ASSIGNMENTS
After three years of service in Dodoma, Tanzania, Fr. Martin Connell, SJ, has returned to the United States for a sabbatical and new assignment starting January 2013. During his time in Dodoma, Fr. Connell helped open and operate the Our Lady Queen of Peace Educational Centre and its St. Peter Claver High School (SPCHS), which currently serves 140 boys and girls in their first year of secondary school. As a boarding school, SPCHS puts girls on equal footing with boys academically. Fr. John Ferone, SJ, will join the staff of St. Mary’s Church in Oxford, Ohio, to serve as the Director of Catholic Campus Ministry for students attending Miami University. Prior to joining the staff at the university, Fr. Ferone served as superior for the Faber House Jesuit Community for nine years before taking a sabbatical year. Fr. Kevin Flaherty, SJ, has been appointed to serve as the superior of the Jesuits in First Studies at Loyola University Chicago, effective August 2012. Father Flaherty spent the last 25 years serving the Peru Province where he worked in formation with young Jesuits, promoted vocations, taught theology courses, and directed retreats. Fr. Joel Medina, SJ, ordained last summer, has served as a chaplain at Stroger Hospital in Chicago and parttime in pastoral ministry at St. Procopius Parish. He will continue his role as a full-time chaplain at Loyola University Medical Center beginning July 2012. Fr. Charles Niehaus, SJ, who most recently served as pastor at St. Paul’s Parish in Lexington, Kentucky, has been named the new associate pastor at St. Procopius Parish in Chicago, beginning in fall 2012. Fr. James Riley, SJ, assistant for special projects at the Chicago-Detroit Province Office, will begin his new assignment as assistant to the president of St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland in August 2012.
Missioned to Serve at Colombiere Fr. Walter Farrell, SJ
Missioned to Serve at St. Camillus Fr. Eugene Nevins, SJ
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IN MEMORIAM
We give thanks for the following Jesuits who have gone home to God. Br. William R. Haas, SJ November 23, 1925, to May 26, 2012 Ann Arbor, Michigan “He was a great pal. When I walked into the novitiate 60 years ago he was there on the tractor cutting the grass and we’ve been friends ever since. Since that first day at the novitiate, we’ve talked at least once every week to catch up on each other’s lives. We spoke just before he died and I’m grateful we got that last conversation in. He will be missed not only by me, but also by the entire Jesuit community that he worked so hard to serve the past 65 years.” — Br. James Small, SJ, Loyola Academy Fr. Edward H. Konerman, SJ April 10, 1929, to February 24, 2012 Clarkston, Michigan “He presented some wonderful forward thinking in theology. During his 16 years as our chaplain he really called us to reflect on the Scriptures in a new way with up-to-date background, the fruit of his own study and research. He was also pastoral, assisting our Sisters and lay residents whenever there was a need, day or night. We are sure he is enjoying his reward for all he gave to us and to all throughout his life.” — Sr. Nora Hahn, provincial of the Poor Handmaids Fr. Glenn F. Williams, SJ April 26, 1924, to January 23, 2012 Pontiac, Michigan “Fr. Williams had a great ability to recall events in history, especially parish and Jesuit history. He knew many of the families in Gesu Parish personally because he himself grew up in the parish. He was one of those remarkable Jesuits who could describe in detail the history of the Society of Jesus depicted in the stained glass windows high above the sanctuary on both sides of the main altar at Gesu.” — John Power, Gesu parishioner, University Hts. To view full obituaries, sign a guestbook, and/or make a gift, please visit our website at www.jesuits-chgdet.org and click the red web icon as shown here.
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