2022 Novices
TYLER BOENTE
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tyler Boente, 27, graduated from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He recently finished a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Oakland, California, where he worked as a crew supervisor for a conservation corps. While in college, Boente encountered the Jesuits through the writings of Jesuit Frs. Anthony DeMello and Daniel Berrigan. In his free time, Boente enjoys reading, watching documentaries, listening to podcasts, and hiking.
THOMAS HELLENBRAND
Waunakee, Wisconsin
Thomas Hellenbrand, 26, received his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Chicago and spent a year working in Washington, D.C. He then earned his law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Indiana. Hellenbrand first encountered the Jesuits at the University of Chicago through the late Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ, and became more familiar with the Society of Jesus through several Jesuits at Notre Dame. He enjoys playing tennis, running, and reading.
JONATHAN JUE-WONG
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jonathan Jue-Wong, 28, holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Oberlin College in Ohio and a certificate in Spanish from the University of Maine. He worked in higher education administration in the provost’s office at the University of Maine and volunteered with the Red Cross and the Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project. Jue-Wong enjoys reading America magazine, photography, theatre, travel, and playing violin gigs with regional orchestras and chamber groups. He also likes yoga, running, hiking, skiing, and sailing.
CHARLES BULGER
Avon, Ohio
Charles Bulger, 23, graduated from Avon High School and then entered college seminary for the Diocese of Cleveland at Borromeo Seminary in Wickliffe, Ohio. As a seminarian, he attended John Carroll University, where he first encountered the Society of Jesus up close. During his first year of major seminary at St. Mary Seminary in Wickliffe, Bulger began discerning a call to Jesuit priesthood. He enjoys reading, listening to and playing music, and watching various series and documentaries on Netflix.
TODD HONAS
Aurora, Nebraska
Todd Honas, 25, grew up profoundly deaf and earned his bachelor’s degree in communications studies and business administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he played football. He was introduced to the Jesuits after sustaining a career-ending injury his junior year and reading the story of St. Ignatius of Loyola while in recovery. He worked as a student assistant for football at Nebraska, in campus ministry, and with adults with intellectual disabilities. Honas enjoys Deaf culture, college athletics, swing dancing, and visiting Lake Okoboji in Iowa.
JACK ROSENWINKEL
Palatine, Illinois
Jack Rosenwinkel, 23, first read about the Jesuits in grade school and started discerning more seriously in high school. His discernment led him to enroll at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he majored in English and Catholic studies. After graduation, he spent a year on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where he lived with Jesuits, taught religion and English, drove a school bus, and coached track. In his free time, Rosenwinkel loves going on adventures, hanging out with friends, and being outside.
