Winter 2013 - Jesuits Central and Southern
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Winter 2013 - Jesuits Central and Southern
jesuit the southern Winter 2013 Renewing a Sacred Place Preparing for the Alpha and Omega Experiences and Grace Lead Novices to First Vows message from the provincial Dear Friends, We have waited several years for the completion of renovations at St. Charles College, and now, with tremendous gratitude for our partners and colleagues, we celebrate the renewal of this sacred place. Beyond the fresh paint and updates, St. Charles College also has a renewed mission, one that is already inspiring important relationships between our men in formation and our senior Jesuits at the college. Traditions, stories and lessons are shared, and a new generation of Jesuit vocations is kindled. We also celebrate the service of 22 Jubilarians who do God’s work in our apostolates and international missions. In their diverse roles – retreat directors, campus ministers, writers, pastors and professors – they work for the greater glory of God. Preparing to do the same are the nine Jesuits who recently professed first vows and continue on the formation path to a lifetime of service. All of this is made possible by the prayers and generosity of so many friends named in this issue. You are Companions in ministry. This joy we celebrate together prepares us for Advent and for still greater joy to come. With hearts of gratitude, we pray with “confident hope,” as Fr. Donald Hawkins writes in this issue, for the coming of our Lord and Savior. Please remember us in your prayer this Christmas season, and be assured you are in our prayers. As you read about our men and ministries, remember to include yourself in our story. Remember that your support and prayer has enabled this work, sustains the Ignatian tradition and promotes a faith that does justice. Sincerely yours in Christ, 2 Jesuit | wintER 2013 contents 4 |News 6 | In Memoriam 7|A Celebration of Service 2013 Jesuit Jubilee 11| Experiences and Grace Lead Novices to First Vows 14| 11 17| Playing the Back Nine the southern jesuIT 18| Preparing for the Alpha and Omega staff Provincial Mark A. Lewis, SJ Assistant for Formation John F. Armstrong, SJ Assistant for Higher Education Edward B. Arroyo, SJ Treasurer Bernard J. Barry, SJ Assistant for Social and International Ministries Mary Baudouin Executive Director for Advancement Michael S. Bourg Assistant for Pastoral and Retreat Ministry Warren J. Broussard, SJ Director of Vocations Paul Deutsch, SJ Socius Michael D. Dooley, SJ Coordinator of Vocation Promotion Drew R. Kirschman, SJ Assistant for Secondary Education Anthony F. McGinn, SJ Renewing a Sacred Place: Jesuits Restore Novitiate, Senior Community and Spirituality Center at St. Charles College 19| Message from the Executive Director 20| Jesuit Companions 17 21| Renewing a Sacred Place Benefactors Cover: Novice Brendan Love and Fr. Paul Schott at St. Charles College, Fall 2013 The Southern Jesuit is a publication of the Jesuits of the New Orleans Province. Editor Brooke Iglesias Send inquiries and article submissions to: The Southern Jesuit • Attn: Editor 710 Baronne Street, Suite B New Orleans, LA 70113-1064 Phone:1-800-788-1719 Fax:504-571-1744 Email:[email protected] 14 7 wintER 2013 | Jesuit 3 news First Provincial Selected for New U.S. Central & Southern Province Fr. Ronald Mercier has been chosen to lead the Jesuits of the United States Central and Southern Province – a unification of the New Orleans and Missouri Provinces which will be established on July 31, 2014, the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola. He will begin his sixyear term on that same date, succeeding Fr. Mark Lewis of the New Orleans Province and Fr. Douglas Marcouiller of the Missouri Province. Currently, Fr. Mercier is a theology professor at Saint Louis University specializing in theological ethics, bioethics and social ethics. He also does sacramental ministry at the College Church and at St. Mary’s Assumption Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church. Previously, he was executive director of the Jesuit Collaborative, a network linking ministries in Ignatian spirituality from North Carolina to Maine. Earlier, he served as dean and professor of ethics at Regis College, the Jesuit theology faculty of the University of Toronto. He holds degrees in theology from Regis College and the University of Toronto as well as degrees in Slavic Studies and Russian history from Yale, Columbia and Harvard. Originally from Holyoke, Mass., Fr. Mercier entered the Society of Jesus in 1975 in Boston. He was ordained a priest in 1987. New Province Assistants Appointed Mary Baudouin, who has been the provincial’s assistant for social ministries in the New Orleans Province since 2003, will extend her work to include the social ministries of the Missouri Province when the two provinces are united next summer. Baudouin also handles the New Orleans Province’s socially responsible investment program and the annual Ministry of Management seminar for Jesuits and lay leaders of Jesuit works. She worked for 14 years in social justice ministries with Catholic Charities and the Office of the Social Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. John Fitzpatrick has been chosen as the provincial’s assistant for advancement of the New Orleans and Missouri Provinces. He will direct the advancement staffs in both provinces and oversee the ongoing work of unifying the two operations by 2014. Fitzpatrick was president of Summit Philanthropy, a fundraising consulting company in St. Louis. He is the former chief development officer at Wyman Center and founding director of development for Mercy Hospital, both in the St. Louis area. New Leadership at Spring Hill College The Spring Hill College Board of Trustees announced a new leadership structure in November. Former president and current chancellor Fr. Gregory Lucey will assume the presidency of Spring Hill College in December. He will be joined by John Barter who has been named chief operating officer. Barter will oversee daily operations of the college and lead the college’s cabinet. Fr. Richard Salmi, who has served as the college’s 38th president since June 2009, will step down at the end of the academic semester to pave the way for this new structure. Jesuit Guiding Students in Space Station Experiment Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston is one of three schools in the nation selected by the Center for the Advancement of Science In Space to participate in a program to 4 Jesuit | wintER 2013 design and execute experiments on the International Space Station. Fr. Brian Reedy is teaching the two classes in experimental design and engineering in which students will build a micro-laboratory that will house the experiment, write the computer code that will guide its automated robotic execution and remotely control the experiment as it circles Earth next April. KUDOS Br. Ferrell Blank was recently recognized for his 52 years of service to Spring Hill College when its trustees named a campus road in his honor. Br. Blank has served as the college plant engineer and befriended many students over the years, some of whom have established a scholarship in his name. He continues his work at Spring Hill College and is a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Knights of Columbus and the Men of St. Joseph. Fr. Flavio Bravo professed final vows as a Jesuit on September 17 during Mass at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston, where for 12 years he has worked as a teacher, chaplain and the director of pastoral ministry. Scholastic Kevin Cormier successfully defended his thesis and completed requirements for his doctorate in biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The title of his doctoral dissertation was “Exploration of Chemical and Biochemical Mechanisms of Catalysis.” In September he began theology studies at Regis College in Toronto, Canada. Fr. Michael Gallagher was one of four alumni inducted into the Nolan Catholic High School Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. Fr. Gallagher, who is the United Nations representative for Jesuit Refugee Service, spoke about his work during presentations to faculty and students. TRANSITIONS Fr. Donald Bahlinger is providing pastoral assistance to immigrants in El Paso, Texas, at Sacred Heart parish. He spent the summer working with Hispanic migrants in Mobile, Six Jesuits Ordained to the Diaconate In preparation for priestly ordination next year, six Jesuits were ordained to the diaconate in October at Masses in Chestnut Hill, Mass., and Santa Clara, Calif. Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., ordained Robert Murphy and Michael Rozier who are completing theological and ministerial training at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. In studies at the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University are Nathan O’Halloran, Quang Tran, Dong Vo and Christopher Schroeder, who were ordained as deacons at Santa Clara University’s Mission Church by Auxiliary Bishop Robert McElroy of San Francisco. Robert Murphy Nathan O’Halloran Michael Rozier Christopher Schroeder Quang Tran Dong Vo wintER 2013 | Jesuit 5 Ala. Fr. José Mesa, who left his post as parochial vicar of St. Augustine Church in Gainesville, Fla., is assisting with hispanic ministry for the Archdiocese of Mobile. Fr. Warren Broussard will be installed as pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Albuquerque, N.M. at the end of the year. Current pastor Fr. Rafael Garcia will move to Kansas City, Mo., where he will serve as pastor of St. Francis Xavier parish. Replacing Fr. Broussard as the provincial’s assistant for pastoral and retreat ministry is Fr. Mark McKenzie who assumes the post after 12 years as pastor of St. Matthew the Apostle Parish in St. Louis, Mo. Fr. Stephen Rowntree is an associate pastor of Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans. He has been a philosophy professor for more than 25 years and recently worked at Loyola University’s Office of Mission and Ministry. in memoriam Fr. Thomas Griffin Father Thomas A. Griffin passed from this life on September 29, 2013, at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Home in Opelousas, La. He was 95 years of age, a Jesuit for 66 years and a priest for 55 years. A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, La., and he was buried in the Jesuit cemetery at the college. Fr. Griffin was born on August 14, 1918, in Youngstown, Ohio, and raised in New Mexico. He attended St. Mary’s School in Albuquerque and after high school worked on the Navajo Reservation for the U.S. Indian service in New Mexico and Arizona. He served in the U.S. Army for three and half years during World War II, for two years in the Persian Gulf Command in Iran with the 334th Engineer Regiment and as a sergeant major at the prisoner-of-war camp in Lordsburg, N.M. He entered the Society of Jesus at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, La., on July 30, 1947, and pronounced first vows on July 31, 1949. Fr. Griffin attended Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., earning a B.A. in philosophy in 1954. He studied theology at St. Mary’s College from 1955-1959 and was ordained a priest at Spring Hill College on June 18, 1958. He began a long career in pastoral ministry, serving in a variety of assignments in Tallahassee, Fla., Miami and Lafayette, La. In 1968, he was assigned as chaplain at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and at the Dade County Jail in Miami. For 37 years he attended to the spiritual needs of the hundreds of patients. Fr. Griffin noted in a reflection on the occasion of his 50 years in the priesthood that his was a rewarding apostolate, that it “was common to anoint twenty people in a day,” and that he was grateful his good health allowed him to walk through the “twenty-nine floors in eight buildings.” In 2011 he was missioned to Ignatius Residence in New Orleans to pray for the Church and Society; he moved to St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, La., in May 2013. Donations in memory of Fr. Griffin may be made to the Senior Jesuits Fund of “The Jesuits,” 710 Baronne St., Ste. B., New Orleans, La., 70113 or at www.norprov.org. 6 Jesuit | wintER 2013 jubilee Jubilarians concelebrate Mass at Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans A Celebration of Service 2013 Jesuit Jubilee T wenty-two Jesuits celebrated milestones of service within the Society of Jesus and the Catholic Church at the Jesuit Jubilee on July 28, the Sunday closest to the feast day of founder of the Society, St. Ignatius of Loyola. The honors began with a special Mass at Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans followed by a jazz reception at Loyola University where more than 400 guests offered congratulations. Together, these Jubilarians celebrated a total of 1,085 years of service as priests and Jesuits: wintER 2013 | Jesuit 7 70 Years in the Society Fr. J. Niel Jarreau, SJ, retreat director, Ignatius Retreat Center – Atlanta, Ga. 60 Years in the Society Fr. W. Peter Bayhi, SJ, praying for the Church and Society, Fusz Pavilion – St. Louis, Mo. Fr. Ernest J. Jacques, SJ, praying for the Church and Society, Our Lady of Wisdom – New Orleans, La. Fr. Marvin Kitten, SJ, campus minister, Spring Hill College – Mobile, Ala. Fr. Louis Lambert, SJ, associate pastor, Sacred Heart Church – El Paso, Texas Fr. Edmundo Rodriguez, SJ, retreat and spiritual director, Montserrat Retreat House – Lake Dallas, Texas 50 Years in the Society Fr. Alfred Kammer, SJ, director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute, Loyola University New Orleans Fr. David Lawrence, SJ, parochial vicar, St. Bonaventure Catholic Community – Concord, Cal. 8 Jesuit | wintER 2013 Fr. Clyde LeBlanc, SJ, assistant to the director, St. Alphonsus Rodríguez Pavilion – Grand Coteau, La. Fr. Joseph Nasser, SJ, parish administrator, St. Pius I Church – Hemphill, Texas 25 Years in the Society Fr. Bernard Barry, SJ, treasurer – New Orleans Province Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, novice master, St. Charles College – Grand Coteau, La. 60 Years in the Priesthood Fr. Oren Key, SJ, associate pastor, Immaculate Conception Church – Albuquerque, N.M. Fr. Rodney Kissinger, SJ, writer and online retreat director, St. Alphonsus Rodríguez Pavilion – Grand Coteau, La. Fr. Charles Leininger, SJ, trustee of the Jesuit Dallas Museum, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Fr. John Schroder, SJ, praying for the Church and Society, St. Alphonsus Rodríguez Pavilion – Grand Coteau, La. 50 Years in the Priesthood Fr. David Borbridge, SJ, professor of theology and history, Spring Hill College – Mobile, Ala. Fr. John Stacer, SJ, professor, Arrupe College – Harare, Zimbabwe Fr. Andrew Whitman, SJ, writer in residence, St. Alphonsus Rodríguez Pavilion – Grand Coteau, La. 25 Years in the Priesthood Fr. Warren Broussard, SJ, provincial’s assistant for pastoral and retreat ministry, New Orleans Province Fr. James Goeke, SJ, socius to the novice master, St. Charles College – Grand Coteau, La. Fr. Gregg Grovenburg, SJ, campus minister, Loyola University New Orleans Notes of congratulations and honorary gifts to the Jesuit Seminary Fund may be sent to The Jesuits 710 Baronne St., Ste. B New Orleans, La., 70113, or via www.norprov.org. (Above) Jesuit Fathers David Lawrence, Joseph Nasser, Jim Goeke, Oren Key, Mark Thibodeaux, Niel Jarreau, Fred Kammer, Clyde LeBlanc, Gregg Grovenburg, Barney Barry, John Stacer, Louis Lambert and Warren Broussard gather before the Jubilee Mass. wintER 2013 | Jesuit 9 DISCERNMENT RETREATS December 16-20, 2013 January 2-6, 2014 St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, Louisiana WHO IS INVITED? Any man, whether young or middle-aged, considering a vocation to ministry in the Church – especially anyone considering the Jesuit way of life as a possible choice. WHY ATTEND? To learn more about the Jesuit way of life. To meet and live with Jesuit novices and other men in the discernment process. To spend some time in prayer, reflecting upon the call to priesthood or brotherhood. COST No costs other than travel. (Some financial assistance is available for those whose budgets are limited.) FORMAT OF RETREAT Each man attending will be assigned a Jesuit director with whom he will meet daily in private direction for guidance through this silent experience of prayer. The discernment retreat also includes time for meeting and socializing with Jesuit novices and Jesuits in formation. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fr. Paul Deutsch, SJ Vocation Director 4511 West Pine Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63108 314-361-7765 10 Jesuit | wintER 2013 www.beajesuit.org Fr. Drew Kirschman, SJ Coordinator for Vocation Promotion 4511 West Pine Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63108 314-650-3259 [email protected] formation Experiences and grace lead novices to first vows N ine novices concluded the introductory two-year schools, and the kids so desperately want good teachers and good role models to help show them how to live the phase of Jesuit formation in the novitiate at St. Charles College with the profession of first vows. Christian life.” David Kiblinger, a 27-year-old physics and math In preparation for a vowed life of poverty, chastity diplomate, was also on experiment in Central America. and obedience, the nine Jesuits have spent the last two During a prayer service for newly-elected Pope Francis at years living in community, studying and completing the a parish in rural Guatemala, he had the fantastic revelaSpiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, taking pilgrimages and tion that he was part of something much larger than his performing ministerial “experiments” to test their vocanovice class. tions. “During the service, I noted that gathered together to Now Jesuit scholastics in first studies, the second praise God were the Mayan people, a Spanish Jesuit, two phase of formation, they have begun two years of graduate study in philosophy and theology at universities in St. Louis, “I don’t know what my future in the Jesuits holds, but I feel as Chicago, New York or Toronto. Tucker Redding, 29, from though I’ve been adequately prepared to spiritually labor for Corpus Christi, Texas, said the the good of the world and bring others to Jesus Christ.” experiments revealed a breadth of Jesuit ministries that will inspire his studies. “With each new experience, I have found that instead of being drawn to a particular field or ministry my interests have only grown wider and deeper. I look forward to spending my life in the Jesuits, discovering new interests and talents and using them for the greater glory of God.” Chris Kellerman’s teaching experiment took him to a Jesuit high school in Belize, where the 28-year-old Texas native made a conscious effort to be fully present to his sophomore students. The nine novices surround the altar during the vow Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Grand Coteau, La. “I felt like it was the Guatemalan Jesuits and two U.S. Jesuits. It was an overmoment in which all of the graces of novitiate came whelming display of the true Catholicity of the Church.” together to help me be completely devoted to serving Kiblinger said that revelation encourages and others,” he said. strengthens his desire to live out the Jesuit ideal of availIt sparked Kellerman’s interest in teaching. ability to serve anywhere the Church has need. “There is so much value to a Jesuit presence at our wintER 2013 | Jesuit 11 The notion of availability attracted Thomas Croteau to explore a Jesuit vocation. The 24-year-old Denver native cites the saints’ heeding of Jesus’ call to “Go sell all that you have, give it to the poor and come follow me” as a great influence. “Their example made me want to follow Jesus that closely, too,” he said. “By offering my vows to the Lord I hope to grow in union with Jesus and service to His Church.” Fr. Mark Thibodeaux (left) and Fr. Jim Goeke (right) with second-year novices (in collar, l to r) Brendan Love, Michael Killeen, Sean Ferguson, Aric Serrano and Gregory Overbeek. New first-year novices (l to r) Nicholas Courtney, Jonathan Calloway, William McCormick, Daniel Everson, Michael Mohr and Colten Biro 2013 Novitiate Vow Class Thomas Croteau, 24 Hometown: Denver B.A., Classics and Early Christian Literature and Philosophy Ave Maria University In studies at Saint Louis University Christopher Farrell, 26 Hometown: New Orleans B.A., French B.S., Public Accounting Washington and Lee University In studies at Regis College at University of Toronto James Erler, 28 Hometown: St. Louis B.A., History University of Chicago In studies at Loyola University Chicago Jonathon Polce, 26 Hometown: New Haven, Conn. B.A., History University of Dallas In studies at Regis College at University of Toronto 12 Jesuit | wintER 2013 Tucker Redding, 29 Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas B.S., Political Science Texas A&M University In studies at Saint Louis University While novices generally navigate their individual vocations with the guidance of novitiate staff, an important component of the novitiate experience is living and working as a community. On one experiment in Kansas City, Kan., the novices bunked in cramped quarters, juggled carpool plans, prepared meals together and worked at a dozen different community apostolates, including hospitals, shelters, schools and a prison. James Erler, 28, said this experiment revealed the value of the community experience, both within and outside of his novice class. “At the very end, when we invited people from all of the places where we worked, it was clear that we had reached a lot of people through our work, and it was wonderful to take it all in,” he said. Bonds created with the communities they served and the solidarity nurtured within his novice class brought a new dimension to his 30-day retreat. One evening while sitting in the novitiate chapel, Erler had the sensation of being a part of something Christopher Kellerman, 28 Hometown: Arlington, Texas B.A., Political Science and Music Texas Tech University M.A., Theology University of Dallas In studies at Saint Louis University beyond himself and his own particular circumstances. He realized he was praying the same prayers as St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier and other notable Jesuits. His thoughts spread to his Jesuit teachers at St. Louis University High School and other Jesuits that he had come to admire. “I’ve never forgotten that spirit of camaraderie, and it has only grown to include my own community,” he said. “For me, first vows have meant a much closer acceptance of that reality…so that I can go out and set the world on fire in the same way that other Jesuits have before me,” Erler explained. “I don’t know what my future in the Jesuits holds, but I feel as though I’ve been adequately prepared to spiritually labor for the good of the world and bring others to Jesus Christ.” Occupying the former rooms of the newly-vowed scholastics are six new novices who entered the novitiate the day prior to vow day. They join the new second-year novices at St. Charles College on the path to first vows. David Kiblinger, 27 Hometown: Cape Girardeau, Mo. B.A., Physics B.S., Mathematics Truman State University M.A., Theology Villanova University In studies at Saint Louis University To support Jesuits on the path to priesthood or brotherhood, donate online at www.norprov.org, or call 1-800-788-1719. Juan Ruiz, 25 Hometwon: Baltimore B.S., Business Administration Saint Louis University In studies at Loyola University Chicago Brian Strassburger, 29 Hometown: St. Louis B.S., Mathematics Saint Louis University In studies at Fordham University wintER 2013 | Jesuit 13 renewal Renewing a Sacred Place: Jesuits restore novitiate, senior community and spirituality center at St. Charles College By Brooke A. Iglesias S ince this summer, the common sight at St. Charles College has been Fr. Rodney Kissinger, 98, taking his brisk walk down the pine-lined drive, not far from retreatants easing into Adirondack chairs under nearby oaks or from the Jesuits in formation who buzz through the college corridors. It’s the fruit of a two-year $16 million renovation that has formed the 104-yearold college into an anchor of Ignatian spirituality in the southeastern United States. With the spring addition of Fr. Kissinger’s senior community of 28 Jesuits, St. Charles College is home to 43 Jesuits assigned to five different apostolates, said Fr. Jim Bradley, rector of St. Charles College. “This is one of the more complex Jesuit communities in the province, maybe in the country,” he said. “We are one Jesuit community serving five different ministries: the senior pavilion, the on-site Jesuit Spirituality Center, the neighboring Jesuit parish and retreat house, and our novitiate.” Ten of the residents are Jesuits beginning formation at the novitiate. There is a complementarity in the unification of the novices and senior men under one roof. The “granddads,” as one novice affectionately calls the Bishop Michael Jarrell blesses the new cornerstone during a September renewal Mass. 14 Jesuit | wintER 2013 senior Jesuits, share in the formation of the novices and can aid with retreats. Novices are learning from an earlier generation of religious in preparation for their own ministry, and retreatants have no shortage of Jesuits for spiritual companionship. The mission of St. Charles College has continuously adapted since it was established in 1837, when the Bishop of New Orleans asked Jesuits of the Lyons Province of France to establish a Catholic school for boys in Louisiana. Fire destroyed the original 90-year-old structure in 1907. What stands today is its 104-year-old replacement, a sturdy brick structure with high ceilings, long corridors, transoms and open spaces described by architects as a gem of symmetry and proportion. The novitiate moved to St. Charles College in 1921 when its home in Macon, Ga., burned to the ground. Then in 1972, on the heels of Vatican II, the Jesuit Spirituality Center was established at the college. In 2005, the college adapted yet again when Hurricane Katrina forced province office operations to St. Charles College, and where many Jesuits, province staff and their families took shelter, some staying for several months. It was a particularly stressful event for the senior community who endured a twelve-hour evacuation from New Orleans to Grand Coteau, normally a three-hour drive. Three years later, during the building’s 2009 centennial celebration, the first joint novitiate class of the New Orleans and Missouri provinces entered in August, a decision made by the two provinces in anticipation of their unification into the Central and Southern Province in 2014. Fr. Mark Lewis, provincial of the New Orleans Province, began a province-wide discussion with Jesuits and lay colleagues about the college’s future. It was in dire need of basic improvements and safety code updates, but he knew it had plenty of space to accommodate additional retreatants and an expanded Jesuit community. “We had a responsibility to adapt,” said Fr. Lewis. “We needed to eliminate evacuations of our senior men, and we needed to renew the college to serve the Church today and tomorrow.” With the help of tax credits, private donations and contributions from Jesuit communities, century-old electrical and plumbFr. Tom Madden is one of four retreat directors at the Jesuit Spirituality Center. ing systems were replaced, and fire Jan Tate leads a women’s day of reflection at St. Charles College. As the college community expanded, decaying plumbing and unstable wiring began to interrupt ministry and required frequent repairs. Also outmoded were dormitory-style bathrooms that limited retreats to one gender in the college’s Jesuit Spirituality Center wing. Other corridors of the building were empty, yet unfit to house Jesuits and retreatants. wintER 2013 | Jesuit 15 safety mechanisms were installed. The assisted living pavilion was created on the second and third levels of the eastern wing, complete with a nurses’ station and its own elevator. Additional rooms were added in the novitiate corridor to accommodate the larger novice classes. New rooms were added in the retreatant corridor and outfitted with private baths to accommodate guests of both genders. The two-year project was completed in phases to minimize Novices lead music during a renewal Mass and cornerstone blessing in September. disruptions of programs and residents. “The directors and staff are so men and appreciate hearing their Senior Jesuits joined the St. welcoming and always are available perspectives on their many years of Charles Community in May, and the service in the Church in many differ- when I need them,” she said. “I find Jesuit Spirituality Center reopened it to be my favorite place to find the ent parts of the world and in a much with a full schedule of programs in silence and peace that I need.” different era,” said Fr. Jim Goeke, July. In August, six new men were Trent Angers is a long-time novice formation assistant. welcomed to the novitiate by the sec“And, they have a lot of fun chat- retreatant and the author of “Grand ond-year novices, forming a class of Coteau: The Holy Land of South ting with them on a regular basis, 10 men, the first to share the college enjoying observing some of the free- Louisiana.” He identifies St. Charles with the senior Jesuits in the renoCollege as a peace center for the dom that comes with old age to say vated college. southeastern United States. and do things without worrying so The novices and senior Jesuits “The college and its surroundmuch how they might be received.” share a pre-dinner social every While veteran and novice Jesuits ing area have been visited by several Monday and have most meals togeth- are pioneering these new formation people venerated by the Church, er with the rest of the Jesuit comincluding Katherine Drexel, Rose relationships, retreatants are returnmunity. They enjoy watching football ing to St. Charles College for spiritual Philippine Duchesne, Cornelia games together, and the more melodic direction in the Ignatian tradition. Connelly and an apparition of John novices lead music at Sunday mornLuz Restrepo of Arlington, Texas, Berchmans at nearby Academy of the ing Mass in the pavilion chapel. recently completed a five-day directed Sacred Heart,” said Angers. Novice Director Fr. Mark “This holy ground is an ideal retreat at the renewed spirituality cenThibodeaux paired each novice with place for prayer and contemplation, ter, her fourth visit to the college. As a senior Jesuit, a “spiritual grandfaan employee of the Jesuits’ Montserrat where the beauty of God’s handiwork ther” who prays for that novice and is easily observed and where God’s Retreat House in Lake Dallas, Texas, provides advice and support. she prefers to make retreats elsewhere presence is unmistakably felt.” “The novices are edified by the This inviting sanctuary creates to avoid distractions. 16 Jesuit | wintER 2013 a prayerful opportunity, something retreat and spiritual director Jan Tate says is particularly important as technology increasingly intrudes on quiet time for reflection in everyday life. She has participated in and given retreats at St. Charles College for more than 30 years. “I’m afraid we are losing the ability to listen to the voice of God inside of us because of all the dings and pings we hear,” she said. “There just aren’t too many places that you can go to and find that kind of beauty, silence, reflective atmosphere, and standing on the wisdom and presence of others who have gone before us.” Fr. Mark Lewis said that wisdom and tradition will be shared continuously with Jesuits and retreatants who come to St. Charles College. “St. Charles College, in its renewed mission, holds both the harvest and the seeds, the history and the future of what will soon be the Central and Southern Province,” he said. He noted an interesting historical point: St. Charles College, though founded from the New Orleans Mission, passed to the Missouri Province and then back to its original jurisdiction. “So in a real sense we share a history through St. Charles College,” he said. “Now, as our provinces reconfigure, we share a future with our many colleagues in ministry.” More information on St. Charles College and its renovation can be found at www.norprov.org, or by contacting Michael Bourg at 1-800-788-1719 or [email protected]. Playing the Back Nine at St. Charles College By Fr. Paul Schott, SJ R ecently, a friend sent me an email comparing the last years of life to playing the back nine holes of golf. It struck a chord with me. I am literally playing the back nine of my life here at our new home in Grand Coteau, designed and constructed for all of us who are playing this last nine together. And what a beautiful course it is! Of course, the front nine of life was a good round, in fact, a magnificent round. But God seems to have saved the best for last. The community and spectators are a great support. With the staffs of the spirituality center, the parish, the retreat house and the novices, we are one big family – the youngest 20, the oldest 98. And all of us are served kindly and efficiently by a dedicated lay staff of nurses, aides, chefs and housekeepers. To us who began the front nine 70 or 60 years ago, the novices are a special gift. They are the grandchildren we never had; they are the future Society we will never see. But their goodness, intelligence, zeal and enthusiasm assure us that things will be in good hands when we finish the game. They will be the pros who will perform as well or even better than we have. God has blessed us with these men, and the gifts he has given them are many. Nor do we forget you, our benefactors who line the course and cheer us as we walk toward the eighteenth green. None of this would be possible without you. But so much of what we have here as we play the back nine will remain for generations of players to follow us. May God bless you abundantly and help you to play your back nine with as much joy and gratitude as we play ours. Fr. Paul Schott with novice Brendan Love wintER 2013 | Jesuit 17 spirituality Preparing for the Alpha and Omega By Fr. Donald Hawkins, SJ W ell before the celebration of the Christmas feast, Yuletide decorations and gifts have made their appearance on store shelves. Even before Trick or Treat, merchants endeavor to entice the public with visions of turkeys and cranberries. Major celebrations in the Church calendar have similar periods of anticipation and preparation. Easter, our principal liturgical day of the Church year, only arrives after the penitential Lenten preparation. Our secondranking liturgical feast of Christmas is only celebrated after the prayerful anticipation of Advent. There is more to Advent, however, than serving as a time to prepare for the Christmas celebration of the birth of the Lord Jesus. Advent—the word means “coming”—not only refers to the Lord’s coming in the flesh at Bethlehem but also his coming as king at the end of history. As the Season of Ordinary Time draws to a close, the focus of the readings changes to a consideration of the end times. On the Thirty-third Sunday, the gospel reading from Luke speaks of “wars and insurrections” and also of the persecution of the Christian community connected with the end time. In fact, such persecutions have already occurred in New Testament times: Stephen, James, Peter, and Paul, among others, have already died for witnessing to Jesus. The Church celebrates the Solemnity of Christ the King on the following Sunday during which the emphasis is on the reign of Jesus Christ as universal king, a role that he will assume at the end of time. That day’s second reading from the Letter to the Colossians paints a picture of Christ as one who has already taken his seat at the right hand of God. The First Sunday of Advent is reluctant to abandon the theme of the Second Coming of the Savior. The first reading from the prophet Isaiah announces the time of justice and peace that will occur when Jesus returns. The gospel of Matthew speaks of the last days of the “Son of Man,” thus offering a climax to the consideration of the end times. With the Second Sunday, attention turns to the preparation for the birth of the Lord. No figure is better suited for center stage than John the Baptist. A fearsome figure dressed in clothing made of camel’s hair, straight from a sojourn in the desert, John confronts his hearers with a baptismal call for the acknowledgement of their personal sinfulness. He denounces the Pharisees and the Sadducees for their refusal to reform their ways. On the Third Sunday Jesus himself testifies to the greatness of John the Baptist. John is often characterized as the last prophet of the Old Testament and, in a sense, the first prophet of the New Testament. John’s disciples bring him Jesus’ message, allowing John to meet, although indirectly, the one whom he has prophesied. Jesus then reacts by reflecting on John’s role in salvation. The birth of the Messiah is central to the Fourth Sunday of Advent as we move closer to Christmas. The reading from the prophet Isaiah points to the virgin birth of “Emmanuel.” Matthew’s gospel repeats Isaiah’s message in an account of a dream that Joseph, Mary’s betrothed, experiences. Joseph follows the angel’s command, and the stage is set for the birth of the Messiah. While the Sundays preceding and during Advent illuminate the second coming of the Lord at the end of time and the first coming of the Lord in history, the focus of our preparation is to create in invitation to our Lord to come into our own hearts. We can observe that kind of advent by our own personal prayer and reflection as we await the Christmas celebration. After all, the Lord is always willing to come into our hearts, but we must be open to him. Advent is a good time for that kind of openness of heart and life. …the focus of our preparation is to create in invitation to our Lord to come into our own hearts. 18 Jesuit | wintER 2013 message from the executive director “A stone that has been tested, a precious cornerstone as a sure foundation; he who puts his faith in it shall not be shaken.” — Isaiah 28:16b Dear Friends in Christ, These words of Isaiah ring true. What God has built by grace in Grand Coteau has been renewed by his continued blessings. The renewal of St. Charles College has been a testament of God’s blessing on us throughout the years of planning, building and renovation. Blitch Knevel Architects created the plan to bring the Jesuits’ vision – a fully modern facility that honors its century old heritage – to life. Then there were bankers from Whitney, Capital One and First NBC and attorneys who assisted us with putting together a complex but secure funding structure utilizing historic and new-market zoning tax credits. A true grace for us has been our contractor – J.B. Mouton, LLC. These men of Acadiana brought a devotion to their craft and a respect for the history and mission of this space that shows through in the finished product – taking our 100 year-old building and making it a “sure foundation” for the Jesuit presence in the South and Southwest. Their skills have renewed this sacred place. Overseeing this work has been Br. Lawrence Huck, SJ, the province’s representative for the restoration. Br. Huck has completed the project on budget and ahead of schedule while also caring for the craftsmen. In both managing this project and ministering to those involved, the Jesuits owe a debt of gratitude to Br. Huck for his sure-handed leadership. Mrs. Evangeline Vavrick has worked tirelessly to rally volunteers and benefactors. She led the effort to raise $3 million towards our $5 million goal. The blessings of so many generous friends of the Jesuits are yet another sure foundation that has made the renewal possible. I ask you to review the listing of those who have supported the campaign, starting on page 21. If you have not yet supported the Renewing a Sacred Place Campaign, I urge you to visit our website, www. norprov.org, to find out how you can help us reach our goal, view the remarkable renovations and consider the remaining naming opportunities. I wish to mention one other “sure foundation” – our Jesuit Companions listed on the following page. These folks bless the Jesuits with their prayerful and financial support year in and year out. This close association between the Jesuits and the laity is one that aids our vocations work, cares for our elder Jesuits and supports our international ministries. We recognize so many of you as the foundation which God has placed beneath our feet. Thank you. Peace, Michael Bourg Executive Director for Advancement wintER 2013 | Jesuit 19 companions Jesuit Companions (This report reflects gifts from July 2012-June 2013. Gifts made afterward will appear in the next report.) Anonymous (3) Sisters of Mercy Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Ackels Mrs. Irene A. Adolph Mr. and Mrs. Jose L. Aguilar Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd J. Aguillard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Albrecht, Jr. Mr. Seth Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Amos Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Anderson, Jr. Ms. Mary H. Arroyo Ms. Martha A. Ashley Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Ballenger Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Barbas Mr. Al R. Barbosa Mr. Juan M. Barona Dr. Robert P. Blereau Mr. Thomas R. Blum Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Borey Mr. and Mrs. George A. Borst Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P Borst Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Buras Mrs. Mary Kay H. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Rafael F. Calderon Ms. Gloria B. Callais Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Capitano, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Carpio, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Cavaretta Dr. and Mrs. Francis T. Cazayoux, Sr. Rev. James F. Chamberlain Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Charbonnet Mrs. Rose Mary Charbonnet Mr. and Mrs. R. Preston Cifreo Mrs. Loretta C. Clark Mrs. Gail C. Clerc Mr. C. J. Collins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Combe, Jr. Mr. Robert Concha Mr. and Mrs. Michael Coney Dr. Charles L. Conlon Mrs. Maria G. Daly Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Danna, III Miss Alice T. Davis Mrs. Jane E. Deas Mr. Ronald J. Deck Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. DePaepe 20 Jesuit | wintER 2013 Ms. LuAnn DeVoe Mr. and Mrs. Juan Diaz Mr. and Mrs. William H. Dooley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Leo P. Dressel Mrs. Norma B. Duffy Ms. Carol A. Dumond Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Ecuyer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Elliot, III Mrs. Julia E. Enriquez Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Espenan Mr. John F. Ewens Mrs. Cecil S. Fermanis Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fitzsimmons, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Flusche Mr. and Mrs. Michael I. Flynn Mrs. Nancy S. Fontenot Mrs. Antoinette Galarneau Mr. Emilio F. Garcia Dr. and Mrs. James S. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Felix A. Gaudin Ms. Joan E. Gaulene Ms. Ellen Isabel Geheeb Ms. Julia H. Geheeb Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Greene Mrs. Vance T. Greene, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Gunn Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Halsema Mr. and Mrs. James S. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Robin W. Hanemann Mr. and Mrs. William H. Harris, III Mr. George Hebbler Mr. J. Ronald Hinze Mr. Hillman R. Holland Mr. and Mrs. Roberto J. Iglesias Mr. and Mrs. John K. Jackson, Jr. Mrs. Mary A. Jolley Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Kaley Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Kearney, Jr. Mrs. Margaret Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Kegg Dr. and Mrs. John L. Klause Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Koch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Kolwe Mr. and Mrs. J. Matthew Kramer Dr. and Mrs. Wayne G. LaHaye Mrs. Thyra M. Layden Mr. and Mrs. Rene J. Lazare, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William D. Leach Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Leech Mrs. Eileen M. Light Mr. and Mrs. David A. Link Mrs. Mary M. Liuzza Dr. and Mrs. Santo J. LoCoco Ms. Barbara Love Mrs. Irene E. Mackenroth Mrs. Camille Manion Dr. and Dr. Gary P. Mayeux Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. McCaffery Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Meador, Sr. Mr. Rene P. Meric, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Meyer, IV Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Miciotto Mrs. Beatrice B. Monju Mrs. Marguerite Montagnet Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Morris, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Frank C. Morrone Mr. and Mrs. John L. Moseley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Mossa Mr. Wiley L. Mossy, Jr. Hon. and Mrs. Salvadore T. Mule Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Murphy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Nicholson Ms. Amy Odinet Dr. and Mrs. William O. Oldson Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Olivier Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Park Mrs. Vicki C. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pavur Dr. and Mrs. William J. Perret Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne W. Perrilliat, Jr. Mrs. Marie Louise Peters Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Pfister, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Poche Mr. and Mrs. David Poole Mrs. Carol M. Porter Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Provenza Mr. and Mrs. G. Frank Purvis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raphael J. Rabalais, Jr. Mrs. Marie C. Rabieh Mr. Mitchell J. Radycki Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Rayer, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Reardon Dr. Andrew J. Reck Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Redmann Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Regan Miss Marie R. Rinaudo Mr. and Mrs. George A. Rizzo, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Rolfes Mr. John Roppolo Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Ryan Mrs. Rosemary G. Ryan Mr. Jules G. Sabrier, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Gary E. Sander Dr. and Mrs. John B. Sardisco Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Saunders, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Saunders, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Schott Judge and Mrs. Patrick M. Schott Mr. and Mrs. James E. Schuster Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Schutte, Sr. Mrs. Maureen M. Seabury Ms. Catherine M. Simoneaux Mr. and Mrs. John M. Sivula Miss Irma M. Stiegler Mrs. Linda S. Taggart Mr. Joseph A. Taranto Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Terry Drs. Elisabeth and Mulry Tetlow Ms. Patricia A. Thiele Mrs. Charlotte L. Todd Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Tomich Mrs. Maria H Torres Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Trochta Miss Barbara A. Tureaud Mr. William F. Uber, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Vanderbrook Rev. James F. Vanderholt Mrs. Evangeline M. Vavrick Mr. and Mrs. Joel C. Verbist Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Villalva Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Waguespack Mrs. and Mr. Henryetta R. Waguespack Dr. and Mrs. Roland S. Waguespack, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William P. Walsh Mrs. Lindsay Ward Mr. David P. White Ms. Eunice Williams Mr. and Mrs. Roland J. Wiltz Mrs. Mary B. Witte Mrs. Marcelle B. Wolfe Mrs. Gloria M. Woods Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Zagone renewal benefactors Renewing a Sacred Place — $500,000 & Above — Anonymous (2) — $250,000 to $499,999 — Estate of Mrs. Helen M. Hennan — $100,000 to $249,000 — Anonymous (2) Gloria Dei Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Hyer, Jr. Estate of Eleanor Jeter The Mary and Mike Terry Family In appreciation for all Jesuits — $50,000 to $99,999 — Anonymous In memory of Thomas H. Stahel, S.J. and Harry Tompson, S.J. Strake Foundation — $25,000 to $49,999 — Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dumesnil In memory of Eugene J. Hebert, S.J. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton D. Fryer & Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Greene In memory of Robert & Pauline Greene The Harry Longwell Family In honor of Shirley and Gene Vilfordi J. Edgar Monroe Foundation Estate of Jessie E. Rainey Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Roussel, III In memory of Harry Tompson, S.J. Frank and Paulette Stewart Elisabeth and Mulry Tetlow In honor and gratitude for Jerry Fagin, S.J. and Don Gelpi, S.J. — $10,000 to $24,999 — Anonymous (4) Anonymous In loving gratitude for Ken Buddendorff, S.J., J. Condry, S.J., Tom Madden, S.J. and Gerald Fagin, S.J. Dr. and Mrs. Julio Ruiz In honor of Mark E. Thibodeaux, S.J. and Daniel P. White, S.J. Stuller Family Foundation Mrs. Evangeline M. Vavrick In memory of Anthony and Victoria Molero Anonymous In memory of Mrs. Eva Luke Anonymous In memory of Norman C. Melun Anonymous In honor of Michael Wegenka, S.J. and in memory of Richard T. Kiser — $5,000 to $9,999 — The Barreca and Pitre Families Mr. Ronald B. Blitch Edward Carlin and Maureen Williams Ms. Mary Childers Mr. Kerry Dooley In memory of William H. Dooley, Sr. The Alchediak Family In memory of Margaret & Mike Alchediak, Sr. and Michael Alchediak, Jr., S.J. Mrs. Sally Duplantier In memory of Adrian Duplantier Steve and Schezy Barbas Mrs. Maedell Hoover Braud Dr. and Mrs. Emilio D. Echevarria Mr. and Mrs. William F. Finegan Joseph and Anne Garcia Elizabeth and Louis Hall Trust Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Huck Rev. William C. Hanley Marianne and Roger Staubach Stella Roman Foundation, Inc. Mike and Carmie Winters In memory of William Crandell, S.J. In memory of all my Jesuit friends In honor of Br. Lawrence Huck, S.J. and in memory of Fr. Joseph Reising, S.J. In memory of Albert J. Winters, Sr. and John C. Cummings, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Zagone In memory of Josephine & Sam Moscato and Rita & Pete Zagone Miriam and Christopher Lykes Ms. Joan Mann In memory of John & Ruth Mann The Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust Dr. and Mrs. Bob Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Murphy, Jr. In honor of Tom Madden, S.J. EJ and Marjory B. Ourso Family Foundation In memory of EJ & Marjory Ourso — $2,500 to $4,999 — Anonymous (1) Robert B. and Janet Rivet Anderson In honor of R. Bentley Anderson, S.J. Ms. Ellen Isabel Geheeb Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. McCaffery Mr. Rene J. Mouledoux Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Arnold L. Punaro In memory of Frank Benedetto, S.J., Arnold Benedetto, S.J., and Michael Kennelly, S.J. Miss Adele M. Rivet Estate of Eva B. Rowntree Mrs. Maureen M. Seabury Dr. and Mrs. William H. Schettler In honor of A. Jerry Fineran, S.J. Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Schnebelen, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Tehan Mrs. Ann Wakefield In memory of Richard E. Baudouin — $1,000 to $2,499 — Anonymous (2) Anonymous In memory of Clarence and Carolyn Mansell Mr. and Mrs. John M. Astrab, III Stephen and Cynthia Backes Mr. and Mrs. Harold I. Bahlinger, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Beaud, Jr. Dr. Robert P. Blereau Mr. and Mrs. Raynald Bordelon Mr. Charles J. Boudreaux In honor of Paul W. Schott, S.J. Mr. Timothy and Mrs. Elizabeth Brennan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Caballero Mr. Joseph H. Campbell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Collmer Mr. Frank M. Craft Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Crean Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Crutcher, III In honor of Paul W. Schott, S.J. Mrs. Lucile McLean DeLage In memory of Charles Edward McLean wintER 2013 | Jesuit 21 Dr. Leo and Mrs. Elaine Diaz In memory of Joseph Doyle, S.J. Ms. Amy Flyte Mr. Christopher D. Fryer Dr. Eric H. Gamble Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gates Ms. Joan E. Gaulene Drs. Cheryl and John Hendry Mr. and Mrs. James Huck Kemper Construction Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Kiblinger Dr. John E. Kidwell Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Krist Patrick M. Lynch, Jr. Mrs. Frances L. McCaul Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Mele Lou and Audrey Munin In honor of Paul W. Schott, S.J. Mr. Richard J. Neuenfeldt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Rizzo, Jr. Tony and Zeza Salcido In memory of Antonio M. Salcido Jack and Karen Schroder In honor of John Schroder, S.J. Mr. Eric D. Strassburger Ms. Martha Ueltschey Mrs. Mary Ann Valentino Hunter and Julia Wagner In memory of Nathalie & Hunter Wagner, Sr., and Austin Wagner, S.J. Mrs. Ninette P. Webster In memory of Joseph Doyle, S.J. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Zingaro — $500 to $999 — Anonymous (3) Mr. Henri Bonvin Ms. D. Chapman Mrs. Blanche M. Comiskey In honor of Evangeline Vavrick Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Delatte In memory of Pat Hunter, SJ Ms. Annie C. Dombeck Warren E. and Cynthia A. Duclos Mr. and Mrs. John L. Eckholdt Mrs. Nancy S. Fontenot J. Errol and Karen Gautreau Mr. John Gautreau, Sr. Mr. Richard Goddard Mr. and Mrs. Vance T. Greene, Jr. Ms. Mary Haile Cdr. and Mrs. Michael C. Huete Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Kehoe, Jr. 22 Jesuit | wintER 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Krentel Mr. William Landry Ms. Christine G. Langston Mr. John Laurent Mrs. Narcille Lorio Mrs. Francille McCarthy In memory of William M. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. McVay Dr. and Mrs. Francis Miranda Dr. Emilio F. Moran In memory of Caridad Moran Eugene and Lois Mossa In memory of Joseph Doyle, S.J. Dial Sullivan Nagle In memory of Larry Hein, S.J. Dr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Roux, Jr. Larry and Sarah Roy In honor of Stella M. Roy & Family Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Ruh In memory of Esther Garza Sacred Heart Church Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Slattery, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Watts C. Ueltschey, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Wischmeyer Mrs. Margaret Zaunbrecher — $250 to $499 — Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ardoin W.A. Bonnette Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Broussard Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dupont Ernest Cookie Garcia In honor of Rodney Kissinger, S.J. Mr. Daniel B. Houston Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Lewis Mrs. Irene Mackenroth Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pattarozzi Mrs. Marie Louise Peters Mr. and Mrs. Jon M. Spera Mr. Jeffery C. Steineck Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Turner Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Walker Mr. and Mrs. William W. Zimmer In honor of O.Kenneth Johnson, S.J. — $100 to $249 — Anonymous Anonymous In memory of James Babb, S.J. Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Austin Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bahlinger Mrs. Doris Baril Mr. and Mrs. John B. Barnard In memory of Jack Deeves, S.J. Dr. and Mrs. Hoshall S. Barrett, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Barry Mrs. Catherine R. Baumer Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. Bitterwolf Michael and Florence Bourg Dr. and Mrs. Warren R. Bourgeois, III Mrs. Joyce Braquet Ms. Susan Brazan Mrs. Ruth R. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Carty, Sr. Ms. Josette Cassiere Hon. and Mrs. Philip C. Ciaccio Dr. and Mrs. Stan P. Cowley, Jr. and Family Mrs. Maria Aurora Cuellar Mrs. Mildred A. Daffron In memory of Phillip L. Daffron Mrs. Patricia J. Davis Miss Theresa M. Dean Ms. Rosario DeLeon Ms. Ranette Dugas Mrs. Thomas L. Dwyer Ms. Trudy Eichorn Mr. Gene Elmore Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Esparza, Jr. Mrs. Edwina M. Ewell In memory of Jack Deeves, S.J. Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Flusche Mr. James S. Gallagher Mr. Charles Gardella Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Gaudin, Sr. Ms. Audrey Gipson Mr. Louis H. Grieshop Mr. Warren Guidry Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gunther Miss Jean C. Hecker Mr. Earl J. and Dr. Janet B. Higgins Mrs. Jane C. Hogan Mr. Ernest Huval Mrs. Irene R. Johnson Mr. Joseph F. Kelley Mr. Paul J. Knopp In memory of Mrs. Margaret Knopp Mr. Keith Koehl Ms. Louizette Labbe Mr. Alden J. Laborde Mr. Donald E. Lagarde, Jr. Bill and Dawn Leach In honor of Jesus Rodriguez, S.J. Ms. Marjorie LeBlanc Ms. Carolyn Lejeune Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Ludwick Dr. and Mrs. Emil J. Mateker, Jr. Mr. Robert Paul Mayeux Ms. Victoria Mayeux Rev. Richard C. Maynard Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. McCauley Mrs. Carol K. McGovern Mr. James McLelland Miss Pamela J. Meldrum Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Melton In memory of Jack Deeves, S.J. Servando and Cathy Mendez In memory of C.J. McNaspy, S.J. Mrs. Josephine Mically Mrs. Mary Anna Miranne In memory of Hilton L. Rivet, S.J. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Modica, Jr. Mr. Jose F. Montes Mr. and Mrs. Maxime J. Montz, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Mooney Mr. and Mrs. William C. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. O’Malley Mr. and Mrs. Nick F. Parigi Mr. Peltier Ms. Ann Peragine Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Q. P. Petteys Mrs. Bessie T. Poche Mr. and Mrs. John B. Poche Mr. and Mrs. Alfonse J. Preisser Mr. and Mrs. Charley F. Pride Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Redmann Paul and Priscilla Reising In memory of Joseph Reising, S.J. Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Rowen Hon. Frank B. Rynd In memory of Chris Billac, S.J. Mr. Edwin J. Schafer Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Scheidt Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schuh Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Shidisky In memory of Charlene Shidisky Dr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Shropshire Ms. Cathy T. Slumber Ms. Carol Snyder Mr. Jude Speyrer Mr. Robert E. Tarcza Mr. K. Wade Trahan Mr. William F. Uber, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Veatch Murray and Pat Viser In honor of Paul Murff O’Neal, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Ferdinando Vizzi Mr. and Mrs. Edgar G. Vollenweider Rev. Ross E. Waggoner Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Wetzel Dr. Rebecca N. Woodrick Mr. Young Woods Dr. Anna Wright — Up to $99 — Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Jose L. Aguilar Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Alfortish Mrs. Joan M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Anderson Mrs. Lou Wilda S. Andrus Mr. and Mrs. Jose R. Archuleta Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Armbruster Ms. Deborah M. Baiamonte Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Ballenger Mr. and Mrs. August J. Barbier, Jr. Mr. Robert W. Baugh Mr. Eduardo F. Bello Mrs. Marie A. Bellomo Mrs. Maxine A. Blum Mr. Dale Edwin Boudreaux Ms. Renee M. Brinkhaus Mr. Salvatore H. Brocato Mr. Doug Brougher Mrs. Dolores G. Bryan Mr. and Mrs. William T. Buelterman Ms. Mattie Buller Mrs. Jacqueline M. Burke Mrs. Louise E. Burnett Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cacciatore Mr. Joseph M. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Donald Carvajal Mr. and Mrs. Marcel J. Casadaban Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Charpentier Mrs. Roberta G. Chevis Mr. Paul Claffey Mr. Charles G. Clary Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Clesi, Jr. Mrs. Hazel S. Comeaux Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Cresson Ms. Marcia D. Daigre Mrs. Maria G. Daly Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Daniels Mrs. Aline W. Dastugue Mr. and Mrs. Donald Debner Mrs. Mary C. DeBock Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. DePaepe Mr. and Mrs. Glen C. Desselle Mr. and Mrs. James W. Dippel Mr. Bernard A. Ditta Mr. Christopher Duenas Mrs. Julia E. Enriquez Mrs. Rosalie B. Escuriex Dr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Falvo Mr. and Mrs. Juan Fattorini Mrs. Anne Favret Mr. John S. Fineran, III Mr. Walter Lee Fleming, III Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Flores Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Floyd Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Ford Ms. Audrey B. Fresh Ms. Elizabeth A. Gallmann Mr. and Mrs. Felix A. Gaudin Mrs. Donald E. Gednetz Mrs. Janice O. Giffin Mrs. Maureen Gilroy Ms. Jeanne M. Girsch Miss Marie C. Godelfer Mr. William E. Gorton Mr. and Mrs. C. Leroy Gray Mr. and Mrs. Nestor Granelli Mrs. Elise P. Greenwood Sr. Clairette Grondin Mrs. Ruth M. Guevara Mr. Armando Gutierrez Mr. and Mrs. James W. Harris Mr. and Mrs. E. Douglas Harris and Family Mrs. Diane Hayes Mr. Malcolm J. Hebert Mrs. Muriel B. Hebert Mr. Frank Hefter Mr. and Mrs. Robert U. Henry Mr. Francisco A. Hernaez Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo A. Hinojosa Mr. Hillman R. Holland Mr. Edward Holmes Mrs. Beverly L. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Hosemann Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hughes Mrs. Katherine S. Hymel Mrs. Marie G. Joffrion Mr. Alfred S. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Clifford D. Journey Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Kiernan Ms. Claire F. Killeen Mr. John Kinabrew, III Mr. Richard F. King Mrs. Dorothy D. Klar Mrs. Patricia O. Knight Mrs. Mary A. Knoop Ms. Susana M. Kobritz Ms. Geraldine Kreamer Miss Vivian M. Langley Mrs. Ferdinand L. Larue Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Lavery Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. LeBlanc Mr. Bradley Leger Mr. Michael A. Lewis Miss Carol A. Long Miss Katy Lopez Mrs. Athalie G. MacGowan Mr. and Mrs. Nickie C. Maggio Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Mansfield Mr. William J. Marak Mrs. Ellen Marino Mrs. Pamela Kirby Marshall Mrs. Elizabeth L. Marquis Mrs. Lorraine Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Matsumoto Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Matt Mr. Philip D. McCaffrey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McClard Mrs. Catherine A. McClelland Ms. Ruth W. McCollum Mr. Martin R. McCoy, III Mrs. Margaret F. McGinn Miss Helen J. McGrenra Msgr. Enda McKenna Mrs. Ellen V. McKeon Mr. Alexander P. McLachlan Mrs. Lillian N. McTaggart Mr. Rick Meier Miss Joan M. Meyers Mrs. Janice C. Michaelis Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Michaluk Mr. and Mrs. Rocco R. Miele Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Mixon Sr. Jeanne Mouledoux Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Murphy Ms. Julie Nesbit Mr. and Mrs. Lazaro Olvera Capt. and Mrs. C. David Paternostro Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Peragine Dr. and Mrs. Antonio R. Perez Mr. and Mrs. Edward V. Peters Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Picou Ms. Marie Pitre Mrs. Mary H. Pons Mrs. Rebecca F. Prill Ms. Charline I. Provenza Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Provenza Mr. Mitchell J. Radycki Mr. Joseph Rampulla Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Reardon Dr. Andrew J. Reck Ms. Mary F. Reed Mr. Martin W. Richard Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Rinker Mrs. Lorraine S. Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Carrol L. Rogers, Jr. Ms. Phyllis Roy Mr. and Mrs. Evelio J. Rueda Ms. Ann Marie Ruggiero Mr. and Mrs. James R. Ruffing Mrs. Mary Safchuk Mr. and Mrs. Gregory P. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sharp Mr. David Sharpe Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sheridan Sisters of the Holy Child of Jesus Mrs. Hubert Sonnier Miss Elois L. Soule Mr. and Mrs. Theodore G. Strenski Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Stumpf Mr. James R. Sullivan Mr. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Vito J. Tenerelli The Original Homesaver System Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Thibodeaux Ms. Patricia Thiele Mrs. Frances L. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Edward Toppino, Sr. Mrs. Maria H Torres Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert J. Trainor Ms. Mary Clair Trant Rev. James F. Vanderholt Mr. Frank L. Varela Mrs. Soccorro E. Villalobos Ms. Gloria Villegas Ms. Martha E. Walsh Mrs. Violet Y. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. John I. Weathington Mrs. Patricia W. Whelan Ms. Alice White Mr. David P. 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