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 Meet Us
Missouri Province
Novitiate Community
St. Paul, Minnesota
Second Year Novices
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Shane L. Mulligan Shane, 20, graduated from SLUH in 2006 and spent one year at Saint Louis University before entering the Society of Jesus in August 2007. During his first year of novitiate he taught English as a second language school to middle-aged Somali, Hispanic and Southeast Asian immigrants. For hospital experiment he went to L'Arche Cleveland, living and working in a house with persons with disabilities for five weeks. For pilgrimage, he headed south, with the intention of getting to better know the Jesuits in the Missouri and New Orleans Provinces. He successfully accomplished his goal through a trek of a few thousand miles, mostly via Greyhound Bus. In all, he estimates he met over 300 Jesuits, from St. Louis to Denver, from Albuquerque to Houston, from New Orleans to Kansas City. During the fall of 2008 he will be taking a variety of classes at the novitiate on all things Jesuit. He is also doing ministry twice a week at Urban Ventures, a faith-based urban renewal organization that helped Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis get off to a good start in August 2007.
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Sean M. Powers
Sean, 21, graduated from St. Louis University High School in 2005 and studied two years at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, before entering the Society of Jesus in 2007. During his first year of novitiate in St. Paul, Minnesota, Sean taught African-American 7th graders at a Catholic grade school. Following his 30-day retreat in January 2008, Sean lived for five weeks at a L’Arche community in Winnipeg, Canada. He spent his time living in community with developmentally disabled members and international assistants representing 12 different countries. In the spring of 2008 Sean did a 30-day pilgrimage traveling along the US-Mexican border experiencing the culture of the Church in the Southwest. During his travels he visited cathedrals, homeless shelters, Newman Centers, Jesuit high schools and universities, havens for undocumented immigrants and shrines to Our Lady of Guadalupe. In addition to the classes he is taking at the novitiate this fall, Sean does ministry twice a week at a predominantly Spanish-speaking parish in South Minneapolis where he teaches English as a second language, visits the sick, works in the office and helps with whatever else people need. |
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Joseph D. Wotawa Joe Wotawa graduated from Saint Louis University High School and spent one year at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO, studying History and Political Science before entering in August, 2007. During the fall of his first year at the novitiate Joe tutored at a nearby Catholic school and taught Confirmation classes. Following the Spiritual Exercises, which he made in January, 2008, he spent five weeks in a L'Arche community in Mobile, AL, living and working with the mentally handicapped. During his month-long pilgrimage, Joe traveled around the rural Midwest and East Coast by hitchhiking and taking a Greyhound bus. While on pilgrimage, his commitment to a faith that does justice was strengthened by sleeping in homeless shelters, hearing the stories of those he met, and working for two weeks on a community farm in Virginia. During the fall of 2008, Joe is serving in a nursing home twice a week by visiting residents and helping with pastoral ministries. He is also continuing to teach Confirmation classes. |
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First Studies 1
Winston Mina, 44, was born in the Philippines. He received his medical degree from the University of the Philippines (Manila). At Emory University he served as a Fellow in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. Most recently he has been an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Staff Physician at the University of Missouri and the Harry S. Truman VA Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He was active in his parish and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. In his “free time,” he keeps involved with the Filipino community. During his novitiate he taught English-as-a-second-language and math to adult learners at the Hubbs Learning Center, treated indigent patients at the St. Mary's Clinic, and tutored middle school African-American kids at Peter Claver Catholic School. For his hospital experiment, he worked with the Missionaries of Charity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, seeing patients not only at the children's hospital but also at their hospice (mainly TB and HIV cases) and at the walk-in clinic. For long experiment, he traveled to Kenya, where he treated patients in the morning at a local dispensary and worked for the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) in the afternoon. After vows in August 08, he moved to Loyola University Chicago, where he is enrolled in the MA in Health Care Ethics program.
Tim Kieras, 21, is a graduate of Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has just completed his sophomore year at Saint Louis University. He was involved in scouting (rank of Eagle Scout) and plays the bassoon and bass drum. During his two years at SLU he was an active member in both the Micah House Service Program and the Theology Club. Tim also received a liturgy internship through the VOICES Program and the Center for Liturgy at Saint Louis University.
Stephen Kramer, 30, from St. Louis, Missouri, is a graduate of St. Louis University High School (1996) and has attended Saint Louis University and Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. He has worked at De Smet Jesuit High School as a wrestling coach. Stephen enjoys hockey, playing poker and chess with friends, and spending time with his large family. To relax, he likes to read and work out.
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