Provincial v. rev. Myles n. Sheehan, SJ Province conSultorS Dear Friends: the Peace of christ! rev. John J. Higgins, SJ rev. Paul D. Holland, SJ as i conclude my first year as Provincial, i want to thank you for rev. Joseph M. o’Keefe, SJ rev. William e. Stempsey, SJ your support and to express my gratitude for your prayers. in the years ahead, i hope to continue to move the Province forward to meet the Associate conSultantS needs of the church in ways for which the Jesuits are so well known. rev. William r. campbell, SJ rev. Paul J. Fitzgerald, SJ You will read in this issue about the exciting trip i took in May to amman and Baghdad, Provincial AssiStantS seeking to reaffirm the ties that the new england Province has had with that region since rev. John J. Higgins, SJ we began a school in Baghdad in 1932. the faith, courage and hope of the men and women Socius/executive assistant i met in Baghdad was an inspiration. rev. John t. Butler, SJ Director of vocations our work in amman provides a striking example of the good that a small number of Jesuits can do: rev. robert J. Daly, SJ • we provide ministry for the english-speaking community in Jordan, many of them assistant for Higher education domestic workers from the Philippines; rev. richard a. Deshaies, SJ • the staff of our pastoral center reaches out to the christians with classes in prayer, assistant for Formation Scripture, and ignatian spirituality; • the Jesuit refugee Service works out of our pastoral center and provides assistance to a Margaret t. Florentine large iraqi refugee community. assistant for Secondary education a wonderful part of my visit to the area was meeting with our iraqi novice, Stev Metika, rev. Michael D. linden, SJ who is doing his novitiate in cairo. assistant for international, Pastoral and Social Ministries You will also read in this issue of the 2010 GALA fundraiser in april. not only are we grateful for your generous contributions, but the presence of 1,250 guests brought with catherine r. Morency, RN Province Health care it a heartwarming spirit of affection for the Jesuits. i am happy to announce that the coordinator 2011 GALA will honor the past presidents of our institutions of higher education: Fr. John e. Brooks, SJ, of the college of the Holy cross, Fr. aloysius P. Kelley, SJ, of Fairfield alice Poltorick university, and Fr. J. Donald Monan, SJ, of Boston college. Director of communications Grace cotter regan i hope that you enjoy this issue of JESUITS magazine and have a great summer! executive Director of advancement Sincerely, Sr. clare Walsh, MHSH assistant for new england ignatian Spirituality in the Jesuit collaborative very reverend Myles n. Sheehan, SJ Provincial, new england Province of Jesuits rev. Dennis J. Yesalonia, SJ treasurer aDVANCEMENT COMMITTEE John F. Power John H. Mccarthy AUDIT COMMITTEE elizabeth Bourque Deborah P. reed Mary coffey Moran Michael J. lochhead Patricia a. casey John J. Shaughnessy, Jr. William Supple John H. Mccarthy ann Marie connolly William J. teuber, Jr. rev. richard a. McGowan, SJ Jack M. connors, Jr. INVEStMENT COMMITTEE John J. Griffin, Jr., esq. FINANCE COMMITTEE richard F. connolly INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Francis c. Mahoney Francis B. campanella William r. Durgin COMMITTEE John J. Mahoney, Jr. Joseph P. Fallon Paul F. Healey Mary corcoran John a. Mcneice, Jr. lawrence e. Kaplan, esq. Peter c. McKenzie ellen Keohane Joseph e. o’leary, esq. Michael J. lochhead robert J. Morrissey robert J. ostiguy catherine l. o’neil Judith a. Malone, esq. Sean P. o’neil 8 Features Spring/Summer 2010 vol. 6, issue 1 Publisher v. rev. Myles n. Sheehan, SJ executive editor alice Poltorick AssociAte editor 14 rev. charles B. connolly, SJ executive director of AdvAncement Grace cotter regan contributing Writers/editors rev. charles B. connolly, SJ Suzanne Heffernan alice Poltorick Grace cotter regan lAyout/design Pat Mullaly, circle Graphics 1 Jesuits in Formation . .4 ordinations –Welcoming our new Priests . 8 annual Jesuit GALA. 14 inspiration at eastern Point. 16 cover: Br. Donald J. Murray, SJ, and Fr. charles B. connolly, SJ, Jesuit theologian and artist . 18 assist the new england Province in advancing the mission of the Society of Jesus. read their story Men Behind the Mail. .22 on pages 22–23. Photo by John Gillooly. chaplain Fr. James Shaughnessy, SJ. 26 JESUITS is published twice per year by the new england Province and is available online: 26 www.sjnen.org. Please address all correspondence to: alice Poltorick new england Province of Jesuits, P.o. Box 9199, Watertown, Ma 02471-9199 Phone: 617-607-2895 email: [email protected] © 2010, new england Province in every issue of Jesuits. all rights reserved. Printed in uSa. Provincial Letter. .inside Front Cover C Printed on recycled paper. 18 Province news. .2 Advancement. .22 in Memoriam . 28 Words to Live By. inside Back Cover Province News New Assignments Fr. Joseph A. Appleyard, SJ, has been Fr. John P. Murray, SJ, has been appointed appointed socius of the new england superior of eastern Point retreat House. Province. He has been vice-president for Fr. Murray served as internal consultant on mission and ministry at Boston college. Fr. ignatian spirituality in human resources at John J. Higgins, SJ, who has served in the Boston college. position for the past six years, will be going on a well-deserved sabbatical. Fr. John T. Butler, SJ, who has served as Fr. James P. Carr, SJ, has been appointed director of vocations for the new england director of novices for the Maryland, new Province and director for Manresa House York and new england Provinces and at Bc, has been named vice-president for superior of St. andrew Hall in Syracuse, 2 university mission and ministry. new York. Fr. carr was director of eastern Point retreat House. Boston college has also named Fr. Terrence Fr. Robert J. Levens, SJ, is the new superior P. Devino, SJ, to succeed Fr. Butler as of the campion Jesuit community. director of Manresa House and special Fr. levens served as retreat director and assistant to the president. Fr. Devino served chaplain to alumni and faculty at Fairfield as vice-president for university ministries at college Preparatory School. the university of Scranton. Fr. Mark S. Massa, SJ, is the new dean of the Fr. Paul D. Holland, SJ, who has served as School of theology and Ministry (StM) at rector of the campion Jesuit community Boston college. He succeeds founding dean for the past five years, has been named Fr. Richard Clifford, SJ. rector of the Fairfield Jesuit community. read Fr. Holland’s reflection on page 13. New Scholars Maine Jesuits in Maine two Jesuits are welcomed into the “community of scholars.” For the first time in a long time, three Jesuits who are Fr. John D. savard, sJ, was awarded an edD native Mainers have been from the university of San Francisco. assigned to Maine at the same Fr. Savard is the rector of the Jesuit com- time, and are living in the munity at the college of the Holy cross. same community. Fr. John R. d’Anjou, SJ, was born Fr. Joseph r.M. Palmisano, in Biddeford and moved to sJ, was granted a PhD in Portland when he was one year old; Fr. Richard D. Bertrand, theology from trinity college SJ, was born and lived in Biddeford; Fr. John T. Crabb, SJ, in Dublin. Fr. Palmisano begins tertianship was born in Bangor and moved to South Portland at the age in September and will serve in campus of twelve. ministry at Fairfield university. Jesuits in the Middle East esuits from the new england Province minister throughout new Jengland and around the world. recently, Fr. Provincial Myles Sheehan, SJ, and Fr. Michael linden, SJ, provincial assistant for international, pastoral and social ministries, traveled to the Middle east to visit new england Jesuits ministering in lebanon, egypt and Jordan. From Jordan, they traveled to iraq to meet with the latin rite archbishop of Baghdad. Fr. Michael linden’s first stop was Beirut, lebanon, where he visited with Fr. Martin J. McDermott, SJ, and Fr. John J. Donohue, SJ. From 3 there, he traveled to egypt and spent time with novice Mr. Stev Metika, SJ, and Fr. John a. carty, SJ. From there, Fr. linden traveled to amman. Fr. Sheehan, after spending two weeks in rome meeting with Fr. Fr. Myles Sheehan, SJ, Abp. Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Nuncio to General and other provincials at the Jesuit curia, traveled to Jordan. Jordan and Iraq, and Fr. Michael Linden, SJ, met in Amman, Jordan. With Fr. linden he visited Fr. alfred J. Hicks, SJ, Fr. clarence J. Burby, SJ and lay colleagues at the Jesuit centre and visited Sacred Heart church, where Fr. Kevin G. o’connell, SJ, is pastor. after meeting with archbishop Francis assisi chullikatt, nuncio to Jordan and iraq, they proceeded to iraq. in Baghdad they met with the latin rite archbishop of Baghdad, Jean Sleiman, Mr. Wathiq Hindo, alumnus of Baghdad college and his wife, nidhal. Fr. Myles Sheehan, SJ, with Fr. Al Hicks, SJ, at the memorial to the Jesuits who died while serving in Baghdad. Fr. Al Hicks, SJ, Superior of the Jesuits in Jordan and Iraq, with Nidhal and Wathiq Hindo. Fr. Myles Sheehan, SJ, concelebrates Mass with Abp. Jean Sleiman at Fr. Martin McDermott, SJ, with refugees from Fr. John Carty, SJ, ministers in Alexandria, Egypt. St. Joseph Cathedral. the Philippines and Africa in Beirut, Lebanon. Formation the First and Most important novitiate experiment: The Spiritual Exercises by Fr. Joseph E. Lingan, SJ 4 his past January, the six novices of the Maryland, new england and tnew York Provinces made the Spiritual Exercises at eastern Point retreat House in Gloucester, Massachusetts.