In Memoriam
We give thanks for the following Jesuits who have gone home to God.
Fr. Terrence M. Brennan, SJ
November 10, 1946 – February 14, 2022
“Terry was himself a prayer for generosity, the gift of himself as blessing for those who needed to be blessed.”
Associate pastor and speech, English, and French teacher at St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota; associate pastor at Ss. Peter and Paul Jesuit Church in Detroit; minister at the Jesuit Novitiate of St. Alberto Hurtado in St. Paul, Minn.; speech and drama teacher at Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; French and theology teacher at Creighton Prep in Omaha; Spanish and theology teacher at Marquette University High School in Milwaukee; teacher and minister at Nativity Jesuit Academy in Milwaukee; minister at the St. Camillus
Br. Michael R. Wilmot, SJ
October 5, 1940 – February 24, 2022
“Mike has been a ‘poster-man’ for the stature of the vocation of the Jesuit brothers and the Society of Jesus within the Catholic and secular world.”
Dean of students, English and Theology teacher, assistant supervisor of buildings and grounds, and assistant football and basketball coach at Creighton Prep in Omaha; assistant basketball coach at Peru State College in Peru, Neb.; ministry with the Jesuit Refugee Service in northern Uganda; helped build Jesuit Academy and founded Gesu Housing in Omaha.
Fr. Robert L. Faricy, SJ
August 29, 1926 – March 4, 2022
“Bob lived his life with passion and a certain exuberance. He was a man of strong convictions, and he was action-oriented and always on the move.”
Math teacher at Marquette University High School in Milwaukee; theologian and professor at The Catholic University in Washington, D.C.; professor emeritus of spiritual theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; worldwide ministry of lectures and workshops in spirituality and charismatic renewal; writer and researcher in the Marquette University Jesuit Community in Milwaukee.
Fr. James K. Serrick, SJ
April 22, 1931 – May 6, 2022
“Jim loved Christ and the Society of Jesus. He was passionate about the liturgy and music.”
Latin teacher at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati; socius to the master of novices and community service at Colombiere Center in Clarkston, Mich.; liturgy teacher at the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago; associate pastor and pastor of Gesu Parish in Detroit; pastor of Detroit Urban Cluster; retreat director, superior of Jesuit community, and director of the retreat house at Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; superior of Jesuit communities at Gesu Rectory and St. Mary’s Jesuit Residence in Detroit; provincial assistant for pastoral minister for the former Detroit Province and former Chicago-Detroit Province.
Fr. George E. Von Kaenel, SJ
October 15, 1927 – May 19, 2022
“George was a welcoming presence that opened people to the Lord and to the Gospel.”
English, Latin, and speech teacher and assistant director of athletics at Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland; theology professor at Xavier University in Cincinnati; spiritual director at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Ill.; director of campus ministry and assistant to the president at Loyola University Chicago; director of adult Catholic education for the Archdiocese of Denver; producer, general manager, and executive director at Sacred Heart Radio and Television in St. Louis; codirector of campus ministry at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn.; chaplain at St Joseph Hospital in Omaha; provincial assistant for social and international ministries for the former Chicago Province; pastoral ministry at St. John the Baptist Church in Buffalo, Wy., and St. Louis Church in Glenrock, Wy.; pastoral prison ministry in Lexington, Kentucky.