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1 JESUITS OF THE CALIFORNIA PROVINCE fall 2012 WOMEN in ministry Compañeros: Once a Jesuit, Always a Companion A Journey Like No Other Christian Life Community Thriving With Young Adults Exploring the Mystery of Vocations

2 UP FRONT Celebrating First Vows: Five secondyear Jesuit novices professed their first vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience at St. Joseph Church in Seattle on August 18. (Left to right) Matt Yim, S.J., Jack Krouse, S.J., Brad Mills, S.J., Jeff Ball, S.J., and John Guyol, S.J., professed their perpetual vows to California Provincial Fr. Michael F. Weiler, S.J., during Mass attended by family and friends. PHOTO BY Brad Reynolds, S.J.

3 JESUITS OF THE CALIFORNIA PROVINCE fall 2012 Fr. Tri Dinh, S.J., is one of the driving forces behind the Christian Life Community (CLC) movement at Jesuit universities and parishes. In every issue 2 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 3 PROVINCE NEWS Jesuit Colleges Honored KBI Receives Award PICO Celebrates 40 Years JST Awarded Grant for Women Religious 8 GOOD STEWARDS A Wedding to Remember 9 JESUIT PROFILE Carl Hayn s Lifelong Pursuit of Learning 10 christian life community Spreading across college campuses, Christian Life Communities are bringing more meaning and purpose to the members they serve. 16 women in ministry Meet four California Province women who are devoting their lives to the Ignatian mission. 22 companions on the journey A group of mostly former Jesuits remains staunchly committed to spreading the word of St. Ignatius. 26 A PILGRIMAGE STORY Read what happened to a Jesuit novice on his spring pilgrimage to an Indian reservation in Montana. 30 ON POINT Exploring the Mystery of Vocations 32 IN REMEMBRANCE On the cover Rita O Malley of St. Ignatius Prep plays a critical role of keeping the Ignatian vision strong at the school. Photo by Paul Totah, St. Ignatius College Preparatory Jesuit novice Marcos Gonzales, S.J., (right) and Fr. Bob Erickson, S.J., in Hays, Mont. See story on page 26.

4 FROM THE EDITOR Mission Journey On Like most of us, I find myself looking forward to the journeys that life presents. Sometimes well planned and other times hastily pulled together out of necessity or opportunity, journeys allow me to see new destinations, visit familiar places, meet people with a different life perspective or just anticipate whatever the road will bring. Am I talking about vacations? Yes, and no. A vacation is a journey by the act of going from one place to another. But, in a very real sense, we all can take journeys without ever stepping outside our homes. Journeys are much more of an emotional, spiritual, or philosophical nature. Often, before I embark on a journey either the literal or the figurative I start to imagine finding answers to life s bigger questions (Why was I born? What is my role in life? How am I making the world a better place, if only for just one person today?). I wonder, What will I see? How will I react? Who will I encounter? What will I learn about myself and others on the jouney and who will I learn it from a stranger, a companion, my God? Journeys are eye-openers for me on a number of fronts. I m usually surprised at what I see and learn, impressed at what I ve overcome (usually some minor and sometimes a major obstacle surfaces along the way), and inspired by the most simple or unexpected sight or encounter. I usually come away with a deeper appreciation for our shared world, its people, and its wonders, which I can sometimes overlook. This edition of Mission tells the stories of many journeys. Some, like that of Marcos Gonzales, S.J., are quite literal. Others, like those of the four women featured in our Women in Ministry story, are a bit more figurative. And, those of the Compañeros, a group made up largely of former members of the Society of Jesus, are much more spiritual. Yet, they all offer tales of how our paths unfold and how we make choices that lead us to become the people we are destined to be. Here s hoping that the journeys you undertake in life are fulfilling, rewarding, and inspiring. May the wind always be at your back! Jim Muyo Executive Editor Michael F. Weiler, S.J. Provincial Alfred E. Naucke, S.J. Socius/Executive Assistant Theodore E. Gabrielli, S.J. Provincial Assistant for International Ministries Edwin B. Harris, S.J. Provincial Assistant for Secondary and Pre-Secondary Education William Kelley, S.J. Provincial Assistant for Pastoral Ministries Gerdenio M. Manuel, S.J. Provincial Assistant for Higher Education Chi V. Ngo, S.J. Provincial Assistant for Formation and Vocation Mark Potter, Ph.D. Provincial Assistant for Social Ministries Br. James C. Siwicki, S.J. Director of Vocations Charles J. Tilley, S.J. Director of Provincial Projects Advancement Office Joseph B. Naylor Provincial Assistant for Advancement and Communications Jim Muyo Director of Communications Editor, Mission Magazine John P. Mossi, S.J. Benefactor Relations Samuel P. Bellino, S.J. Director of Planned Giving Grace Melendrez Associate Director of Database and Gifts Andrew F. Maginnis, S.J. Benefactor Relations Francine Brown Administrative Assistant Julie Han Jesuit Mass Cards Administrator DESIGN Mixed Palette Mission is published two times a year by the California Province of the Society of Jesus P.O. Box 68, Los Gatos, CA, Phone: (408) missioneditor@calprov.org California Province of the Society of Jesus. All rights reserved. The comments and opinions expressed in Mission magazine are those of the authors and editors and do not necessarily reflect official positions of the California Province of the Society of Jesus. 2 MISSION fall 2012

5 Jesuit University Professors Among the Nation s Best Five Jesuit colleges and universities have 16 of the country s best undergraduate teachers according to The Princeton Review. The Massachusetts-based education services company profiled 16 professors from Loyola University, Chicago, Loyola Marymount University, Loyola University New Orleans, Georgetown University, and Santa Clara University in its new book, The Best 300 Professors. The book was developed in conjunction with RateMyProfessors.com the highest trafficked college professor ratings site in the U.S. The book s impressive roster of top teachers features professors in more than 60 fields, ranging from accounting to neuroscience to sport management. All 28 U.S. Jesuit higher education institutions are among America s Best Colleges, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings for All 27 Jesuit research and master s colleges and universities were recognized, and the College of the Holy Cross, the only exclusively undergraduate Jesuit institution in the country, was listed among the Best Liberal Arts Colleges. Some of the highlights from this year s rankings include: Creighton University s 10th year in a row as No. 1 for Midwest master s universities. A 13-rank movement for Loyola University Chicago and University of San Francisco, which both moved from 119 to 106 among national universities. Eight Jesuit institutions moved up in the rankings this year. STAY CONNECTED Get news from the California Province and its nearly 40 ministries through our website and Facebook page, updated frequently with Latest News, Event Information, and Accomplishments. Visit us at and Like Us to get automatic updates sent directly to your own Facebook news feed. And, don t forget to visit us on the web at MISSION fall

6 Jesuit Colleges Receive Presidential Honor NEW iphone and ipad apps now make it easy for users to read the latest news and information about the Jesuits, access Jesuit prayers and spirituality documents, and locate Jesuit retreat centers, schools, and parishes across the U.S. Available for free at the itunes App Store, the Jesuit App operates on any iphone, ipod Touch or ipad; a similar app will soon be available at the Android marketplace for use on devices such as the Droid, Evo, and HTC Touch. Twenty-two Jesuit colleges and universities have been named to the 2012 U.S. President s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Seattle University was named a presidential awardee, the highest honor possible, Loyola University Chicago was named an honor roll finalist, and Regis University was named to the honor roll with distinction. Nineteen Jesuit institutions were named to the honor roll. The President s Honor Roll has been administered every year since 2006, to honor colleges and universities for their community service programs and student engagement. This year s awardees were announced on March 12th at the American Council on Education s 94th Annual Meeting. The following Jesuit institutions were named to the 2012 President s Honor Roll: Boston College, Creighton University, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Georgetown University, Gonzaga University, John Carroll University, Le Moyne College, Loyola Marymount University, Loyola University Maryland, Marquette University, Rockhurst University, Saint Joseph s University, Saint Louis University, Santa Clara University, University of Detroit Mercy, University of San Francisco, University of Scranton, & Wheeling Jesuit University Province Names Advocacy Coordinator Mary Pat Panighetti has been appointed as the Province s advocacy coordinator, a position created by California Provincial Fr. Michael F. Weiler, S.J., to receive all complaints of abuse by a Jesuit and provide immediate support to the victim and the victim s family. Among other duties, Panighetti requests and coordinates the assistance of experts to promptly and effectively respond, makes mandated reports to law enforcement and appropriate civil and child protective agencies, and notifies the Provincial and the Socius of the status of the response. With the Province since October 2011, Panighetti brings with her a substantial background in child abuse cases. She holds an M.A. in correctional counseling and is a retired probation officer for Santa Clara County where she served for 12 years as a child abuse investigator with a specialty in sexual abuse. She served another 10 years on domestic violence cases, which in many ways mirror the dynamics of sexual abuse because it s about control. It s not merely about the touching or the battering, but more about the controlling and having power over by those means, Panighetti said. Panighetti retired from the Santa Clara County Probation Department after more than 32 years of service. 4 MISSION FALL 2012

7 KBI Receives Cross-Border Award The Kino Border Initiative, a California Province ministry in Nogales, Arizona, is one of four recipients of the U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Cooperation Award and the only religious work to be honored for its service to migrant people. The awards program is organized by the Border Research Partnership, comprising the North American Center for Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, Mexico s El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), and the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. The winners were selected by an independent bi-national selection committee. Fr. Sean Carroll, S.J., KBI executive director, reiterated KBI s mission of compassion: To promote U.S./Mexico border and immigration policies that affirm the dignity of the human person and a spirit of bi-national solidarity through direct humanitarian assistance and accompaniment with migrants, social and pastoral education with communities on both sides of the border, and participation in collaborative networks that engage in research and advocacy to transform local, regional, and national immigration policies. PICO Celebrates 40 Years To learn more about PICO, please visit Founded in 1972 under the leadership Fr. John Baumann, S.J., who had learned community organizing in Chicago, PICO (People Improving Communities through Organizing) in October celebrated 40 years of service. PICO works on issues such as housing, education, public safety, immigration reform, neighborhood revitalization, youth activities, transportation, and health care that directly affect the quality of life in communities. From its beginnings as a regional training institute to help support neighborhood organizations in California, PICO developed a new congregation-community model in which congregations of all denominations and faiths serve as the institutional base for community organizations. Rather than bring people together simply based on common issues like housing or education, the faith-based or broad-based organizing model makes values and relationships 40 the glue that holds organizations together. These innovations have resulted in the development of a network of powerful, long lasting community organizations. Today PICO has 44 affiliated federations and eight statewide networks working in 150 cities and towns and 17 states. More than one million families and 1,000 congregations from 40 different denominations and faiths participate in PICO. YEARS OF SERVICE To learn more about PICO, please visit MISSION FALL

8 Homeboy Industries Featured in Documentary This is the story of a remarkable odd couple. That s the description of the new film G-DOG about Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., and the former gang members, or homies, he s served and be-friended since 1992, when he founded Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles. Homeboy Industries helps former gang members learn skills to better their lives and provides jobs in its bakery, café and t-shirt store. G-DOG was directed by Academy Awardwinning documentarian Freida Mock and had its U.S. debut this past June at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Mock says she was inspired to make the film after reading Fr. Boyle s book Tattoos on the Heart. She remembers thinking, A priest, kids, gangs and love? What s this all about? The film, which is slated for theatrical release next year, introduces audiences to Fr. Boyle and the homies he helps. It also depicts a tough year for Homeboy Industries, which faced the possibility of closing because of challenging economic times. Variety s review of the film said, In an era with a paucity of real heroes, a genuine one emerges in G-Dog : the inexhaustible Jesuit priest Greg Boyle, whose Homeboy Industries has saved countless lives in Los Angeles gang-plagued neighborhoods. LHS President Re-ups for Three More Years Loyola High School trustees voted unanimously to extend the term of Fr. Gregory Goethals, S.J., 73, (right) as president for three more years. During his six years as president, Fr. Goethals directed the successful execution of the $100-plus million The Campaign for Loyola, the largest Jesuit high school capital campaign in the U.S. to date. Fr. Goethals also reinvested in Loyola s Ignatian identity, establishing, with Michael and Janet Feeley, the Center for Ignatian Spirituality. Fr. Goethals has provided far-sighted leadership and inspiration during a period of tremendous change at Loyola, said Michael Enright, chairman of the board of trustees for Loyola. As a graduate of the class of 1973, it is a true honor to have returned to lead my alma mater, a place that has been so formational in my life and the life of my family. With the Board s vote of confidence, I very much look forward to continuing my work at Loyola, guiding it to our 150th anniversary as well as accomplishing the goals of our strategic plan, said Fr. Goethals. Fr. Goethals has provided far-sighted leadership and inspiration during a period of tremendous change at Loyola. Michael Enright Chairman, LHS Board 6 MISSION FALL 2012

9 USF Opens New Pleasanton Campus JST Receives Grant for Women Religious in Asia To support the role of Catholic women religious in China, India, and Vietnam as agents of social change, the Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a four-year grant of $375,000 to the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. The grant will fund a pilot program enabling a small group of Catholic nuns to pursue advanced theological degrees at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. It will also enable the nuns to receive support from the worldwide network of Jesuit institutions and missions when they return to their home countries. We are extremely grateful to receive this grant, which allows us to establish relationships and build the infrastructure for a most promising said Fr. Thomas Massaro, S.J., dean initiative, of the Jesuit School of Theology. Our faculty are especially enthusiastic about building up the worldwide Church by expanding opportunities for excellent theological education to religious sisters in underserved communities in Asia, where the potential for supporting positive social change is extraordinarily high. The University of San Francisco s campus in the East Bay is now smarter, not only for its six new smart classrooms but also for its convenient Pleasanton location within walking distance of BART making it easy to access and better for the environment. The campus, previously in San Ramon, recently relocated a short distance from the West Dublin-Pleasanton BART station, Altamont Commuter Express and Amtrak stops, and Highway 580. The move puts USF close to restaurants, shopping, and Pleasanton s business corridor. The new USF Pleasanton Campus builds upon our extensive 30-year history serving the academic and professional development needs of the East Bay, said Desiree Shaw, Pleasanton Campus director. We are excited about the move and the opportunity to expand our program offerings and host workshops and educational seminars for the community at large. Retreat Center Offerings The Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos offers a number of retreats available throughout the year for groups and individuals. Retreats with themes of forgiveness, ways to pray, Ignatian spirituality, for men, for women, for young adults, veterans, or individuals in recovery are offered. To see the center s full schedule of retreat offerings, go to MISSION FALL

10 good stewards A Wedding to Remember Kirch and Sharon DeMartini Ask about Kirch and Sharon DeMartini s wedding and you ll not only learn the usual details of date (Dec. 27, 1966) and location (St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Los Gatos), but you ll also quickly understand the pivotal role Jesuits played in the wedding itself. Sharon, whose mother worked as a librarian at Alma College, a Jesuit theologate from 1934 to 1969, had planned the wedding for a festive time of year, just two days after Christmas. Yet because Christmas fell on a Sunday that year, businesses would be closed on Monday. No florist could guarantee it would have flowers for the wedding. No bakery was willing to commit to making a wedding cake. The whole thing suddenly became a problem, so the Jesuits came into the fray and saved the day, says Sharon, who, along with Kirch, has included the California Province in a charitable remainder trust. Without the Jesuits, it wouldn t have been the wedding that it was. Fr. John Alhadef, S.J., was the principal celebrant at the Nuptial Mass. Fr. Ron Funke, S.J., spent months creating the bouquets and other floral arrangements from pink velvet ribbon, gold tinsel, leaves, and ornaments. Fr. Larry Palafox, S.J., served as the wedding photographer. Dean of Alma College Fr. Harry Corcoran, S.J., gave the wedding toast. After the ceremony, the DeMartinis boarded the Alma bus, complete with Just Married emblazoned on the outside and nearly three dozen Jesuit scholastics inside, and headed to the reception at the Moffett Field Officers Club. Here I was in this white voluminous gown with Kirch next to me, and we were being trailed by 35 Jesuits through the main dining room of the Officers Club, Sharon says. People eating dinner just stopped forks mid-air. It is things like that that made the wedding unique. The DeMartinis ties to the Jesuits began long before their wedding. When Sharon and her mother moved to Los Gatos so that Sharon could attend Stanford University, her mother first worked as a librarian at Holy Cross High School in Mountain View. Through a connection with Sharon s aunt and uncle, who also lived in the area, her mother began volunteering in Alma College s library. Before long, she was working there under the direction of Fr. Alhadef. In her spare time, Sharon also volunteered at the library. Both Sharon and her mother got to know the Jesuits studying and teaching at Alma College. Sharon clearly remembers many of them coming for dinner to the apartment she shared with her mother and, at other times, gathering around her uncle s grand piano to sing. They were a fascinating group of very bright young men, she says. As a graduate of Brophy College Preparatory and Santa Clara University, Kirch also had Jesuit ties. When the two met at a St. Patrick s Day party hosted by Kirch s cousin, Sharon immediately sensed Kirch s Jesuit education. You could just tell, she says. Over the years, the DeMartinis lost touch with many of the Jesuits, but supporting the Society was never in question. It wasn t like picking some random charity, says Sharon. They were like family to us. We both agreed that the Jesuits were a big part of our lives, so we thought they ought to be part of the trust, says Kirch. As for the California Province, that s the source of the people who educated me. And with Sharon s mom having worked for them, our associations with the Province are very positive. We believe in what they re doing. As a reminder of the Jesuit connection, their Christmas tree every year displays several floral arrangements from their wedding made possible by the Jesuits. Samantha Bronson If you would like to make a gift in support of the California Province of the Society of Jesus and its many ministries in education, the recruitment of new Jesuits, and/or the care of retired or infirm Jesuits, please use the enclosed reply envelope. 8 MISSION FALL 2012

11 Jesuit Profile Carl Hayn s Lifelong Pursuit of Learning hough many people believe vocations begin with an epiphany, a flash of insight or revelation that begins a journey toward something greater, others believe that vocations emanate from something completely mysterious. To Fr. Carl Hayn, S.J., his vocation isn t the result of a single eye-opening event that he can point to as an Ah, ha moment, but the sum of many events and experiences that ultimately shaped his decision to join the Society of Jesus more than 75 years ago. Born in Los Angeles on July 13, 1916, Carl Hayn spent a good part of his childhood in Germany in the years following WWI where his father conducted business. The collapse of Germany s economy sent the Hayn family back to Los Angeles where young Carl worked in his father s bakery as a boy. It was when he was serving as an altar boy for his local parish that a chance encounter with a Jesuit priest caused Carl to seriously consider vocational life. Our pastor said to us at Mass one day, Fr. Hayn said, if you want to meet a saint, he will speak this afternoon. Fr. George Butler, S.J., was the speaker who impressed young Carl enough to approach his parents about considering a vocation. Carl s father, a great admirer of the Jesuits, suggested that Carl transfer from public school to Loyola High School. At Loyola, Carl developed a powerful knack for math and physics and a strong interest in teaching. During Carl s junior year, the president of Loyola High learned that he was considering a vocation and contacted him over summer vacation. He helped get Carl into the Jesuit Novitiate after he completed his junior year, before he even completed high school. It was the start of an aggressive pursuit of extended education that ultimately led to a long association with Santa Clara University before Fr. Carl moved to the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos in May of this year. I suppose since I didn t formally graduate from high school, all the degrees that came after that don t count! Fr. Hayn laughed. Fr. Hayn completed his high school work during his Juniorate and went on to great academic success. In total, Fr. Hayn spent time learning from and teaching at 10 colleges and universities. He earned both a B.S. and an M.A. in philosophy from Gonzaga, an STL degree (comparable to a Master s degree) in Catholic Theology from Alma College and a Ph.D. from St. Louis University where he was a member of a team working in experimental and solid state physics. After graduate school, Fr. Hayn did postdoctoral studies at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Sciences and advanced his understanding of nuclear physics at Washington State University. His love of physics combined with his passion for teaching eventually led him to the University of Santa Clara (as it was called then) where he was one of the earliest members of the physics department. For more than 50 years, Fr. Hayn was a striking figure in the Santa Clara physics department and in the Santa Clara community. As a priest, Fr. Hayn served the Santa Clara campus and the Mission parish at large. For 35 years, Fr. Hayn said the 6 a.m. Mass for commuters on their way to work. As a teacher he was renowned for his strict but fair grading policy, his open-door policy and willingness to help students that came to him, and his no-nonsense approach to the classroom. After more than half a century at Santa Clara, Fr. Hayn has only recently retired from teaching and is settling into the Sacred Heart Jesuit Community. At 97 and the oldest Jesuit in the California Province, he remains active and blessed with good health and a sound mind. He maintains that his decision to join the Jesuits is still something that mystifies him. Vocation is mysterious, says Fr. Hayn. It s something you can t quite put your finger on. It s fair to say that the generations of students he taught over the years are glad that Fr. Hayn answered God s call, regardless of how he chose his path to the Jesuits. Benjamin Drahmann To Give Please send your gift to support the care of elderly and infirm Jesuits to: Jesuits of California Province Advancement Office, P.O. Box 68, Los Gatos, CA or use the Online Giving Form at MISSION FALL

12 Christian Community Thriving with Young Adults At college campuses and in parishes, young adults are discovering and living out their Christian faith and callings in life. By Mira Schwirtz 10 MISSION FALL 2012

13 hat s led to the rise of interest in CLC among the young? We use Ignatian spirituality to provide a genuine sense of community, said Fr. Tri Dinh, S.J., ecclesial assistant for CLC on the west coast, adding that young adults seem to be longing for meaningful friendships which help them to grow spiritually. CLC the current expression of the lay communities begun 450 years ago in Rome under the name Sodalities of Mary uses the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, to help members discover and live out their Christian faith and callings in life. As the Vatican in October launched its Year of Faith, a worldwide campaign of evangelization, Fr. Dinh said CLC has the opportunity to play a pivotal role in engaging young Catholics who have fallen away from the church. CLC groups are generally comprised of individuals from a common school, parish, or cultural group who meet weekly or bi-weekly to pray, share, serve, and discern together. The more evangelical efforts engage small faith communities like CLC, the greater the fruits for the church, Fr. Dinh said. This is a big part of our mission. That s where long-time adult CLC members, like Jeanette and Gary Miskimon, who joined their San Jose-based group in 1997, are starting to step in. While in the past CLC groups have been heavily driven by Jesuits, the past 10 years have encouraged groups like the Miskimons Holy Family CLC to reach out and help start new groups themselves. I think the sense is it s really time for lay people to step up, Gary Miskimon said. This fall, the couple helped with the Caritas Retreat, an Ignatian-inspired retreat for young adults, as a way of generating awareness and interest in Ignatian Spirituality. Moreover, participants from Most Holy Trinity Parish in East San Jose are considering CLC. CLC Christian Life Community (CLC) is finding a popular niche on Jesuit university campuses, with a re-launched program at Santa Clara University attracting 150 members last year. For young adults in their 20s and 30s, CLC groups have grown from retreats offered on the regional level and parish-based Ignatian Spirituality opportunities. Young adults come to know CLC through a variety of doorways or entry points, with retreats being one of the key draws. CLC speaks to a lot of people, said Gino Altamira, a senior at Loyola Marymount University and a CLC member for four years. It s for people looking for a prayer group, or looking to understand their faith tradition, or for a place to belong. You eventually move deeper from looking for a community to exploring questions about why hunger or violence exists. Mission or service forms one of the three pillars of the CLC way of life, along with spirituality and community. Members discern, then carry out a serious, ongoing commitment to work for the poor and marginalized. On a global level, the mission of CLC includes support for immigrants and environmental protections. Members are encouraged to explore how they might personally and collectively respond to the call to build the kingdom of God, particularly through the lens of Catholic social teaching. Skill Development: CLC members at LMU at work preparing to lead their peers in a retreat. MISSION FALL

14 For example, the Miskimons CLC has cooked at church meals to feed the homeless and raised funds and supplies for immigrants in the Central Valley. Last fall they participated in a protest organized by CLC s United Nations Working Group to increase education funding in the Dominican Republic. CLC is such a wonderful tool to help ourselves and others focus on outreach at the local, national, and international level, Gary said. The more evangelical efforts engage small faith communities like CLC, the greater the fruits for the church. This is a big part of our mission. -Fr. Tri Dinh, S.J. Ecclesial Assistant for CLC, West Coast Giving Praise: Fr. Tri Dinh, S.J., celebrating Mass with CLC members. n helping adults and young adults cultivate tools for discerning how God calls them to live out their personal vocations, CLC has also played an influential role in another important activity generating interest and vocations to the Society of Jesus. In the last seven years, six men from CLC on the college and young adult levels have joined the Jesuits. David Romero, S.J., who was a member of CLC at Loyola Marymount University for four years, joined the Jesuits after graduating in In reflecting on the impact CLC had on his vocation, Romero recently wrote, honestly, it s very difficult to articulate the specific impact CLC had on my life because it was from the very beginning and still is the background of my life. While the vocations that spring from CLC are as varied as the young adults themselves, one thing is clear: young people are drawn to the real connections they form through CLC. On college campuses, membership is at the highest it has been since the 1960s. Last year, Santa Clara University revived its program, attracting approximately 150 students, and at Loyola Marymount University membership hit 600 students, an all-time high. Gonzaga University, in Spokane, reintroduced its program two years ago and has about 200 students participating. Despite their generation s near constant connectivity via Facebook and cell phones, young CLC members say they can t 12 MISSION FALL 2012

15 Sharing the Tradition: Generations of Vietnamese came together earlier this year to experience CLC. Đông Hành and their Influence on the CLC Movement Đông Hành, which grew from the missionary work in Vietnam of Jesuit priest of Fr. Julian Élizaldé Phạm Công Thành, S.J., functioned apart from mainstream CLC before affiliating with the national organization in Đông Hành helped 27 Vietnamese-American Jesuits discern their vocation since the late 80s. What we Catholics found in Ignatian spirituality was a new hope, a new light in our struggle to make it in America, said Fr. Chi Ngo, S.J., provincial assistant for formation for the California Province, who joined Đông Hành in Presently, Đông Hành membership spans generations. Sacred Heart Parish in Altadena, Calif., hosts a CLC group for older, Vietnamese-only speakers, a bilingual gathering for mid-life members, one for young adult members who prefer English, and one for teens. Recruitment is spread through word-of-mouth and through the community s active retreat schedule. Quyen Ngo, 30, joined a Sacred Heart CLC in 2007 after attending a Caritas retreat. As a child she played with her friends while her parents met with their CLC group. Now, as part of the regional leadership of Đông Hành, she explores her spiritual calling. I think young (Vietnamese) adults are attracted to CLC because it s a community where we can accept one another as we are and support each other as we swim against the current, if you will, of popular culture. Đông Hành members have acted as small group leaders and key organizers of various retreats, particularly the Caritas Retreat for young adults. As interest in CLC and Caritas has spread through word-of-mouth and Internet networks such as Facebook, both are growing as multicultural as Southern California, said Fr. Tri Dinh, S.J. He adds, Caritas retreats have been Vietnamese-American since 2005, but last year it has expanded, with only one-third of attendants being Vietnamese-American. The rest were a mix of Asian, Caucasian, and Hispanic. find the same intimate sense of community anywhere else. At (Santa Clara) there s a huge vacuum of loneliness, especially among young men, said Fr. Manh Tran, S.J., director of the recently revived CLC program at Santa Clara University. With more women than men on campus, he explained, some male students report feeling isolated. I would say small communities are very helpful to them. CLC was the community we were looking for, said Maira Gutierrez, a junior at Santa Clara and the university s CLC service coordinator. As a freshman, Gutierrez said she had a hard time acclimating to college and was close to dropping out. CLC is one of the biggest reasons I can call Santa Clara my home now, she said. She added that, after graduation, she hopes to take the perspective I have learned in CLC and share it along the way. Like Gutierrez, many adults and young adults are passionate about building CLC groups beyond their college years. In California, there are currently six regionally or parish-based MISSION FALL

16 English-speaking groups for adults (age 40+) and five for young adults. There are also three Korean-speaking groups and 12 Vietnamese-American CLCs (called Đông Hành) based mostly in Southern California. Young adult CLCs and Ignatian retreats are Honestly, it s very difficult to articulate the specific impact CLC had on my life because it was from the very beginning and still is the background of my life. -David Romero, S.J. Jesuit Novice All Smiles: (top) CLC student leaders at LMU came together under the leadership of Sr. Thuy Tran, C.S.J., and (Mrs.) Lindy Wynne. Helping Hands: (bottom) Fr. Manh Tran, S.J., (lower left) and students celebrate the end of a successful retreat. just beginning to attract more Spanish speakers, said Fr. Dinh. That s a huge area of future growth for us. CLC also continues to grow amongst groups rooted in parish life. Fr. Dinh and his assistant, Jennifer Horan, are currently supporting four small groups in Southern California that have grown out of Ignatian Spirituality offerings for local parishes. When deciding about whether to say yes to a request from a new parish, we look for some indication that there will be some ongoing structure, some support from the parish, Horan said. One such parish, St. Lorenzo Ruiz in Walnut, Calif., serves a largely Filipino population. Willie Santa Maria organizes retreats for his parish and he envisioned a multi-year program to help expose lay leaders to Ignatian spirituality and help them meet the needs of the parish in fresh and meaningful ways. The first two-day Ignatian retreat was offered in Advent of last year and drew 150 parish leaders. The goal is to make the (parish) ministries more vibrant and the faith more relevant, Santa Maria said. While we do not know what the future will hold at St. Lorenzo, CLC is continuing to look for opportunities to use the tools it has been given over the past 450 years to help transform the Church of the future. 14 MISSION fall 2012

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18 Partnering with By Samantha Bronson Women in Ministry Jesuits are no longer able to spread their Ignatian mission to the masses alone. More and more, lay partners especially women are filling vital leadership roles in California Province institutions and ministries. TThey are at the forefront of Jesuit ministries across the California Province of the Society of Jesus, directly serving others, holding key leadership roles, and promoting Ignatian spirituality. Their dedication to the Jesuit mission is undeniable. These dynamic, Ignatian leaders are not Jesuits, but rather lay women who bring with them unique viewpoints, exper- iences, and approaches to perpetuating Jesuit values. Such partnerships reflect the reality that everyone ordained or lay, man or woman has contributions to make to the Church. Gone are the days when Jesuits alone ran Jesuit ministries. Today s reality is that there is harmony in having people live out Christian life by working together to serve others, even if that means taking on leadership roles in ministries that have traditionally been held by Jesuits. The bulk of the work in all of these different ministries is being done by those who are not ordained, those who are not (a) Jesuit, said California Provincial Fr. Michael Weiler, S.J. They re not so much partnering with us, we are partnering with them to help as we can. Certainly, the dwindling number of Jesuit priests plays a role in the desire of strengthening partnerships with lay persons, but that is just one aspect of the change that s taking place. Even if there were an abundance of Jesuits, Fr. Weiler said, it would still be preferable to have lay Catholics in leadership roles, providing a diversity and richness that reflects that the Church is broader than ordained ministers. We ve learned, all of us, over the last few decades, that the Church is not simply the ordained, the hierarchy, Fr. Weiler said. It s everyone in the Church. It s all baptized people. Without lay people in these positions, all of these works would cease. Such an approach, in fact, is rooted in the very beginnings of the You don t have to have a Roman collar and be a man to be a significant leader in the Church right now. -Mark Potter Provincial Assistant for Social Ministries Society of Jesus. Most of what today would be called social ministries were primarily local Jesuits getting together with a group of local lay persons, including women, to address a need, said Fr. Weiler. St. Ignatius himself had a particular concern for women and depended on many women as he founded the Order in Of the 7,000 letters St. Ignatius wrote, some 100 were addressed to women. Today, that Ignatian commitment to women is evident in many ways throughout the Cali- fornia Province. Santa Clara University recently hosted a weeklong Women Leaders of the World program and the Jesuit School of Theology was awarded a grant that will enable Catholic nuns in Asia to pursue advanced theological degrees there. And while women have long played a role in perpetuating Ignatian spirituality, the difference in recent years is that they have increasingly taken on leadership positions in the Province s universities, high and elementary schools, parishes, and social ministries. The California Province is a place that celebrates and holds up leaders in our midst no matter who they are, said Mark Potter, provincial assistant for social ministries. You don t have to have a Roman collar and be a man to be a significant leader in the Church right now. If there s going to be any expansion or growth of ministerial commitments of the Society of Jesus, it s going to come from strategic partnerships with lay people, Potter said. We re going to have to make this journey together. Fortunately, the California Province has strong relationships with key lay people, specifically women, who are helping carry on the Jesuit tradition. Here are the stories of just four of the many women who are living their vocations as partners with the Province. 16 MISSION FALL 2012

19 RRita Dollard O Malley has noticed a Jesuit com- mitment to women, crediting the order with being very attentive to the roles women can and should have and inviting them to take on leadership positions. For her part, O Malley plays a critical role in keeping the Ignatian vision strong at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. O Malley, SI s director of adult spirituality, joined the school in 1999 with the task of grounding the school community in Ignatian spirituality. It had always been part of the common narrative of the school, but not been intentionally talked about or discussed; it was simply part of the culture. O Malley has taken an Ignatian approach to making it intentional she doesn t believe such grounding should be required. Instead, the school meets faculty where they are in their own spiritual journeys, inviting them to participate in retreats and reflection reflection opportunities in the Ignatian tradition. It is a privilege to be able to share the Ignatian vision with people, O Malley said. It is an overwhelmingly grace-filled privilege. The adult spirituality program has flourished at S.I. About two-thirds of the school s faculty has experienced the Spiritual Exercises in some form, O Malley said. Over the years, she has often heard from teachers who say they are different teachers in the classroom after having completed the Exercises. O Malley also recently started an 8-week course for SI parents. The Ignatian emphasis, she said, is especially important as people come to the school without having had the same church experience people did just 20 years ago. That means it s imperative to be creative and find ways of engaging them with the spirituality. It s a way to meet Christ and engage with God and live that out, O Malley said. There s something very tangible, accessible to people about the Ignatian way. The notions, the ideas, the spirituality, everything that comes out of the Exercises is very accessible to people, no matter what generation, what time period. It still has great energy, it ignites in people. O Malley s career path is proof of that. Almost Rita O Malley St. Ignatius College Prep, San Francisco, CA her entire 30-year career has been at Jesuit institutions. Before joining SI, she served as the assistant dean of students at the Jesuit School of Theology and had also worked as a campus minister at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. O Malley possesses such a strong sense of Ignatian spirituality that she leads retreats on the topic at Jesuit schools across the country. As a young person, it was the Jesuits, these smart, creative people who recognized my own gifts and others gifts, who were my reasons I wanted to be involved, said O Malley, who studied theology at John Carroll University. Now, it s more of the spirituality. I want to pass it on in the same way it was given to me. That gives me life and energy. Let s Talk: O Malley (center) with students from St. Ignatius Preparatory in San Francisco. MISSION FALL PHOTO BY paul totah

20 Engracia Robles, M.E. Kino Border Initiative, Nogales, AZ Along the U.S.-Mexico border, Jesuits from the and, many times, connections to other re- California Province work collaboratively with the sources, but also to offer spiritual assistance. Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist at the Kino The migrants, said Sr. Engracia, arrive with Border Initiative in Nogales, Ariz. and Nogales, downtrodden spirits and no sense of security. Sonora, Mexico to provide for migrants It is most satisfying to be able to provide deported from the United States. for the needs of the immigrants in these As one of three religious sisters working with moments, these very crucial moments, said KBI, Sr. Maria Engracia Robles, M.E., rotates Sr. Engracia through an English-Spanish transamong three areas: El Comedor, a diocesansponsored care center where deported migrants importance to be able to respond to the lator. Yet the most challenging aspect is the can receive a meal and counsel, a short-term causes of the suffering, the violence against shelter for vulnerable women, some with the migrants, the discrimination they suffer, children, who have been deported, and the the poverty, so many things that are motivating factors for people to migrate. Not being general administration of the two ministries. The duties for each assignment vary, yet the able to change any of those things (is difficult). overarching goal remains the same to not only Working with the migrants is deeply satisprovide migrants with food, clothing, shelter fying for Sr. Engracia. She finds it motivating to hear their stories, to counsel them, and to help educate and replenish them spiritually as they decide on their next steps. It is also work that fits well with the Jesuits mission of putting faith into practice. A key charism of the Society of Jesus is to serve in the places where the Church has the most critical needs and certainly the area of migration worldwide is of very high priority to the Church and the Society of Jesus, said Fr. Sean Carroll, S.J., executive director of KBI. Sr. Engracia plays a very critical role in helping us to be present in serving the migrants. She is a great blessing for us. She is a woman who is very much in solidarity in every sense of the word with the people that we serve. In her 51 years as a nun, Sr. Engracia has always counted Jesuits among her friends, even partnering with them to teach women how to interpret the Bible in a way that is rooted in reality of their life experiences. The Jesuits have been good to work with, she said, citing their progressive outlook and commitment to living the idea of God incarnate. The KBI partnership, she said, is a good fit for the two religious orders. Both congregations, said Sr. Engracia, practice and value a faith that is grounded in action, humility, and social justice. Feeding Souls: Sr. Maria Engracia Robles (center) at work at KBI in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. 18 MISSION FALL 2012

21 Julia Dowd University of San Francisco Familiar Face: Julia Dowd (right) has held a number of leadership positions at the University of San Francisco. For the past two years, Julia Dowd has overseen university ministry at the University of San Francisco, helping the university community understand USF s Jesuit foundation. It s all about helping the university community to understand why Jesuits care about social change, said Dowd. Why do we care about the poor and the marginalized? How is it all related to being a Jesuit university? While she does some direct ministerial work, Dowd spends the bulk of her time supporting the university ministry staff, ensuring they have the resources for the myriad programs they run campus liturgies, prayer services, immersion programs, retreats, and a growing program for faculty and staff, to name a few. Dowd s work is rooted in the belief that students at a Jesuit university are entitled to a solid grounding in Ignatian spirituality. Not only does it help them lead lives of passion, purpose, and integrity, she said, but it also provides them with a framework for making choices throughout their lives. Dowd s connection to the Jesuits extends back to her own university days at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. Dowd attended the Jesuit college because of a strong family connection, though she personally hadn t any experiences with Jesuits. Still, she had been an active member of her parish community growing up, enjoying church and serving as altar girl and lector. As Dowd explained, I was ripe to learn more about my faith. The Jesuits have always encouraged me, given me opportunities and mentored me to have a place at the table. -Julia Dowd Director of University Ministry, USF She received that opportunity at Holy Cross, serving as a lector at student Mass, participating in campus ministry, and learning from her professors, both Jesuit and lay. When I learned about Ignatian spirituality and what the Jesuits are about and gained a more sophisticated understanding of theology, I feel like I got an adult version of my faith that really made sense to me, Dowd said. It gave me a deeper and broader perspective on life. After graduating, Dowd joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and served for a year in San Francisco, working at the Hamilton Family Center. From there, Dowd continued with Jesuit institutions and joined the staff of St. Ignatius Church. Before her current position, she served in different roles at USF, including at the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good and the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought. Dowd has remained committed to the Jesuits not only because the Ignatian narrative has become part of who she is, but also because she finds the Jesuits genuinely supportive of women. I do have a strong sense of gratitude to the Jesuits for the many tangible efforts to bring women into the institutions and really welcome women to help co-lead their institutions and provide formation opportunities, Dowd said. In my experience, the Jesuits have always encouraged me, given me opportunities and mentored me to have a place at the table, to have a voice and really live out my vocation in the Church. They have given me a sense that I do have a vocation in the Church. The Holy Spirit really disrupted my life, said Yolanda Scott Brown in describing how she became parish life director at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Hollywood. The Holy Spirit and the Jesuits. MISSION FALL

22 TTen years ago, Brown was working in Los Angeles s financial district as a bank executive. She and her husband had seven grown children and saw wonderful travel plans on the horizon. And yet, something was amiss. There was a little tugging in my heart, Brown said. I used to be able to see from my office, across the Financial District, over to Dome City or Tent City, where the homeless used to live. It just seemed like such a disparity. Raised Catholic, Brown had explored other faith traditions as a young adult but always found herself longing to continue with Catholicism. She enrolled in the Catholic Bible Institute at Loyola Marymount University and for three years took courses while still working in banking. After she finished, she pursued a master s degree in Yolanda Scott Brown Hollywood, CA theology at LMU part-time and found herself drawn to Ignatian spirituality. When she was asked to serve as a pastoral associate at the Jesuit-led Dolores Mission Parish in Los Angeles, Brown left behind two decades of banking and easily said yes to furthering the Ignatian way, first at Dolores Mission and now at Blessed Sacrament. On a daily basis, it enables you to actually see grace enduring, regardless of the life situation, Brown said. That s what I think is distinctive of working with the Jesuits. It enables you to see grace right before your eyes. It sustains you and mobilizes you. It really enables you to see God s permanence. Under this new model of parish leadership, Brown oversees pastoral responsibilities of parish administration and coordination of parish ministries, which includes not only the church, but also the Blessed Sacrament School and the social services center. In her role, Brown regularly meets with other parish leaders, community members, and even business groups to ensure Blessed Sacrament continues to serve as a hub for the community. Her work, she explained, also focuses on the care of souls. Brown regularly meets with the Jesuits at the parish to coordinate the liturgy, sacraments, and spirituality. She also works directly with parishioners, serving as a chief evangelizer by being present, and encouraging and celebrating with them. Throughout everything is Brown s commitment to helping people sense God s presence through reflection, contemplation, and meditation. Because of the Jesuits spirituality and collaborative spirit, they really make you feel like we re all in this together, Brown said. We have such a broken world and it s going to be broken even after I m gone. But partnering with the Jesuits enables us to enlighten, to encourage, to recognize that whether I m here or not, God is permanently present. The Jesuits have a real charism in making that happen. Warm Welcome: At her 2011 installation, Parish Life Director Yolanda Scott Brown (center) was welcomed by outgoing California Provincial Fr. John McGarry, S.J. (right), along with former Pastor Fr. Mike Mandala, S.J. 20 MISSION fall 2012

23 Ordination Joy: (Left to Right) Frs. Duffy, Wagner, and Pham with Celebrant Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, New Mexico after the Ordination Mass. Meet Our Newest Priests rung Hoang Pham, 37, and Christopher Michael Duffy, 49, became the newest Jesuit priests of the California Province when they were ordained on June 9 at the Sacred Heart Chapel at Loyola Marymount University. They were joined in ordination by Richard Paul Magner, 50, of the Oregon Province. Born in Vietnam, Fr. Pham immigrated with his parents to the U.S. in 1990 and settled in Orange County. After graduating from UCLA with a bachelor s in chemical engineering, Trung entered the Society of Jesus in 1998 and went on to study philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. Inspired by the Spiritual Exercises and the Jesuit tradition for the arts, he earned a Master of Fine Arts at the Pratt Institute in New York and taught drawing and painting at Santa Clara University for his regency. He has been missioned to teach art at Seattle University. Fr. Duffy grew up near Rochester, N.Y., where he enjoyed learning, reading, music, and sports. He earned a bachelor s in electrical and computer engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. and promptly entered the high-tech industry after graduation, holding a variety of positions within the semicon- ductor and software industries, before earning an MBA from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. His Jesuit novitiate brought opportunities in teaching and hospital chaplaincy, while regency provided an opportunity to teach at Loyola High School in Los Angeles as both a physics instructor and assistant coach for the freshman basketball team. He has been missioned to work at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Santa Barbara. A native of Houston, Fr. Magner attended Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School in Houston, where he began discerning his call to the Jesuits in his freshman year. After earning a bachelor s degree in zoology and a master s in business administration from Texas A & M University, Rich served as an accountant and financial analyst in Houston for a decade. During the regency period of his formation, Rich taught theology at Seattle Preparatory School and later served as a chaplain at a children s hospital and participated in a three-week immersion trip to Nepal in an effort to build bridges of understanding and dialogue between Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus. He has been missioned to serve as associate pastor at St. Paul s Mission in Hays, Mont. MISSION FALL

24 Compañeros Once a Jesuit, Always a Companion By José L. Martinez ake a few hundred former Jesuits who have retained their passion for Ignatian spirituality, add a cadre of their spouses, throw in some current Jesuits who share that same love of St. Ignatius, and what do you have? The West Coast Compañeros, Inc., or, as they are more commonly referred to, the Companions, or the Compañeros. West Coast Compañeros, Inc. (WCCI) the Companions for short is a nonprofit charitable network with nearly 800 members. Founded in the early 80s by former Jesuit Bob Holstein, the group has grown from humble beginnings as an informal, California-based group to one focused on the 10 western states covered by the California and Oregon provinces. Today, there are Companions throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as Morocco, East Africa, China, and Japan. The group s mission is to seek opportunities to establish programs in conjunction with the Society of Jesus and other groups affiliated with its vision and commitment to alleviate poverty, to educate, to promote human and civil rights, and to achieve social justice, according to its mission statement. The Compañeros have become or grown into an extended family of people whose common denominator was spending some time in the Society of Jesus, or being married to (a former Jesuit), said former Jesuit and current WCCI President Robert Rahl. We re a group of people who enjoy being with each other and sharing our life journeys with each other so that we get to know each other over time, said Rahl, who entered the Society of Jesus in 1963 and left 10 years later because of poor health. The former college professor, dean, and retired computer technology executive has been married for more than 30 years and involved with the Companions since But, don t think that this is just a social club. The Companions have a grant program, which looks to fund endeavors that are The Compañeros have become...an extended family of people whose common denominator was spending some time in the Society of Jesus. Robert Rahl in keeping with the group s mission and rooted in the Ignatian spirit. And, there are numerous service ministries that the group supports. Rahl says the partnerships the Companions take on are reflections of their own passions. The way it typically happens is that an individual Compañero either is already active 22 MISSION FALL 2012

25 with some organization or finds out about it, and lets the rest of us know about it, he explained. The idea was that over time, there d be a whole set of projects the Companions adopted as our own, that we either simply do ourselves or are worthwhile activities we can lend our support to. I became convinced that what Jesus said was right. We have to help our family, our loved ones and the very poor people. Morgan Zo Callahan That set of projects includes Books for Kenya, which sends educational materials to a school in one of the poorest areas of Africa; Acteal Survivors, which supports survivors of the massacre in Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico in 1998; and Vivir Joven, a movement to help youth from and on the streets of Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. Former Jesuit Morgan Zo Callahan is involved with Books for Kenya and Vivir Joven, among other programs. He met César Chávez soon after entering the Society of Jesus in 1962, further sparking a love he already had for activism. I became convinced that what Jesus said was right. We have to help our family, our loved ones and the very poor people, said Callahan, who teaches English for immigrants and SAT English for high-schoolers. That consciousness fueled his desire to serve, whether it s in the classroom (he s been a schoolteacher since 1974) or his travels to Central America or Mexico, where he d connect with others doing ministry. It s like being friends but also like using that friendship, that collaboration to think of others and build those grassroots, he said. For Callahan, the Companions are more than just friends. They re like a family. But friendship is the commonality. Not everyone in the Compañeros has actually been a Jesuit. Some men who used to be in the order bring along their families and friends to Companions gatherings. David Van Etten is the son of the Companions treasurer, with whom he shares a name. A lot of these guys, they left the Society but had spent such substantial portions of their lives in community with each other that I think reconnecting with the old gang is an awesome thing, said the younger Van Etten, who s a lawyer by trade but is currently in the process of getting his credential to become a high school teacher. In 1997, his father asked him if he d join him on a trip to Ft. Benning, Georgia for the annual protest against the School of the Americas, giving Van Etten his first exposure to the Companions. It s a really wonderful hybrid, said Van Etten of the group. It s not the Society, but it s a kind of post-society ritual. They expose so much about themselves and put their hearts on the table. Since meeting the Companions, the younger Van Etten became gradually more involved with the Companions until he was a regular attendee at the annual Santa Cruz reunion and a major cog in the administrative component of the organization. It s Welcome Visitors: The Companions are welcomed at events at the Provincial grounds in Los Gatos. Not Just a Men s Club: The Compañeras are part of the larger Compañeros group. Beneficiaries: MATRACA, in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, is an organization that receives Companions support to provide education and care of working street children and teens. MISSION FALL

26 like getting access to this look on Catholicism and its recent history, as well as what the Jesuits hold near and dear, said Van Etten. I just find it intellectually fascinating and I can t get enough of it. It s safe to assume that the former Jesuits in the group benefit from the presence of current Jesuits who are members and vice versa. Fr. John Baumann, S.J., is a co-founder and former executive director of PICO (People Improving Communities through Organizing), a national network of faith-based community organizations that works to create innovative solutions for problems facing urban, suburban, and rural communities. All these people are trying to live Ignatian Spirituality, and what comes across is a deep love of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Fr. John Mossi, S.J. Fr. Baumann was ordained in 1969 and now serves as PICO s director of special projects. He s been involved with the Companions since Holstein is what initially drew him there, but Fr. Baumann s been an active member since he started attending the yearly gatherings. It s an opportunity for people to tell their journey they ve been (making) over the past year, he said. There s a real bonding everyone shares, and it s because of their memories of their days as a Jesuit. Fr. John Mossi, S.J., serves in the Advancement Office for the California Province and has been involved with the Companions for the past few years. The common ground is Ignatian spirituality, Fr. Mossi said. What strikes me is these men and their spouses or widows all these people are trying to live Ignatian spirituality, and what comes across is a deep appreciation for their time as Jesuits, their love of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the Spiritual Exercises. To me, they re still living their Jesuit vocation, but in their unique way. And, as California Provincial Fr. Michael Weiler, S.J. says, this is exactly how vocations are supposed to work. From our very beginning, there was the understanding that a vocation had to be tried out, he said. From the very beginning, Ignatius said this is a pathway to God of many pathways to God. And only a few people are really called to this kind of religious life in this community. Holstein saw the Companions as a group that would work hand in hand with the Jesuits, independent and free to move on its own, but united with the Society by a common Ignatian spirit. Recent California provincials have recognized the partnership opportunity the Companions offer, have encouraged closer connections with the organization, and have attended the group s annual meeting. Additionally, the Companions were invited to send representatives to the California Province Convocation in 2003, the Province congregation in late 2006, the Centennial Convocation in 2009, and the annual social ministries meetings of the Oregon and California provinces. In turn, WCCI has focused its grant support on some of the newer and smaller works begun by Oregon and California Jesuits, including those now in international mission ministries. I think what the Compañeros allows the guys to do is to have (a) community of support with a group of people that really understands what this Ignatian spirituality is about, because they lived it intensely, Fr. Weiler said. All of us need a group that supports us and is living the life with us, and I think that s what this gives them. They re just such a great group, says Fr. Baumann. To be associated with them just gives me a lot of satisfaction. To learn more about the Companeros visit: All of us need a group that supports us and is living the life with us, and I think that s what this gives them. Fr. Michael F. Weiler, S.J. Provincial, California Province Common Bond: (Left to Right) Companions Treasurer David Van Etten with California Provincial Michael F. Weiler, S.J., and Companions President Robert Rahl. 24 MISSION FALL 2012

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28 HAYS A Pilgrimage Story By Marcos Gonzales, S.J. Culver City Every spring, first-year novices of the California Province are sent out on a pilgrimage, fulfilling a tradition that comes from the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus. St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, wrote that the pilgrimage would serve the novice, through abandoning all the reliance which he could have in money or other created things place his reliance entirely in his Creator and Lord. ¹ We discerned as a novice class with Novice Director Fr. Tom Lamanna, S.J., the place where we each felt God was inviting us to grow in this complete surrender. I discerned that a pilgrimage to a Native American reservation would be the place where I might experience this complete abandonment on the reliance of my gifts, talents, and possessions, and place all my trust in God. For my pilgrimage, I went to Hays, Mont., for three weeks to stay on the Ft. Belknap Native American Reservation. ¹ Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, General Examen (No. 67) Home Away from Home: St. Paul s Mission in the morning sunlight. 26 MISSION Fall 2012

29 All the novices gathered early on April 16th to depart on our pilgrimages. I and another novice, Carlos, were left at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, where we would go to Mass and then begin our journey. As I sat in that Mass I thought to myself of what I was about to embark on. There was a sense of joy and excitement in the prospect of what I would encounter along my journey. But there was also fear and a lot of uncertainty. Questions loomed in my head about what I would be doing, and how I would be doing it. But I knew that to dwell on those questions wouldn t leave much room for trust in God, so I tried keeping my focus on the joy and excitement. After Mass, my novice brother and I walked through Downtown LA to get to the Greyhound station, about two miles away. As we began walking, me with my bag on my back, I was thinking to myself, I have packed too much, I always over pack. We arrived at the Greyhound station and patiently waited for our buses. Mine was the last to take off. As we got about an hour outside of Los Angeles, and were climbing into what s known as the Grapevine on Highway 5, the back of the bus became filled with smoke, and the bus driver had to pull over. We sat and waited in a Carl s Jr. parking lot for almost four hours until they were able to send another bus to pick us up. It was at this point that I knew I was There was a sense of joy and excitement in the prospect of what I would encounter along my journey. But there was also fear and a lot of uncertainty. not going to be in control of this journey. As would be expected, many were frustrated and challenged by the delay. For me, the onset of anxiety came when I worried about making my connection to the Amtrak train that would take me to Hays. Again, the invitation to trust in God rang loudly in my head as I sat there with the other stranded passengers, unsure of when our bus would arrive. As I waited, I was thinking over what this experiment meant for me. I knew very little about Native American culture, more specifically the two tribes I would be working with, the Nakoda and White Clay. Knowing of the importance of time and presence in forming relationships, I was worried that I was only going to be there a short amount of time. How would I be able to show the people that I cared for them, if I would only be there a short amount of time? Not long enough to start any project or really accomplish anything. Of course, my focus at the time was measuring what I can give by what I can accomplish. My time on the reservation would teach me the opposite. I learned that I bring what I am, not what I do. I come not to do, but to be. Not to accomplish, but to build kinship. Twenty-nine hours after departing from Los Angeles, I finally arrived at the Havre, Mont., train station. Fr. Bob Erickson, S.J., one of the two Jesuits who work on the reservation, picked me up from the train station, and we made the two-hour drive to the mission where they stay. When we arrived, I was welcomed by Fr. Joseph Retzel, S.J. Joseph has been living and working on the reservation for almost 30 years. When I thought about what I had been told about the Above Left: Going-away gifts made by friends on the reservation. Right: Group photo of the Jesuit Volunteers with Fr. Bob (left), Fr. Joseph and me. MISSION fall

30 Big Sky: Sunset behind the Mission and the Bear Paw mountains. Gratitude cuts through darkness. It is also a key to work with the poor, because they give so much. Even when they have very little for themselves, they always have room to give. There is much to be thankful for in that. importance of presence to these tribes, I saw that Joseph was an excellent example of that. He is a man who has committed himself to the people of the Ft. Belknap reservation, who lives the reality of his life inter-twined with the community he serves. Bob also emulates this commitment to the people. To see the way these two men live out their vocations so joy-filled was incredibly affirming. That first evening we had Mass and dinner and then gathered for evening prayer. Every evening ended similarly. We would always gather at the end of the day and do a communal Awareness Examen, where we would each have an opportunity to offer thanks for all that had occurred that day. Doing this at the end of each day always recentered me on Christ and all that I was being given and provided with. I would write about this in one of my journal entries: Gratitude cuts through darkness. It is also a key to work with the poor, because they give so much. Even when they have very little for themselves, they always have room to give. There is much to be thankful for in that. Since St. Paul Mission is a parish, my dayto-day life became that of working in a parish as Bob and Joseph do. This would entail welcoming the many people who stopped by in need of assistance, whether it was financial, spiritual or emotional. Bob and Joseph were always available, and so I was invited to be a part of this, as well. I also assisted in updating some parish records, and worked on putting together a history of St. Paul s Mission as it approaches its hundred-year anniversary. We would normally have breakfast in the morning together, along with Davey, the bus driver at the Mission Elementary School across the way from the church. On Thursdays, the elementary school had a big breakfast for the kids, so Joseph and I would go over and join the kids for breakfast. Joseph seemed to get so much life from being with the students. When the students would scurry off he would say, There goes God, I didn t know she could be so small and there she goes again changing size, I have seen God today! His holiness radiated to all those around him, and it was evident that he was seeing God in all things. On one of my first nights on the reservation, Bob and I were invited to participate in a sweat, a traditional purification ceremony common among many different Native American tribes. The sweat lodge is a sacred space to pray, meditate, and heal. I had been told that this was an experience not to miss. After getting lost a bit we finally found the sweat lodge, which Left: Me and Ione Kirkaldie, a participant in the Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute. Center: The newly refurbished interior of St. Paul s Mission Church. Right: Departing at the train station with Bob (right) and Joseph. 28 MISSION Fall 2012

31 was hidden, behind a hill off of a side road in the middle of nowhere, it seemed. The sweat was being organized by Peter Big Stone who sat topless at the head of the sweat lodge, as is the custom for the leader. Peter explained the ritual through a Christian lens. Each time coming out of the sweat lodge is like rebirth, a coming out of the womb. This sweat in particular seemed to be organized because of a need for reconciliation for one of Peter s family members who was there in the sweat with us. The symbolism of water, fire, and changing of clothes to white resembled the many symbols that we use in our sacraments of initiation. The chanted prayers that we sang during the sweat reminded me of the prayers of Taizé. So much intertwined together in my head, and all that I had been praying about and reflecting on helped me to feel more and more connected to this community that had so generously welcomed me to participate in this sacred ceremony. Quickly, kinship was being formed. During my time in Hays, I had the opportunity to participate in a gathering coordinated by the Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute. They take their name from Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, who was canonized in October, The purpose of the group is to gather in prayer and to train Native American Catholics in Church leadership. KNMI s mission is to empower Native American Catholics to serve their people and affirm their cultural and spiritual identity. It was a very powerful weekend to witness an amazing model of lay leadership in the Church. I also got to spend a lot of time with people from the reservation and learn more about the culture and the rich spirituality that We are required to place our roots deep into Jesus, trusting that wherever we go, however many times we are moved from place to place that the roots that we place in Jesus will allow us keep hold of those kinship ties that we form. they live daily. One woman talking about the intertwining of Catholicism with Native Spirituality said, whether you do it in a sweat, Sundance or Mass, you experience something that nurtures that relationship with God. It was an inspiring weekend to spend with those gathered, because I saw the deep desire and passion that the people had for their tribes and communities. Many of my evenings were spent sharing stories with the Jesuit volunteers, the JVs, a group that has been working in Hays since Through the JVs, I learned more about the difficult realities of the reservation the struggles of parents who suffer from drug addiction and alcoholism. They shared with me the issues of teen pregnancy and the high drop out rate in the high schools. It was a very stark picture that they painted, one that remains in my head as I am left wondering why things are this way. This reality reminds me of why it is that I joined the Jesuits and the importance of the commitment to serving with the Native American communities. I was surprised at how quickly the time went in Hays, and my fear that it wouldn t be enough time seemed to be true. Just when I began feeling like I was connecting with people it was time to go. I feel that this, too, is an aspect of the poverty that we live as Jesuits. As Jesuits, we are seldom in one place long enough to form deep roots. Instead, we are required to place our roots deep into Jesus, trusting that wherever we go, however many times we are moved from place to place that the roots that we place in Jesus will allow us keep hold of those kinship ties that we form. Through my time in Hays I was able to learn the great value that being present with someone has. I didn t accomplish any large task while I was in Hays, but I was able to develop relationships with people, relationships that will serve as great inspirations for my life as a Jesuit. This experience affirmed greatly my desire to be a Jesuit, especially through working with Bob and Joseph, who after so many years in the Society, continue to experience great joy and peace in their lives and vocations. I live in the gratitude of encountering people so rich in faith, love, and generosity, and know that on the Ft. Belknap Reservation, I have seen God. MISSION fall

32 ON POINT Exploring the Mystery of Vocations By Paul Lickteig, S.J. Iwas just ordained a Jesuit priest. Exactly how this vocation emerged is difficult to describe. Even in a Church that spends most of its time focusing on mystery, people have difficulty making sense of the choice to become a member of the Catholic clergy. I think of the various, surprised What s? of my friends when I told them of my decision to join the Society of Jesus. Having been part of various artistic communities for years made my desire to be a Jesuit appear strange at best, polemical at worst. Yet, there it was: I had an undeniable pull to enter a religious order in the Roman Catholic Church. Vocation is a strange thing. It is the idea that people can be drawn toward a particular way of life. Vocation is partially about the job, but more about the way a person s choice of work allows something deeper to develop in his or her heart. For many, the call comes at the expense of other aspirations. It is a trade-off. We let go of certain impulses and choose to follow other desires, in what is an often circuitous route, that we hope will lead toward a deeper awareness of how me might better love and serve humanity. This desire to love and serve led me to explore a single mystery, God, in a deeper way. Awareness of the great I AM, the Source of Being (also the source of much debate and even war) was a sensitivity that I had desired to cultivate openly and without distraction for years. It was not that I thought I would find the answer. Rather, I hoped the In each new home, I was asked to interact with the best and worst that humanity has to offer. choice to grapple with the mystery of existence and the human attempt to give voice to those things we call eternal would shape me in ways that I had come to admire in others. When I found the Society of Jesus, I found a group of people that were responding to this same mystery in a profound way. I look to the group that I was ordained with, and I see my own struggle to accept the role of priest reflected in their stories. 30 MISSION FALL 2012

33 ON POINT Their résumés and records of life experiences are extensive. They were, in different lives, medical doctors, the director of a New England think-tank, a political speechwriter, academics, MBAs, artists, school teachers, and even an Army Ranger. Of course, lists of accomplishments show little of the struggle that each of us went through to get to the place where we could choose to follow our desire to join the Jesuits. Somehow, in the midst of a culture that is far from supportive of such impulses, we had all found our way into a group that was dedicated to prayer and service lived within vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (for the Greater Glory of God). None of the 80 or so men I originally joined with could have known what was in store for us in the next 11 years of training. Weeks after we entered the Jesuits, the Twin Towers toppled and the U.S. entered a sort of hysteria. Months later, rumors of various sexual improprieties began to appear in the news, only to develop, in the coming years, into a horrible description of full-scale sexual abuse and cover-ups that spanned the course of decades. This was only the beginning. The coming years would bring war, natural disasters, political turmoil, religious factionalism, and a terrible economic recession. With each year, my classmates and I would be given new experiences in ministry as a way of preparing for a deeper awareness of the world s difficulties, as if we were not already painfully aware. During those years of training I was asked to work with addicts in the Bronx, go to New Orleans to gut houses, live with tea-garden workers in Northeast India, and take classes in counseling. I taught religion at an all-boys prep school, spent summers in Ecuador learning Spanish and interacting with people of various mountain tribes, built affordable housing in Omaha, and prayed with people on silent retreats. I did restorative justice with the men incarcerated at San Quentin, ministered to the sick and the dying, and took stray classes in business management. I moved from community to community, never staying in one place for more than nine months. In each new home, I was asked to interact with the best and worst that humanity has to offer, and somehow find the grace of God woven through it all. Ultimately, this is the purpose of Jesuit training: to find Christ in all things. Rather than fleeing from the world and finding Christ in the quiet of our own private meditations, we seek to name the Incarnation, the eternal God being revealed in all of our lives every day. We engage the existential difficulties of humanity, not only in an academic way, but in the lives of the people that we meet, minister to, and minister with. Somehow in that place of conflict and uncertainty, we all learn to name the truth of the Spirit that gives us life and calls us all toward a greater embodiment of compassion and patience in a tumultuous world. Looking back, I am not exactly sure how any of us made it to ordination. For each of us, though, there was something in the commitment that we made 11 years ago that would not allow Ultimately, this is the purpose of Jesuit training: to find Christ in all things. us to forget our yes to God and Church. There is something in the faith that we profess that has allowed us to thrive. And while maybe none of us could name what it was that kept us here in a way that all would agree with (thus the old joke three Jesuits, five opinions ), what I say is that 11 years ago I gave a commitment to continue exploring this great mystery in a faith that stretches back thousands of years. It is a yes I will continue to follow as this life unfolds mercifully before me. Editor s Note: Fr. Paul Lickteig, S.J., is a newly ordained Jesuit priest, currently studying Christology at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley. He is a regular contributor to The Jesuit Post ( This essay is reproduced here as November is National Vocations Month. To learn about becoming a Jesuit, visit To Give Please send your gift to support Jesuit Formation to: Jesuits of California Province Advancement Office, P.O. Box 68, Los Gatos, CA or use the Online Giving Form at MISSION FALL

34 In Remembrance Father Richard P. Vaughan, S.J., 92 March 19, 2012 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos. Fr. Vaughan was born in Los Angeles in 1919, graduated from Loyola High School, and entered the Jesuits in He was ordained in 1950, received a doctorate in psychology from Fordham University, and for many years taught at USF, where he established the psychology department and counseled in private practice. He was named Vice Provincial for education in 1969, and Provincial in After his term of office, he went to Loyola Marymount University as a teacher, along with his continued private practice as a clinical psychologist. He was the author of several books in the field. Father Edward F. Justen, S.J., 89 June 28, 2012, in El Paso, Texas, after a long illness. Fr. Justen was born in Tampa, FL in 1922 and entered the Missouri Province in He was ordained in For many years he served in universities in Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, and Argentina, where he was the founder, president, and rector of the Jesuit University in Salta. In 1979 he came to the University of San Francisco as an English teacher and director of the World English Center, served in other administrative offices, and became a member of the California Province. In addition to pastoral duties in El Paso, he was active in the procurement of food, clothing, and medicine for the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico. Father Robert F. Curran, S.J., 67 June 29, 2012, in San Francisco, after a long illness. Fr. Curran was born in San Francisco in 1945, entered the Jesuits at Los Gatos in 1964, and was ordained a priest in He received his law degree from the University of California, Davis, and was admitted to the bar. In private practice, he was engaged in poverty law before joining the University of San Francisco, where he served on the law school faculty, as university counsel, and finally, as vice president for legal affairs. Father Gerald P. McCourt, S.J., 71 July 9, 2012, at Regis Infirmary, Sacred Heart Jesuit Center. Fr. McCourt was born in San Francisco in 1940, graduated from St. Ignatius High School, and entered the Jesuits in Ordained in 1972, his ministry was in high school teaching at Brophy College Prep and Bellarmine College Prep, parish work at Holy Family Parish, San Jose, and retreat ministry at the Jesuit Retreat Center, Los Altos. His last assignment was at St. Ignatius Loyola Parish, Sacramento. Father Camille J. Prat, S.J., 80 July 29, 2012, in Regis Infirmary, Sacred Heart Jesuit Center. Born in San Francisco in 1931, Fr. Prat graduated from St. Ignatius High School, attended USF, and entered the Jesuits in He was ordained in Lyon, France, in His primary ministry was in the high school classroom at Jesuit High School, Sacramento, and Brophy College Prep, where he taught French, religion, and computer science. He was a capable watercolor artist and an avid amateur radio operator. Before coming to Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, he served in the Jesuit community in Fresno, where his pastoral duties included prison chaplaincy in several institutions. Father John I. Geiszel, S.J., 95 August 14, 2012, in Regis Infirmary, Sacred Heart Jesuit Center. Fr. Geiszel was born in Los Angeles in 1916, graduated from Loyola High School and UCLA, served in the South Pacific during World War II, and entered the Jesuits in Ordained in 1957, he served as vice principal at Loyola High School and principal at Jesuit High School, Sacramento. For more than 20 years, he served as director of vocations for the California Province. 32 MISSION fall 2012

35 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Fr. George Kennard, S.J. On May 30, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was in San Francisco to speak at a civil rights rally at the Cow Palace. That afternoon, he was honored at a reception at Congregation Emanu-El, where he met with local clergy. Among the group was Fr. George V. Kennard, S.J., at the time a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of California, who was active in efforts to counteract the ballot initiative to repeal the Rumsford Fair Housing Act, passed the year before, which forbade discrimination in housing sales on the basis of race. Fr. Kennard is shown shaking hands with Dr. King. Looking on is Rabbi Alvin Fine of Congregation Emanu-El. Fr. Kennard obtained Dr. King s autograph on the only paper he had at hand: his Latin Breviary. At a later date he also obtained the autograph of another Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel. Fr. Kennard, still very much active at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, has presented his Breviary to the Province Archives. Photo by George Conklin, courtesy of the Congregation Emanu-El Archives, San Francisco.

36 California Province of the Society of Jesus Advancement Office P.O. Box 68 Los Gatos, CA Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit #11882 San francisco, CA Entrance Day PHOTO BY Brian McClister First-year Novices for the California and Oregon provinces came together for Entrance Day on August 26 at Ignatius House in Culver City to begin their formation program. Left to right: James Antonio, (kneeling front left: Fr. Radmar Jao, S.J., California Province vocation promoter), Mike Manalastas, Nick Ballor, Andrew Arteaga, Eddie Ngo, Matt Petrich, Edward Chow, (Fr. Jack Bentz, S.J., Oregon Province vocation director/promoter), Yoo Jin Nam, Chris Boitano, (Br. Jim Siwicki, S.J., California Province vocation director), and Lucas Sharma. (Not pictured: John DePalma, who arrived to begin his formation in October.) To read about each of the men, please visit: