A Renewed Spirit Provincial V. Rev. Myles N. Sheehan, SJ Dear friends, Peace of Christ! Province Consultors Rev. John J. Higgins, SJ As I reflect on the letters that Fr. Tom Regan, SJ, wrote in past issues Rev. Paul D. Holland, SJ of JESUITS Magazine, I am grateful for all he accomplished during Rev. Joseph M. O’Keefe, SJ his six years as Provincial of the New England Province. We are Rev. William E. Stempsey, SJ blessed with a wonderfully talented, dedicated staff at the provincial Associate Consultants offices, and committed, enthusiastic Jesuits and lay collaborators in Rev. Robert J. Daly, SJ our apostolic works and ministries. The following pages highlight our Rev. William R. Campbell, SJ work in formation, education and Ignatian spirituality. Provincial Assistants I am excited to return to New England — my home province where I entered Rev. John J. Higgins, SJ the Society of Jesus and where I grew up and was educated. During my first day as Socius/Executive Assistant Provincial, I presided at liturgy at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Campion Center, during which Fr. George Williams, SJ, professed his final vows, and where I was ordained Rev. John T. Butler, SJ deacon. You will read about the restoration of the Chapel on pages 10 and 11. Director of Vocations As I travel around the province, visiting our Jesuit communities and apostolic works Rev. Robert J. Daly, SJ and meeting with many of you, our companions on mission, I see God’s blessings on Assistant for Higher Education our work in New England. We are truly responding to the call of Christ by serving the Church and you, the people of God. One of the directives of the Society of Jesus is saving Rev. Richard A. Deshaies, SJ Assistant for Formation souls. We strive to help people find the meaning of their lives in the story of Jesus. New England Jesuits are missioned here in New England, across the United States and Margaret T. Florentine internationally. On pages 14 and 15, you can read about the gratitude our alumni/ae of Assistant for Secondary Education Baghdad College and Al Hikma University have for their Jesuit education and their hope and courage going forward. Rev. Michael D. Linden, SJ Assistant for International, And of course, we cannot do what we do without your friendship, prayers and support. Pastoral and Social Ministries At our 10th annual Jesuit GALA we will honor Ann Marie and Dick Connolly with the Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam award. Our GALA chairs, Mary and John Power, along with Catherine R. Morency, RN Grace Regan and her team in the advancement office, are hard at work to make this Province Health Care Coordinator event the wonderful signature event it is. I encourage you to learn more about the work of Jesuits in New England, become Alice Poltorick informed about our events and programs and learn about ways to support the ministries Director of Communications of the province by visiting our award-winning website, www.sjnen.org. Grace Cotter Regan Executive Director of In gratitude, Advancement Sr. Clare Walsh, MHSH Assistant for New England Ignatian Spirituality in The Jesuit Very Reverend Myles N. Sheehan, SJ Collaborative Provincial, New England Province of Jesuits Rev. Dennis J. Yesalonia, SJ Treasurer ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE John F. Power Mary Coffey Moran AUDIT COMMITTEE Elizabeth Bourque Deborah P. Reed William Supple Michael J. Lochhead Patricia A. Casey John J. Shaughnessy, Jr. John H. McCarthy Ann Marie Connolly William J. Teuber, Jr. INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Rev. Richard A. McGowan, SJ Jack M. Connors, Jr. Philip M. Byrne 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. Michael J. Lochhead Peter C. McKenzie Ellen Keohane Joseph E. O’Leary, Esq. Judith A. Malone, Esq. Robert J. Morrissey Robert J. Ostiguy Catherine L. O’Neil John H. McCarthy Sean P. O’Neil 10 FEATURES Fall 2009 • Vol. 5, Issue 2 PUBLISHER V. Rev. Myles N. Sheehan, SJ 7 12 EXECUTIVE EDITOR Alice Poltorick ASSOCI ATE EDITORS Rev. Charles B. Connolly, SJ Rev. Richard H. Roos, SJ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADV A NCEMENT Grace Cotter Regan CONTRIBUTING WRITERS /EDITORS Rev. Charles B. Connolly, SJ Rev. Lawrence E. Corcoran, SJ Suzanne Heffernan Alice Poltorick Grace Cotter Regan LA YOUT /DESIGN 1 Pat Mullaly, Circle Graphics CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGR ap HY Reflections from a Jesuit in Formation. .7 Rev. Richard A. Deshaies, SJ Justin Knight Rev. Michael D. Linden, SJ Restoring the Chapel of the Holy Spirit . 10 Alice Poltorick Rev. Richard H. Roos, SJ Rev. Ronald E. Wozniak, SJ Annual Jesuit GALA. 12 Hope, Courage & Friendship at Baghdad Reunion. 14 A Jesuit Bridge-builder in Rome . 16 A Conversation with Fr. Jim Malley, SJ. .24 COVER : The artist at work in 16 restoring the gold trim around the symbol of the Holy Spirit during the restoration of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Campion Center. Read Fr. Wozniak’s story on pages 10–11. JESUITS is published twice per year by the New England Province and is available online: www.sjnen.org. IN EVERY ISSUE Please address all correspondence to: Alice Poltorick Provincial Letter . Inside Front Cover New England Province of Jesuits, P.O. Box 9199, Province News. .2 Watertown, MA 02471-9199 Phone: 617-607-2895 Advancement. .20 Email: [email protected] In Memoriam . 26 © 2009, New England Province of Jesuits. All rights reserved. Words to Live By. Inside Back Cover Printed in USA. C Printed on recycled paper. Province News New Assignments Keepers of the Fire Fr. Joseph M. O’Keefe, SJ, dean and by Fr. William Campbell, SJ professor of education in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, Aproximately two dozen Jesuits with connections to the has been named a province consultor for New England Province were among the nearly 200 Jesuits the New England Province. from all across the United States who gathered at Santa Clara University in June for four days of prayer, reflection, sharing and planning. Fr. William R. The conference, entitled “Keepers of the Fire,” invited Campbell, SJ, together for the first time the so-called middle generation president of Cheverus High School, has of Jesuit priests and brothers to consider their corporate been named a province consultant for the and individual apostolic desires in light of the challenges New England Province. 2 and invitations of the recent General Congregation 35, demographic realities, current commitments and future plans for province realignments. Present at this unique Fr. Ronald J. Amiot, SJ, has been gathering of Jesuits were nine of the ten provincials then in appointed provincial assistant for health office and Jesuit Conference President Fr. Thomas Smolich, care planning for the Maryland Province SJ, who delivered a keynote address the first night of the of Jesuits. Fr. Amiot was director of gathering. Campion Health Center in Weston, Mass., One day was set aside for participants to share their from 1996–2005. vocation stories with one another, honoring the grace of God’s presence in their lives. A second day asked the participants to gather according to future province boundaries and to reflect upon the realities and the Praying for Peace in Amman frontiers of the current province cultures that will soon be realigned. During the final morning of the conference, several of the Provincials formed a panel and shared with all of the participants what they had heard during the days of the gathering. “I came away from the conference extremely consoled,” Fr. Campbell said of his experience. “The liturgies were prayerful, the homilies were thoughtful, the sharing was genuine, the planning was realistic, the laughter was hearty…and the weather was beautiful!” Letters An Evening Prayer for Peace in the Middle East, featuring acclaimed Lebanese singer Joumana Modour, To the Jesuits. I was touched by the article in your spring was held on Saturday, October 17, 2009, at the Melkite magazine entitled, “Ignatius Behind Bars.” This kind of Church in Amman, Jordan. Raed Awwad, director of program does seem a natural for prisons. I think Fr. George the Jesuit Center and Maroun Nejim, director of JRS is giving prisoners hope and a means to lift their vision of in Amman, coordinated the event with the help of the their lives. It is so true that most people who go to prison Catholic Church communities in Jordan. Over 1,200 are poor — impoverished from childhood. Fr. George is people from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and addressing that poverty of spirit. Blessings and prayers to Iraq attended. Pictured above are Fr. Alfred Hicks, SJ, him and all involved in that program. I hope that more and Joumana Modour, Raed Awwad and Fr. Clarence more of the prisoners ask to join the group. Burby, SJ. Sincerely, Corinne Falope New Media Campion Jesuit Calendar The American version of Sacrifice Unveiled: The True Meaning of Christian Sacrifice, the new book by Fr. Robert Daly, SJ, provincial assistant for higher education for the New England Province and professor emeritus at Boston College, is now available from Continuum Publishing. HarperOne of San Francisco has 3 published a revised and updated edition of The Practice of Spiritual Direction, by Fr. William Barry, SJ, and Fr. William Connolly, SJ. Besides ordering directly from your bookstore, you can also purchase the Fr. Bob Lindsay, SJ, has created a beautiful 2010 calendar book online at Amazon or Barnes & featuring his artwork with Scripture quotations. Noble. Fr. Lindsay dedicated his project to the Tuesday morning art classes held at Campion Center.