Father Schell thanks well-wishers
following 70th Anniversary

So many people sent "Best Wishes" to Father Joseph Schell recently on the occasion of his 70th anniversary as a Jesuit, that the former JCU president had to resort to a printed letter in response.  "I had hoped to write individually to each of you," the letter read.  "Shortly after I began to do this, I realized that ... I would probably reach my next anniversary before I had written to all of you...

"I am deeply grateful for the many years that God has given me, for the blessing of spending 70 of those years as a Jesuit and 55 of my Jesuit years here at John Carroll. It has been a great privilege to enjoy the friendship of so many wonderful people with whom I have been associated during those years. I thank each of you for being one of those friends. May God continue to bless all of you. You are in my prayers and I ask a place in yours."

Meanwhile, Father Schell is still at work in Campus Ministry, the organization he founded three decades ago, planning an 8-day Ignatian Retreat in January.