Click a photo in the right-hand column to read each Golden Jubilarians’ reflection of 50 years in the Society

  

  

 

Midwest Jesuits Celebrate 2015 Golden Jubilarians

Dear friends,

Peace of Christ! 

On behalf of our two Provinces and the world-wide Society of Jesus, we would like to thank and congratulate all of our Jubilarians this year, especially our Golden Jubilarians, for the generous and faith-filled lives of service they have offered to the Church and the Society over many years. 


When these men entered the Society of Jesus, they may never have imagined the various ways that the Lord would call on their talents, gifts, and generosity in the service of the Kingdom of God. We are grateful to the Lord for calling these men into our Company, and we thank them for their generous and courageous response to His call.  

These web pages (click any photo at right) contain brief glimpses of how these men have encountered the Lord in their lives and in their ministry, sharing the Good News of God’s love with those they encountered along the way.


May their example inspire us to offer ourselves more completely to the mission of the Society that in all things we may love and serve the Church for the Greater Glory of God. 

In our Lord,

Fr. Brian Paulson, SJ 
Provincial 
Chicago-Detroit Province
  Fr. Thomas Lawler, SJ 
Provincial 
Wisconsin Province

   



ALSO CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN THE SOCIETY
Jerzy Karpinski, SJ  
Born: April 4, 1950  
Entered: July 30, 1965  
Ordained: July 31, 1976  
Resides: Chicago, IL
Robert E. Smith, SJ  
Born: August 20, 1928  
Entered: July 30, 1965  
Resides: Omaha, NE

CELEBRATING 75 YEARS IN THE SOCIETY
Joseph F. Eagan, SJ Eugene F. Hattie, SJ W. Charles Heiser, SJ

CELEBRATING 70 YEARS IN THE SOCIETY
Robert W. Leiweke, SJ  
George E. Von Kaenel, SJ

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS IN THE SOCIETY
Hubert G. Boschert, SJ Donald A. Doll, SJ William J. Ellos, SJ
Paul J. Faulstich, SJ Edward C. Gill, SJ Richard J. Hauser, SJ
Henry C. Kuhn, SJ John D. Mace, SJ D. Edward Mathie, SJ
Donald R. Matthys, SJ Michael G. Morrison, SJ Lewis C. Murtaugh, SJ
Edward L. Pigott, SJ   Thomas N. Schloemer, SJ

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN THE SOCIETY
Mark R. Bandsuch, SJ Mark G. Bosco, SJ
Gregory J. Hyde, SJ Nicholas Santos, SJ

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD
James E. Chambers, SJ Kenneth J. Herian, SJ Frank M. Oppenheim, SJ

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD
Thomas E. Bannantine, SJ Robert J. Braunreuther, SJ Anthony L. Dagelen, SJ
John P. Donnelly, SJ James L. Empereur, SJ James P. Gschwend, SJ
John P. Heim, SJ John J. Kilgallen, SJ Edward J. Mattimoe, SJ
Edward M. Nemeth, SJ James J. O’Leary, SJ Gene D. Phillips, SJ
Luis Rodríguez, SJ John A. Saliba, SJ Richard H. Twohig, SJ
  John V. White, SJ  

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD
Michael D. Class, SJ