Silent Retreat for Members of the Legal Profession
The demands of our daily life can rob us of time for reflection and family. In his book, Transforming Practices, Steven Keeva observes that "the inner life is often left underdeveloped in people who live hurriedly, under the weight of constant deadlines and pressures."
Life in the legal profession can be challenging, yet the practice of law is a sacred profession. We will strive to cultivate a deeper and more vibrant interior life, prayerfully attending to God's grace energizing our hearts.
Fr. Robert Scholla, S.J., has been a Jesuit for more than thirty years. A native of Los Angeles and graduate of USC, Rob studied mediaeval philosophy at Fordham University and earned his doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. He has been blessed to teach at Loyola Marymount University and Santa Clara University, and presently serves as the rector of the Jesuit Community at LMU.
Ms. Leelamma Sebastian, JRC Program Director, has an international background. She holds an Economics degree from the University of Calicut (Kerala, India) and an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu. Working in administrative and direct service positions for Catholic Charities Hawaii and the Diocese of Honolulu, Leelamma taught in Hawaii's Catechetical and Pastoral Institute and in the Deacon Formation Program. She has a lifelong relationship with the Missionaries of Charity. She is a graduate of the Pierre Favre Program. She has two daughters, Sindhu and Anjali.
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Mr. Kevin Connolly, a retired personal financial advisor and army reservist, is a native of San Francisco. After five years in the minor seminary, he obtained a B.A. from the University of San Francisco and a M.A. from American University (Washington, D.C.), both in Political Science. He is a current participant in the Pierre Favre Program and a parish member of the Santa Rosa Diocesan Pastoral Council, and he serves on a number of other church affiliated boards. Kevin and Honora have been married 41 years and are the parents of three children and the grandparents of three.
Fr. Joseph Fice, S.J., spent 25 years as a religious educator in Jesuit high schools in California and Arizona. He taught at Jesuit High School in Sacramento, Loyola High School in Los Angeles, and Brophy Preparatory School in Phoenix. His academic interests evolved from mathematics to a deep interest in scripture and ethics. After earning a B.S. in Mathematics from Loyola University of Los Angeles, he received an M.A. in Philosophy from Gonzaga University and an S.T.M. in Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. A lecturer in Philosophy at Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1967 to 1969, his subsequent high school teaching focused on Scripture and Catholic Christianity.
Fr. James Flynn, S.J. was born in 1942 in Los Angeles, CA and attended St. Charles Grammar School in North Hollywood. After graduating from Bishop Garcia Diego High School in Santa Barbara in 1960, he matriculated at Santa Clara University. On September 8, 1961, he entered the Society of Jesus at Los Gatos.
After the normal course of training at Los Gatos, Fr. Jim majored in philosophy and English at Gonzaga University, graduating in 1967. He taught at Loyola High School, Los Angeles from 1967-1970, and after theological studies at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, he graduated with an M.Div. in 1973. He was ordained a priest on June 15, 1973. That same year he completed a Master's Degree in English at Loyola University, Los Angeles. More about Fr. Jim
Ms. Anne Grycz is the Director of the Institute for Leadership in Ministry in the Diocese of San Jose and works closely both with the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos and Santa Clara University's Campus Ministry. She is adjunct faculty at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park and involved with Permanent Deacon and Advanced Lay Leadership Formation in the diocese. She is a graduate of the Pierre Favre Program.
Fr. Duc Vu, S.J., a software engineer before joining the Jesuits, was ordained in 2002 and served in a parish until 2007. An M.F.A. in Creative Writing reflects his interest in life as story. He likes to explore the creative dynamic among stories human and divine, as well as the fascinating dialectic between our corporeality and spirituality.
