JESUITSMARYLAND PROVINCE • USA NORTHEAST PROVINCE FALL/WINTER 2018 Going where the NEED is Greatest NOR SA TH U E A D S N T A P R D O N V A I L N Y C R E A S M Very Rev. Robert Hussey, SJ Very Rev. John Cecero, SJ 7 Provincial, Maryland Province Provincial, USA Northeast Province FROM OUR PROVINCIALS Dear Friends, Going where the need is greatest. Along with the Jesuit motto of Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (For the Greater Glory of God), going where the need is greatest is one of the most significant Jesuit principles. For nearly 500 years, Jesuits and their companions have lived the mission to go where God’s care and compassion are needed most. Whether it involves educating the poor, serving the lonely and forgotten, speaking on behalf of those who have no voice in our world and in our communities, or bringing the message of God’s love to places where love seems lost, our call has always been one of accompaniment, respect and service. “We must restore This year has seen great tribulation within our Church. Going where the need is greatest has most recently brought us to our own parishes and to those hope to young struggling to grasp with the reality of abuse within an institution that promotes people, help the the values and vision of Christ. In this issue of JESUITS magazine, we offer a poignant reflection by one of our newly ordained Jesuit priests, who grapples old, be open with many of the same questions as his parishioners, and explains where he to the future, finds hope. spread love. In these pages, we also share a profile of Jesuit brothers and how they have consistently served as role models when called to go where the needs are Be poor among greatest. We take you on a pilgrimage to an immigration detention center, share the poor. We more on our work in Fiji, provide an update on spiritual directors, offer a look at our Jesuits in formation and remember our beloved Jesuits who have passed must include the away this year. excluded and As always, we thank you for your continued prayers and support of our ministries. May the peace of Christ be with you and your loved ones during preach peace.” this season of Christmas and throughout the New Year. — Pope Francis Sincerely in Christ, Very Rev. Robert M. Hussey, SJ Very Rev. John J. Cecero, SJ Provincial, Maryland Province Provincial, USA Northeast Province ABOUT OUR COVER New York City area students, parishioners and guests taking part in a Light in the Darkness vigil and pilgrimage to Elizabeth Detention Center in N.J. Photo by Donald Kennedy Men and women in Komave, Fiji, preparing to welcome Fr. John Cecero, SJ, 12 and Jesuit guests. Editors Michael Benigno Michael Gabriele Contributors Henry Frank Rev. James Keenan, SJ Wendell Laurent Doris Sump Advancement James Skurka Provincial Assistant for Advancement and Communications USA Northeast Province Sherri Weil Director of Advancement Maryland Province Please address all correspondence to JESUITS magazine: [email protected] Maryland Province Jesuits 8600 LaSalle Road, Suite 620 Towson, MD 21286-2014 443-921-1310 USA Northeast Province 39 East 83rd Street Jesuit Brothers: Companions in Jesus, Partners in Mission ..............4 New York, NY 10028-0810 Discerning God's Presence in Your Life ..........................................10 212-774-5500 A Jesuit Journey to Fiji....................................................................12 JESUITS is published by the Jesuits in Formation .......................................................................14 Maryland and USA Northeast Provinces of the Society of Jesus. Crisis in the Church........................................................................ 16 The opinions expressed are those of the individual writers, and do not In Memoriam.................................................................................. 18 necessarily constitute the official Novices Profess First Vows............................................................ 20 policy of the Society of Jesus. Detention Center Pilgrimages......................................................... 21 ©2018 All rights reserved. Advancing Our Mission.................................................................. 24 Very Rev. John J. Cecero, SJ Printed in the USA. Provincial, USA Northeast Province Printed on recycled paper. Features More 1 on the web Look for this symbol to find more information online: MARYLAND: www.mdsj.org | USA NORTHEAST: www.JesuitsEast.org New Appointments and LEADERSHIP FROM OUR PROVINCES Father Richard A. McGowan, SJ, was appointed the next treasurer of the USA Northeast Province, beginning July 1, 2019. He entered the Jesuits in 1975 and was ordained in 1983. For nearly 30 years, he served as professor of business and management at Boston College. Father McGowan has served as treasurer of the Maryland Province since this past summer, and with this additional news appointment, he will prepare to assume the office of treasurer for the new USA East Province in the summer of 2020. On Oct. 26, 2018, Dr. Michael P. Mihalyo, Jr., was inaugurated the 12th president of Wheeling Jesuit University. Dr. Milhalyo is a committed Catholic who brings much success in the administration of small, private academic institutions. He was most recently provost and vice president of academic affairs at Rockford University in Rockford, Ill. 2 FROM OUR PROVINCES Hundreds Gather for “Jesuit Friends and Alumni Sunday” On October 20 and 21, more than 700 Jesuit-educated alumni and friends of the Society gathered at 24 parishes and schools for the fourth annual Jesuit Friends and Alumni Sunday Masses. They joined the more than 2,000 men and women for others who have attended in previous years. Jesuit Alumni Sunday was started four years ago as a way of bringing together alumni of Jesuit schools and friends of the Jesuits across the generations to rekindle their connection with the Society and each other. Liturgies are followed by receptions where participants can learn about the Ignatian programming in their area and meet program representatives. More than 50 Jesuit institutions worldwide were represented at the Masses, including a number of apostolates well beyond the East Coast—from Jesuit High School in New Orleans, to Creighton University in Nebraska and Marquette University in Wisconsin. At Loyola Jesuit Center, the Jesuit retreat house in Morristown, NJ, Fr. George Collins, SJ, presided and greeted some 50 attendees at the post-event reception, many whom had never been to the retreat house. “The reception was very special,” said Renee Owens, director of Loyola Jesuit Center. “Not only did we share information about the Jesuit ministries available, but we were also able to let guests learn more about the retreat programs here. So many were in awe of the beauty and the peace that they felt here and were thrilled to learn about this oasis that shares in the ministry of the Spiritual Exercises through retreats and prayer sessions.” At St. Peter Church in Charlotte, NC, attendees proudly wore sweatshirts from their respective Jesuit universities. During the reception, they learned about Ignatian Spirituality programs offered in Charlotte and about the parish’s upcoming trip to the Kino Border Initiative this spring. 3 JESUIT BROTHERS: 4 JESUIT BROTHERS: Companions in Jesus, Partners in Mission By Therese Meyerhoff and Mike Gabriele In the beginning, the Society of Jesus was made up of pilgrims and preachers and priests. They had mystics and missionaries … but not a carpenter or cook among them. The original companions were men of many talents who sought to bring souls closer to God, but they were unprepared to make their own meals or clothing, let alone build schools. And so, just six years after the founding of the Society of Jesus, Ignatius Loyola petitioned the pope to allow the admission of lay co-adjutors—or helpers—more commonly known as brothers. His request was approved, and brothers began to build the Society. (Continued) Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, stands by the CERN particle accelerator, a massive machine designed to test the theories of particle physics. Much of Brother Guy’s work as a researcher and astronomer uses scientific knowledge to strengthen our faith in an awesome, almighty God. 5 “They came with “Although Saint Ignatius founded a the talent God gave them.” (The ‘priestly order,’ it became immediately Formula of the Institute of the Society considerable craft... apparent that if the priests were to do of Jesus, in the Constitutions of the their ministry, ‘coadjutors’ or assistants Society of Jesus) many, in fact, were needed to build and maintain the “They came with considerable craft,” were true artisans, institutions, as well as to provide for Fr. Neyrey said. Many, in fact, were the necessities of daily living.” (Jerome true artisans, including architects and including architects Neyrey, SJ, in Indispensable Companions: artists whose work has stood the test of Jesuit Brothers of the South from Colonial time. But others entered with limited and artists whose Times to the Present). training, and the Constitutions at the Saint Ignatius outlined in the General time forbade brothers from seeking work has stood the Examen that brothers would help with additional education. Even after the test of time. the “necessary exterior matters,” which restoration of the Society in 1814, were generally understood as the more the role of Jesuit brothers was more — Fr. Jerome Neyrey, SJ hands-on tasks, but he also noted that menial in nature, and a sense of class brothers "may be employed in more began to emerge within the Society important matters in accordance with and within Jesuit communities. The 6 “My generation of brothers experienced a major change in ‘the life of a Jesuit Brother’ because of GC-31.” — Brother Donald Murray, SJ The role of the brother began to change significantly in—when else?— the 1960s. The Society’s 31st General Congregation, convened in 1965, attempted to eliminate social distinc- tions between brothers and priests in community life by affirming that brothers "have a full share" in the apostolic vocation with priests.