In Memoriam
We give thanks for the following Jesuits who have gone home to God.
Fr. Dennis P. Ahern, SJ
Oct. 14, 1938 – June 13, 2023
“Dennis loved stories, making connections, and all things Cincinnati. Listening to him, it could sound like he was either related to or knew everyone in the Queen City.”
Latin and French teacher at Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago; French and religious education teacher at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, where he also helped with the drama club; pastor of Community of Hope, a non-territorial parish in Cincinnati; campus minister at both Xavier University and Loyola University Chicago. Missioned in 2001 to St. Xavier High School to work as the chaplain to alumni which he did until 2016 when his health necessitated a move to the Colombiere Center in Clarkston, Mich.
Fr. Eduardo J. Pinzón Umana, SJ
Jan. 14, 1931 – Sept. 6, 2023
“Eduardo had a pastor’s sensitivity and was attentive to the students, retreatants, counselees and parishioners entrusted to his care in whatever ministry he labored, whether in the United States or in his Colombian homeland.”
Teacher at Colegio San Francisco Javier in Pasto, Colombia, and Colegio Berchmans in Cali, Colombia; psychology, theology, philosophy and English teacher, and director of psychological counseling, at Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé in Bogotá; professor of pastoral theology and psychology, and director of group psychology department, at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá; professor of psychology at the teachers’ college, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, in Bogotá; director of Latin American Services at Edgewater Mental Health Center; school psychologist at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Ill.; associate pastor at St. Fidelis Parish and St. Mary of the Lake Parish, both in Chicago; priest in residence at St. Bartholomew Parish in Chicago; individual and family psychotherapist in Chicago; missioned to Colombiere Center, in Clarkston, Mich., to care for his health and later missioned to Colombia, where he was a pastoral minister and counselor.
Fr. Frank A. Majka, SJ
July 5, 1945 – Sept. 7, 2023
“Frank was a faithful priest and Jesuit. Until the end, he drew strength from his relationship with Jesus.”
English teacher at Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha; campus minister and assistant director of campus ministry at Marquette University in Milwaukee; theology teacher, pastoral minister, Ignatian spirituality formation minister and principal at Marquette University High School in Milwaukee; novitiate staff member; Wisconsin provincial assistant for secondary education; missioned to St. Camillus Jesuit Community in Wauwatosa, Wis., to care for his health.
To read the full obituaries of Jesuits who have gone home to God, visit us at www.jesuitsmidwest.org/In-Memoriam
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