Dear Friends, A popular word around Jesuit institutions

is headcount. Parishes use the October count as a measure of how many people are in the pews. Our schools look at the size of the freshman class to gauge their next four years, and around Labor Day, Jesuit communities frequently ask, “How many new novices are there?” Jesuit missions and ministries depend on an influx of new people, so keeping track of our headcount is a good thing. A significant function of the office of the provincial is accepting new novices each year; without novices our Order cannot survive.

I was blessed to accept 10 new men to our novitiate this fall. They will join the 5 new Wisconsin Province novices to make a class of 15. In August, 8 newly vowed scholastics and a newly vowed brother moved from the novitiate to first studies. They, like me, were very happy to see an even larger class moving in.

While there is wisdom to the adage “quality not quantity,” there is nothing wrong with working for both. Certainly the demand for Jesuits is as great today as it has ever been, and nothing re-energizes a religious order as much as the zeal and energy of new members.

Saint Ignatius Loyola never set targets or goals for bringing men into the Society. He trusted that his first companions would inspire others to serve the Lord in this vocation. I doubt that our founder could

ever have imagined how much the Society would grow, or in how many countries and cultures we would serve, but I know he would say that our mission was far from being accomplished. The mission of those first Jesuits to care for souls still depends on new vocations. We need these 15 nov-ices as much as Saint Ignatius needed his first companions.

Entering the Jesuit novitiate is not like applying to graduate school or interviewing for a job. Assessing one’s suitability for a lifetime commitment to vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience cannot be done through a form or a transcript. It requires an in-depth period of discernment over a significant period of time. As part of the process, each candidate to the novitiate is asked to write his autobiography. This narrative helps those who take part in the vocation discernment process to see the ways in which the Lord has worked throughout their life. I love reading these autobiographies because I see in them the unique contribution that each novice will bring to the Society. We may be one of

the largest religious orders in the Church today, but no two of us are alike. We often illustrate this with the line, “if you’ve met one Jesuit you’ve met one Jesuit!”

I look forward to seeing how these new novices will blossom over the course of time, and I know that many, many people will take part in their formation. We continue to depend on your prayers and support for these and all Jesuits. Your com-mitment to our mission is essential for our growth and ministry. I have great hope for the Society and its future.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Timothy P. Kesicki, SJ Provincial

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The mission of those first Jesuits to care for souls still depends on new vocations. We need these 15 novices as much as Saint Ignatius needed his first companions.

During a summer pilgrimage to the Holy Land with his fellow US provincials, Fr. Kesicki celebrated mass on

the Mount of the Beatitudes along the Sea of Galilee.

Christ the King Jesuit College Prep Celebrates Success of First Graduating Class

On June 9, 2012, Christ the King Jesuit Col-lege Prep (CTK) celebrated its first graduation

ceremony since opening its doors in August 2008. On this momentous day four years in the making, 50 students surrounded by family, teachers, and faculty walked across the stage to receive their diplo-mas from the school’s president, Fr. Chris Devron, SJ. Eighty-four colleges offered more than 150 acceptances to CTK students this year, including Xavier University and Marquette University. “I’m very glad that I came to CTK,” explains Michael, class of 2012. “Deep down inside, my classmates and I are very grateful to be at a school where we can get work experience and a great education at the same time.” Located on the West Side of Chicago in the Austin neighborhood, CTK strives to educate the area’s underserved teenagers and their families. n

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JesuitPrayer.org Stirs Hearts and Minds

Since its launch on July 1, JesuitPrayer.org—our new prayer site, daily eNewsletter, and App—has received strong support from people across the country. One loyal prayer partner says, “I just

wanted to let you know what a grace and blessing this site has been in my life. I am so grateful to all of the Jesuit sites which draw me into deeper awareness of God’s working each day, each moment of our lives. Thank God for St. Ignatius and those who are called to follow in his path—it means everything to me.” To date, more than 15,000 people have visited the site and hundreds more have signed up for our eNewsletter to get their daily dose of scripture, Ignatian reflection, and prayer—all of which is complemented by videos, links, and other resources. The site and App also allow people to print prayer cards and submit prayer requests that are responded to by our Jesuit Prayer Team. Help us spread the Word and join us today! n

Jesuits Say Goodbye to a LegendBy Fr. Joseph Daoust, SJ

Father Walter Farrell, SJ, died this July at the age of 96. Walt towered over others not just physically, but as a human, wise, and gentle spirit. For decades, I and so many others depended on him for

spiritual direction and guidance. He was always available, at a moment’s notice, to leave what he was doing and give his full and compassionate attention to whatever my latest travail or elation was. And then, with both frankness and tenderness, he would put the world back into perspective, the perspec-tive of what life is really about. Not just Jesuits, but so many others found him an encouraging source of enlightenment even through the birth pangs of the new millennium. The winds of globalization or polarization might buffet our cultures or our Church. But Walt would urge us to continue finding God in the present with hope for the future. Rooted in the deep springs of Ignatian spirituality, he calmly and clearly nourished us in its abundant waters. Even in the last weeks of his life, he was still handing it on to the newest generation of Jesuits. n

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Fr. Walter L. Farrell, SJJune 7, 1916, to July 13, 2012

“I had the privilege of making three re-treats, one of them a 30-day retreat, with Fr. Farrell. He was an extraor-dinarily holy and generous man, a man of great faith. I will always value our friendship, and I will miss him. He was a fantastic director. He was gentle, compassion-ate, and wise. I am so blessed to have known him. Now he is with the Lord whom he loved so much and served so faithfully. May the Lord hold him eternally in his tender mercy.” — Stephanie Terril, longtime friend

Fr. Francis X. Budovic, SJ November 27, 1920, to June 13, 2012

“I knew Fr. Budovic when I worked at Ss. Peter and Paul in downtown Detroit from 1997-2001 while he was residing there. He always struck me as a very holy and devout priest, working hard every day and driving out to Sterling Heights to Ss. Cyril and Methodius Parish where he ministered for 14 years. He always had a friendly word for me when we saw each other. He constantly inspired me to do my best and stay close to God. The energy he had at his age was amazing. May he rest in peace.” — Tim Kusner, Ss. Peter and Paul parishioner

We give thanks for the following Jesuits who have

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Father Raymond Guiao, SJ, provincial assistant for formation for the Chicago-Detroit Province, has begun serving in the same capacity for the Wisconsin Province as of summer 2012.

After completing the First Studies Program at Fordham University, Andij Hlabse, SJ, is now a regent teaching at Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago.

Hung Nguyen, SJ, has completed the First Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago and has begun his regency as a teacher at Saint Ignatius College Prep.

Former Chicago-Detroit Provincial, Fr. Edward Schmidt, SJ, concluded his time as associate editor of America magazine in New York City and has begun his new position as an editor at the Institute of Jesuit Sources in St. Louis.

Father Robert Thesing, SJ, who most recently served as superior for the First Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago, joins the staff at both the Claver Jesuit Ministry and the Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford, Ohio.

The Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin provincials have appointed Fr. Robert Wild, SJ, special assistant for advancement for both provinces. He

brings to the role a wide range of prior experience as provincial of the Chicago Province; president of Weston Jesuit School of Theology; and, most recently, president of Marquette University. “I’m honored to help the provinces work together to serve our 12-state region, which includes 6 universities, 19 high schools, 12 parishes and missions, 8 retreat ministries, and many works that serve those in need,” says Fr. Wild.

For a full listing of assignments, please visit www.jesuits-chgdet.org and click the red web icon as shown here.

Missioned to Serve at Colombiere

Fr. Rey Garcia, SJ Fr. Gene Hattie, SJFr. John Murphy, SJ

Fr. Phil Rule, SJ

Missioned to Serve at St. Camillus

Fr. Gene Phillips, SJ

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By Christine Curran

For the past several years, Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) members Jorge

Caicedo and Marta Hernandez Sayeed have served as assistant chaplains at John H. Stroger Hospital (formerly Cook County Hospital) under the leadership of the Chicago-Detroit Province Society of the Jesuits.

“At Stroger Hospital, Jorge and I have the privilege of accompanying people through very significant moments in their lives—from praying with and offering Eucharist to a young couple who are taking their first baby home to visiting with an elderly person who feels lonely and afraid, to sitting with cancer patients and their families,” explains Marta.

The two pillars of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps are service and reflection. IVC volunteers, retired or semi-retired men and women 50 years and older, commit 2 days per week, 10 months per year, in direct service to poor and marginalized communities across Chicago. IVC volunteers come from a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and professions, but they all share a common purpose: to make a positive difference in their com-munities and to deepen their spiritual life in the Ignatian tradition.

Located in the heart of Chicago’s West Side, John H. Stroger Hospital is a prime example of an agency whose work aligns with that of the IVC mission. Meeting the spiritual needs of patients in the city’s largest public hospital is a challenge, and the Stroger chaplaincy program relies on Marta and Jorge to help provide personal-ized ministerial care. “I see our IVC volun-

teers as ‘chaplain extenders,’” says Fr. Joel Medina SJ, former Director of the chap-laincy program at Stroger. “They reach out to patients I’m not able to visit and extend our ministry as Catholic chaplains.”

As native Spanish speakers, Marta and Jorge are often able to put their language skills to work in the hospital. Jorge notes, “I work mostly with Spanish-speaking people. For them, it can be very important to have someone who speaks their language, because a lot of them are newly arrived immigrants who haven’t learned to speak English, and to feel that somebody is there with them, who speaks their language,

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Ignatian Volunteer Corps members, Jorge Caicedo and Marta Hernandez Sayeed, make their rounds at John H. Stroger Hospital providing comfort through prayer.

A Jesuit Legacy Continued

Former hospital chaplains Jesuits Frs. Gene Nevins, Bob Finn, and Jim Chambers, move into the newly constructed hospital in 2002.

Jesuit Chaplaincy ProgramIn an effort to uphold the Ignatian tradition of serving where the need is greatest, the Jesuits began work at Cook County Hospital in 1903. When Fr. Michael Mc-Nulty, SJ, arrived, the need for spiritual care was overwhelming. In his first year as a chaplain, Fr. McNulty offered last sacraments to patients on 592 occasions, baptized 44 adults and 14 infants, and made 520 additional visits to patients. Now, 109 years after its founding, Stroger Hospital has been served by 35 dedicated, Jesuit chaplains. Today, the Jesuit legacy and mission is carried on through the Ignatian Volunteer Corps. n

it changes their life and their outlook, at least for those few moments.”

The reflection component of the IVC program is essential. Members make a commitment to reflective prayer and journaling, attending monthly community meetings, and also meeting each month one-on-one with a spiritual reflector.

For Marta, the spiritual enrichment program was an important part of why she joined. “The best part of IVC is that I belong to a community of like-minded individuals who want to express their faith in a very real and vibrant way,” she says. “Through our community meetings, jour-naling, and the monthly meeting with our spiritual reflector, we begin to develop eyes that are able to see the presence of God in everyday life. My IVC experience gives a deeper meaning to the ordinary through the transforming presence of God.”

Now entering its 12th year, IVC Chicago is one of the largest chapters in the coun-try, with 40 members serving at 32 partner ministries across 3 dioceses and 4 counties in the Chicago area. IVC also has chapters in Detroit, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. To learn more, please visit www.ivcusa.org. n

Christine Curran is the Regional Director of the IVC-Chicago chapter. Contact Christine at 773-975-6871 or ccurran@ivcusa.org.

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The best part of IVC is that I belong to a community of like-minded individuals who want to express their faith in a very real and vibrant way.

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Loyola High School in Detroit Kicks Off 20th Year with a New PresidentBy Jeremy Langford

Loyola High School enters its 20th year of service in Detroit with a new

president, Fr. Mark Luedtke, SJ, who succeeds Fr. Dave Mastrangelo, SJ.

“We’re so grateful to Dave for 19 years of service as a teacher, principal, and president,” says Fr. Tim Kesicki, provincial of the Chicago-Detroit Province. “And we’re excited to see Mark lead Loyola through its 20th anniversary year and into its next decade. His appointment highlights the province’s commitment to the school and to Detroit.”

“My excitement has been building since Fr. Kesicki began the conversation with me about my coming to Loyola,” says Fr. Luedtke. “In fact, my response was a hearty, ‘great!’ Many wonderful things have happened at the school thanks to the work of my predecessors, but I know there is a lot more work to do to give our students the best we have to offer.”

Founded by the province and the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1993 as a direct response to the alarmingly high dropout rate of high school males in the city, the all-male Loyola opened its doors to 43 ninth graders in a small wing of the former St. Francis Home for Boys. A year later it moved a mile west into the former St. Francis de Sales School, where it has remained. Since its first graduating class of 1997, every member of Loyola’s graduat-ing classes has been accepted into one or more colleges or universities. The current enrollment is 145 and there are 449 alumni.

“We are exceptionally proud of Loyola,” explains Fr. Kesicki, SJ, who taught theology at the school from 1995 to 2000. “It’s a per-fect example of the Jesuit mission to serve where the need is greatest.”

In 2003, Loyola High School began an innova-tive initiative called the Loyola Work Experience Program (LWEP) to make parochial education afford-able to young men living in the city of Detroit. Based on the Cristo Rey model, LWEP partners with local businesses and non-profit organizations—such as Ford Motor Company, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan, and Goodwill Industries—to give student real-world job experience and the opportunity to assume part of the financial responsibility for their education.

“I’ve been so blessed to be a part of Loyola all these years,” says Fr. Mastrangelo. “The only ones who preceded me here were the late Fr. Mal-colm Carron, SJ, president; Fr. Ken Styles, SJ, principal; the late Deacon Wyatt Jones, Jr., dean of students; and Debby Flynn, business manager. Now I’m grateful to Fr. Luedtke for being so willing to take on the role of president. I truly believe that Loyola’s best years are yet to come.”

Father Luedtke is no stranger to

Loyola—he has main-tained a keen interest in the school since he was a novice and most recently joined the board last year and spent the spring 2012 semester “shadowing” Fr. Mastrangelo before taking over as president July 1. A Chicago native, Fr. Luedtke is a graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep and Georgetown University.

During his Jesuit forma-tion, he taught at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago for three years.

Following his ordination in 2010, he spent three semesters interning at Jesuit high schools in Sacramento, San Francisco, and New York City in preparation for leader-ship roles in Jesuit schools.

“I have been entrusted to share in some small way in the mission of Loyola High School to bring wholeness to the lives of our young men and, through them, to their families and this city,” says Fr. Luedtke. “I feel very much at home here at Loyola. Together with our faculty, staff, families, and benefactors, we will continue to nur-ture a culture of hope and academic success for young men in Detroit and prepare them to be men of Christian love, justice, and service who act with integrity, compassion, and courage.” n

Jesuit-Educated Olympians Bring Home Gold

While the world was fixated on the Olympics this summer, we kept our eye on two very special Olympi-ans—and they didn’t disappoint. Conor Dwyer, Loyola Academy class of 2007, competed in the Men’s 4

x 200m Freestyle Relay alongside Olympic veteran, Michael Phelps. After pulling ahead early in the first leg of the race, the men clinched the gold with more than a three-second lead (second from left in photo).

At the same time, Regis Jesuit senior and youngest member of the women’s swim-ming team, Missy Franklin, charmed the world while earning three gold medals and one bronze during her time in London. While Franklin is not a Catholic, she said life as a student at a Jesuit-run high school has her considering joining the Church. “Going into Regis Jesuit, my faith was not a very big aspect of my life. Taking my first theol-ogy classes, going to my first masses, going on my first retreats, I began to realize how important God is in my life and how much I love him and need him,” she explained. “I am so thankful for Regis Jesuit, for they have brought God and so much meaning into my life.”

We look forward to seeing both Olympians again at the 2016 summer games in Rio. n

Fr. Mark Luedtke, SJ, president of Loyola High School in Detroit

Nicholas Albin (22) is a graduate of Xavier University and enters the Jesuits with a BA in finance. Andrea Bianchini (30) was born and raised in Milan, Italy, where he earned an MA in electrical engineering. He met the Jesuits in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and just completed his PhD in physics from the University of Michigan.Maxwell Bindernagel (23) is a graduate of Ignatius High School in Cleveland and recently graduated from Boston College with an MA in philosophy. He speaks flu-ent German and enjoys the guitar.Daniel Dixon (25) attended University of Detroit Jesuit High School and graduated from the University of Notre Dame. He just finished two years teaching Catholic elementary school in Phoenix through the Alliance for Catholic Education.Brian Geeding (24) a 2006 alumnus of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, gradu-ated from Miami University with a degree in business marketing and geology. Brian spent the last year volunteer teaching with the Jesuits on the Pine Ridge Indian reser-vation in South Dakota.Daniel Kennedy (22) is a 2008 graduate of St. John’s Jesuit High in Toledo and later studied philosophy and theology at Boston

College, where he received the Edward H. Finnegan, SJ, Memorial Award in 2012. He worked at hospice in Boston and traveled to Kathmandu as part of his service work, including a trip to Guatemala. Aaron Malnick (33) graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BS in marketing and sales. After earning an MA in Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago, he most recently served in cam-pus ministry at Alvernia University outside of Philadelphia. Stephen Molvarec (32) is a summa cum laude graduate in history from Canisius College and earned a PhD in medieval history from Notre Dame. He also served in pastoral ministry with graduates students while teaching history at Indiana Univer-sity South Bend. Damian Torres-Botello (34), a Kansas City native and an accomplished play-wright and performer, has written several plays and initiated presentations of original dramatic pieces about social justice. As a teaching artist, he worked with inner-city youth and earned a degree in theater from University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Matthew Wooters (25) hails from sub-urban Washington, DC, and is a 2009

graduate of John Carroll University. He served two years with the Jesuit volunteers in Belize, and most recently taught history and geography at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy.

2012 also brings a new contour to my mission. As I complete the 6-year term as Vocation Director, I once again feel that openness to handing on the torch and remaining available to serve in other areas of the Province. I pass this most privileged ministry to my successor, Fr. Jim Prehn, SJ, and look forward to continuing my work at Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. Father Prehn and I both rejoice in the providence of God, who has blessed the Chicago-Detroit Province with an abun-dance of vocations this year.

It has been my pleasure to walk with these 10 men over the past several years, helping them to discern God’s call and to anticipate that very profound “yes” at the root of any vocation. Please keep these men in prayer as they begin their novitiate experience this fall. n

Fr. Patrick Fairbanks, SJ, vocation director for six years, will begin his new assignment as spiritual minister at Saint Ignatius College Prep and Chicago Jesuit Academy in Chicago.

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By Fr. Patrick Fairbanks, SJ

In my job as Jesuit Vocation Director, I often ask inquiring men this question, “So, if you were to be a Jesuit, what sort of work or min-

istry would you like to do?” Most men use words like education, work with the poor, overseas missions, and publishing. In my six years in the job, no one has ever responded with, “Oh, I’d love to be Vocation Director.” Not even I thought I would serve in this capacity. It had not crossed my mind that I might be asked to serve in the Jesuit machinery of internal governance, but sometimes a vocation brings more surprising rewards than expected results.

After all, the Jesuits look for men who have a “plan” for the future, but also possess a mature “peace” in the Spirit—an openness that allows the Superior to mission the man depending on the needs of the day. In the summer days of 2006, the need was for our Midwest province to find the next Vocation Director, and I responded with obedience, yes, but also with a deeper joy that I was actually helping in the mission of the Province. I also felt a certain value in my capacity to respond “yes” when my Provincial asked. When Freedom allows that positive response, one might feel a kinship with other “yes” types such as Moses, Isaiah, Mary, St. Ignatius, and Sr. Helen Prejean. It is in this Spirit of saying “yes” that I would like to introduce the men who have been accepted by our Jesuit Provincial to enter the Society of Jesus in 2012.

Planning for Our FutureOn August, 25, 2012, 10 men from the Chicago-Detroit Province entered the Society of Jesus novitiate in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Front row L-R) Daniel Kennedy, Stephen Molvarec, Nicholas Albin, Andrea Bianchini (middle in tan shirt), Daniel Dixon (Back row L-R) Damian Torres-Botello, Brian Geeding, Aaron Malnick, Matthew Wooters, Maxwell Bindernagel

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Putting Faith into ActionBy Amy Korpi

The special affinity Patricia Greulich feels for the Society of Jesus began

early in life. To start, there was a Jesuit in the family—an uncle who sadly passed away in an accident before his ordination, and before Pat was born. But the Jesuit connection was not broken by that trag-edy. “I have clear memories of our large family being closely tied to the Jesuits,” she recalls. “In addition, my father gradu-ated from Xavier University, so there was a natural connection that way as well.”

Pat went on to earn an MA in education from Xavier, and her late husband, Bill, also was a Xavier alumnus. Yet the Jesuit presence in her life is something more, something she describes as “being home,” and a large part of that is due to the sense of community she feels at St. Robert Bel-larmine Parish of Cincinnati.

“I’ve been aware of the Jesuit presence throughout my life,” she says. “As we moved 13 times during our working years, it served a grounding role. But it’s been so nice to come back to Bellarmine Chapel. Now, when I’m in Florida during the winter, even though I take part in the life of a parish with a Jesuit influence, I still miss Bellarmine.”

Pat feels strongly about her parish for many reasons, one in particular being the leadership of its pastor, Fr. Richard Bollman, SJ, who, along with others at Bellarmine, was “a great consolation” when Pat’s husband was ill. But Fr. Bollman is just one of several Jesuits “who have been a positive force in our faith community,” she says.

And that kind of community draws people with common interests—for ex-ample, the desire to help others. “Much of our outreach is to neighbors who are less fortunate,” explains Pat, who serves as one of the parish’s St. Vincent De Paul volun-teers, visiting people in need each Saturday to offer physical and spiritual support. The group’s aim is to combine spirituality with charitable works, and “help alleviate some of the isolation the people we visit might feel from the greater Cincinnati commu-nity.”

Such faith in action has extended to a desire to share financial gifts as well. Pat has supported both the general mission of the Jesuits as well as particular minis-

tries—just one of which is the St. Aloysius Gonzaga School in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. “That mission is certainly close to my heart,” Pat says. “A child who loses a parent from AIDS is disadvantaged

in so many ways, including education, let alone education in the faith. As a retired elementary school teacher, I know firsthand how important that can be.”

Put it all together, and when Pat had an opportunity to contribute to a charitable or-ganization, the Jesuits were a clear choice. After considering options with her financial advisor, she purchased a Charitable Gift Annuity a few years ago. “This mode of giving was a good choice for me, especial-ly in these uncertain financial times,” Pat explains. “It’s a convenient way to benefit many people, because the Jesuits cover so many bases locally and internationally.”

Lest it seem like Pat’s connection to the Jesuits be over-weighted toward the practical, it’s anything but. Her faith de-

velopment has been enhanced by Ignatian spirituality as well. “The Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford is an amazing resource,” she says. “Many contemplative, meditative retreats there have made a difference in my prayer life. No doubt about it. They have been a way to refocus, and re-center my faith.”

And that takes Pat’s story full circle—with faith feeding positive action and back again. Sounds like a Jesuit thing. n

A Charitable Gift Annuity is a convenient way to benefit many people, because the Jesuits cover so many bases locally and internationally.

Pat Greulich, longtime Jesuit supporter, celebrates the graduation of her granddaughter, Jenny, from Bowling Green State University.

Through the formation it provides young Jesuits, the Chicago-Detroit Province is the ani-mating source of the universities, high schools, parishes, retreat houses and its other works. After formation, young Jesuits are missioned to the works, nationally and internationally, just as St. Ignatius missioned St. Francis Xavier to India with the words “Go Forth and Set the World on Fire.”

Please support a young Jesuit in Formation:

Novice $25,000 (1 year) $50,000 (Total)First Studies $50,000 (1 year) $150,000 (Total)Theology $50,000 (1 year) $150,000 (Total)Tertianship $35,000 (1 year)

The total cost of Formation for a Jesuit is $385,000. Thank you for your partnership in serving the people of God.

Let us remember those discerning a vocation…

Father of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, though we are sinners, You have called us, Your people, to en-gage in the crucial struggle of our time, the struggle for faith, justice, and love.

Bring to completion in us the work You began in St. Ignatius and so many of his followers.

Set aflame the hearts of others to join in this mission, especially the hearts of men to serve as companions in the Society of Jesus.

May we always encourage the People of God to listen to the promptings of the Spirit.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Fr. Timothy P. Kesicki, SJPROVINCIAL

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2/3 Scottsdale, AZ, Fr. David Meconi, SJ

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