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José Ignacio Badenes, SJ, associate professor of modern languages and director of Catholic studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, has accepted an invitation to join the Loyola Board of Trustees.

On May 1, Deirdre Elmore Banscher, RN, joined the staff of the Maryland Province as the new healthcare coordinator.

Susan Bowers, a spiritual director at The Jesuit Center in Wernersville for the past 13 years, has been named director of the spiritual growth staff, effective August 1, 2006.

William J. Byron, SJ, has been named president of St. Joseph’s Preparatory School. He will serve a two-year term while a search is made for a permanent successor.

Jeff DiCristofaro, Esq., has been named executive director of the Camden Center for Law and Social Justice, part of the Jesuit Urban Service Team (JUST) in North Camden, NJ.

Bernadette Duross, RSM, has been named vice president for mission at the University of Scranton.

Michael Egan has been named to the newly-created position of executive vice president at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School. He has been a consultant in the oil industry and the utility field and had been a member of the school’s board.

Joseph J. Feeney, SJ, professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University, has been named a Fellow of The English Association, now in its centennial year.

Michael Gomez has been appointed principal of St. Joseph’s Preparatory School. He most recently served as assistant principal for student affairs at Creighton Prep in Omaha.

Frank R. Haig, SJ, professor emeritus of physics at Loyola College in Maryland, has been appointed vice chairman of the advisory council of the Maryland Academy of Sciences at the Science Center in Baltimore.

Patrick Leahy has been named vice president for university relations at the University of Scranton.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed 63-year-old Federico Lombardi, SJ, director general of Vatican Radio, as the official spokesman of the Roman Catholic Church.

This summer, Thomas J. Reese, SJ, (CFN) returned to the Woodstock Theological Center, where he serves as a senior fellow.

John W. Swope, SJ, former socius for the Maryland Province, has been named president of the new Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, scheduled to open in Baltimore in 2007.

William Watters, SJ, has been appointed socius for the Maryland Province, effective July 31, 2006.

Christopher Wilson, assistant principal at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, has been appointed principal of the school.

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