Oct. 13, 2022 – Fr. William P. Walsh, SJ, died on Oct. 7, 2022, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, at Murray-Weigel Hall adjacent to the Fordham University campus where he had been a young college student in the early 50’s. Fr. Walsh was born in Corona, N.Y., on Nov. 13, 1932. His …
Rev. John W. O’Malley, SJ, was the only child of Charles and Elizabeth Gallagher O’Malley. He was born on June 11, 1927, and grew up in the small town of Tiltonsville, Ohio. He attended the public high school and graduated in 1945. He felt a call to the priesthood but not as a parish priest. …
Sept. 10, 2022 – Fr. Ronald J. Amiot, SJ, was born on June 14, 1949, in Bridgeport, Conn., to Josephine (née Di Camillo) and Robert John Amiot. He had a brother, Thomas Anthony and a sister, Janet Gwen. Fr. Amiot entered the Jesuit novitiate at Shadowbrook in Lenox, Mass., on Aug. 14, 1967. In 1969, …
Sept. 7. 2022 – Fr. Robert V. Paskey, SJ, died peacefully at Murray-Weigel Hall in the Bronx, N.Y., in the early morning hours of Sept. 5, 2022; it was Labor Day. Fr. Paskey labored in priestly ministry all over the world, from Alaska to Madrid in Spain, to Nairobi in East Africa, from St. Ann’s …
Rev. Dominic W. Maruca, SJ, was born on September 15, 1927, in Trenton, NJ. He attended Trenton Central High School and entered the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, PA, on September 14, 1945. He received his bachelor’s degree in the classics, his Licentiate in Philosophy, master’s degree, and Licentiate in Sacred Theology, all …
Rev. John J. Ryan, S.J., died on August 5, 2022, at Murray-Weigel Hall, Bronx, NY, where, for seven years, he had lived and fulfilled his mission of praying for the Church and the Society of Jesus. Fr. Ryan was born in the Bronx on June 12, 1936. His parents were Michael and Mary (Clooney) Ryan. …
Rev. Rodolfo (Rudy) Casals, SJ, was born on November 16, 1974, and raised in Tarrytown, NY. He was a 1997 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and after several years of active duty in the Navy, entered the Society of Jesus in August 2006 at St. Andrew Hall in Syracuse, NY. He completed philosophy …
Fr. John (Jack) Donohue, SJ, was born in Worcester, MA in 1926, the only boy, the third of five children. His father, Florence Timothy, was a grocer, and his mother, Helen, a homemaker. After Catholic grammar school and high school, he went on to the College of the Holy Cross and the Navy. From 1943 …
Rev. Gustaaf M. Keppens, SJ, was born in Belgium on August 12, 1929. He attended St. Norbertus High School in Antwerp, Belgium and entered the Novitiate in Drongen, Belgium in 1948. He received degrees in Philosophy and was ordained on August 5, 1961, at St. Michael Church in Brussel, Belgium. In 1963, Fr. Keppens came …
Fr. Paul S. Naumann, S.J. passed away on June 17, 2022, following a brief illness. A native of Syracuse, Fr. Naumann was born in 1929. After graduating from Baldwinsville Academy, he attended Le Moyne College for two years prior to his entrance into Society of Jesus on August 14, 1951. His Jesuit course of studies …