Jesuit Community Members
James M. Hayes, S.J.
Rector of the Jesuit Community
James M. Hayes, S.J., (Holy Cross 1972) became rector of the Jesuit community on 15 August 2004. Father Hayes served at Holy Cross from 1995-1999 as an associate chaplain. From 1999-2004 Father Hayes served as vocation director and assistant for international ministries for the New England Province of the Jesuits. In addition, Father Hayes was superior of the Ignatius House Community in Boston for two years. He is currently chairing the Mission and Identity Committee for the President and Associate Chaplain in Campus Ministry.
Father holds a bachelor degree from the College of the Holy Cross and master’s degrees from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA; Regis College University of Toronto; Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and Loyola College in Maryland. He was ordained at St. Joseph Chapel at College of the Holy Cross in June of 1985.
Father Hayes grew up in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan the son of the late Neil B. Hayes (Holy Cross 1932) and the late Mary Elizabeth Hayes. Father Hayes' older brother, Neil, died in Vietnam in 1970. He has three younger brothers, eight nephews and nieces, one grandniece and one grandnephew.
John W. Howard, S.J.
Minister of the CommunityGuest Master
Terrence W. Curry, S.J.
Chaplain, St. Vincent's Hospital
Father Curry holds degrees from Boston College and the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkley. In addition to his regular duties as chaplain, Father Curry is the prefect of health and assistant to the Community treasurer. He has also helped provide chaplaincy coverage at U Mass Medical/U Mass Memorial here in Worcester and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. Fr. Curry is a full time Chaplain at St. Vincent Hospital, the prefect of health, and assistant to the Community treasurer. He is responsible for a general surgery unit.
John E. Brooks, S.J.
President Emeritus Professor of Theology
As President Emeritus, Father Brooks works in the Development Office planning and executing fundraising activities.
He is a member of the Friends of Bob Cousy committee charged with rasiing funds ($150,000) for the creation and installation of a life-size bronze sculpture of Bob Cousy ’50 to be located near the north-side entrance to the Hart Center. Fr. Brooks serves as a member of the Kenneth Desmarais Scholarship Selection Committee. He addressed the Holy Cross Club of Boston at its 40th anniversary luncheon in May 2007.
Father Brooks and Father Miller worked closely and will perhaps always be remembered for their work in the highest levels of administartion and most notably, the decision to become co-educational.
Father Brooks is a member of the Board of Trustees at several insitutions: Anna Maria College (Paxton, MA), St. Sebastian’s School (Needham, MA), and The Gregorian University Foundation (New York City).
Father Brooks also regularly fills in for Father Richard Reidy at St. Paul’s Cathedral when he is not available to conduct weekday liturgies. He performs baptisms and weddings. He attends wakes and funerals of Holy Cross alumni and benefactors and visits Holy Cross alumni and friends confined to a hospital.
Father Brooks has been awarded the Boston Latin School “Man of the Year Award” in 1991; St. Ambrose College (Iowa), D.Hum., 1976; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, D.Sc., 1980; Assumption College, D.H.L., 1990; St. Anselm’s College, D.Hum., 1993; Anna Maria College, D.H.L., 1994; University of New England, D.H.L., 1994; College of the Holy Cross, D.Hum., 1994. In December 2007, he received the Richard J. Bradley Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. .
William R. Campbell, S.J.
Associate Chaplain
Fr. Campbell graduated from Holy Cross in 1987. He was ordained in 1998. He holds degrees from the College of the Holy Cross, Gonzaga University and Weston Jesuit School of Theology.
Fr. Campbell served as the Executive Director of Nativity Preparatory School (Boston) between 1998 and 2003. During his tenure, Nativity Prep relocated its entire facilities and successfully completed a targeted $6 million capital campaign. For two years, he served as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies, University of the West Indies, and as an Assistant Lecturer at St. Michael’s Seminary (both in Kingston, Jamaica). He has also assisted with pastoral ministry at several parishes in Massachusetts and Montana.
Fr. Campbell directs a week long version of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola for students three times each year, serves as chaplain moderator of the Jamaica Immersion Experience, the Vocations’ Discernment Group, and Students for Life while serving the liturgical and sacramental needs of the college community.
Fr. Campbell will begin serving as President of Cheverus High School (Portland, Maine) as of July 1st..
William A. Clark, S.J.
Religious Studies
William A. Clark, S.J., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies specializing in systematic theology, particularly ecclesiology, with a special interest in parish life and issues affecting local church communities. He earned degrees at Williams College, Loyola University of Chicago, and his doctorate at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He began teaching at Holy Cross in September 2001.
Fr. Clark offers various courses on Catholicism, a course on Christian prayer, and a seminar on Christian community. He has published one book, A Voice of Their Own: The Authority of the Local Parish (Liturgical Press, 2005), articles in Philosophy and Theology and Catholic Historical Review, and several book reviews, essays, and dictionary entries. He has also presented many lectures and retreats for parishes and other church groups in New England, around the country, and abroad.
In addition to his academic work, Fr. Clark has extensive experience in parish pastoral work, retreat direction, and music ministry, and served as pastor of a parish in Kingston, Jamaica, for several years. A CD of his original Christian music, performed with a small group of musicians named "Spirit Call," is available from him, for the benefit of poor families in Jamaica..
Charles J. Dunn, S.J.
Associate Director of Planned Giving
Father Dunn holds both of his bachelor and masters degrees from Boston College. A former Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Father Dunn now serves as Associate Director of Planned Giving. Before returning to Holy Cross in 1981, he was Rector at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, Mass., Associate Dean of Students at Fordham University, N.Y. and Chaplain and teacher at Cardinal Newman High School in Columbia, S.C. Prior to Ordination, Father Dunn served three years at Baghdad College, Iraq..
J. Thomas Hamel, S.J.
Pastoral Minister
Father Hamel, S.J., holds both his bachelor and master’s degrees from Boston College and his Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Language from the University of Michigan. Here at the college, he is involved in the Ministry of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius through ongoing spiritual direction, retreats, supervision of spiritual directors.
Father was assigned to the City of Baghdad, Iraq during the early 50s and middle 60s. He taught at Baghdad College and Al-Hikma University. In the early 70s through the middle 80s, he served on the Retreat Staff at Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester, Mass., followed by eight years as staff member of the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge, Mass. He has now returned to Holy Cross after an absence of several years. He continues to do Spiritual Direction. .
Anthony J. Kuzniewski, S.J.
Professor of History Assistant Province Archivist
Anthony J. Kuzniewski, professor in the Department of History. He also serves as archivist for the New England Province, as chaplain to the Holy Cross Athletic Association, and trustee at Cheverus High School in Maine and The Nativity School of Worcester. In 2002, he received the Distinguished Teaching Award as a member of the Holy Cross faculty. His most recent book is Thy Honored Name, A History of the College of the Holy Cross, 1843-1994 (The Catholic University of America Press, 1999). He is currently at work on a project regarding Jesuit leadership in the United States between 1820 and 1860.
Father Kuzniewski received his master’s of divinity degree from Loyola University in Chicago, a bachelor degree in history from Marquette University, and his master’s and Ph.D in history from Harvard University. He is a member of the American Historical Association, Organization of American Hisotrians, American Catholic Historical Association, Polish American Historical Association, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America and the Kosciuszko Foundation.
Vincent A. Lapomarda, S.J.
Associate Professor of History Coordinator of Holocaust Collection Chaplain of Knights of Columbus
Vincent A. Lapomarda, associate professor of history, has been at Holy Cross since the start of 1969. A native of Portland, Maine, he graduated from Cheverus High School, the Jesuit high school in that city, in 1951. Entering the Society of Jesus later that year, he earned a bachelor's (1957), master's (1958), and licentiate degree (1965) from Boston College.
In 1968, Fr. Lapomarda became the first Jesuit to earn a doctorate in history from Boston University. Having taught at Boston College High School (1958-61), he was ordained a priest by Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston on June 13, 1964.
The author of at least a dozen books and many scholarly articles, book reviews, and letters to editors on different subjects, Fr. Lapomarda has served as the college's coordinator of the Holocaust Collection and of the Italian American Collection. His web sites deal with such subjects as Sebastian Râle, the Jesuit martyr of New England in the eighteenth century; Major Persecutions of the Catholic Church in the Twentieth Century; in addition to Catholics and the Holocaust, and other subjects.
At the same time, Fr. Lapomarda has been involved in fraternal organizations as evident in his work as the College's chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, the state historian of the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus, and as the chairman of the historical committee of the International Order of Alhambra. He is also a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.and a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. .
Earle L. Markey, S.J.
Associate Director of Admissions
A native of West New York, NJ Father Markey attended St. Peter’s Prep and the College of the Holy Cross. He completed his graduate work in Education at Fordham University.
From 1971-1976, Father Markey returned home as principal of St. Peter’s Prep and then back to campus in 1976 to become Associate Dean and then Dean of Students until 1985. Father Markey was the Vice President of Student Affairs – Dean of Students until 1996. He is now the Associate Director of Admissions, Jesuit Relations.
He has been on the Board of Trustees at Holy Cross, St. Peter’s Prep, Fordham University, and St. Louis University. He has Professional Memberships with NASPA – National Association of Student Personnel Administration and JASPA – Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administration.
Michael C. McFarland, S.J.
President of the College
Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., has been the President of the College of the Holy Cross since 2000.
Prior to becoming president, Fr. McFarland was the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He was at Gonzaga for four years, where he was also a professor of computer science. Fr. McFarland taught computer science at Boston College from 1986 to 1996, where he was an associate professor and chair of the department. There he created courses in digital systems, computer architecture and computer ethics.
Fr. McFarland received his bachelor’s degree at Cornell University. He joined the Jesuits in 1975. He earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering (computer engineering) at Carnegie Mellon University, then studied at the Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., and earned a master's in divinity and Th.M. in social ethics. He was ordained in the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at Holy Cross in 1984. He worked as a consultant from 1985-86 at the AT&T Bell Laboratories, doing research in computer aided design of digital systems.
Fr. McFarland has published articles in the Proceedings of the IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), the IEEE Transactions on Computers, the IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Formal Methods for System Design, the Journal of Systems and Software, Computer, and Technology and Society.
He is on the boards of the University of Scranton, St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury, MA, Catholic Charities of Worcester County and the Worcester Regional Resource Bureau. He is also on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and Executive Committee and the national advisory board of PricewaterhouseCoopers USA..
James J. Miracky, S.J.
Assistant Professor of English
A native of Milwaukee, WI, Father Miracky went to the Bronx for his college education at Fordham University ’83. He taught English at Fordham Prep until 1985. He receieved his master’s and Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ in 1997. He teaches courses in Twentieth Century British Literature (especially the novel), and Modern and Contemporary Drama. In addition to these subjects, his areas of interest include: the history and theory of the novel and gender studies.
Fr. Miracky was on the Research and Publication Committee (through 2001) and served on the Academic Affairs Council (from 2000-2002). Other than presiding and preaching at Sunday campus liturgies, he is Vice President of the Holy Cross chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Moderator of the Nu Chi chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, and Faculty Advisor for the newly formed Ignatian Society, dedicated to fostering stronger ties between the student body and the Jesuit Community and its spirituality.
Joseph B. Pomeroy, S.J.
Technical Services Engineer, Information Technology Services
Father Pomeroy began in Portland, Maine where he attended Cheveris High School and then came to Worcester, MA in 1947. Father Pomeroy has his bachelor degree in Classics and masters degree in Physics from Boston College ’54. He was ordained in June ’62 at Weston College. Father has been associated with Holy Cross for more than 44 years. He taught Mathematics until 1957 and Physics until 1966. In addition to his computer work, Father also assists with liturgies in the student chapel and at a local parish church..
John P. Reboli, S.J.
Associate Professor of Art History
Father Reboli is a native of Stony Brook, NY where he attended Seton Hall High School. He received his bachelor degree in English at Fairfield University. His graduate work was completed at Ohio University with a Ph.D. in Art History in 1973. He was ordained in June 1970 at St. Ignatius, Chestnut Hill. Father Reboli has been teaching Art History here on campus since 1973..
William E. Reiser, S.J.
Professor of TheologyModerator of Catholic Alumni Sodality of Our Lady
Father Reiser graduated from Boston College, where he majored in philosophy, after which he taught in the Philosophy Department at Holy Cross for three years. He then did his theology studies at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge and was ordained in 1972. He went on to do doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University. Father Reiser has been teaching theology at Holy Cross since 1978. Some of his writings include To Hear God's Word, Listen to the World (Paulist Press), Seeking God in All Things: Theology and Spiritual Direction (The Liturgical Press), and Jesus in Solidarity with His People: A Theologian Looks at Mark (also from The Liturgical Press). He has traveled many times to Bolivia and is involved pastorally with the Hispanic community in Worcester.
Philip C. Rule, S.J.
Professor Emeritus, English
Father Rule served in the classroom for 35 years: three at St. Xavier Preparatory High School in Cincinnati, 12 at the University of Detroit, and for 25 years at the College of the Holy Cross. His teaching included Greek and Latin languages and literatures, the whole range of English literature, film studies, and an occasional seminar in historical theology at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass.
Father received a B.A. in Classical Languages from Loyola University Chicago in 1954, a PhD in philosophy from West Baden College in 1956, an S.T.L. in theology from West Baden College in 1963, and a Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard University in 1968. Father Rule was ordained June 14, 1962. His research concentrates on 19th-British literature, culture, and religion. He has published numerous essays and reviews on individual authors, religion and literature, and film studies. His book Coleridge and Newman: The Centrality of Conscience was published in January 2004 from Fordham University Press. His current project is a critical edition of the correspondence of Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), widely known Anglican priest, novelist, social activist and commentator. The research for this project has been conducted at the British Library and other British and American libraries over the past fifteen years.
Upon retiring from the classroom in 1975 he has been serving as Assistant Director of Alumni Education.
Simon E. Smith, SJ.
Chaplain and Admissions Director at Nativity School of WorcesterFr. Simon Smith, S.J. is chaplain and admissions director at Nativity School of Worcester. A Jesuit for over 50 years, with graduate degrees from Boston College and Harvard Divinity School, he has worked in Jesuit administration for decades, traveled throughout the third world and taken up posts in Iraq, Jordan and Kenya. He has also engaged in a broad variety of pastoral ministries with prisoners, immigrants, advocacy groups, etc. He comes to Worcester after four years as Chaplain and Religion Teacher at Nativity Prep in Boston and a short stint in Jordan.