Oct. 10, 2023 – Fr. John J. Begley, SJ, was born in New Haven, Conn., on January 14, 1931. He entered the Society of Jesus on July 30, 1949, at the Shadowbrook novitiate in Lenox, Mass. After his time in the novitiate, he went on to study philosophy at Weston College. He received his bachelor’s …
Rev. David G. Allen, SJ, was born on April 6, 1936, in Springfield, IL. He attended Westfield Senior High School in Westfield, NJ, and earned a B.A. in German, Political Science, and History from Albion College in Albion, MI. After studying Czech at the U. S. Army Language School in Monterey, CA, and earning his …
Rev. William J. Bosch, SJ, was born on September 28, 1928, in Milwaukee, WI. He attended both Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI and Canisius High School, Buffalo, NY, and graduated from Aquinas Institute, Rochester, NY in 1946. At the end of his freshman year at Fordham University, Bronx, NY, he entered the Society of Jesus …
Rev. James F. Keenan, SJ, was born on January 9, 1937, in the Jackson Heights area of Queens, NY. He attended Bishop Loughlin High School in Brooklyn, NY, before transferring to the St. Philip Neri School in Haverhill, MA, prior to entering the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew on Hudson, on August 14, 1956. …
July 24, 2023 – Fr. James F. Joyce, SJ, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug. 22, 1945, to John and Marie (O’Dea) Joyce. He graduated from St. Saviour Elementary School and then Regis High School. During his high school years, he picked up the life-long nickname “B” and, as he would be proud to …
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 …