April 19, 2024 – Fr. Francis J. Ryan, SJ, was born on May 19, 1926, and grew up in Dorchester, Mass., the son of John J. and Mary Ann (Connelly) Ryan. There were eight children, three girls and five boys. Four of the five boys became Jesuit priests and served in widely diverse ministries: Lawrence …
William J. Byron, S.J., known both for his leadership of six Jesuit institutions of higher learning and his writings on the relationship between business practices and Catholic spirituality, died at Manresa Hall, the health center of the Jesuit community at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia on April 9, 2024. He was 96. Born on May …
April 5, 2024 – When he was asked by a student-interviewer at the campus newspaper, Her Campus Emmanuel, whether he lived all his life in Boston, Fr. John Spencer, SJ, replied, No, actually. I was born and bred in Boston and went to BC High, and then I entered the Jesuits right from high school. …
April 2, 2024 – Fr. Joseph A. Appleyard, SJ, was born on May 9, 1931, in Malden, Mass. In 1949, he began his undergraduate studies at Boston College. This would be the start of a long career at Boston College, first as a student, then as a teacher and eventually an administrator. Fr. Appleyard entered …
March 22, 2024 – Fr. James M. Bowler, SJ, was born in Holyoke, Mass., on Feb. 28, 1940. He first met the Society of Jesus at Cranwell Prep, in Lenox, Mass., which he attended from 1954 to 1958. Intending to be a diocesan priest, he enrolled at St. John’s Seminary in Boston (1960-62) where he …
Father Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ, is the new Provincial of the Jesuits of Canada. This leadership change comes at a time when the Society of Jesus seeks to deepen its engagement with contemporary challenges, oriented by their Universal Apostolic Preferences: showing the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and discernment; walking with the excluded; journeying with youth; and caring for our common home.
March 13, 2024 – Fr. James J. Bowes, SJ, was born on Oct. 11,1935, in Waterbury, Conn. He met the Society at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati. It was there where he spent his first two years of high school, and then transferred and graduated from the Christian Brothers Academy in Albany, N.Y. Upon …
Fr. William “Bill” Watters, SJ, founder of St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, and the Loyola Early Learning Center, all in Baltimore, celebrated his 90th birthday on March 1, 2024 with a celebration at St Ignatius Church on March 2, where he was also pastor for a number of years. The Mass …
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Rev. Frank R. Haig., SJ, was born on September 11, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA, the younger brother of Alexander Haig, who served as Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan. Frank attended Lower Merion Senior High School and entered the Society of Jesus at the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, PA, on July 30, …
Rev. John P. Reboli, SJ, Associate Professor of Fine Arts emeritus at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA from 1973 to 2009, died peacefully at Campion Center, Weston, MA, on February 17, 2024. Specializing in 19th and 20th century art history for more than four decades at Holy Cross, he taught, among other …