Fr. Patrick Fairbanks, S.J.

Parochial Vicar

Fr. Pat is a 1972 alumnus of Hamilton Badin, and he received a B.S.Ed from Miami. After working in Cincinnati as teacher and parish youth minister, Fr Pat met the Jesuits at XU. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1989 and studied philosophy and classical languages at Loyola Chicago. After teaching 3 years at St. X High, Fr. Pat earned the M.Div. and Th.M. from Weston Jesuit Theology in Boston. He was ordained in Chicago in 2000 and taught several years there at St. Ignatius College Prep. He was Vocation Director for the Jesuits and has been actively involved in Ignatian Spirituality and weekends retreats for over 20 years. Fr. Pat had served as pastor here at St. Xavier Church and most recently as superior of the Jesuit community in Chicago.