Synopsis
Many of us have explored the Jesuit cemeteries of Grand Coteau and Spring Hill and have wondered: Who were these men? What were they like? What work did they do? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in Southern Jesuit Biographies. It s an extensive work, containing brief life stories of more than 200 Jesuit priests and brothers. And it is well-illustrated with photographs, many of them rare and seldom seen. For three centuries, Southern Jesuits have been busy helping to build the Kingdom of God on earth preaching the Gospel in word and deed, administering the sacraments, learning and teaching, building churches and schools, leading retreats, promoting peace and justice. Their work has taken them from New Orleans to Dallas, from Miami to El Paso, from Brazil to Sri Lanka. And now, effective July 31, 2014, the New Orleans Province has joined with the Missouri Province to form the new U.S. Central and Southern Province and to begin a new era of service to God s people. But lest the lives and contributions of these noble men of the South be allowed to fade into obscurity, this book captures their intriguing stories. This commemorative edition was compiled and written by the renowned scholar and prolific author Rev. Jerry Neyrey, S.J., with contributions from Tom Clancy, S.J., and others.
About the Author
REV. JEROME NEYREY, S.J., is a renowned scholar and a prolific author, having earned seven college degrees and published more than a dozen books and scores of articles.He holds degrees in the Classics from St. Louis University,Theology and Scripture from Regis College, and a PhD in Scripture from Yale. He taught at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., for 14 years before moving on to teach at Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Later, he was a retreat director at Our Lady of the Oaks in Grand Coteau, La., from 2007 through 2013. Born and reared in New Orleans, he graduated from Jesuit High in 1957, entered the Jesuit Order that summer, and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1970. REV. THOMAS H. CLANCY, S.J. (1923-2009) was a man of many ministries, including retreat director, pastor, educator,prison minister, writer, editor and director of a radio and television station. Born in Helena, Ark., he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Grand Coteau, La., in 1942. In addition to traditional Jesuit studies, he earned an M.A. from Fordham, an STL at Facultés S.J. Louvain, and a PhD from the London School of Economics. In the 1960s he was a teacher of history and political science at Loyola University in New Orleans. He was Provincial of the New Orleans Province from 1971 to 1977. He was responsible for the operation of WWL Radio and TV in New Orleans from 1977 to 1989.Between 1952 and 1999 he reviewed 77 books and wrote 157 articles, including a dozen that were published in encyclopedias. A leader in the on-going quest for improved race relations in the 1960s,he organized the annual Southern Students Human Relations Seminars at Xavier University from 1962 to 1965.
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