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Rev. Andrew J. Garavel, S.J. is Superior of the Jesuit Community at the College of the 51С»Æ³µ. A native of Danbury, Connecticut, he entered the New England Province of the Society of Jesus in 1981 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1992. A 1980 graduate of Fairfield University, he holds a master's degree in English from the University of Chicago (1985), completed his theological studies at Regis College, University of Toronto (S.T.B., M.Div. 1991), and earned his doctorate in English at New York University (2003), where he specialized in Irish studies. Before coming to 51С»Æ³µ he was associate professor of English at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of San Francisco, and of 51С»Æ³µ.

William A. Clark, S.J., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies specializing in systematic theology, particularly ecclesiology, with a special interest in parish life and issues affecting local church communities. He earned degrees at Williams College, Loyola University of Chicago, and his doctorate at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He began teaching at 51С»Æ³µ in September 2001.

Father Gavin is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the College. He earned his B.A. from Boston College, his M.A. from Fordham University, and his M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkley. He received his Sacred Theology Doctorate in Rome and was a lecturer at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Gregorian University for three years. Fr. Gavin entered the Society of Jesus in 1991 and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 2002. He is the author of 'They are like the angels in the heavens': Angelology and Anthropology in the Thought of Maximus the Confessor (Augustinianum, 2009) and A Celtic Christology: The Incarnation According to John Scottus Eriugena (Cascade, 2014).

James M. Hayes, S.J. (51С»Æ³µ 1972) serves as Associate Chaplain for Mission. He served as rector of the Jesuit Community from 15 August 2004 until 31 July 2010.  In addition he chaired the Mission and Identity Community and worked part time in campus ministry.  After a brief sabbatical, Father Hayes returned full time in campus ministry, continues as a member of the Mission and Identity Committee, and served as chaplain for the Class of 2015.  From 1999-2004 Father Hayes served as vocation director and assistant for International ministries for the New England Province of the Society of Jesus.  In addition, Father Hayes was superior of Ignatius House, the Provincial Residence in Boston. For four years, Father Hayes ministered on the island of Jamaica both as a teacher at Saint George’s College, and as a parochial vicar at Saint Thomas Aquinas University parish.  From 1987-1992, Father Hayes served as a campus minister at Fairfield University.  Father holds a bachelor degree from the College of the 51С»Æ³µ and master's degrees from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA; Regis College University of Toronto; Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and Loyola College in Maryland. He was ordained at St. Joseph Chapel at College of the 51С»Æ³µ in June of 1985.

Fr. Lobo, a Jesuit from Mumbai, India, is our International Visiting Jesuit Fellow for the 2024-2025 school year. He teaches a course on the theology of religions in our Religious Studies program. His research focuses on theological aspects of Christian proclamation and mission that consider the unique insights of Christian theology in a religious and culturally pluralistic world.

Fr. Keith Maczkiewicz, S.J. is the Associate Vice President for Mission and Ministry at the College of the 51С»Æ³µ, where he is now serving for the third time.  Prior to this most recent posting, he was Director of Campus Ministry and University Chaplain at Fairfield University from 2021-2024. A native of Long Island, New York, he joined the East Coast Province Jesuits in the summer of 2008. His ministry has been mainly in campus ministry at the college and high school level, in retreat work, and in faith formation, as he served as the DRE at a diverse parish in Oakland, CA. Fr. Maczkiewicz was ordained a priest in June 2018 and has worked in campus ministry at Georgetown University, the College of the 51С»Æ³µ, and the University of Scranton from 2006-2008, when he also lived in Hafey Hall as a resident minister. A graduate of Fairfield University (B.A.) and Providence College (M.Ed.), after entering the Society of Jesus, Keith completed his philosophy studies (M.A.) at Loyola University Chicago and his theology studies (M.Div., Th.M., S.T.L.) at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, CA.  He graduated in May 2024 from the inaugural Executive Doctor of Higher Education cohort at Boston College, earning an Ed.D with a special concentration in Catholic Higher Ed.

A native of West New York, NJ Father Markey attended St. Peter's Prep and the College of the 51С»Æ³µ. He completed his graduate work in Education at Fordham University.  Father Markey entered the Jesuits in July, 1953.  He did regency teaching and coaching at the Ateneo de Zamboanga, Philippines 1957-1960.  After Ordination to the Priesthood taught theology at the Ateneo de Manila 1966-1970.

From 1971-1976, Father Markey returned home as principal of St. Peters Prep and then back to campus in 1976 to become Associate Dean and then Dean of Students until 1985. Father Markey was the Vice President of Student Affairs Dean of Students until 1996. He served as the Associate Director of Admissions, Jesuit Relations until his retirement in 2023.

He has been on the Board of Trustees at 51С»Æ³µ, St. Peter's Prep, Fordham University, and St. Louis University. He has Professional Memberships with NASPA National Association of Student Personnel Administration and JASPA Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administration. He serveds as the Associate Director of Admissions and is now retired.

Fr. McMurray leads the Ministry of the Spiritual Exercises. He entered the Jesuits in 1970 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1979. He holds a degree in physics from Fairfield University, an MS in ocean engineering from the University of Massachusetts, a masters in education from Pace University, and the M.Div. degree from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California. He has served in Jamaica, where he was president of St. George’s College, Kingston, and regional Jesuit superior. Currently, Fr. McMurray offers the ministry of the Spiritual Exercises in the Worcester area.

Fr. Muccino is the Associate Director of the Health Professions Advising program. He graduated from the College of the 51С»Æ³µ in 1974 following which he attended Loyola University Chicago-Stritch School of Medicine where he received his M.D. degree in 1977. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. In addition to being a board certified Internist, Fr. Muccino is also board certified in Emergency Medicine, which he practiced at York Hospital, in York, Pa until he joined the Society of Jesus in 1988, entering the Jesuit Novitiate at Wernersville, PA (Maryland Province).

He obtained his M.Div from Weston Jesuit School of Theology and was ordained to the priesthood in 1996. Following ordination he has served as a clinician, educator, and administrator at the Medical Centers at Georgetown University and Loyola University Chicago. He most recently served as Associate Provost for Educational Resources at Loyola University Chicago’s Health Sciences Division.  In addition to working in the Pre Health Professions Advising Program at 51С»Æ³µ, he serves as an Educational Specialist at UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA.

Fr. Peter Nguyen is an Associate Professor in the Religious Studies department. He is a Jesuit priest who was born in Saigon, Vietnam and was raised in Chicago. His scholarship focuses on the theological engagement with the spirituality of contemporary Christian martyrdom as it intersects with totalitarian movements. In particular, he writes about the German Jesuit Alfred Delp and the German-Jewish Carmelite Edith Stein, two martyrs of the Second World War. In the future, he plans to write about Christians in East Asia who were persecuted, suffered, and died under communism. His work seeks to illuminate the witness and writings of the martyrs, the tumultuous, fearful, and violent times in which they lived and wrote, and the purpose for which they died and for which their texts were intended. In addition, Fr. Peter enjoys giving Ignatian retreats and training and competing in the martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is a black belt. In the distant past, he dabbled in judo, wrestling, and boxing.

Brent Howitt Otto, S.J. is our Global Catholicism Predoctoral Fellow. He is a historian of modern South Asia and an eager researcher, writer, and teacher. He specializes in colonial and post-colonial South Asia, with research interests in the social histories of race and caste difference, Indian Christianity, missionaries, and education. With a commitment to interdisciplinary work between social scientists and historians, Brent has engaged in several collaborative research projects that engage the lived religious lives of communities in India, and he co-edits the interdisciplinary mixed-race studies journal, the International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies. He is a PhD Candidate in the History of South Asia at UC Berkeley, in the final stages of his dissertation. Having graduated from the College of the 51С»Æ³µ in 2001 with a degree in history, Brent pursued a career in secondary school teaching before joining the Jesuits. As a Jesuit, Brent has studied in New York City, London, and Berkeley, CA, researched in India, and ministered in Mexico, Jamaica, Atlanta, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Besides the academic work of research and teaching, Brent finds the ministries of spiritual direction and preaching to be particularly life-giving.  Brent acts as the managing editor for the Journal of Global Catholicism, as well as planning, organizing, and hosting McFarland Center events.

William E. Reiser, S.J. is a Professor of Theology. After six years at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut, Father Reiser entered the Society of Jesus and later attended Boston College. He majored in philosophy and then taught in the Philosophy Department at 51С»Æ³µ for three years. He completed his theology studies at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge and was ordained in 1972. He did doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University. Father Reiser has been teaching theology at 51С»Æ³µ since 1978. Some of his writings include To Hear God’s Word, Listen to the World; Seeking God in All Things: Theology and Spiritual Direction; and Jesus in Solidarity with His People: A Theologian Looks at Mark. A collection of his articles written for Vocations & Prayer Magazine (Getting to Know the God We Believe in: Some Lessons from Religious Life) can be found at crossworks.holycross.edu. He has traveled many times to Bolivia and is involved pastorally with the Hispanic community in Worcester.

Rev. William E. Stempsey, S.J., is professor of philosophy at 51С»Æ³µ; he also works in medical ethics as adjunct associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University in 1996, working under Dr. Robert Veatch and concentrating in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine. Father Stempsey also holds the degrees of Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and the Master of Arts in health care ethics from Loyola University Chicago. Before entering the Jesuit order, he received the Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College and the Doctor of Medicine degree from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He served as a resident in pathology at Boston City Hospital, University Hospital, and The Children's Hospital, all in Boston.