In Memoriam: Fr. Louis J. Lipps, SJ; 1921-2013
Father Louis J. Lipps, SJ, who served as a Jesuit spiritual and retreat director and minister for 74 years, died on Friday, January 11, 2013, in Pontiac, Michigan.
Father Louis J. Lipps, SJ, who served as a Jesuit spiritual and retreat director and minister for 74 years, died on Friday, January 11, 2013, in Pontiac, Michigan.
Fr. Francis (Frank) Smith, SJ, published poet and John Carroll University professor, died on December 13, 2012, after 63 years as a devoted Jesuit priest.
(Chicago – November, 2012) 109 years after its founding, Stroger Hospital has been served by 35 dedicated, Jesuit chaplains. Today, the Jesuit legacy and mission is carried on through the Ignatian Volunteer Corps.
In my job as Jesuit Vocation Director, I often ask inquiring men this question, “So, if you were to be a Jesuit, what sort of work or ministry would you like to do?”
“My excitement has been building since Fr. Kesicki began the conversation with me about my coming to Loyola,” says Fr. Luedtke. “In fact, my response was a hearty, ‘great!’ Many wonderful things have happened at the school thanks to the work of my predecessors, but I know there is a lot more work to do to give our students the best we have to offer.”
October 18, 2012 — Growing up in north Omaha as one of 13 children — six of whom entered religious orders — Fr. Richard McCaslin, SJ, “always wanted to be a priest.”
July 26, 2012 — A WWII veteran, Fr. Larry Jonas, SJ, traveled to Washington, D.C, in April 2012 for the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. The trip offered a glimpse of what Heaven might be like.
Fr. Edward Konerman, SJ, who served as a Jesuit for 66 years, died on February 24, 2012.
I write to you with a great deal of joy in my heart as we mark the completion of another school year at St. Aloysius.
Fr. W. Henry (Hank) Kenney, SJ, Jesuit Priest and missionary to South Africa, died on October 3, 2011, in Clarkston, Michigan.