It is with tremendous joy that the Midwest Jesuits introduce the 10 men who entered the USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus at the Jesuit Novitiate of St. Alberto Hurtado in St. Paul, Minn., on August 17, 2019: [back row:] David Herr, Noah Banasiewicz, Ryan Serfas, Brian Burtka, Min Keun “Daniel” Park; [front row:] Thomas Doran, Evan Krummel, John “Ty” Wahlbrink, Nathaniel Cortas, Benjamin Jansen.
Bruce, 25, graduated from Washington and Lee University with a bachelor’s in classics, philosophy and history. He earned a Master of Divinity from Duke University in 2019. He also enjoys studying the Bible, biology and politics. He was deeply influenced and inspired by the Jesuit chaplains he met while studying abroad at Hertford College in Oxford, England, as well as by the biographies of Jesuit missionaries.
