ASSIGNMENTS
Fr. Jack Dennis, SJ, has been named the 11th president of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis. Father Dennis currently serves as the Director of Campus Ministry at Loyola University Maryland. He will begin his appointment on July 1,
IN MEMORIAM
We give thanks for the following Jesuits who have gone home to God.
2012, with the start of the 2012-2013 school year. Fr. James Gartland, SJ, current president of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, has been named as the new rector of the Blessed Peter Faber Jesuit Community at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry effective August 2012. Fr. Mark Luedtke, SJ, a Chicago native, has been appointed to serve as the fifth president of Loyola High School in Detroit, effective July 1, 2012. Fr. Luedtke will succeed Fr. David Mastrangelo, SJ, who has served at Loyola for 19 years as teacher, principal, and president. Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago has announced the appointment of Mr. Antonio Ortiz as the school’s third president. Tony is very familiar with Cristo Rey and Catholic education. From 2000 to 2010, he served Cristo Rey as both director of foundation and corporate relations, and associate principal. Tony will begin his new work on June 25, 2012. Fr. James Prehn, SJ, currently serving as provincial assistant for secondary and pre-secondary education, has been named the next vocation director for the Chicago-Detroit Province beginning summer 2012. He succeeds Fr. Patrick Fairbanks, SJ. Author and Jesuit, Fr. Jared Wicks, SJ, has begun his new assignment at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. For more than 100 years, the school has prepared priests to serve the Roman Catholic Church with students from 30 national dioceses and six international dioceses. Previously, Fr. Wicks served in the religious studies department of John Carroll University.
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Fr. W. Henry (Hank) Kenney, SJ September 28, 1918, to October 3, 2011 Clarkston, Michigan “He was so dedicated that he just wanted to serve as long as he could, and people appreciated that about him.” — Fr. Walter Bado, SJ Fr. Theodore C. Thepe, SJ August 17, 1925, to November 23, 2011 Clarkston, Michigan “Fr. Thepe was popular with students and maintained friendships with them long after they left his classes. He was known for his classes on radioactivity in the 1950s and 1960s when it was a new science.” — Xavier University Fr. Gerald C. Walling, SJ June 26, 1928, to November 25, 2011 Clarkston, Michigan “He will always be remembered by his friends for his wonderful sense of humor. He was an inspiration to us because of his humble and sweet spirit.” — Former coworker Fr. Robert (Bob) Beckman, SJ June 26, 1923, to December 7, 2011 Clarkston, Michigan “He was one of the most optimistic people I have ever known. His gift, his style of leading, was to encourage everyone on the team to do their thing and he’d get out of the way.” — Fr. John Foley, SJ Fr. Thomas M. Gannon, SJ October 19, 1936, to December 19, 2011 Pontiac, Michigan “He was a wonderful, generous friend who had helped very many people. He generously shared his friends with me and they are now my friends.” — Br. Jerome Pryor, SJ 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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