OMAHA – The annual Province Days gathering of Jesuits,
their various co-workers in ministry, and Ignatian
Associates is highlighted this year by the Ordination Mass
of Daniel Hendrickson, SJ and
Christopher Collins, SJ.
The Mass will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 9 at St. John’s Church on
the Creighton University campus.
The Most Rev. William J. Dendinger,
bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, will
be the ordaining prelate. The general
public is welcomed to attend the Mass
and a special reception that follows.
The two days preceding the Mass
will include a series of daily gatherings,
events, and workshops, the focus of which will celebrate
the impact “Three Companions” (St. Ignatius Loyola, St.
Francis Xavier, and Bl. Peter Faber) have on the works
Jesuits engage in. Program topics are linked to a special
Jubilee Year 2006 celebration for Jesuits worldwide as they
honor Ignatius on the anniversary of his death in 1556 and
Xavier and Faber on the anniversaries of their births in 1506.
Sr. Marian Cowan, CSJ will present a talk on the
spirituality within the Spiritual Exercises, based on
her many years of involvement with the Exercises and
formation. Fr. Hector D’Souza, SJ (provincial of India)
will speak on the Ignatian Spirituality
of Evangelization. Fr. Lukács János,
SJ (provincial of Hungary) will speak
on the impact of the spirituality of the
Jesuit Constitutions.
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| Province Days Planning Committee members
(from left) are Marie Hilton, St. John’s liturgist,
Terry Kult, province associate director of health
care, Fr. Dick Hauser, SJ, Fr. Tom Shanahan,
SJ, Fr. Andy Alexander, SJ, Andy Jaspers, SJ,
and Sandi Cihal, Creighton University Jesuit
Community executive assistant. |
The Wisconsin Province also honors
more than 25 jubilarians of its own in
recognition of landmark anniversary
dates with special focus on nine men
celebrating 50 years in the Society of
Jesus. They are Br. William Foster,
SJ, Fr. Robert Doran, SJ, Fr. Doug
Leonhardt, SJ, Fr. David Schultenover, SJ, Fr. James
Ryan, SJ, Fr. Cletus Pfab, SJ, Fr. Donald Rauscher, SJ, Fr.
John Schwantes, SJ, and Fr. Bert Thelen, SJ, all of whom
became Jesuits in 1956.
While the events leading up to the Ordination Mass are
closed to the public due to limited seating, the general
public is especially welcomed at the Ordination Mass and reception, as well as at the ordinands’
First Masses on the Saturday and Sunday
following ordination.
Fr. Collins’ First Mass will be 11 a.m. June
10 at St. Benedict the Moor Parish with a
reception following at the church.
Fr. Hendrickson’s First Mass will be at
6:30 p.m. on June 10 at St. John’s Parish with
a reception afterwards at the Michael G.
Morrison Soccer Stadium.
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