Patrick hailed from Cardiff where he was born on 28 November 1923. He first encountered the Jesuits at school – Mount St Mary's College, Spinkhill near Sheffield – and decided to explore his vocation at St Beuno’s in North Wales, at the age of just 17 (September 1941).
St Henry Morse SJ was captured and imprisoned five times before being executed for treason in 1645. He was canonised in 1929 as one of the 40 martyrs of England and Wales.
St Nicholas Owen was famous as a builder of ingenious priest holes during the Elizabethan and Jacobean era. His was captured and tortured to death following the Gunpowder Plot.
William joined the Jesuits in 1971. He has served as a pastor to street homeless in London. He was parish priest at Farm Street Church from 2005 to 2012, and is now parish priest at the Sacred Heart Edinburgh.
Peter joined the Jesuits in 1958 and spent many years teaching in Zimbabwe before joining the team which established Hekima College in Nairobi 30 years ago. He now lives in our community in Stamford Hill.
“Financial management is a fundamental and necessary apostolic service in the Society” which helps it realise its Mission (i.e. the service of faith and the promotion of justice).
James became a Jesuit in 1986 after a decade long career studying and working in environmental management. He has recently completed his PhD in canon law.
Bruce joined the novitiate in Cape Town in 1996. He was ordained in 2006 and has served at St Martin de Porres parish in Soweto since 2009, as parish priest since 2011.
James Quinn will be remembered best as the writer of dozens of popular hymns, composed as a liturgical response to the Second Vatican Council. He lived in Scotland for most of his life.