Br. John E. Keck, SJ, died May 1, 2025, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California. He was 81 years old and a Jesuit brother for 44 years. John Edmund Keck was born in Elmhurst, Illinois, on August 17, 1943, the son of Arnold F. Keck and Evelyn C. Code Keck. He grew …
Father Bernard J. Tyrrell, SJ, 91, professor emeritus of theology at Gonzaga University, died February 5, 2025, in Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, California. He was born to Bernard J. and Mary Koreski Tyrrell on May 10, 1933, in Yakima, Washington. He graduated from Marquette High School in Yakima in 1951. After discerning a …
Fr. Gerard E. Chapdelaine, SJ, passed away March 23, 2025, at Franciscan Hospice House in Tacoma, WA. Jerry was born on May 27, 1935, in St. Gerard, Quebec. He entered the Society on August 14, 1953, in Sheridan, OR, was ordained June 11, 1966, at St. Aloysius Church in Spokane, WA, and professed his final …
Father Augusto Berrio, SJ, a Colombia-born Jesuit who served in Jesuit parishes in San Diego, Santa Barbara and Hollywood, died in Los Angeles on December 31, 2024. He was 92 years of age and had been a Jesuit for 76 years. Fr. Berrio was born December 14, 1932, in the city of Bello, entered the …
Father John A. Coleman, SJ, both a noted sociologist who studied the intersection of religion and public life and policy and a parish priest, died January 17, 2025, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California. He was 87 years old and a Jesuit for 70 years. Fr. Coleman was born in San Francisco …
Brother Fred Mercy, SJ, passed away January 1, 2025, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California. Br. Mercy was born on March 17, 1935, in Seattle. He entered the Society on March 11, 1967, in Sheridan, Oregon, and professed his final vows July 31, 1985. He was 89 years old and a Jesuit …
Father Patrick J. Connolly, SJ, professor emeritus of film and television studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, died December 17, 2024, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California. A member of the Jesuits’ USA Midwest Province, he was 89 years old, a Jesuit for 71 years and a priest for 58 …
Father J. Daniel (Dan) Powers, SJ, last Jesuit pastor of St. Anne’s Church on the Blackfeet Reservation at Heart Butte, Montana, died December 3, 2024, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California. He was 88 years old and a Jesuit for 70 years. Fr. Powers was born in Pendleton, Oregon, on March 20, …
Father James Hayes Keene, SJ, former senior systems analyst at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, died on October 2, 2024, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California. He was 83 years old, a Jesuit for 65 years and a priest for 51 years. Fr. Keene was born in St. Louis on August …
Father E. Louis Bishop, SJ, longtime administrator and counselor at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, died August 29, 2024, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California. He was 91 years old, a Jesuit for 73 years and a priest for 60 years. Emile Louis (Lou) Bishop was born in Seattle on July 4, …