Donovan, Paul A. (Father)

September 9, 2016

Jesuit Father Paul A. Donovan passed away on September 9, 2016, at the age of 89. He was born in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 1927, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1943.

Donovan, Paul A.

Jesuit Father Paul A. Donovan passed away on September 9, 2016, at the age of 89.

He was born in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 1927. He graduated from Gonzaga High School and entered the Society of Jesus at the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, in 1943. He received his bachelor’s degree and a Master of Arts in Teaching, as well as his Licentiate in Philosophy and Licentiate in Sacred Theology from Woodstock College in Woodstock, Maryland. He was ordained a priest on June 17, 1956.

As a Jesuit scholastic, Fr. Donovan taught Latin, Greek and French at Scranton Prep. Following ordination, he became a professor of theology at Georgetown University for seven years and a student counselor for three. In 1972, Fr. Donovan headed to the West Coast to begin what would become a 27-year tenure at the University of San Diego as a student counselor and campus minister. After many fulfilling years at the university, he continued to serve as a pastoral minister in and around San Diego for another nine years.

Fr. Donovan moved to Manresa Hall in Philadelphia in 2008 to pray for the Church and the Society of Jesus.

David Inczauskis, SJ

David was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and raised in Homer Glen, Illinois. A graduate of Wake Forest University, he met the Jesuits while studying liberation theology at Oxford University and joined the Society after graduation in 2014. 

As a Jesuit, David has been particularly active in academics: studying or working at a university every year since taking first vows in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2016. He published two books in Spanish, one in 2019 on Honduran theater and one in 2022 on Honduran cinema. His current research as a doctoral student in philosophy at Loyola University Chicago focuses on critical phenomenology and Latin American liberation philosophy. Also at Loyola Chicago, he serves as chaplain to the men’s volleyball team and to the Spanglish Christian life community. Off campus, he works as a community organizer with the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership.

After ordination, David will continue as a doctoral student in philosophy at Loyola University Chicago.