Jesuit Journeys
Spring/Summer 2002
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| Fr. Richard McGarrity, SJ, president of the Jesuit Partnership, enjoys a conversation with Jon Harper (‘55) and his wife Penny. |
Province News
Campion loyalists turn out in force at all-class reunion
Melbourne, Fla. - The first-ever Campion High School all-class reunion drew more than 200 people to Melbourne, Florida in March for three days of festivities, activities, and reminiscing. The group included about 120 graduates and spouses, along with four Jesuits, three of whom attended the school in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
“It was wonderful to be part of the celebration,” said Fr. Richard McGarrity, SJ, president of the Jesuit Partnership. “The spirit and enthusiasm was a remarkable sight.” (See Fr. McGarrity’s column on page 22.)
The weekend included a Friday get-acquainted buffet, followed on Saturday by a golf outing, an excursion to the Kennedy Space Center, and a Mass and dinner program. Events concluded with a Sunday Mass and farewell breakfast.
The class of 1952 sent the largest contingent in celebration of its 50-year reunion. The last class to graduate the school was the class of 1975. The three Jesuit graduates in attendance were Fr. John Bernbrock, SJ (1944) Br. Lee McNamee, SJ (1944), and Fr. Peter Carey, SJ (1948).
“This being our first all-class reunion, I didn’t know what to expect,” said Aaron Huguenard (1947), event organizer. “I was extremely happy with the attendance and the enthusiasm. It couldn’t have been better.”
A second all-class reunion will be held next year in Pensacola. Chuck Lambeck (1960) is the organizer. Go to www.campionforever.org for additional information about these events.
Province News
Sr. Marie Schwan, CSJ leaving Oshkosh after 14 years
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| Sr. Marie Schwan |
Sr. Marie Schwan, CSJ, longtime associate director of the Jesuit Retreat House in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has been called by her congregation, Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille, to direct their novitiate and pre-novitiate programs in New Orleans. She begins her new assignment August 15.
“The ministry at the retreat house has always given me so much more than I gave, and for that I will always be grateful,” Sr. Marie said. Retreatants who have come to know her over the years, however, would likely disagree with that statement, as would many Jesuits.
“Sr. Marie’s presence at the retreat house has had a tremendous impact on everyone who has gone there to get in touch with how God works in their lives,” said Fr. John Paul, SJ, socius of the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus. “The axiom that no one is indispensable will be tested to its limits as we look for a successor.”
Sr. Marie came to the retreat house in 1988. Over the years she has served with three Jesuit directors: Fr. Jack Rainaldo, SJ, Fr. Dick McCaslin, SJ, and Fr. Mike Morrison, SJ
“Ignatian Spirituality is at the heart of the charism of my own community. Being part of the ministry here has deepened my appreciation for, and experience of, what it means to be a Sister of St. Joseph,” Sr. Marie said. “I am ever more convinced of the genius and the gift of Ignatius, and how much our world is in need of his spirituality today.”
Said Fr. Morrison: “Sr. Marie has made a huge difference in the lives of so many people. She not only has helped them get closer to God, but she also helped them to understand themselves better. She will be greatly missed by me and everyone who has known the joy of working with her.”
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Top: Marquette University’s Amber Schmitz works on a house in Anez, Kentucky.
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At Creighton and Marquette Universities
Students break for service
Service trips offered a different kind of spring break journey for 241 Creighton University and Marquette University students this year who spent their vacation time digging ditches, building houses, and caring for the poor and underprivileged while many of their classmates opted for more typical paths to sandy, sun-filled destinations.
Marquette sent 115 students off from its Milwaukee campus to nine destinations on March 9 under the banner of its Marquette Action Program. Another 126 students left Creighton’s Omaha campus March 8 and 9 under the Spring Break Service Trip program. Combined, the schools sent students to 26 sites in 16 states, the District of Columbia, and Ontario, Canada.
One Creighton group saved on mileage and travel time by camping out at a Habitat for Humanity lot right in Omaha. They spent their nights in sleeping bags on cold floors to frame out and enclose a house that hundreds of volunteers will complete in short order as part of a so-called blitz build.
Creighton Photos by Jay Langhurst
Above: Krista Phair (left) and Sarah Jones (right) help members of the Homework Club at Our Next Generation in Milwaukee.
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“I think the sense of community that students draw from the experience contributes to the great interest in the program,” said Maggie Bowie, a service trip coordinator and a junior in Creighton’s College of Business Administration who led the Omaha-based Habitat for Humanity group. “It is the service aspect that draws me to it, but the community [and relationship] building that happens as a result of the trips just can’t be duplicated.”
Founded on the five pillars of service, community, simplicity, reflection and justice, the spring trips are part of time-honored traditions at both institutions that help shape the lives and values of their participants.
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Creighton University Spring Break Service Trip participants (from left) Lindsey Peterson, Jacque Ament, Harper Hall, Jon Hancock, Desiree Sanchez (foreground), Mark Abraham, Krista Phair (back), Sarah Jones prepare to leave Omaha.
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“I got to express my love for God in action by helping individuals without accepting anything in return,” said Joyana Jacoby. A Marquette sophomore majoring in theology and sociology, she spent the week helping physically disadvantaged people learn self-sufficiency at the Christian Appalachian Project in Lancaster, Kentucky. “And I got a chance to uncover who I am.”
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