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Fr. Thomas J. Kenny, SJ, Ordained to the Priesthood

Thomas J. Kenny, SJ, was ordained to the priesthood on June 13, 2009 at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, Chuestnut Hill, Mass., by Seán Cardinal O'Malley, OFM, Cap. Family and friends joined in the celebration.

Pictured l-r: Fr. Thomas J. Regan, SJ, Provincial of New England Province, Fr. Thomas Greene, SJ, New Orleans Province, Fr. Kenny with his parents,Thomas and Barbara Kenny of Belmont, Cardinal O'Malley, the Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Jamaica, Lawrence Burke, SJ, and Fr. Richard Deshaies, SJ, Assistant to the Provincial for Formation.

Todd Kenny, SJ

Fr. Thomas (Todd) Kenny, SJ, comes from Belmont, Massachusetts, attended Belmont High School and graduated from Boston College in 1995 with a BS degree in Environmental Science. He then served with the Jesuit Volunteers where he taught marine science at Xavier High School in Chuuk, Micronesia for two years. Todd entered the Society of Jesus on August 23, 1998 and pronounced vows on August 12, 2000. During his years of Jesuit formation, he did First Studies at Loyola University, Chicago, earning an MA in Health Care Ethics. After Loyola, he spent one year working with youth groups in the Amazon region of Brazil and two years at Seeds of Tomorrow Orphanage, Salvador, Brazil mentoring children while living at St. Anthony’s Parish. In 2006, he began theology studies at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, now Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Todd is currently completing a master’s degree in theology and pursuing further studies in ethics.

Read Fr. Kenny's Vocation Story.

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