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Jubilarians 2016

SOCIETY OF JESUS

SOCIETY OF JESUS

Dear brothers, Peace of Christ! On behalf of our two provinces and the worldwide Society of Jesus, we would like to thank and congratulate all of our Jubilarians this year, especially our Golden Jubilarians, for the generous and faith-filled lives of service they have offered to the Church and the Society over many years. When these men entered the Society of Jesus, they may never have imagined the various ways that the Lord would call on their talents, gifts, and generosity in service to the Kingdom of God. We are grateful to the Lord for calling these men into our Company, and we thank them for their generous and courageous response to his call. This booklet contains brief glimpses of how these men have encountered the Lord in their lives and in their ministries, sharing the Good News of God’s love with those they encountered along the way. May their example inspire us to offer ourselves more completely to the mission of the Society that in all things we may love and serve the Church for the Greater Glory of God. In our Lord,

Brian G. Paulson, SJ Provincial Chicago-Detroit Province

Thomas A. Lawler, SJ Provincial Wisconsin Province

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY BORN:

May 28, 1948 ENTERED:

September 1, 1966 ORDAINED:

June 8, 1979 RESIDES:

Creighton University Jesuit Community Omaha, NE

ACCOMPANIMENT Andrew F. Alexander, SJ One of the joys of being a member of Los Compañeros De Jesús has been companionship in the Society. For all our individualism, I have always felt that I’ve been accompanied by brothers and by mentors whose vision and commitment, whose gifts and generosity, inspired me, shaped me, and nurtured me along the way. It has been a privilege and a consolation to be among Jesuits who have the same desires and seek similar graces, and who have great experience and wisdom. I’ve learned so much from brothers whose courage and boldness in ministry has taught me to serve and to share my gifts. It is a natural outcome of this life of being accompanied to be drawn to be with Jesus in accompanying others — my own brothers, but also those we serve. Pope Francis has helped us understand this mission of ours, with others, by fleshing out what we instinctively know about this service. We teach, we serve, we give retreats, we manage and lead, but most of all — in all of that — we accompany people, according to the vision Ignatius laid out in the Annotations of the Exercises (especially #15). We are best at letting God’s grace work in the lives of people by letting God take the lead. We accompany others in discernment and by offering our presence for their journey. They, in turn, share with us, with their care and the witness of their faith. A blessed life, indeed.

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

BORN:

November 8, 1948 ENTERED:

August 21, 1966 ORDAINED:

June 7, 1975 RESIDES:

Clark Street Jesuit Residence Chicago, IL

FINDING & BEING FOUND Walter C. Deye, SJ “Where are you?” is the first question in Scripture as God goes looking for his beloved creatures, Adam and Eve. As a small child I remember being lost (left behind!) by my family after a day of fun at Coney Island in Cincinnati. After what seemed like hours of wandering and crying, I remember being found, swept up into my father’s arms, and taken safely home. After dinner every night we said the family rosary; each one of us had a favorite decade. Mine was and still is the finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple. The Coney Island experience gave me an affinity experience of the young Jesus and an awareness of parental love, especially protection. When I was a grown man and many years after ordination, I remember my dad reaching out to hold me in his arms after a dark patch in my life when I felt lost, like the Prodigal Son. Good Jesuit brothers did and do the same for me. These moments taught me that we have to celebrate when what was lost is now found. Feeling found, especially after feeling lost, is such a gift given to me by my family and the Society that I have to give it away to others. Life in the Society has been a life of finding God in all things; in all peoples, including my brother Jesuits; the people I’ve been privileged to serve; my family. It has been a life of never truly being lost … but daily finding, being found, uncovering, discovering, and pointing out … God is here, God is with us. God saying, “I see you” even when I don’t see or sense him. “Where are you?” goes both ways. God to me/us and me/us to God. “Where are you?” I think the response for me and God is the same: “Here I am! Stop looking, you found me.” I’ve found him in the Society of Jesus.

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

BORN:

August 27, 1948 ENTERED:

August 20, 1966 ORDAINED:

June 24, 1978 RESIDES:

Oak Park Jesuit Residence Oak Park, IL

VARIETY Mark G. Henninger, SJ The word that comes to mind when I think of my years in the Jesuits is variety. I never imagined the variety of people I would meet, much less live with in the same community! It’s a miracle that we were able to live in as much peace together as we did. The variety of places I’ve been asked to go also has been amazing — theology studies in an international setting at the Gregorian University; learning about the diversity of apostolates around the world; working with Jesuits from many, many different nations. Then, graduate studies in philosophy at UCLA — from Rome to SoCal. Then, to Loyola University Chicago to teach philosophy. Chicago is not LA, and neither of them was my next stop, Zimbabwe, to start up a new school for young African Jesuits who were studying humanities and philosophy. Then, back to the University of Detroit Mercy for more teaching of philosophy, and not just medieval philosophy, but (why not?) African philosophy — perfect for Motown. Then, back to the Gregorian University in Rome, this time not to study but to teach — la logica simbolica, in Italiano. And finally 10 years in the philosophy department at Georgetown University, quite a unique setting; again, different from anywhere I had previously been sent. Mission, mission, mission: I hope, despite my sinfulness, that this is what my life has been about. And the current mission now is hospital chaplaincy at Loyola University Hospital in Chicago, perhaps the mission most unlike anything I’ve had before. And I’m very, very happy with it. It’s been an amazing and humbling ride.

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY BORN:

January 3, 1948 ENTERED:

September 1, 1966 ORDAINED:

May 30, 1981 RESIDES:

Arrupe House Jesuit Community Milwaukee, WI

RESTLESSNESS Daniel C. McDonald, SJ While in high school, I came across this quote from Saint Augustine: “Our heart is restless until it rests in you.” My disquiet had discovered a name. I was, by disposition, always restless and felt constrained in this world. In the Society, I gradually discovered this sense of self need not be born of worry and shame, but it was a spark of something else. Restless apprehensions framed so many parts of my life: the desire to serve but not knowing how; the desire to understand while feeling inadequate to the challenge; the desire to comprehend God and others, but afraid of the consequences; the desire to continue in the Society, but with doubts. Pedro Arrupe and General Congregation 32 changed that, and the following words in particular: “What is it to be a companion of Jesus today? It is to engage, under the standard of the cross, in the crucial struggle of our time: the struggle for faith and that struggle for justice which it includes.” (GC32, Decree 4) The scales fell away. Everything of the Spiritual Exercises became clear. What was important was to be engaged in the struggle. That did not mean succeeding, but lively involvement was required. From that time forward, whatever the Society asked of me became something to engage in, and I found God’s repeating graces in every facet of life. The words of G.M. Hopkins are real: “Over again I feel thy finger and find thee.”

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY BORN:

August 15, 1948 ENTERED:

August 20, 1966 ORDAINED:

June 4, 1977 RESIDES:

Jesuit Novitiate of St. Alberto Hurtado St. Paul, MN

THANKSGIVING Lawrence M. Ober, SJ Saint (who was almost forever Blessed) Peter Favre summed up Jesuit life by noting that it was all about “knowing that one is saved and living with a generous heart.“ This time of Jubilee is a time of thanksgiving fortified by remembering how all moments great and small give depth to Favre’s aphorism. And so a time of Jubilee is a time of thanksgiving, to lift up in prayer like incense a half a century of gratefulness for: n

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A wonderful, creative, and delightful family circle and a life in the Society of Jesus with many friends and many amazing role models, peppered, of course, by the inevitable parade of characters Jesuit history filled with examples of how to do things well, and mystifying examples along the way of what not to do New Jesuits and old Jesuits alive with the spirit of Ignatius

And most importantly a grateful and grace-filled remembrance of the chorus of unsung and grand heroes who have dotted a Jesuit’s life. Some were instrumental in leading us to God; some gave us the inspiration, direction, and support for our apostolic works. Others were simply bizarre beyond belief but have provided a lifetime of stories and mirth, as well as unimpeachable proof for our capacities of endurance and God’s amazing grace. In reflective remembrance, we praise God in happy moments, in difficult moments we seek God, in quiet moments we worship God, in painful moments we trust God, and in every moment we thank God. At the end of the day, we offer the prayer that all that we are, all that we do, may bless the name of the Lord.

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

BORN:

January 27, 1946 ENTERED:

March 5, 1966 ORDAINED:

June 19, 1982 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

SURPRISES Timothy J. Shepard, SJ I went to a public high school and had no lived experience with religious orders of men. After graduating, I got a job and some months later started a religious order search. I knocked on doors of various orders, but none, from my perspective, rang any bells. Then someone suggested knocking on the door of the Society of Jesus. I knocked and heard bells ring! There are two major decisions I have made in my life. The first, to apply to the Society, and the second, to apply for ordination. I have been grateful for the acceptance to the Society and the approval for ordination. The first 50 years have been most interesting — a journey with many marvelous surprises, and, overall, an excellent ride. I look forward to the next 50 years!

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY BORN:

February 13, 1948 ENTERED:

September 1, 1966 ORDAINED:

June 17, 1977 RESIDES:

Creighton Prep Jesuit Community Omaha, NE

PEOPLE Robert J. Tillman, SJ When I look back over my 50 years as a Jesuit, I can’t help but think of all the amazing people I have met in the places I have studied, lived, and worked. These people have revealed God’s love to me. They have been colleagues, Jesuits I have lived with, teachers that have taught me, runners I have coached, students I have counseled, parents I have come to know, couples whose marriages I have witnessed, people involved in Beginning Experience ministry, those I have bowled with or played bridge with, and many more. The acceptance and affection I have experienced from these friends mirrors the acceptance and affection I feel that Christ has for me. Their love and generosity has helped me to know a generous and loving God. I find myself filled with gratitude as I reflect on the people I have come to know as a result of my life and ministry in the Society of Jesus. I thank God for calling me to this vocation and walking with me through so many different people.

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Terrence P. Charlton, SJ BORN:

March 2, 1948 ENTERED:

August 28, 1966

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ORDAINED:

June 26, 1976 RESIDES:

Nairobi, Kenya

YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

Prayer of St. Ignatius (Suscipe)

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty; my memory, my understanding and my entire will, all I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace, that is enough for me. — I G N AT I U S O F L O Y O L A

Society of Jesus

Vincent A. Hagarman, SJ BORN:

January 19, 1922

75

YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

ENTERED:

August 8, 1941 ORDAINED:

June 14, 1954 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

William J. Kelly, SJ BORN:

February 10, 1924 ENTERED:

August 17, 1941 ORDAINED:

June 16, 1954 RESIDES:

St. Camillus Jesuit Community Wauwatosa, WI

Earl A. Weis, SJ BORN:

May 5, 1923 ENTERED:

September 1, 1941 ORDAINED:

June 19, 1954 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Society of Jesus

Walter J. Bado, SJ BORN:

December 6, 1928

70

YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

ENTERED:

September 1, 1946 ORDAINED:

July 31, 1959 RESIDES:

Kentucky Jesuit Mission Community Lexington, KY

Raymond C. Baumhart, SJ BORN:

December 22, 1923 ENTERED:

September 1, 1946 ORDAINED:

June 19, 1957 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Eugene F. Dwyer, SJ BORN:

September 17, 1924 ENTERED:

September 1, 1946 ORDAINED:

June 14, 1959 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Society of Jesus

John J. Foley, SJ BORN:

July 13, 1925

70

YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

ENTERED:

September 1, 1946 ORDAINED:

June 14, 1959 RESIDES:

Arrupe House Jesuit Community Chicago, IL

John W. O’Malley, SJ BORN:

June 11, 1927 ENTERED:

February 10, 1946 ORDAINED:

June 14, 1959 RESIDES:

Georgetown Jesuit Community Washington, DC

Eduardo J. Pinzón Umana, SJ BORN:

January 14, 1931 ENTERED:

January 19, 1946 ORDAINED:

December 3, 1960 RESIDES:

Colombia

Society of Jesus

John J. Sebian, SJ BORN:

September 27, 1926

70

YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

ENTERED:

February 1, 1946 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Paul B. Steinmetz, SJ BORN:

July 10, 1928 ENTERED:

June 17, 1946 ORDAINED:

June 16, 1959 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Benjamin J. Urmston, SJ BORN:

September 20, 1925 ENTERED:

September 1, 1946 ORDAINED:

June 14, 1959 RESIDES:

Cincinnati Jesuit Community Cincinnati, OH

Society of Jesus

George B. Wilson, SJ BORN:

November 29, 1928 ENTERED:

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July 30, 1946 ORDAINED:

June 21, 1959 RESIDES:

YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

Cincinnati, OH

Richard W. Bollman, SJ BORN:

March 13, 1938 ENTERED:

September 1, 1956 ORDAINED:

May 29, 1969 RESIDES:

Cincinnati Jesuit Community Cincinnati, OH

Dennis T. Dillon, SJ BORN:

March 31, 1939 ENTERED:

August 8, 1956 ORDAINED:

February 1, 1969 RESIDES:

Ann Arbor Jesuit Residence Ann Arbor, MI

Robert M. Doran, SJ BORN:

June 20, 1939 ENTERED:

August 16, 1956 ORDAINED:

June 4, 1969 RESIDES:

Arrupe House Jesuit Community Milwaukee, WI

Society of Jesus

William J. Foster, SJ BORN:

July 2, 1929 ENTERED:

March 4, 1956

60

YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

RESIDES:

St. Camillus Jesuit Community Wauwatosa, WI

Albert J. Fritsch, SJ BORN:

September 30, 1933 ENTERED:

September 1, 1956 ORDAINED:

June 8, 1967 RESIDES:

Ravenna, KY

Douglas J. Leonhardt, SJ BORN:

December 16, 1937 ENTERED:

August 16, 1956 ORDAINED:

June 4, 1969 RESIDES:

St. Camillus Jesuit Community Wauwatosa, WI

James V. Lewis, SJ BORN:

December 22, 1935 ENTERED:

August 8, 1956 ORDAINED:

May 30, 1969 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Society of Jesus

John P. Martin, SJ BORN:

June 30, 1937 ENTERED:

March 11, 1956

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Daniel J. McCullough, SJ BORN:

May 28, 1937 ENTERED:

December 10, 1956 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

John P. Murphy, SJ BORN:

March 10, 1938 ENTERED:

August 8, 1956 ORDAINED:

May 29, 1969 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Jerome K. Odbert, SJ BORN:

February 27, 1938 ENTERED:

August 8, 1956 ORDAINED:

May 31, 1969 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Society of Jesus

Cletus H. Pfab, SJ BORN:

May 15, 1937 ENTERED:

August 25, 1956

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

ORDAINED:

May 30, 1969 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Donald F. Rauscher, SJ BORN:

December 23, 1932 ENTERED:

August 25, 1956 ORDAINED:

June 4, 1968 RESIDES:

Creighton University Jesuit Community Omaha, NE

James H. Ryan, SJ BORN:

January 1, 1937 ENTERED:

August 17, 1956 ORDAINED:

June 6, 1969 RESIDES:

St. Camillus Jesuit Community Wauwatosa, WI

David G. Schultenover, SJ BORN:

August 19, 1938 ENTERED:

August 16, 1956 ORDAINED:

May 30, 1969 RESIDES:

Marquette University Jesuit Community Milwaukee, WI

Society of Jesus

John A. Schwantes, SJ BORN:

May 9, 1938 ENTERED:

August 25, 1956

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YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

ORDAINED:

June 4, 1969 RESIDES:

Jesuit Retreat House Oshkosh, WI

John V. White, SJ BORN:

September 23, 1929 ENTERED:

September 4, 1956 ORDAINED:

June 17, 1965 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

25

YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

Benjamin B. Hawley, SJ BORN:

March 10, 1947 ENTERED:

August 31, 1991 ORDAINED:

June 10, 2000 RESIDES:

Ann Arbor Jesuit Residence Ann Arbor, MI

Patrick M. Kelly, SJ BORN:

July 31, 1960 ENTERED:

August 15, 1991 ORDAINED:

June 12, 1999 RESIDES:

Arrupe Jesuit Residence Seattle, WA

Society of Jesus

William P. O’Brien, SJ BORN:

November 1, 1969 ENTERED:

August 31, 1991

25

YEARS IN THE SOCIETY

ORDAINED:

June 8, 2002 RESIDES:

Sacred Heart Jesuit Community St. Louis, MO

Lorn J. Snow, SJ BORN:

February 15, 1963 ENTERED:

August 15, 1991 ORDAINED:

June 12, 1999 RESIDES:

Creighton University Jesuit Community Omaha, NE

Gilbert Sunghera, SJ BORN:

September 27, 1961 ENTERED:

August 25, 1991 ORDAINED:

June 8, 2002 RESIDES:

University of Detroit Mercy Jesuit Community Detroit, MI

Society of Jesus

John E. Bernbrock, SJ BORN:

November 25, 1926 ENTERED:

February 4, 1944

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YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD

ORDAINED:

June 20, 1956 RESIDES:

St. Camillus Jesuit Community Wauwatosa, WI

Albert J. Bischoff, SJ BORN:

January 19, 1927 ENTERED:

September 8, 1979 ORDAINED:

May 26, 1956 RESIDES:

Cincinnati Jesuit Community Cincinnati, OH

Thomas A. Caldwell, SJ BORN:

January 24, 1926 ENTERED:

August 8, 1943 ORDAINED:

June 20, 1956 RESIDES:

St. Camillus Jesuit Community Wauwatosa, WI

Theodore W. Walters, SJ BORN:

July 28, 1926 ENTERED:

August 20, 1943 ORDAINED:

June 13, 1956 RESIDES:

Dar es Salaam

Society of Jesus Richard W. Anderson, SJ BORN:

December 28, 1934 ENTERED:

September 1, 1953 ORDAINED:

June 9, 1966

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YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD

RESIDES:

Taylor Street Jesuit Community Chicago, IL

Casimir R. Bukala, SJ BORN:

July 14, 1931 ENTERED:

September 1, 1958 ORDAINED:

June 14, 1966 RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Leo P. Cachat, SJ BORN:

April 27, 1933 ENTERED:

September 1, 1954 ORDAINED:

March 20, 1966 RESIDES:

Manresa Jesuit Community Bloomfield Hills, MI

Patrick J. Connolly, SJ BORN:

July 27, 1935 ENTERED:

August 17, 1953 ORDAINED:

July 28, 1966 RESIDES:

Loyola Marymount Jesuit Community Los Angeles, CA

James E. Fitzgerald, SJ BORN:

June 9, 1935 ENTERED:

August 17, 1953 ORDAINED:

June 9, 1966 RESIDES:

St. Camillus Jesuit Community Wauwatosa, WI

Society of Jesus Charles A. Hofmann, SJ BORN:

March 22, 1933 ENTERED:

August 8, 1957 ORDAINED:

June 9, 1966

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YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD

RESIDES:

Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Justin J. Kelly, SJ BORN:

March 19, 1937 ENTERED:

August 8, 1954 ORDAINED:

June 14, 1966 RESIDES:

University of Detroit Mercy Jesuit Community Detroit, MI

Joseph N. Pershe, SJ BORN:

March 2, 1934 ENTERED:

August 8, 1953 ORDAINED:

June 9, 1966 RESIDES:

St. Camillus Jesuit Community Wauwatosa, WI

Robert T. Sears, SJ BORN:

April 22, 1934 ENTERED:

August 8, 1953 ORDAINED:

July 31, 1966 RESIDES:

Woodlawn Jesuit Residence Chicago, IL

Patrick Tyrrell, SJ BORN:

November 14, 1933 ENTERED:

September 6, 1952 ORDAINED:

July 28, 1966 RESIDES:

Glenview, IL

Society of Jesus Peter W. Breslin, SJ BORN:

January 19, 1952 ENTERED:

September 4, 1982 ORDAINED:

June 8, 1991

25

YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD

RESIDES:

Arrupe House Jesuit Community Chicago, IL

Martin L. Chase, SJ BORN:

May 18, 1953 ENTERED:

September 12, 1981 ORDAINED:

June 14, 1991 RESIDES:

Spellman Hall Bronx, NY

Robert J. Geisinger, SJ BORN:

January 2, 1958 ENTERED:

September 12, 1981 ORDAINED:

September 14, 1991 RESIDES:

Residenza S. Pietro Canisio Rome, Italy

Robert E. Hurd, SJ BORN:

September 8, 1952 ENTERED:

August 28, 1983 ORDAINED:

June 8, 1991 RESIDES:

Cincinnati Jesuit Community Cincinnati, OH

William T. Johnson, SJ BORN:

May 24, 1953 ENTERED:

August 31, 1980 ORDAINED:

May 31, 1991 RESIDES:

Arrupe House Jesuit Community Milwaukee, WI

Society of Jesus Lester E. Love, SJ BORN:

July 24, 1959 ENTERED:

September 12, 1981 ORDAINED:

June 8, 1991

25

YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD

RESIDES:

Fresno, CA

Timothy J. Meier, SJ BORN:

March 7, 1956 ENTERED:

September 3, 1978 ORDAINED:

June 14, 1991 RESIDES:

APO, AE

James M. O’Leary, SJ BORN:

February 29, 1952 ENTERED:

September 12, 1981 ORDAINED:

June 8, 1991 RESIDES:

Madrid, Spain

Edward G. Witt, SJ BORN:

June 27, 1948 ENTERED:

August 16, 1981 ORDAINED:

May 31, 1991 RESIDES:

St. Isaac Jogues Parish / Kino Jesuit Community Rapid City, SD

P R AY E R F O R G E N E R O S I T Y

“Lord Jesus, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds. to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to seek reward. except that of knowing that I do your will. Amen.”

— I G N AT I U S O F L O Y O L A

AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM

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