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July 29, 2004
 Rev.
John J. MacDonnell, S.J., associate professor emeritus of
mathematics at Holy Cross, died July 29 at Emerson Hospital,
Concord, Mass., at 77.
Fr. MacDonnell taught in the mathematics department at
the College for more than 35 years, retiring in 1999. Beginning
his career in 1960, he had also taught one semester at Strake
High School, Houston, Texas, in 1970, and one year at Boston
College High School, from 1990-91; Fr. MacDonnell spent two
years on sabbatical at Washington University, St. Louis,
Mo., from 1976-77, and, from 1983-84.
A 1944 graduate of Cathedral High School in Springfield,
Mass., he attended Holy Cross for one year before entering
the Society of Jesus at Shadowbrook in Lenox, Mass. Following
two years of ascetical and one year of humanities studies
there, Fr. MacDonnell pursued his licentiate and master’s
degrees in philosophy at Weston (Mass.) College; he then
attended Catholic Univeristy in Washington, D.C., where he
received his Ph.D. in mathematics.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1958, Fr. MacDonnell pursued
theology studies at Weston College from 1955-59; he completed
a one-year tertianship the following year in Pomfret, Conn.
Following retirement, Fr. MacDonnell served as a spiritual
director at the College for four years and, also, at the
Center for Religious Development in Cambridge, Mass.; in
addition, he assisted with the pastoral ministry program
at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester.
Fr. MacDonnell is survived by two brothers, Rev. Joseph
F., S.J., and Rev. Martin P., S.J., numerous nephews and
nieces; and cousins.
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