Cura Personalis at Georgetown Prep’s Residential Life Program By Mike Gabriele Cura Personalis is a uniquely Jesuit Latin phrase meaning “care for the person”—the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. This particular Jesuit idiom also accurately encapsulates an experience that is uniquely Georgetown Prep—residential life. Georgetown Prep is the only Jesuit high school—and one of the …
Rev. Charles H. Allen, SJ, was born on February 13, 1942, in Jamaica Plain, MA, where he attended St. Thomas High School. He entered the Society of Jesus at Shadowbrook in Lenox, MA, on August 14, 1959. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Boston College and a master’s in philosophy from Weston College in Weston, …
January 3, 2024 – Fr. Patrick J. Ryan, SJ, was born on January 6, 1929, in Somerville, Mass. Fr. Ryan attended Boston College High School from 1942 to 1945. On July 30, 1946, he entered the Society of Jesus at Shadowbrook in Lenox, Mass. After his time in the novitiate and juniorate, he attended Weston …
Rev. Francis M. O’Connor, SJ, was born on October 19, 1924, in Olyphant, PA. He graduated from Scranton Public High School, attended three years at Scranton College, and entered the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, PA, on July 30, 1947. He received his B.A. in the Classics and his Licentiate in Philosophy from …
Rev. James A. O’Brien, SJ, was born on April 7, 1927, in Philadelphia, PA. He attended St. Joseph’s Prep and started at Saint Joseph’s University before becoming a Midshipman in 1945 at the Pennsylvania Maritime Academy in Morrisville, PA. He entered the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, PA, on September 27, 1947. He …
Rev. Kenneth J. Urumolug, SJ, was born on February 15, 1965, on Satawal Island in Micronesia. He attended Xavier High School in Chuuk, and earned a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Guam. He entered the Manresa Jesuit Novitiate on Palau, on October 18, 1988. He received his Certificate in Philosophy from Ateneo de …
Dec. 12, 2023 – As 2023 comes to a close, we have gathered together some of our top stories from the last twelve months. Over the past year, one of our colleges became a university, a Jesuit from the province had a guest role on an HBO drama, Saint Joseph’s University inaugurated its first lay …
Rev. John E. Surette, SJ, was born on December 12, 1934, in Arlington, MA. He attended Rindge Technical High School in Cambridge, MA, and earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Boston College. He entered the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew-on-Hudson in Poughkeepsie, NY, on July 30, 1957, and finished as a novice at Shadowbrook …
Oct. 10, 2023 – Fr. John J. Begley, SJ, was born in New Haven, Conn., on January 14, 1931. He entered the Society of Jesus on July 30, 1949, at the Shadowbrook novitiate in Lenox, Mass. After his time in the novitiate, he went on to study philosophy at Weston College. He received his bachelor’s …