Meet the Jesuits
Regis University is blessed with two Jesuit residences. Jesuit House is located on Regis University's Northwest Denver campus and the Xavier Jesuit Center is just north of campus.
Faber Jesuit House Community at Regis University
Faber Jesuit House is located directly west of St. John Francis Regis Chapel and is home to a community of Jesuits of the Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus. Several are assigned to Regis University, serving in administrative, academic and pastoral ministry roles. Others are assigned to Arrupe Jesuit High School, while still others serve in apostolates across Denver, the USA, and internationally.
Meet the Jesuits:
Fr. Fernando Álvarez Lara is a professor of Theology and Religious Studies focusing on Latinx Theology and Ignatian Spirituality. Prior to becoming a Jesuit, he worked as a chemical engineer. He entered the Jesuits in 1998, was ordained in 2009 and is a native of El Paso, Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico.
Fr. Kevin Burke just completed serving seven years as Vice President for Mission. Prior to his service at Regis, he was Dean and a faculty member at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara Berkeley. He has also worked at Regis University and Boston College. He entered the Jesuits in 1976, was ordained in 1986 and is a native of Laramie and Rawlins, Wyoming.
Fr. Tom Curran comes to the Regis U Jesuit Community from Kansas City where he was on the staff of Rockhurst University for 16 years. While there, he started an Associate of Arts degree for the incarcerated women and Department of Corrections staff in Chillicothe, MO. In 2023, he became Founder and Coordinator for the Jesuit Prison Education Network (JPEN) which provides college credit classes in prison through the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) and the Catholic College Consortium for Prison Education.
Fr. Scott Hendrickson serves as the interim president of Regis University. He comes to Denver from Loyola University of Chicago where he served as Associate Provost. His academic credentials include a doctorate in Medieval and Modern Languages from University of Oxford and masters degrees in Hispanic Studies and Spanish Literature from New York University and Bowling Green State University.
Fr. Eustace Sequeira teaches Death and Dying; Jesuit Spirituality; Leading Lives that Matter; Introduction to Religious Studies; Discernment and Human Development; and Forgiving others and ourselves in the Regis College Department which serves post-traditional adult learners. He also serves as a frequent sacramental minister at Regis University and in a number of Denver area parishes. Additionally, he accompanies the mourners at Mt. Olivet, the Archdiocesan cemetery, and at Ft. Logan. Prior to his present time with the Regis community, he served as pastor for St. Ignatius Loyola Parish, Denver, and in Rome as the head of the Africa Service at Vatican Radio and as treasurer of the Biblicum Born in India, he has spent many years in Zambia, Africa, working in Communications.
Fr. Kevin Dyer moved to Denver to assume the role of senior national chaplain with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. Previously, he worked seven years at Regis Jesuit High School and seven at Jesuit High School of New Orleans. He entered the Jesuits in 1999.
Fr. Dan Everson is the Assistant Principal for Mission at Arrupe Jesuit High School. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he entered the Jesuits in 2013 and was ordained a priest in 2024. He first set foot on the Regis University campus in the summer of 2015, when the Jesuit novices of the U.S. and Canada spent a month living in the Residence Village while studying Jesuit history. After completing a master’s degree in social philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, he returned to Denver as a Jesuit “regent,” teaching at Arrupe Jesuit and living at Faber House (2018–21). He went on to study at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, and he is grateful to be once again a part of the Denver Jesuit community.
Fr. Joe T. Nguyen serves in retreat ministry throughout the United States and abroad.
Fr. Hung Pham is a 1993 alumnus and former professor of Regis University; a native of Vietnam, he immigrated to Denver in 1985. Previously, he served as provincial assistant for formation accompanying Jesuit scholastics, brothers, and priests in formation from First Vows to Final Vows. Additionally, He was the director for Office of Ignatian Spirituality. Currently, he teaches, directs, and leads seminars in various topics in Ignatian Spirituality in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Mr. Bryan Torres, SJ is a third year Regent from Puerto Rico. He is currently assigned to Arrupe Jesuit High School where he teaches Freshmen Theology and is involved with the school’s campus ministry. He entered the Society of Jesus in 2017, professed first vows in 2019 and completed his philosophy studies in Guadalajara, Mexico before coming to Denver in 2023.
Fr. Pat Quinn is attached to Regis University Jesuit community. He currently serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Matthew’s Parish in Gillette, WY. There he also serves the parish mission churches St. Matthew’s in Hulett, WY, St. Patrick’s in Moorcraft, WY, and Blessed Sacrament
Jesuit Education to Jesuit Vocation
Do you feel called to a life devoted to serving a world in need? Are you wondering how to take the next step? As someone steeped in Jesuit education, you know the importance of discernment. Visit the Society of Jesus at beajesuit.org to explore transforming your Jesuit education into your Jesuit vocation.