Advancement Staff & Communications Office

As pastoral administrator and director of the work at St. Francis Xavier in Kansas City, Ann Sheridan is responsible for “just about everything that goes on at the parish."

Father Ian Gibbons, SJ, always assumed he would apply his academic training in business in his Jesuit vocation. Once he got to the stage of the formation process known as regency, however, everything changed. He began to feel called to serve God as a secondary educator – and still does that today as principal of St. Louis University High School.

Sue Weishar's desire to experience other cultures led her around the world as peace corps volunteer, teacher and immigration and refugee services director. Ten years ago, it led her to the Jesuit Social Research Institute (JSRI) in New Orleans, where she serves as a policy and research fellow focusing on issues of immigration and criminal justice.