. Fr. Manatt succeeds Br. James Boynton, SJ, Fr. José Moreno, SJ, who served as St. who will oversee central and Patrick’s pastor for 14 years and Our Lady of southern Indiana, Kentucky, Guadalupe’s for nine years. Fr. Moreno will Michigan, and Ohio, and begin a sabbatical in August. Fr. Paul Coelho, SJ, who will serve Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming. Br. Patrick Douglas, SJ, and NEW RESIDENTS OF SENIOR JESUIT COMMUNITIES Fr. William Murphy, SJ, have been assigned to serve as vocation promoters. COLOMBIERE ST. CAMILLUS International Fr. James Gartland, SJ, and Fr. Robert Geisinger, SJ, were elected by the Chicago- Detroit Province Congregation to be sent to the Society of Jesus’ General Congregation, Fr. Robert Fr. Robert Fr. John Fr. Eugene “Dutch” scheduled to begin in Finn, SJ Grib, SJ Cuddigan, SJ Dutkiewicz, SJ Rome on October 2, 2016. Fr. Thomas Stegman, SJ, was elected by the Wisconsin Province Congregation. Jesuit Communities Fr. Stephen Krupa, SJ, has been appointed superior of the Clark Street Jesuit Community Fr. James Fr. Bernard Fr. James Fr. William in Chicago. He succeeds O’Reilly, SJ Streicher, SJ Gladstone, SJ Kelly, SJ Fr. Paul Brian Campbell, SJ, who has served as superior since 2008 and will continue as publisher of Loyola Press. In addition, Fr. Krupa will care for the Jesuits living in House in South Bend, Ind.

Fr. Douglas Leonhardt, SJ, became superior Fr. John Fr. William Fr. Walter of the St. Camillus Jesuit Community on July 1, White, SJ Kidd, SJ Stohrer, SJ 2015, after serving as associate vice president in the Office of Mission and Ministry at Marquette University. He succeeds Fr. Jonathan Haschka, SJ, who has served as superior since 2011 and will prepare for a new mission.

5 VOCATIONS Finding Beauty in Simplicity By Christopher Staab, SJ

Christopher Staab, SJ, has discovered the joy of life’s simple moments while studying theology in Brazil.

hen we think of Brazil, images of had the unique opportunity to discover that the United States in 2011, I was then mis- Wsoccer, Samba, or Carnival often though soccer is a fundamental passion for sioned to Chicago, where I taught English come to mind. No doubt, these are images Brazilians (the 7-1 loss to Germany in the and Spanish literature at Cristo Rey Jesuit that do give us an idea of the people in World Cup still stings the people) and that High School. And now I am in Brazil, a this vast and very diverse country. Yet, as yes, the country does stop for celebrations full-time theology student at a Jesuit center a Jesuit student of theology here, I have during Carnival, these are images that often for theology and philosophy studies in the times are not so helpful in understanding city of Belo Horizonte. Though this itiner- Messages of encouragement received the culture. I think of my own experiences ary may seem anything but simple, having for Christopher Staab, SJ, in response here: drinking tea with a family in south- studied philosophy in Spanish and now do- to his “A Heart on Fire” email sent to ern Brazil; taking ing theology studies Jesuit Partners in April 2015. the bus to attend in Portuguese, I am Mass at a favela learning to be a Jesuit “Thank you for reminding me to put others in and greeting the by finding this Jesus the center of our lives. May our Lord be with people who so at- who is right before you in all you do.” tentively welcome me, calling me to find — Mary Elizabeth Day the parishioners; him in the people who and studying with are with me. To learn “Thanks for your message from Brazil. Keep other theology and their language, their seeing Jesus in those around you. That way you philosophy students in our library at the ways of thinking, and how they perceive will never be alone. Peace & hope.” theologate. I wish I could share with you the world. That is why those 20 minutes — Fr. Jack Kieffer, SJ insightful, deep experiences, uncover the after Mass talking with the people are so “May you be blessed throughout your journey in richness of this country, but what comes important and why that moment of drink- becoming the best Jesuit you can…may those to mind as I reflect on my own journey ing tea in a small village with a Brazilian who have gone before you help you along the as a Jesuit are the simpler images. But I family is central to my . way. Thank you for devoting your life to God and suppose finding beauty in the simplicity is For Ignatian spirituality — whether lived all of us!” exactly what my Jesuit formation is helping in Jesuit formation or in the context of a — Dorothy Stout me to see. Yes, we pursue the , but family — asks me, and all of us, to learn it strikes me that the magis is right before to put others at the center of our lives. And “Thank you for being involved in the lives of all of us, in the more quotidian, simple in doing this, we become more like Jesus, the people and having a heart for the people. routines of our lives. I entered the Society who puts you and me at the You bring a living example of Jesus to the of Jesus in 2005 in what was our former center of his life. n community every day. May the Lord continue to novitiate in Berkley, Mich. Upon taking richly bless you!” Christopher Staab, SJ, is currently studying vows in 2007, I was sent to Lima, Peru, theology in Brazil in his final year prior to — Kimberly Kinlow where I studied philosophy. Returning to ordination.

6 A JESUIT’S JOURNEY “I’m doing what I’ve always wanted to do at the end of my life, and that’s to be pastoral. But I never thought I’d be doing it in quite this directive way.” Fr. Schlegel’s Living Sermon By Brian Harper esuit Fr. John Schlegel’s desire for a Marquette’s student newspaper, is his go-to Jpeaceful close to his priestly ministry response. “I am.” has been well-earned. While he acknowledges physical discom- He spent the majority of his career in the fort — “You just have to somehow offer stressful hub of higher education, serving that up or baptize it into the form that you as president of the University of San Fran- want it to be” — Fr. Schlegel has already cisco and Creighton University in addition outlived his doctors’ predictions. to holding posts at Upon receiving his news, he drew up and Marquette University. He also served a bucket list that included a return to as president and publisher of America, the England, where he earned his doctorate, as Jesuits’ national weekly magazine. well as new experiences, like a Mass and So when he returned to Milwaukee as private audience with Pope Francis. pastor of Church of the Gesu, it seemed his “I found it as sort of a summation of my Fr. John Schlegel, SJ, had the honor of celebrating wish to lead a parish had been granted. entire Jesuit life,” says Fr. Schlegel. “I was Mass at Pope Francis’s private chapel earlier this year. It had. In ways he never could have affirmed by not just a pope, but a Jesuit imagined. pope.” education, seeing the world, looking at the In February, Fr. Schlegel was diagnosed Father Schlegel’s homilies and interac- Great Wall, looking at the Sydney Opera with inoperable pancreatic cancer. The tions have also taken on a new depth col- House, looking at Kruger National Park, diagnosis was not entirely a surprise. For ored by his “lens adjustment.” His sermon etcetera, etcetera,” he marvels. “I’ve done six months, he had been experiencing a on Holy Thursday was particularly pro- it all. It’s wild. Who would have thought mysterious stomach ailment. Initial tests found, as he shared his insight that Jesus this would happen?” were inconclusive, but he found himself washing his disciples’ feet was not only an For the most part, though, Fr. Schlegel beginning to confront the possibility of act of service but also, in light of their im- keeps his gaze on the time at hand. his impending mortality while vacationing minent denial, betrayal, and abandonment, “For me, the beauty of the moment is the with friends over Christmas last year. an act of forgiveness. moment. My lenses are much more focused “I said, ‘There’s something going on “I looked out at the congregation and said, in the present.” inside, and how are you going to respond to ‘I’ve just discovered this. Don’t take 40 years He does, however, allow his thoughts this?’ I did that reflection, looking at my past to find the place of forgiveness in your life.’” to wander into how he would like to be life. It’s been incredibly rich, gifted, and I’ve Revelations like this, he says, are not remembered. done some wonderful things, they tell me. uncommon since his “wake-up call.” “I keep saying my headstone should be I’ve touched many, many people, and I just “My thing about finding God in all things,” ‘He meant well.’ I think the best thing to sat there and said, ‘That’s enough.’ he says, “you just never know where it’s go- say is, ‘He helped build God’s kingdom “And maybe my best lesson is yet to come.” ing to happen. So you just let it happen.” and included me.’” Father Schlegel’s first lesson came in Letting it happen is an apt description for Perhaps an answer also lies in his his calm acceptance of his fate. He opted the way Fr. Schlegel initially discovered his Holy Thursday homily. That evening, Fr. for “a noninvasive approach, no chemo or vocation. When signing up for a mandatory Schlegel spoke about his recent practice of radiation treatment.” retreat in college, he accidentally chose a revisiting hundreds of photographs for a “In the end,” he wrote in a letter to weekend for seminarians. glimpse of his life. Creighton’s community, “I was interested in “Once I got over the initial shock of ‘Oh, “We want to remember,” he said. “We the ‘quality of life’ not the longevity of life. my God, I’m with a group of seminarians,’ I need to remember. And remembrance is at I wanted to have time to say ‘goodbye’ and started to listen, and the Jesuit retreat direc- the very heart of what we celebrate tonight. farewell to the people and places I love.” tor started to make sense. And four months But Jesus did not leave us photographs in a These goodbyes have happened at joyful later I was in the Jesuits. So it was either a shoebox. He left us something much better. “living wakes” planned and attended by lark or the Holy Spirit, but 52 years later, I He left us himself. He left us an example.” friends in San Francisco, Denver, Omaha, think it was about the Spirit.” That the Spirit Family, friends, and admirers throughout and other places throughout the country. could have led him where it has brings two the country and world would surely say the He also takes time to graciously respond to words to mind: wonderment and gratitude. same of Fr. Schlegel. n the letters, cards, and e-mails overflowing “A little, blue collar kid finding himself Brian Harper is the communications specialist for the Midwest his inbox. “Be at peace,” he revealed to at Oxford, finding he had a fit in higher Jesuits. 7 SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRIES Serving and Building God’s Kingdom hile not exhaustive, this list il- family-based addiction recovery program, SS. 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Communi- ity, nonviolent living, and the active COMMUNITY SERVICE ties include Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, struggle for peace and justice. P.O. Box Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and St. Francis. 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 CLAVER JESUIT MINISTRY 801 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 www.jesuitvolunteers.org www.marquette.edu/peacemaking Claver Jesuit Ministry participates in social justice issues throughout the city, serv- ST. FRANCIS MISSION 12-HOUR IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY PROJECT (ISP) ing the communities in which it is located FAMILY RECOVERY PROGRAM, SUICIDE by partnering with concerned people Founded by Fr. Bill Creed, SJ, ISP has HOTLINE, AND DENTAL CLINIC in a variety of religious and neighbor- offered retreats to hundreds of homeless Built upon work between the Jesuits and hood organizations. 3838 Llewellyn men and women. Retreat teams work in the Lakota people, the mission includes Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223-2352 27 cities across the country and use the in- religious education, an elementary school, www.claverjesuit.org tersection of the 12-Step Program with the language enhancement, recreation, adult guiding principles of Ignatian spirituality. education, and educational programs via 1641 South Allport Street, Chicago, IL Radio Station KINI. In addition, there 60608-2131 are five Jesuit parishes, a dental clinic, a www.ignatianspiritualityproject.org 8 IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY The Spirituality of Solidarity By Christopher Kerr “By visiting our community you have shown us that you are part of our struggle. We will be part of your struggle, too. Together, we can work for a more peaceful world.”

hese words were spoken to me 15 Tyears ago by a woman in a rural Ni- caraguan community. We met while I was leading a group of high school students on a 10-day immersion experience to un- derstand the realities of one of the eco- nomically poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. During the three days we lived with this community, we came to understand some of what it means to live without consistent electricity or running water. We saw young adults rise early in the morning to travel two hours to maquillas (apparel factories often referred to as sweatshops). We met a mother who had lost her six-month-old child to a curable case of dysentery due to a lack of access to basic medical care. We came to know the stories of this Christopher Kerr community, and they invited us to be in relationship with them — a relationship of solidarity. How we respond to such an that plague our world. The call to solidarity become advocates for change that builds a invitation gets at the heart of what it means is at the core of the Gospel message, il- more just and humane society. for people to be in solidarity with each lustrated by Christ’s suffering and death for This past November’s Ignatian Family other. God’s people. Through the framework of Teach-In for Justice is a prime example For me, the response seemed simple. I Ignatian spirituality, we are invited to seek of what it means to be in solidarity. In felt called to begin incorporating a concern out the desire that exists deep inside us to conjunction with the Teach-In, the largest for the reality of that community into who I be people of solidarity. Ignatius invites us annual Catholic social justice conference was and the choices I made in my own life. to find the presence of God in our world, in the country, more than 1,000 individu- To this day, it is impossible for me to shop including in the harsh realities of poverty als (predominantly students and faculty for a piece of clothing without considering and injustice. Through these reflections we from Jesuit universities and high schools) the people who helped to assemble it and can explore how our own choices can en- participated in a legislative advocacy day how they are treated and compensated. I able our brothers and sisters, both near and on Capitol Hill. Many of the students who still get uncomfortable when I see people far, to have lives filled with greater dignity participated were involved with campus using excessive amounts of water, know- and peace. service and immersion programs that ing that billions of people struggle to have On a macro level, our work at the introduced them to the kinds of stories that access to clean drinking water just like that Ignatian Solidarity Network invites the call us to solidarity. Ignatian advocates vis- Nicaraguan community. And every time Jesuit-Ignatian network into relationships ited more than 125 Congressional offices I take my children to the doctor, I think of solidarity with people marginalized (nearly one-fourth of Congress), shared about that mother and father who lost their by our country’s immoral immigration these stories, and asked their representa- baby to something that could so simply system; violence and impunity in Central tives and senators to enact changes that be remedied. It is through these ongoing America; and the growing ramifications of protect the dignity of people and the Earth reflections that we can be challenged to human-caused climate change, which Pope they inhabit. consider how we can be people in solidar- Francis recently illuminated in his encycli- The invitation to solidarity is open to ity with a community in Nicaragua or a cal “Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common each of us. Are we willing to be part of the person we have come to know in our own Home.” This growing network of students, struggle? n communities. alumni, parents, teachers, Jesuit Volunteers, The invitation to be people of solidar- Christopher Kerr is the executive director of the Ignatian Solidarity parishioners, and many more, helps people Network. He has more than 15 years of experience in social justice ity is available to all of us. Every day we learn about the ways their brothers and advocacy and leadership in Catholic education and ministry and encounter brothers and sisters faced with sisters are marginalized and invites them to speaks regularly on these topics at campuses and parishes. He and the harsh realities of injustice and suffering his family reside in Shaker Heights, Ohio. 9 ORDINATION Embracing the Future with Hope By Fr. Ray Guiao, SJ

The 2015 Jesuit ordinands with the Most Reverend Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., archbishop of Indianapolis, and Jesuit Frs. Brian Paulson, provincial of the Chicago-Detroit Province, and Thomas Lawler, provincial of the Wisconsin Province.

oung Jesuits in formation hear several others and — as Saint Ignatius of Loyola formation director these past seven years, Ycommon observations from friends says — for the “help of souls.” I have been privileged to walk with these and family: “It’s been so long! Will you We in the Chicago-Detroit and Wiscon- Jesuits as they prepared for the priesthood. ever be ordained? Haven’t you studied and sin Provinces have been blessed this year I have such great hope for the Church as worked long enough?” with a “bumper crop” of eight Jesuits who my brother Jesuits — Joseph Koczera, Indeed, the years of Jesuit formation be- Christopher Krall, Lukas Laniauskas, L. fore ordination to the priesthood are many I have such great hope for the Adam DeLeon, Ryan Duns, Jacob Martin, and demanding: two years of novitiate, Timothy McCabe, and James Shea — go three years of philosophy studies, three Church as my brother Jesuits forth as priests who pattern their lives on years of apostolic work (usually teaching go forth as priests who pattern that of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. in a Jesuit high school or university), and their lives on that of the Good It is my pleasure to present our 2015 three or four years of theology studies. For ordinands and share their reflections of the Jesuit who discerns this call, the years Shepherd. gratitude to family, friends, and benefactors of study and service do indeed prepare him — Fr. Ray Guiao, SJ who have made their vocations possible. well for priesthood. But in all those stages, Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam. n a Jesuit also prayerfully discerns and were ordained to the priesthood on June 13, Fr. Ray Guiao, SJ, finished his term as the provincial assistant comes to know the truth of his vocation, 2015, at Queen of All Saints Basilica by for formation for the Midwest Jesuits this summer. He became the the truth of how God calls him to live, not the Most Reverend Joseph Tobin, C.Ss.R., president of Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland on July 1, 2015. ultimately for himself, but for the sake of archbishop of Indianapolis. In my role as 10 ORDINATION

Father L. Adam DeLeon, SJ, 33, was Father Ryan G. Duns, SJ, 35, was born Father Joseph A. Koczera, SJ, 35, is a born in Hollywood and raised by his to Mary Michele (Hagan) and Robert Duns native of Rochester, Mass., and is one of mother, Nancy Loren, in Cleveland, Ohio. III and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He has three children of Helen (Davis) and Joseph He met the Jesuits at four siblings. Father Koczera. An early Saint Ignatius High Duns first encoun- interest in politics School in Cleve- tered the Jesuits led him to study land, before earning when he was 14 and government at a bachelor’s degree was playing Irish Georgetown Univer- in religious studies music in a band sity, where he first from the College of with a Jesuit, but he began to consider the Holy Cross in came to know the a vocation with the Worcester, Mass. Society more deeply Society of Jesus. He Father DeLeon felt at Saint Ignatius went on to obtain called to join the Jesuits after the transfor- High School. He earned a bachelor’s de- a law degree at the University of Notre mative post-college experience of volun- gree in religious studies from Canisius Col- Dame, while meeting with a Jesuit spiritual teering as a teacher and rugby coach at St. lege in Buffalo, N.Y. and a master’s degree director and continuing to discern his voca- George’s College in Kingston, Jamaica. in religious studies at John Carroll Univer- tion. Father Koczera entered the novitiate His formation involved teaching at sity in Ohio. During this time, he taught in 2004 and, in the two years that followed, Christ the King Jesuit College Prepara- private music lessons and played across the worked in refugee resettlement in Califor- tory School in Chicago, and serving as a country for Irish dancing competitions. nia and as a social studies teacher at Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. deacon at St. Patrick Parish in Oakland, Following the novitiate, Fr. Duns earned During his Jesuit formation, Fr. Koczera Calif. and St. Ignatius College Preparatory a master’s degree in philosophy at Ford- received a master’s degree in philosophy in San Francisco. Father DeLeon earned ham University, where he also ran stu- at in the Bronx and a a master’s degree in social philosophy at dent programming for the Curran Center Master of Divinity degree at Regis Col- Loyola University Chicago and a Master for American Catholic Studies, taught a lege in Toronto. He also studied German of Divinity degree at the Jesuit School course on the Irish tin whistle, and began in Austria and Spanish in Peru and Chile. of Theology of in to post instructional tin whistle videos on Father Koczera taught philosophy at Saint Berkeley, Calif. He spent a semester study- YouTube. Father Duns spent his regency Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and ing theology at Hekima College in Nairobi, teaching theology and Latin and leading worked as a deacon at St. Elias the Prophet Kenya, while also working at St. Aloysius the Student Senate at the University of Ukrainian Catholic Church outside To- Gonzaga, a high school for AIDS orphans. Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. ronto. He has a special interest in Eastern In July, Fr. DeLeon earned a Master of He later earned a Master of Theologi- Christianity and has served Byzantine Theology degree from the Institute for cal Studies degree at the Boston College Catholic parishes during his time in New Black Catholic Studies at Xavier Univer- School of Theology and Ministry, while York and Philadelphia. He will earn a sity of Louisiana. He then will work in pas- also serving as a deacon at Saint Cecilia Licentiate in Sacred Theology at Regis toral ministry at St. Columbanus Catholic Parish. He is excited to serve Saint Cecilia College in Toronto. Church in Chicago. as a priest when he returns to Boston in the I’m grateful for the gift of encountering To my family, especially my mother: fall, where he will earn a PhD in theology Jesus Christ in the Spiritual Exercises and Thank you for sharing with me your faith at Boston College. receiving the invitation to follow him as a and love for the Church. I watched closely As I look toward my ministry as a Jesuit Jesuit, for the gift of having known many as we set up and cleaned up at parish func- priest, I am humbled that my life will be great Jesuits whose good example will tions what true community means. To my spent paying off an infinite debt of grati- make me a better priest, and for the gift of friends: Thank you for the many times you tude. My family must be credited for giving serving and journeying with people from have been there for me. You have shown me the love and courage to risk saying many walks of life, including the refugee me what it means to be a true friend. To the “Yes” to being a companion of Jesus. To families I’ve helped to welcome to North many benefactors of the Society of Jesus: my Jesuit brothers who have walked with America, the students I taught as a regent I am eternally grateful for your generos- me on this journey, I can only say that I am at Saint Joseph’s University, and parishio- ity and commitment to the Church and the humbled to stand among your company. ners at the church where I serve in Toronto. formation of Jesuits. I have been stretched Without the prayers and support of the I am also grateful to the benefactors and formed; challenged by different Society’s benefactors, none of this would of the Society of Jesus, whose generous perspectives; seen the face of Jesus in so be possible. To all who have loved and support has allowed me to live, study, and many diverse communities and people; had supported me in my vocation, I say thank work as a Jesuit. They inspire me by their my heart touched by sorrow and joy; and you. At my final judgment, I can only hope own example: knowing of the contributions have been able to deepen my love for God that Jesus will look kindly upon me and that they have made from their own re- and God’s people. I am excited about being say, “Well, Ry, I recognized some of myself sources to support the formation of Jesuits ordained a priest. I am most excited about in what you said and did.” Thank you for gives me the desire to be more generous in sharing with others all that you, my family giving me the opportunity to help souls as a offering the gift of my own time and abili- and friends and benefactors of the Society companion of Jesus. ties. I look forward to sharing those gifts of Jesus, have given me. with the people I have been called to serve as a priest. 11 ORDINATION

Father Christopher J. Krall, SJ, 32, blessed to serve. I am moved by the desire active member of other Lithuanian commu- was born in Marshfield, Wis. He and his to serve God, who I see and love in my nities throughout the United States. He will brother were raised by their parents, Eileen family, friends, teachers, and people I will serve as chaplain at Saint Ignatius College Mary (Stingl) and serve. While I will never be able to repay Prep in Chicago and pursue a doctorate in Edward Krall. He all the good that has been given to me, I ministry. initially felt called give my life, now as a priest, in trying. As I look back at my life as a Jesuit, it to the priesthood Father Lukas M. Laniauskas, SJ, 31, has been about Eucharist, meaning thanks- in first grade at was born to a Lithuanian-American family giving, and liturgy, meaning the work of the Our Lady of Peace in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended people. School, where I am very thankful for the formation I Catholic schools his mother still have received from the Society of Jesus, that helped develop teaches. Father by way of my superiors, brother Jesuits his vocation. He Krall attended around the world, and all those with whom and his three sib- Columbus Catholic I have worked in our apostolates. I am lings were raised High School and then Boston College, ob- also eternally grateful for my family; they by Egle (Gied- taining degrees in physics and philosophy. have supported me, loved me, and nurtured raitis) and Marius He spent a summer working with Jesuits my vocation since I was a little boy. I am Laniauskas. He on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in likewise indebted to my friends, colleagues, graduated from South Dakota, led service immersion trips and all those with whom I’ve had the privi- Lake Catholic High to Jamaica and Nicaragua, and worked on lege of working in ministry. School in Mentor, a research project for the Vatican Observa- As I stand here today, I look back and Ohio, and studied at Loyola University tory. After a pilgrimage along El Camino recognize the immense generosity and Chicago and Loyola Chicago’s Rome Cen- de Santiago in Spain, he joined the Jesuits goodness of so many people. Through their in 2005. generosity, I have come to realize that my As a Jesuit, Fr. Krall earned a master’s priesthood is not my own; it belongs to degree in the history and philosophy of sci- While I will never be able to the People of God. And so it is that I hope ence and technology from Victoria College repay all the good that has been to live my life as a priest in the spirit of and a Diploma in Lonergan Studies from given to me, I give my life, now thanksgiving, always recognizing in the the Jesuits’ , both in Toronto, work of the people the presence of Jesus as well as a Master of Divinity degree and as a priest, in trying. Christ. Eucharist! Liturgy! a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Boston College School of Theology and — Fr. Christoper Krall, SJ Father Jacob D. Martin, SJ, 40, was born Ministry. He taught physics and religion to Kathleen (Hickey) Janulis and Robert while coaching cross country, tennis, and Martin and raised ski teams at Marquette University High with his sister in School in Milwaukee, Wis., served as a ter. During college, Fr. Laniauskas visited the Chicago area. deacon at Boston University’s Catholic several religious orders and discerned the After graduating Center, and worked with the Archdiocese priesthood, but while in Italy, he met the from St. Laurence of the Military Services. Father Krall hopes provincial of the Jesuits’ Lithuanian Prov- High School, he to further pursue his interest in Navy chap- ince, whose question — “Where do you obtained a bach- laincy, as well as a doctorate in philosophy think God’s calling you?” — ultimately led elor’s degree in and neuroscience. He will serve as associ- Fr. Laniauskas to join the Society of Jesus theater from the ate pastor at the Church of the Gesu in in Lithuania. He returned to the United University of Il- Milwaukee. States after completing the novitiate and linois at Chicago. I am flooded with overwhelming grati- earned his bachelor’s degree in philoso- Father Martin then spent five years doing tude for all the blessings that have been phy at Loyola University Chicago, before improv and sketch comedy in Chicago. lavished upon me. I have been guided and serving as chair of the theology department Though he had left the Church after col- nourished by people who have sacrificed so and teaching junior high and high school lege, the death of his grandmother, who much of themselves for my growth, fulfill- students at St. John’s Jesuit High School had suggested he become a priest, led him ment, and joy. I have come to know Jesus and Academy in Toledo, Ohio. back to Mass and discernment of a voca- Christ through these very real instantia- As a Jesuit, Fr. Laniauskas obtained tion to the priesthood. After learning about tions of divine love penetrating into my a Master of Divinity degree through the the Jesuits through the filmThe Exorcist human life. I know that I have been blessed Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara and finding the order embraced his back- and given the special privilege of a glimpse University in Berkeley, Calif., while also ground in comedy, Fr. Martin entered the into the heavenly light by acts of love done serving as chaplain to the Berkeley Fire Society. to me. Motivated by gratitude, all I can do Department. He was a deacon at St. The- Father Martin’s formation included is to love others by carrying forth these resa Catholic Church in Oakland, Calif., teaching at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory divine works of charity that I have person- and has served on the board of trustees for School in Indianapolis, Ind., and teaching ally experienced to those people who I am a Lithuanian youth camp and remained an theology and theater at Loyola Academy 12 ORDINATION in Wilmette, Ill. He received a master’s mission to El Salvador, where he met the graduating from Skokie’s Niles North High degree in philosophy at Fordham Univer- Jesuits. After earning a bachelor’s degree School, he obtained a bachelor’s degree in sity in the Bronx and a Master of Divinity in political science from the University English from Loyola University Chicago. degree from the Jesuit School of Theol- of Detroit Mercy, he served as the Jesuit There, he sought out courses taught by ogy of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, Volunteer Corps’ Midwest director. After Jesuits, despite Calif., while also serving as a deacon at the years of discernment, he joined the Jesuits warnings about Church of Saint Leo the Great in Oakland, in 2005. their tough grad- Calif. Other highlights of Fr. Martin’s Father McCabe studied philosophy at ing and the heavy Jesuit formation include authoring a mem- Loyola University Chicago and obtained a workload they oir, “What’s So Funny about Faith?,” and Master of Divinity degree from the Jesuit assigned. These performing in a solo show at the Edinburgh School of Theology of Santa Clara Univer- Jesuits he met in Fringe Festival in Scotland. He will pursue sity in Berkeley, Calif., while also serving college sowed the a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at Heyth- as a deacon at St. Agnes Catholic Church seed of his voca- rop College in London. in San Francisco. As a Jesuit, Fr. McCabe tion. After graduat- My heart bursts with gratitude for the also worked in a hospice for the homeless ing, Fr. Shea spent a year living in commu- many people who have loved, supported, in San Francisco, served as development nity and volunteering with the Passionists and prayed for me on my path to ordina- director at Loyola High School in Detroit, at a social service agency for people with tion. First and foremost, thanks to Jesus and worked in Chicago with the Ignatian HIV/AIDS in Detroit. Later he worked in Christ, who for reasons known only to Him, Spirituality Project, which offers retreats to Chicago with Misericordia, a home for has called me to be both His companion homeless women and men. One aspect of people with developmental and physical and servant to His people. I would like to disabilities. Discernment of the priesthood thank my mom and dad, John and Kathleen led him back to the Jesuits, and he entered Janulis, for their consistent and unending the Society in 2004. love and support, and my father Robert My Jesuit priesthood is about Father Shea received a master’s degree Martin, who I know is proudly looking being of service to others, and I in philosophy from Loyola University Chi- down on me. cago and a Master of Divinity degree from Words cannot express the gratitude I humbly offer it with great joy and the Boston College School of Theology have for benefactors to the Society of Je- wholehearted gratitude. and Ministry. His time as a Jesuit has also sus. Their generosity is at once incredibly involved teaching English and helping with — Fr. Timothy McCabe, SJ humbling and inspiring, as all that they Kairos retreats at Cristo Rey Jesuit High have given speaks to their belief in God’s School in Chicago and serving as a deacon working through our least Society, which and confirmation class teacher at Blessed in turn motivates me to give my all for the his life that informs and inspires his minis- Mother Teresa Parish in Dorchester, Mass. greater glory of God. try is being a father to his daughter, Mary. He will continue theology studies at Boston I am truly awed and blessed to be in the Father McCabe and Mary, who received a College. company of all of my Jesuit brothers who law degree from Fordham University with I have experienced God’s love and care have journeyed with me on this path and a focus on international law and human through so many people who have touched will continue to do so. rights, enjoy a close relationship and share my life. That love began with my family, Father Timothy M. McCabe, SJ, 52, a love for Ignatian spirituality and passion who have loved me and sustained me from is a native of Ferndale, Mich., where he for social justice. He will serve as associate the first day of my life. It has continued and his three sisters were raised by their pastor and director of the Warming Center with my friends, who accepted me as I was parents, Mary at Saints Peter and Paul Jesuit Church in and loved me anyway. God’s guidance was Patricia (Cas- Detroit. also given to me through so many good sin) and William I am profoundly grateful to God and teachers, especially Jesuit teachers at McCabe. From a the Society of Jesus for the gift of this life. Loyola University Chicago, who nurtured young age, Fr. Mc- None of this would be possible without a my vocation. Cabe was drawn loving and supportive family and countless I am especially grateful for the love and to the poor and friends who have inspired and encouraged care that has accompanied me throughout marginalized and me along the way. My Jesuit priesthood my formation as a Jesuit. There are not immersed himself is about being of service to others, and I words to express my gratitude to everyone in social justice humbly offer it with great joy and whole- who took me as I was and with patience issues. He was hearted gratitude. and care showed me the way forward. I actively involved in the Catholic Worker Father James R. Shea, SJ, 42, was born have been thanking God for all of you in Movement and Detroit peace community, near Chicago and raised with his brother by my prayers, and I hope those prayers for worked as director of a refugee resettle- their parents, Ruth (Wooster) and Richard you will only continue as I enter into the ment project, repaired houses for Detroit’s Shea, in Skokie, Ill. His faith was strongly priesthood! n inner-city poor, served meals in a soup influenced by his mother, a cradle Catholic, kitchen, and made a humanitarian aid For more information and coverage of this year's ordinations, please and father, a Catholic convert. After visit www.jesuitsmidwest.org. 13 JESUIT JUBILARIANS

Jubilarians celebrating 50 years in the Society of Jesus with Midwest Jesuit provincials (from left): Chicago-Detroit Fr. Provincial Brian Paulson, Fr. Jerzy Karpinski, Br. Michael Nusbaum, Fr. Albert DiUlio, Fr. T. Michael McNulty, Fr. David Haschka, Wisconsin Fr. Provincial Thomas Lawler Words of Wisdom and Gratitude ach year we honor Jesuit jubilarians marking significant milestones in their lives as priests and brothers.We ask our Golden EJubilarians celebrating 50 years in the Society to reflect on a word that captures their lives as Jesuits.We invite you to enjoy their words of wisdom and gratitude. For more information, please visit our website at www.jesuitsmidwest.org.

SURPRISE and care for others assures us that what we The Society of Jesus drew me into a are doing at the moment is truly the will vast, multi-national circle of “friends in Father Albert DiUlio, SJ of God and that seeking or expecting more the Lord” — one that is both prayerful and The Word of Life certainty is folly. This, for me, has been the thoughtful. For this, I am deeply grateful. that, once accept- great hallmark of this life: to know I am The Society of Jesus provided a trans- ed, creates wonder, sharing in God’s will and work no matter formative educational experience, one that joy, and blessings. where, how, or when…that is the essence has always kept me learning. For this, I am Called by God… of being called by God to this grand and deeply grateful. to a life of love, priestly work. Isaiah 42:3 calls out to us The Society of Jesus created the context service, and, most even today: “A bruised reed he shall not for unforgettable apostolic experiences, of all, surprises. break, and a smoldering wick he shall not both in Peru and in the United States. For In 50 years as a quench.” These are thoughts that have these, I am deeply grateful. Jesuit, the one truth molded my life, never perfectly followed, The Society of Jesus taught me to rec- that is always pres- but always shared. ognize the face of a brother or a sister in every man or woman. For this, I am deeply ent is that our God is the God of surprises. GRATITUDE He surprises us with his love, his care, grateful. The Society of Jesus trained me to find and his call, or perhaps I should say calls, Father Daniel Hartnett, SJ for that in many ways defines the life of God in all things and to anchor my prayer a Jesuit. To go where the Spirit and the The Society of in the Eucharist and the Examen. For this, I Society call, to do what is asked, and to Jesus instilled am deeply grateful. always be open to the Spirit. Discovering the vision of the The Society of Jesus provided the means God’s will is a fascinating event in life, but Spiritual Exercises to live a fruitful life without falling into it is never as clear or understandable as we within me. These the trap of thinking it was “my doing.” For would like. Being open to Christ’s call and gave meaning, this, I am deeply grateful. to God’s will in everyday life, community, purpose, and direc- Over the years, different titles become friends, and prayer make all the differ- tion to my life. For attached to our names. For me, the only ini- ence. The overwhelming power of love this, I am deeply tials that really matter and remain are “SJ.” grateful. 14 JESUIT JUBILARIANS

LORD, TO WHOM SHALL I GO? for me. My Jesuit life has been character- then they can do what they do best. I think ized by a gradual shedding of fear and my helping might make it easier for others Father David Haschka, SJ a turning toward the world as the place to fulfill their special missions. Growing up, I where Jesus wants me to be. Serving others brings me the peace we was the eldest of An important moment of conversion are promised in John 14:27: “Peace I leave five boys, but my for me was the March 1977 murder of Fr. with you; my peace I give to you. Not as brother Jonathan, Rutilio Grande, SJ, in El Salvador. At that the world gives do I give to you. Do not let 18 months young- point, the 32nd General Congregation’s yours hearts be afraid.” I try every day to er, was the leader. call to a faith that does justice became real remind myself that serving is the best way His prodigious for me, and I began an intellectual and for me to end up with God. imagination and affective journey toward a realization that zest for adventure everyone in the world, especially those enriched our boy- who suffer injustice, are fundamentally just hood with many wonderful projects and like me and loved by God just as I am. This activities. led me to change the focus of my academic When I was frantically trying to figure life and, eventually, to experience solidar- out what to do with my life after college, ity with the marginalized in Peru and El Jonathan, who had entered the Society of Salvador. Those experiences remain the Jesus two years earlier, suggested, “Well, touchstones of my life, for it is in these you could always be a Jesuit.” I clung to places and in all the marginalized that I that idea like a drowning man to a life raft. most vividly find Jesus. When the primary examiner of candidates The Mystical Body is real. All of us asked why I wanted to be a Jesuit, I admit- are Jesus to each other. As the Jesuit poet ted that it was because I didn’t know what Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote: else to do. Needless to say, he was not I say more: the just man justices; impressed, and my initial application was Keeps grace: that keeps all his goings graces; rejected. Acts in God’s eye what in God’s eye he is— Somehow, out of a desperation I neither Christ—for Christ plays in ten thousand places, anticipated nor understood, I persisted and Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his was finally admitted. To the Father through the features of men’s faces. During the long formation, most of our fellows left to pursue other callings. Whether in teaching or in advocacy, the On numerous occasions over the years, I compassion of Jesus remains the beacon, thought about joining them. Nevertheless, the “lamp unto my feet,” guiding me I stayed…usually because I simply didn’t onward. know where else to go. SERVICE I strongly identify with the Apostle Peter, who, in the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, Brother Michael Nusbaum, SJ is faced with Jesus’ question: “Do you This word is a also want to leave?” Peter’s pained reply: great part of what “Master, to whom shall we go? You have my Jesuit life is the words of eternal life. We have come to about. believe and are convinced that you are the I have always Holy One of God.” been someone Meanwhile, I have discovered why I re- who likes to help main a Jesuit: [I am] a sinner, yet called to others. I think be a companion of Jesus as Ignatius was… what drew me to the Jesuits and the JUSTICE brothers — es- Father T. Michael McNulty, SJ pecially the brothers — was the chance to be of service to people. Most of my The late Fr. Joe assignments have allowed me to be of Sheehan, SJ, my service — from working in school of- novice master, told fices to teaching to being a minister in us early on that we a number of houses — all of these jobs would not remain have allowed me to serve in different ways. in the Society for Being of service to other people also al- the same reasons lows them to use their talents to help bring For more information on this year's jubilarians, please visit we entered. This people closer to God. If I can take the bur- www.jesuitsmidwest.org. was certainly true den of the daily life from others’ shoulders,

15 The Pope’s Ecological Call to Action By John Sealey

uman-induced climate change is a mediate, negative impact on the poor. The “Hscientific reality, and its decisive release of CO2 through burning fossil fuels mitigation is a moral and religious impera- is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas tive for humanity,” reported the Pontifical increases that accelerate climate change. Academy of Sciences on April 28. This Unfortunately, vested interests have funded declaration previewed “Laudato Si” or disinformation campaigns intended to con- “Praised Be to You,” Pope Francis’s much- fuse public opinion and maintain business awaited encyclical that is the first papal as usual. Such practices that obscure the encyclical so fundamentally dedicated to truth for financial gain should be opposed environmental issues. The document covers rather than tolerated. considerable ground. Here are takeaways and some of the key themes Pope Francis THE TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW addresses: Several years ago, a synthesis statement from recent winners of the Blue Planet CLIMATE CHANGE HARMS THE Prize for outstanding scientific efforts to POOREST solve environmental problems warned, “In Pope Francis prays for the People of God and the Catholic social teaching places the climate the face of an absolutely unprecedented Earth crisis squarely in line with our preferential concern for the poor. The world’s richest opponents respond with a false dichotomy nations have been the biggest CO emitters, We cannot adequately combat 2 linking carbon consumption with economic while the world’s 3 billion poorest people environmental degradation productivity. The International Energy suffer the worst consequences of climate unless we attend to causes Agency, however, reported that worldwide change. Global inequality and environmen- economic growth occurred in 2014 despite tal destruction are two sides of the same related to human and social carbon consumption leveling out. coin. As Pope Francis says in the encycli- degradation. cal: WE NEED ECOLOGICAL “The human environment and the natural CONVERSION environment deteriorate together; we can- emergency (e.g., climate change) society not adequately combat environmental deg- has no choice but to take dramatic action to In the end, this issue is more about faith radation unless we attend to causes related avert a collapse of civilization. Either we than politics, economics, or even science. to human and social degradation. In fact, will change our ways and build an entirely Fifteen years ago, Pope Saint John Paul II the deterioration of the environment and of new kind of global society, or they will be introduced the term “ecological conver- society affects the most vulnerable people changed for us.” sion,” envisioning a fundamental change on the planet.” [48] In the encyclical, Pope Francis adds, “If in orientation toward creation. This clarion Climate change exacerbates existing in- present trends continue, this century may call for ecological conversion was later equalities faced by vulnerable groups. The well witness extraordinary climate change echoed by Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, Superior Global Humanitarian Forum finds develop- and an unprecedented destruction of eco- General of the Society of Jesus, in his 2011 ing countries account for 99 percent of all systems, with serious consequences for all letter “On Ecology.” Critics who already deaths and 90 percent of the total eco- of us.” fault Pope Francis for wading into the nomic losses due to climate change, while realm of climate science miss the point. the world’s 50 least developed countries ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the contribute less than one percent of global ARE NEEDED Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, agrees that while the Church does not carbon emissions. At our current rate, there The timing of this encyclical’s release speak as an expert on science, technology, will be 150–200 million climate refugees is notable ahead of the United Nations or economics, she is an expert in humanity. by 2050. Climate Change Conference in Paris later “For the person of faith, to care for this year. The Paris meeting could be the CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL God’s ongoing work of creation is a duty, last opportunity to negotiate agreements to irrespective of climate change,” says Car- Jesuits strive for intellectual rigor. The gift keep warming below the 2 degrees Celsius dinal Turkson. “A Christian who doesn’t of understanding takes into account the (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) benchmark agreed safeguard creation, who doesn’t make it best in applied and social sciences. For this to at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in flourish, is a Christian who reason, we agree with the assessment by 2009. According to the Pontifical Acad- isn’t concerned with God’s the 800 scientists who comprise the United emy of Sciences, sustainable development work.” n Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Cli- should be incentivized by all nations to mate Change (IPCC): human activities ad- rapidly transition toward greener technolo- John Sealey is the provincial assistant for versely affect the planet, which has an im- gies and low carbon energy. Predictably, social and international ministries for the Midwest Jesuits. 16 A Transformational Gift By Howard Craig recently had the privilege of attending impact where there is the greatest need, taught throughout a lifetime of service. I two significant Masses. One marked these Masses embody the Society’s mission These Masses celebrated the true trans- the ordination of eight Midwest Jesuits as and could not happen without you. With- forming power of your gifts. Your offer- priests; the other honored Golden Jubi- out your support, there would be no new ings, given in gratitude and faith to the larians who have served 50 years in the priests to ordain or jubilarians to celebrate. Lord, no longer represent mere dollars and Society. cents; they are a catalyst for change and As I took in the beauty of both Masses, I an investment in God’s future. These gifts could not help but reflect on the countless The jubilarians’ collective years were transformed into these Jesuits, men elements that made these moments pos- of service offered a stunning who have dedicated their lives to serv- sible. The presence of loved ones and well- visual of the variety of ways the ing the poorest of the poor, educating the wishers so filled with joy as their sons and children of the world, evan- brothers were ordained was a reminder of Jesuits serve and just how far gelizing among the planet’s the profound role family and friends play in that service reaches. neediest citizens, and going Jesuit formation. The jubilarians’ collective forth to set the world on fire. years of service offered a stunning visual Thank you for all you do for of the variety of ways the Jesuits serve and Through your gifts you helped form each the Society of Jesus. n just how far that service reaches. of these young men beginning their new Howard Craig is the provincial assistant for advancement for the From helping form Jesuits into men for lives as priests. You stood beside each of Midwest Jesuits. others to sending them to make the greatest these jubilarians as they ministered and

PLANNED GIVING Lois and Alvin Pfeil Estate Supports Jesuit Formation By Dennis Pfeil he Jesuits were named as a beneficiary parents’ wishes “Tin my mother’s will, reflecting my to express their gratitude for the important role the Society of Jesus played in the life of my family. My uncle, Fr. Ralph Jung, SJ, was a longtime faculty member at Creighton (left to right) Fr. Ralph Jung, SJ, Antonio Jung (mother of Lois Jung Pfeil), Fr. Lawrence Jung (diocesan priest), and Lois Jung Pfeil University. My brother and I are both graduates of Marquette University High School, and I now have a grandson who is a freshman there. My father, Alvin Pfeil, was a frequent retreatant at the Jesuit What a special gift it is to touch so Retreat Houses in both Oshkosh and St. many lives. This is a great example Louis; he counted many Jesuits among of how one Jesuit was so influential his friends and spiritual guides. We hope within his own family and how many this contribution in memory of my parents different generations were affected. Married for 59 years, Lois and Alvin Pfeil of New will benefit the work of the Society here in Berlin, Wis., shared a special relationship with the n Jesuits. Their spirits live on through their estate’s Wisconsin.” generosity. (Photo was taken at a family wedding in 2003.) Dennis Pfeil is the son of Lois and Alvin Pfeil and executor of Lois’s estate and living revocable trust. For more on planned giving, visit www.jesuitmagisgift.org. 17 Non-Profit Org. Society of Jesus U.S. Postage 2050 North Clark Street PAID Chicago, IL 60614 Columbus, WI Permit No. 73

Since the earthquakes in Nepal, the Midwest Jesuits have raised $575,000 to help the Nepal Jesuit Social Institute provide relief, school supplies, and other materials to people in need. The people of Nepal have remained resilient, but there is still much work to be done. Watch your mailbox for more details on how you can join the Challenge to help Nepal, or make a gift at https://connect.jesuitsmidwest.org/nepalearthquake.