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An Easter 2023 Message from the Provincial
Dear Friends, I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies. – John 11:25 These words of Jesus are some of the most hopeful given us and can be especially consoling as we get older. Our resurrected Savior provides the way for us to be resurrected with …
The Novitiate: Building the Foundation of a Jesuit
By PJ Williams How are men transformed into Jesuits? Those familiar with the Society of Jesus know that Jesuit formation is a long process that can take well over a decade to complete. Broadly speaking, it requires a great deal of prayer and a rigorous education, but there are nuances to each stage of that …
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Jesuit Connections Bring Floridians to USA East Lenten Events
Jesuit alums and friends from throughout the East Coast now living in Florida attended two Lenten events, March 2nd in Palm Beach and March 4th in Naples. Provincial Fr. Joseph O’Keefe, SJ, updated both groups on happenings around the province, and Carlos Aedo, director of the Office of Ignatian Spirituality, gave a presentation on programs …
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Remembering Jesuit Brother Edward L. Niziolek
March 3, 2023 – Br. Edward L. Niziolek, SJ, was born in Ware, Mass., on October 1, 1938. The only child of Edward and Claire (Dubois) Niziolek. He graduated from Cranwell Prep, Lenox, Mass., in 1957. On July 31 of that same year, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in Plattsburgh, N.Y. In 1958, he moved …
Remembering Jesuit Father James Aloysius Gillon
Feb. 21, 2023 – Fr. James Aloysius Gillon, SJ, was born in Holyoke, Mass., on Oct. 17, 1942, the second of three children of Vincent P. and Edna Marie (Lafond) Gillon. Upon graduating from Sacred Heart High School in Holyoke, Fr. Gillon entered the College of the Holy Cross in 1960 where he studied for …
Remembering Jesuit Father Vincent McDonough
Jan. 20, 2023- Fr. Vincent McDonough, SJ, was born in New York City, the son of Vincent and Rita (Kuhn) McDonough, on September 18, 1929. The Roaring Twenties were coming to an end, it was approximately six weeks before the stock market crash which precipitated the Great Depression. Growing up in hard times did not …
Remembering Jesuit Father Joseph J. Feeney
Rev. Joseph J. Feeney, SJ, was born on October 8, 1934, in Philadelphia, PA. He attended St. Joseph’s Prep and entered the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, PA, on August 14, 1952. He received his bachelor’s degree and Masters in English, as well as his Licentiate in Philosophy from Loyola Seminary in Shrub …
St. Michael’s Community in Buffalo Perseveres Through Blizzard
Jan. 5, 2023 – Fr. Fred Betti, SJ, associate pastor at St. Michael’s Church in Buffalo and chaplain of the Response to Love Center, has shared a reflection about how the people of St. Michael’s came together during the recent blizzard. On Friday morning, December 23rd, as parishioners were concluding their prayers after our 6:45 …
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