Fr. Thomas Krettek, SJ is installed as Wisconsin Province Society of Jesus provincial during a Mass of Installation at Milwaukee’s Church of the Gesu in June. Looking on are Fr. Jim Grummer, SJ, outgoing provincial (center) and Fr. Del Skillingstad, SJ. Society of Jesus Fr. General Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, announced in August that he appointed Fr Grummer the new regional assistant for the U.S. Assistancy and general counselor, succeeding Fr. Frank Case, SJ.

The General Council is composed of 12 men, 10 of whom are regional assistants who serve as liaisons to the various Jesuit entities in the region they are assigned. Fr. Grummer’s area includes the U.S. and various countries such as Belize, Jamaica, and Micronesia, which are either a part of or dependent upon an American province.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the Church and the Society of Jesus in this new job. I look forward to helping Father General in whatever ways I can assist him in promoting the mission of the Society of Jesus,” Fr. Grummer says.

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