National Jesuit News » Father Myles Sheehan http://www.jesuit.org/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 New England Province Honors Three Jesuits for Educational Leadership http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/2011/04/new-england-provinces-honors-three-jesuits-for-educational-leadership/ http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/2011/04/new-england-provinces-honors-three-jesuits-for-educational-leadership/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:00:21 +0000 Kaitlyn McCarthy Schnieders http://www.jesuit.org/blog/?p=2801 photo1374 At the 11th annual Jesuit GALA of the New England Province of Jesuits, more than 1300 Jesuits, lay partners, family and friends gathered to honor Jesuit Fathers John Brooks, Aloysius Kelley and J. Donald Monan, whom were presented the Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Award. The three Jesuits had served as presidents to three Jesuit colleges located in the New England Province: College of the Holy Cross, Fairfield University and Boston College.

The award, which was presented at the 11th annual Jesuit Gala on April 12th, honors those who selflessly give of themselves for the great glory of God.

Fr. Brooks served as president of Holy Cross from 1970-1994, Fr. Kelley served as president of Fairfield University from 1979-2004 and Fr. Monan served as Boston College’s president from 1972-1996.

Jesuit Provincial Myles Sheehan presented the award to the Jesuits for their combined 75 years of outstanding educational leadership.

“We are grateful to Frs. Brooks, Kelley and Monan for their vision in buiding on what had gone before and taking Jesuit education to new levels of quality, scholarship, influence and impct on not only New England, but the nation,” said Fr. Sheehan.

To read more about the events of the GALA, please visit the New England Province website.

]]> http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/2011/04/new-england-provinces-honors-three-jesuits-for-educational-leadership/feed/ 1 Jesuit Father Myles Sheehan Appears on CatholicTV http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/2010/05/jesuit-father-myles-sheehan-appears-on-catholictv/ http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/2010/05/jesuit-father-myles-sheehan-appears-on-catholictv/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 16:46:19 +0000 NJN Editor http://www.jesuit.org/blog/?p=1034 sheehan_2Share/Bookmark

Jesuit Father Myles Sheehan, Provincial of the New England Province of the Society of Jesus, recently appeared on CatholicTV to discuss his role as provincial and his vocation as a doctor with the hosts of This is the Day show. His interview begins at 15:09 in the video below.

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