After twelve years of traveling the world as a Catholic speaker and missionary, Jimmy Mitchell has found a home at Jesuit High School in Tampa, where he aims to awaken a burning love of Christ in the hearts of young men. 

As apostolic administrator of Kyrgyzstan, a small Catholic community spread out across a vast area made up of mostly mountains, Fr. Tony Corcoran, SJ, lives out a unique, but truly Jesuit mission.

It’s safe to say that before the last quarter of 2019, the circle of people who had given significant thought to pandemics was relatively small. Father Michael Rozier, SJ, was among that group. So, when SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) – commonly called COVID-19 – was declared a pandemic – Fr. Rozier was in demand.

An important moment in Jesuit history quietly came to an end on March 9 when Fr. Lloyd Anthony Lorio, SJ, died in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. He was 93 years old, a Jesuit for 77 years and a priest for 64 years. He was the last surviving Jesuit missionary of the New Orleans Province who joined the Trincomalee-Batticaloa Mission, which later became the Province of Sri Lanka.   

Berni Obregon, office manager and bookkeeper at Sacred Heart Parish in El Paso, Texas, has spent her life doing little acts of service for the Church.

Ashley Chapman has found her passions best applied at Loyola Academy in St. Louis, where she is able to care for the whole student, in accordance with the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis.  

In this issue of the province magazine, read about the ordination of five UCS Jesuits to the priesthood, the start of the Ignatian Year and the province's launch of the Office of Ignatian Spirituality (OIS), among other stories. 

Father Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, pastor of Holy Name of Jesus parish in New Orleans, is an author by chance, but a Jesuit by choice.

Father Norman B. O’Neal, SJ, beloved by generations of students at Jesuit High School in New Orleans, died June 20, 2021, in Grand Coteau, La. He was 95 years old, a Jesuit for 73 years and a priest for 62 years.

Father Ed Flaherty, 102, was honored for his military service on June 18 at Xavier Jesuit Center in Denver. United States Representative Ed Perlmutter presented Fr. Flaherty with six medals and a special lapel pin commemorating his World War II service.

Cancelled - Day of Reflection at Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House in Lake Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday, September 21.

The Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province invites friends and companions to a Day of Reflection at Manresa House of Retreats in Convent, La. Two dates are available.