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Happy Father’s Day! Here’s newly ordained Midw Happy Father’s Day! Here’s newly ordained Midwest Jesuit Garrett Gundlach, SJ, celebrating his first Mass of Thanksgiving with his dad, Doug, a deacon, at St. Joseph Parish in Racine, Wisconsin. Photo: Jolyn Gundlach. #Repost @wearethejesuits ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #vocations #vocation #religiouslife #priesthood #happypriests #brotherhood #formation #discernment #amdg #admajoremdeigloriam #beajesuit #wearethejesuits #jesuits #jesuit #jesuitas #societyofjesus #catholic #faith #religion #amdg #fathersday
Join our global JesuitPrayer.org community for Join our global JesuitPrayer.org community for your daily #Scripture, Ignatian reflection, and #prayer.
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Our 2021 Midwest Jesuit Ordinands enjoyed a light Our 2021 Midwest Jesuit Ordinands enjoyed a light moment last week as they prepared for their Ordination Mass on June 12 at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. Meet the ordinands: jesuitsmidwest.org/ordination21 #Jesuit #Jesuits #AMDG #Catholic #priesthood #ordination
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We pray in thanksgiving for the life of Fr. Eugene We pray in thanksgiving for the life of Fr. Eugene “Gene” Francis Hattie, SJ, who died on June 12, 2021. He died at Karen Hospital in Nairobi at age 98. He was a Jesuit for 80 years and a priest for 67 years. He entered the Society in 1940, and in 1947, he left the United States for India, where was ordained a priest in 1953 and did much of his active ministry. He taught in various schools in India; was pastor, school principal, and teacher at Bar Bigha, Bihar, India; and was assistant principal at St. Xavier’s in Patna, India. Fr. Hattie returned to the United States as mission procurator in Cleveland from 1963-1969, the only time he was in active ministry in his home county. He next returned to India where for 6 years he taught at St. Xavier’s High School, Lupungutu. He spent 12 years teaching in Hindi in high schools in Patna Province, during which he was principal in two schools and hostel superintendent in two other schools. In 1984, Fr. Hattie left Bombay for Sudan, where he taught at the major seminary and at senior seminary, both in Wau. In 1986, he was sent to Uganda, where he taught at minor seminaries in Moroto and Tororo. From 1992 to 1993, he taught at a secondary school in Kampala, before going for a sabbatical in August 1993. In 1995, Fr. Hattie returned to Kampala, Uganda where, apart from engaging in pastoral ministry, he was the chief correspondent with benefactors for the work of the Society in Uganda. He then taught in minor seminaries in Jinja, Kabale, and Moroto. He returned to Kampala and worked with street children, notably raising funds for them (2001-2010). The children trusted and loved him mainly because he was always “young” like them. At the end of 2010, having worked for 30 years in India, 2 years in the Sudan, 1 year in Tanzania, and 25 years in Uganda, Fr. Hattie was missioned for light ministry and praying for the Society and the Church, as he moved to Pedro Arrupe Community in Nairobi at age 88. Please join us in giving thanks for the life of a great #Jesuit, Fr. Eugene Francis Hattie, SJ, who has gone home to God. If you knew Fr. Hattie, please comment with a favorite memory of him.
On June 3, 30 dedicated and hard-working young men On June 3, 30 dedicated and hard-working young men graduated from Loyola High School Detroit. These 30 graduates also marked the school's 11th straight year of 100% college acceptance. Congratulations to the Class of 2021!
With great joy and gratitude, we introduce the eig With great joy and gratitude, we introduce the eight newest priests of the Midwest Province: #Jesuit Fathers Thomas Bambrick, SJ; Jeffrey Dorr, SJ; Garrett Gundlach, SJ; Robert Karle, SJ; Aaron Malnick, SJ; Hung Nguyen, SJ; Trevor Rainwater, SJ; and Jeffrey Sullivan, SJ. #AMDG jesuitsmidwest.org/ordination21
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Please pray for the eight Midwest Jesuits who will Please pray for the eight Midwest Jesuits who will be ordained today in Milwaukee: Thomas Bambrick, SJ; Jeffrey Dorr, SJ; Garrett Gundlach, SJ; Robert Karle, SJ; Aaron Malnick, SJ; Hung Nguyen, SJ; Trevor Rainwater, SJ; and Jeffrey Sullivan, SJ. Watch the livestream at 10 am CDT: JesuitsMidwest.org/Ordination21
The 2021 Midwest Jesuit Ordinands enjoy a light mo The 2021 Midwest Jesuit Ordinands enjoy a light moment as they prepare for Saturday's Ordination Mass at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Please pray for Jeff Sullivan, SJ, one of eight Mi Please pray for Jeff Sullivan, SJ, one of eight Midwest Jesuits who will be ordained to the priesthood on June 12, 2021, at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. jesuitsmidwest.org/Ordination21 Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Jeff is the second son of David and Karen Sullivan. While Jeff professed his vows of poverty, chastity and obedience as a Jesuit, it was his parents who were his first teachers of a life of faith and compassion. Jeff notes that while he was born a cradle Catholic, it was the Jesuits of Creighton University who raised him to have a vision of a faith that does justice. His experiences with Jesuit Volunteers Corps in Milwaukee as a paralegal at Civil Legal Services firm, teaching at the Working Boys Center in Quito, Ecuador, and his time at the Red Cloud Indian School continued his education in Jesuit values. Since joining the Jesuits, he has been a youth minister at St. Procopius Parish in Chicago, a teacher and campus minister at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois, and a prison chaplain at the Women’s Federal Correctional Institute (FCI-Dublin) in California. While Jeff has enjoyed his life as a Jesuit, he attributes his joy in this life to so many people: the friends that he has acquired throughout his journey in the Society of Jesus and the love of his two nieces (Gabriella and Joanna) and two nephews (Jonathan and Timothy), his two godsons (Xavier and Owen), his brother, his sister-in-law, and his parents. Jeff has also been formed by his uncle and aunt, Deacon Peter Ryza (of the Diocese of Stockton) and Linda Ryza, in learning how to be a minister of the faith. Jeff’s formal formation has been long years of forming the mind; and yet, these past 11 years have all been about Jesus, Mary, and the Holy Spirit forming his heart. Jeff is excited to return to his alma mater, Creighton University, to serve as a campus minister. He is grateful to God, the benefactors, and his family that have made this vocation possible.
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Please pray for Trevor Rainwater, SJ, one of eight Please pray for Trevor Rainwater, SJ, one of eight Midwest Jesuits who will be ordained to the priesthood on June 12, 2021, at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. Trevor grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota, the eldest of three siblings. After graduating from a diocesan high school, he decided to attend Creighton University because of Creighton’s medical school. Trevor’s dream of becoming a doctor made sense given his parents’ background in the medical field. During his time there, he studied health sciences and theology and joined a discernment group to decide which vocation to pursue. In the middle of his senior year, Trevor told his family he was going to join the Society of Jesus. He entered the novitiate after graduating from Creighton in 2010. After two years as a novice, Trevor was missioned to Saint Louis University, where he earned a master’s degree in philosophy in 2015. In August of that year, Trevor’s brother and fellow Creighton alumnus, Conan, entered the Society as well. After finishing philosophy in Saint Louis, Trevor taught Scripture to freshmen at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School for three years, which he really enjoyed doing. He continued to be missioned further north, earning a Master of Divinity degree from Regis College at the University of Toronto. He is currently working on his Licentiate in Liturgical History at the Catholic University of America, which he will continue after ordination.
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