Rev. James N. Gelson, SJ, was born on March 29, 1929, in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Seton Hall Prep in South Orange, NJ, and entered the Society of Jesus at the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, PA, on September 7, 1946. He received a BA and a Master of Arts from Loyola University …
June 2, 2023 – Fr. John R. Keating, SJ, was born in New York City to James and Helena (Carrol) Keating on February 16, 1930. He attended Regis High School in Manhattan, and soon after graduating in 1948, he entered the Novitiate of the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew-on-Hudson in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Two years …
Rev. Daniel J. Mulhauser, SJ, was born on January 28, 1927, in Syracuse, NY. He grew up in the West End where he attended Porter School. He was a dedicated Boy Scout earning his Eagle Scout award in the summer of 1942. The family moved in 1942 to western New York. He graduated from Kenmore …
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April 18, 2023 – Fr. Anthony J. Azzarto, SJ, died on Saturday morning, April 15, 2023, after a brief illness. The Jesuit who described himself as “the luckiest man on the face of the earth” went home to the God whom he served so long and so well. Fr. Azzarto was born in Brooklyn on …
Courtesy of Boston College Fr. Thomas D. Stegman, S.J., an eminently respected New Testament scholar and beloved former dean of the School of Theology and Ministry (STM) at Boston College, passed away on April 8, 2023 after a courageous battle with glioblastoma. He was 60. From 2016 to 2022, Fr. Stegman led the School of …
April 11, 2023 – Fr. Paul W. Brant, SJ, was born on July 21, 1940, in Raleigh, N.C. Fr. Brant entered the Chicago Province’s Novitiate of the Sacred Heart, Milford, Ohio, on Aug. 20, 1966. He professed his first vows on Aug. 20, 1968. From 1969-75 he attended Fordham University for his philosophy studies. From …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Jan. 4, 2023 – Fr. John James Halligan, SJ, was born on Sept. 23, 1930, in the Bronx, N.Y., to Joseph Halligan, a police lieutenant, and Mary Rose Torpy Halligan, a homemaker. Fr. Halligan had eight siblings: Mary Rose, Kathleen, Margaret Mary, Joseph, Jr., Peter, Theresa, Patricia and John. In 1943, Fr. Halligan entered Fordham …