Upper Midwest Jesuits | Chicago-Detroit Province

Sixty-three Jesuits of the Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces celebrated jubilees in 2011.
At this year’s gathering for Province Day and ordination, Fr. Thomas Krettek, provincial of the Wisconsin Province (center, left), and Fr. Timothy Kesicki, provincial of the Chicago-Detroit Province (center, right), honored golden jubilarians at a special Mass at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish. Jesuits celebrating 50 years in the priesthood include (front row) Frs. Jerome Treacy, Howard Gray, Henry Chamberlain, John Crocker, (second row) Eugene Merz, Eugene Dutkiewicz, (back row, beginning fourth from left) G. Paul Peterson, Thomas Radloff, and Robert Thul. Those celebrating 50 years in the Society include (back row, second from left) Frs. Richard Tomasek and John Hatcher, who are joined by Fr. Eugene Nevins (60 years in the Society).