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PHOTO COURTESY OF JEAN BAPTISTE GANZA, S.J.
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Father Ganza was instrumental in the building of the Ecole Primaire Saint Ignace elementary school in Kigali, Rwanda.
As an outdoor enthusiast, Ganza is in the right part of the country to partake in one of his favorite pastimes, cycling, whether it’s at Alki Beach or around Greenlake. When he wants to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, he hops a ferry over to Whidbey Island for reflection and “to get in touch with nature,” he says. Daily prayer and saying Mass at the chapel in the Arrupe House or at the Chapel of St. Ignatius energizes him. “Seattle changed to me. It today is my home,” Ganza says. “I feel fully integrated in the community here on campus and outside of campus.” Off the field he is, to put it mildly, an avid and ardent fan of European football—soccer—and plays regularly in pick-up games at Cal Anderson Park near campus. He enjoys the cinema, particularly comedies, and dancing, both as a spectator and participant, although Ganza hasn’t put on his dancing shoes as much recently as he has in the past. Perhaps surprisingly, he also enjoys country western music and can be spotted on occasion
soaking up the sounds and the ambience at the Little Red Hen in Seattle’s Greenlake neighborhood along with Dave Anderson, S.J., alumni chaplain. They go there to play pool, listen to country music and have a beer. Father Anderson met Ganza five years ago during a retreat for lay students at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. The two clicked right away. “We shared many stories during that time,” Anderson says, “and I learned about some of the realities of his country, Rwanda and Africa.” When Ganza arrived in Seattle on his way to SU, it was Anderson who was waiting for him at the airport to transport him to campus. During Ganza’s first year he lived with about a dozen Jesuits at Arrupe House (he now resides in Bellarmine Hall.) The two started a tradition where they would have a glass of wine and watch soccer or country music videos in the TV room. “This was a great time for us to catch up on the day and support each other in our daily joys and challenges,”
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