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Minh-Hoang Le
Bryan Paulsen
Emanuel Werner
Thomas Bambrick
Trevor Beach
Matthew Donovan
Jeffrey Dorr
Garrett Gundlach
Kenneth Homan
Benjamin Anderson
Jacob Boddicker
Matthew Dunch
Kevin Embach
Richard Fichtinger
Joseph Fleischman
Jeremy Cramer
Adam DeLeon
Ryan Duns
Christopher Johnson
Maxwell Bindernagel Aaron Bohr
C. Patrick Carroll
Daniel Dixon
Andrew Hanson
Eric Immel
Robert Karle
Keith Kozak
Matthew Lieser
Paul Miner
Bryan Norton
Luke Hansen
Brad Held
Andrij Hlabse
Michael Lex
Anthony Lusvardi
Ryan Masterson
Lukas Laniauskas
Jacob Martin
Timothy McCabe
James McLenaghan James Shea
Stephen Molvarec
Damian Torres-Botello
Matthew Wooters
Gregory Ostdiek
Joshua Peters
Trevor Rainwater
John Roselle
Richard Schuckman
Jeffrey Sullivan
Hung Nguyen
Cyril Pinchak
Nathaniel Romano
Michael Rossmann
James Sand
Kyle Shinseki
Paul Shelton
Christopher Staab
Vincent Strand
Eric Sundrup
Kenneth Homan
Joseph Hoover
L. Ryen Dwyer
Patrick Hyland
Nicholas Albin
Andrea Bianchini
Daniel Kennedy
Aaron Malnick
Matthew Ippel
Joseph Koczera
Christopher Krall
Second Year
Sean Barry
Aaron Pierre
Joel Medina
William Blazek
Please support a young Jesuit in formation: Novitiate $30,000 (1 year) $60,000 (total)
Paul Lickteig
Patrick Gilger
First Studies $50,000 (1 year) $150,000 (total)
Theology $60,000 (1 year) $180,000 (total)
Regency $5,000 (1 year) $15,000 (total)
Tertianship $30,000 (1 year)
Nathan Wendt
Brothers
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Recently Ordained
John Shea
Matthew White
Jayme Stayer
The total cost of Formation for a Jesuit: $435,000
Joseph Simmons
Matthew Spotts
Brian Taber
Tho Vu
Christian Wagner
Stephen Wolfe
Midwest Jesuits in Formation Through the formation it provides young Jesuits, the Midwest Jesuits (Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces) are the animating source of the universities, high schools, parishes, retreat houses, and other works. After formation, young Jesuits are missioned to the works, nationally and internationally, just as St. Ignatius missioned St. Francis Xavier to India with the words “Go Forth and Set the World on Fire.�
Ralph Cordero
Patrick Douglas
NOVITIATE A man enters the Society of Jesus as a novice. Novices spend two years living the life of the vows in community, learning the traditions of the Society, making the 30-day Spiritual Exercises retreat, and engaging in ministries that include service to the poor. FIRST STUDIES After the novitiate, Jesuits move on to a three-year period of graduate coursework in philosophy and theology called First Studies. REGENCY Upon completing First Studies, Jesuits move to Regency, in which the Jesuit works full-time for two or three years in a Jesuit apostolate and lives in an apostolic community. THEOLOGY Following Regency, Jesuit scholastics begin an intensive three-year study of theology. RECENTLY ORDAINED After theology, those Jesuits who are called to the priesthood are ordained. BROTHERS IN FORMATION Brothers undergo a slightly different but no less rigorous formation than that of their scholastic counterparts. SPECIAL STUDIES As part of his ongoing formation, a Jesuit may pursue advanced studies in a particular academic or professional field. TERTIANSHIP A Jesuit completes his formation of prayer, guidance, and studies with tertianship, a period of preparation for final vows in the Society of Jesus.
Denis Weber
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