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THE
PEOPLE OF MANRESA
Jesuits
& Retreat Staff, Support
Staff, Board
Associates
 Fr.
Timothy Babcock is a priest of the Archdiocese of
Detroit who serves as an adjunct member of the Manresa Retreat
Team. He attended U. of D. Jesuit High School, Sacred Heart
Major Seminary in Detroit, and St. John Provincial Seminary
in Plymouth. He was ordained a priest in 1968, and holds
a BA from Sacred Heart Major Seminary, an MA from University
of Detroit, and a MDiv from St. John Provincial Seminary.
Fr. Babcock served as Pastor of St. Eugene Parish, Detroit,
St. Mary Parish, Royal Oak, St. Andrew Parish, Rochester,
and St. Mary Parish, Monroe. He currently serves as Chaplain
for the Felician Sisters of Livonia, Michigan and a part-time
member of the Clergy Life and Ministry Office for the Archdiocese.
He also assists as a part-time Judge of the Metropolitan
Tribunal for the Archdiocese. |
 Kathleen
Budesky, IHM was graduated from Mundelein College with
a Masters Degree in Religious Studies and Spirituality. Kathie
has served in secondary schools both in religious studies
departments and administration, most recently at Marian High
School. She is currently a presenter and facilitator at Visitation
North Spirituality Center in Bloomfield Hills, of which
she is also the director. |
 Fr.
Norm Dickson, SJ , a Jesuit priest of the Chicago-Detroit
Province, a former teacher and president of Walsh Jesuit High
School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, pastor of Gesu Church in Detroit,
Michigan and missionary in the Sudan and Kenya, is presently
working with the diocese of Gaylord at Saint Mary of the Woods
Church in Kalkaska, Michigan. |
 Sr.
Linda Fischer, ASC, is a member of the Adorers
of the Blood of Christ, in which she made her final profession
in 1994. She worked for 15 years as a fourth-grade teacher
at an inner-city Catholic school in Lancaster, PA. And while
happy there she wanted to do something in the field of alcoholism
and recovery, particular giving to others by going into retreat
work. Overcoming great fear of public speaking she gave her
first 12-step retreat in November 2005. By 2007 she had led
25 retreats and booked 22 more for 2008. "Being an Adorer,
and reaching out to people who are really hurting or who have
lost everything because of their addiction and letting them
know that God loves them, that there is hope for them and
that they are good enough, that God does walk with them on
their own journey no matter how difficult it is - for me,
that's what it's all about." |
 Fr.
Benjamin Hawley, SJ, a Chicago-Detroit Province Jesuit,
originally from Brookline, MA, has a BA in British literature
from Tufts and an MA in regional planning from Cornell.
He had taught at the University of Detroit Mercy and worked
with homeless teens in both Chicago and Portland, Oregon.
An accomplished singer, he has performed lead roles in some
of Gilbert & Sullivan's operettas. Ben was ordained
in 2000 and in August of that year became president of Brebeuf
Jesuit Prep in Indianapolis. After being stationed at Loyola
Academy in Wilmette, IL, Ben is now the pastor of St. Mary
Student Church in Ann Arbor and Director of Campus Ministry
for the University of Michigan. |
 Sr.
Mary Ann Flanagan, IHM, PhD is a theological educator
and retreat presenter now living in the Rochester Hills, MI
area. She is a consultative member of the Visitation North
Spirituality Center and is responsible for their wonderful
website www.visitationnorth.org.
Her interests are varied and creative; prayerful presentations
are her joy to provide. |
 Fr.
Steve Hurd, SJ, a Jesuit of the Chicago-Detroti Province,
comes to Manresa to help out during Fr. Chamberlain's recuperation.
He has most recently been pastor of St. Agnes, St. Bridget,
and St. Charles Parishes on the Rosebud Reservation in South
Dakota. Steve has been retreat master at the Jesuit Spiritual
Center at Milford, Ohio and at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House
in Barrington, IL, of which he was also director.
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 Jake
Martin, SJ is a Jesuit Scholastic (seminarian) currently
teaching Theology and Theater at Loyola Academy in Wilmette,
IL. He has written numerous articles on film and television
for America magazine and has his MA in Philosophy from Fordham
University. |
 Mary
McKeon, originally from Quincy, IL, is a 1969 graduate
of Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. She taught school
in the inner city there and then moved to Washington, DC,
where she worked for the United States Senate. Mary and her
late husband, David, have a daughter, Catherine, and a grandson
who is the joy of her life. Mary has spent over 20 years as
a family caregiver as well as school, parish, and community
volunteer. She served on the staff at Holy Name Church in
Birmingham, and worked in adult and religious education, youth
ministry, sacrament preparation, and the training of Eucharistic
ministers. Mary is a commissioned intern of Manresa's
Ignatian Spirituality Program and a trained spiritual
director. She facilitates prayer, scripture, and faith-sharing
groups, and helps with our day and weekend retreats. E-mail |
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 Fr.
Thomas Ryan, SJ, has been a teacher of theology and
Scripture and a campus minister and counselor in Jesuit
High Schools and at Regis University in Denver, and after
a year and a half giving retreats at Manresa, has moved
on to the Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford, Ohio. E-mail
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 Fr.
Jim Serrick, SJ, former Director of Manresa Jesuit
Retreat House for 14 years, is now associate pastor of Gesu
Church, Detroit, but he graces from time to time his old haunts
to help us with retreats. |
 Fr.
Tim Shepard, SJ, a former director of Jesuit novices
of the Detroit and Chicago Provinces, has a Master of Divinity
from Loyola University and a Master of Sacred Theology/Spirituality
from the Jesuit School of Theology. He is currently involved
in spiritual ministry at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston,
MI.
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Sr. Sally Smolen, RSM, and other
Sisters of Mercy were invited by the Detroit Mercy Leadership
Team in the fall of 2002 to establish an intentional inter-regional
Mercy residence and ministry site. Sally and four others—the
"founding five"—moved into their new home in
November 2003. Though their ministry at House of Mercy is
in its early stages, the sisters developed an initial mission
statement that guides their role in the University community.
In part, the mission reads, "...the Sisters of Mercy
of the Americas offer to provide a place of hospitality and
creative community activities for UDM students and faculty
in collaboration with our Jesuit brothers at UDM and Gesu
Parish..." Sally has moved her private practice in psychotherapy
to the site, brings an extensive background in nursing, psychology
and music. An affiliate assistant professor at UDM, she has
facilitated groups within the College of Health Professions
and has taught in the Parish Nurse program. She is eager to
enhance current UDM services by offering individual therapy,
facilitating small groups and developing educational sessions
on topics of interest to students, faculty and staff.
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 Fr.
Joseph F. Wagner, SJ, is Associate Professor, in the
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, at Xavier
University in Cincinnati, Ohio, teaching mathematics and teaching
mathematics teachers. As a Jesuit priest, he also works in
Campus Ministry, and lives as residence hall chaplain in Buenger
Hall. Joe spent a full month working with us at Manresa as
part of his tertianship, the final year of Jesuit formation. |
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