I joined the Jesuits in Salamanca, Spain, in 1951 and was ordained a priest in Munich, Germany, in 1965. My Jesuit life and work has taken place in a variety of locations: the Caribbean, Germany, Canada and the United States. I have lived over forty years in the States, of which almost thirty were spent in Milwaukee, WI. I taught engineering at Marquette University from 1971 to 1991, when I resigned my position to be part of the formation team at our novitiate in St. Paul, MN. During the last six years before moving to Omaha I was in charge of a Jesuit community we opened in the Milwaukee area to provide adequate health care for our elderly and infirm Jesuits. During all those years, including my teaching years, I always stayed in touch with spirituality ministry, both in spiritual direction and in personally directed retreats. 
 

Writing these daily reflections is not unlike preparing a short homily, which I do quite regularly. Because here I do not know ahead of time who my "audience" will be, I try to get below the surface of the data supplied by the readings or feast day and find dimensions that could be helpful for anyone spiritually interested enough to read them on our web page. 
 

e-mail: rodsj@creighton.edu