In Memoriam

Hughes, Gerald T. SJ

posted by: tricia on Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Born in Chicago, Il on April 25, 1932, Fr. Hughes attended elementary and secondary schools in Chicago
graduating from St. Ignatius High School in 1950. Before joining the Society of Jesus at St. Charles
College in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, on August 14, 1977, he had a B.S. from Spring Hill College (1954)
and a M.A. from Loyola Univ., Chicago (1960) in Math. After his first vows in 1979, he attended St.
Louis University, St. Louis, MO and received a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1983.

Fr. Hughes was the associate pastor and minister at St Rita Church in Dallas, TX from 1985-90. He then
went to Spring Hill College, during which time, 1990-95, he was Athletic Director, mathematics teacher,
minister of the community, and a campus minister. From 1995-2002, he served as pastor of St. Rita
Church in Dallas, after which he returned to Spring Hill until 2004.