McISAAC
FR. PETER-HANS Kolvenbach, S.J., the Superior General of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), has appointed Fr. Peter McIsaac, S.J. as the Regional Superior of the Jesuits in Jamaica.
Fr. McIsaac will succeed Fr. Jim Webb, S.J., who has served as the Regional Superior since 1997. His appointment will take effect June 1, 2006.
Fr. McIsaac, who is 40, was born in Winnipeg and spent his formative years in Winnipeg, Toronto and Bermuda. After receiving an MA in Philosophy from the University of Toronto, he entered the Society of Jesus in Canada in 1989. After initial studies in Chicago, he worked for two years at St. Peter Claver Church in Kingston, before continuing studies in theology in Nairobi and Toronto.
150 YEARS IN JAMAICA
He was ordained to the priesthood in Toronto in May, 1998. Fr. McIsaac returned to Jamaica in 1999 and for the past five years has been the Pastor of St. Anne's Church in Hannah Town.
The Jesuits, an order of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church, have worked in Jamaica for more than 150 years as educators and pastors. Their two high schools in Jamaica, St. George's College and Campion College, have a distinguished history of aca-demic excellence and Christian formation.
