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John completed the full course of studies at Boston College
School of Theology and Ministry, earning a master’s degree of
divinity and a master’s degree in theology. While in Boston he
worked at St. Columbkille Parish, but this summer he will move
to San Antonio to serve Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. He
will join the pastoral staff at Sacred Heart Parish in El Paso this
fall.
John will celebrate his Mass of Thanksgiving in Eunice at
St. Anthony of Padua Church on Sunday, June 5 at 6:00 p.m.
J. Patrick Hough, S.J., 36, has
lived within the world of Jesuits since
birth. His father manages the dairy on
the 400-year-old Jesuit estate of Stonyhurst
College in Lancashire, England.
Patrick attended grade school and
high school at Stonyhurst and along
with his academics, he developed his
talents as a singer, conductor, organist
and athlete. After graduation he participated
in a yearlong “gap” program
between high school and college where he taught geography
and math, coached tennis and was active in the music program
at St. Ignatius High School in Sidney, Australia. He felt called
to the priesthood, but teaching opportunities were limited for
Jesuits in England. Instead, the Diocese of Leeds, which also
had the largest youth music program in the United Kingdom,
accepted him as a seminarian.
He earned an undergraduate degree in geography at Leeds
University, followed by a bachelor’s degree in theology at the
Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. While studying an
additional year of theology at the Pontifical Angelicum University
in Rome, he befriended a number of Jesuit scholastics
from the New Orleans Province. He accepted an invitation to
ordinations in New Orleans, and the sense of fellowship he
felt there rekindled his desire to become a Jesuit.
Patrick entered the novitiate in the New Orleans Province
in 2002, and his valuable novitiate experiments included service
to Sacred Heart Parish in El Paso and teaching at Strake
Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston.
He then went on to earn a master’s degree in medieval
history at Fordham University where he was also music director
of the Sunday evening student Mass at St. Paul Church
on Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus, and he took classes in
orchestral conducting and singing at the Juilliard School there.
For his regency, Patrick taught at Jesuit College Preparatory
in Dallas where he also coached its rowing team. Afterward,
he earned his licentiate in sacred theology in liturgy from the
Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University and served
as assistant coach of the freshman rowing team at the University
of California.
This summer Patrick will work within a parish in England
and will also serve as a chaplain at World Youth Day in
Madrid. In the fall, he will begin his first year as a priest at
Immaculate Conception Parish in Albuquerque.
Patrick will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at
Immaculate Conception Parish in New Orleans on Sunday,
June 5 at 11:00 a.m. He will celebrate other Masses at: the
Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California, on
Sunday, June 19 at 10:00 a.m.; St. Rita Catholic Church in
Dallas on Saturday, July 2 at 5:30 p.m.; and the Boys’ Chapel
at Stonyhurst College on Saturday, July 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Jeffrey C. Johnson, S.J., 40,
served as a naval officer before becoming
a Jesuit. Born on Signal Mountain
in Tennessee, he attended Holy Spirit
Catholic Church in the nearby town of
Soddy-Daisy. His parents are the third
generation to run a family flower business,
and he and his siblings grew up
assisting with the business.
Jeff attended Vanderbilt University
on a Naval ROTC scholarship and
earned a bachelor’s degree in English before serving five years
on a navy frigate. He felt a call to a religious vocation during
his undergraduate years, and after leaving the navy he attended
the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Chicago to study
theology as a seminarian for the Diocese of Nashville. He was
acquainted with Jesuits at both Vanderbilt and the University
of St. Mary of the Lake, and he saw in Jesuit life and ministries
a path he wanted to follow. He entered the Jesuit novitiate
of the New Orleans Province in 2001.
At Fordham University, he earned a master’s degree in
English literature and creative writing. He responded to a
bulletin board invitation seeking ideas for the celebration of
the 2006 Jesuit Jubilee, and for it he wrote and co-produced
the hour-long film Xavier which was narrated by actor Liam
Neeson, televised nationally on PBS and distributed to Jesuit
schools throughout the United States.
For his regency, Jeff taught English at Jesuit High School
in Tampa, served as chaplain of its baseball and soccer teams
and was moderator of the school newspaper. He also developed
the school’s first advanced placement course in English
language and composition.
Jeff will soon receive his licentiate in sacred theology
from Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He
will serve as associate pastor of Immaculate Conception Jesuit
Church in New Orleans.
Jeff will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at Holy Spirit
Catholic Church in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on Sunday, June
19 at 8:00 a.m.
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