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 Latine Theology and Ignatian Spirituality. Before 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. 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 the Founder and Coordinator of the Jesuit Prison Education Network (JPEN), which provides college-credit classes in prisons through the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) and the Catholic College Consortium for Prison Education.
Fr. Kevin Dyer moved to Denver to assume the role of senior national chaplain with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. Previously, he worked for seven years at Regis Jesuit High School and seven years 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.
Mr. Joseph Laughlin, SJ, teaches in the Spanish department at Arrupe Jesuit High School in the Regency stage of his Jesuit formation. Joe grew up in St. Louis, attended Saint Louis University and joined the Jesuits in 2021. Prior to Denver, Joe was at Loyola University Chicago where he earned a Masters in Hispanic Studies.
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 the Office of Ignatian Spirituality. Currently, he teaches, directs and leads seminars on various topics in Ignatian Spirituality in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.
Fr. Pat Quinn is attached to the 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
Mr. Christopher Ross, SJ, is a first-year regent from New Orleans, LA, who is currently assigned to Arrupe Jesuit High School to teach Junior Theology. Chris entered the Society of Jesus in 2021; and, after professing vows in 2023, he studied philosophy at Saint Louis University. Now he is beginning this stage of formation in Denver as he continues the trajectory towards future priestly ordination.
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 Regis College. He also serves as a frequent sacramental minister at Regis University and in several Denver-area parishes. Additionally, he accompanies the mourners at Mt. Olivet, the Archdiocesan cemetery and at Ft. Logan. Before his present time with the Regis community, he served as pastor at St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in 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.
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.