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Mike Tedone, SJ

Hometown
Placentia, California
Province
USA West

“Since entering the Society, my spirituality has become more centered on the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I credit this to my experience of both making and sharing the Spiritual Exercises and feeling called to recognize Jesus as brother and Lord who has sent the church on mission with the Spirit.”

Highlights of Jesuit Formation:

  1. Attended MAGIS and World Day 2016 in Poland.
  2. Spent the summer of 2017 with the Kino Border Initiative.
  3. Participated in the interreligious and interdisciplinary program Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) in the summer of 2022.

Post-Ordination

Will serve in the classroom and in sacramental ministry at Cristo Rey High School Sacramento.

Mike preaches during a summer preached retreat at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Missoula, Montana, in July 2017

Biography

Mike Tedone, SJ, grew up in Orange County, California, and began his vocational journey through his high school youth group, which began nourishing his soul, and his sophomore history teacher who encouraged theological investigation. He attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in theology and secondary education, which he immediately put to use at Xavier High School in Micronesia through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Still discerning next steps, Mike went to the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (BCSTM) where he completed a master’s degree in religious education. In his second year at BCSTM, Mike made the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life through St. Ignatius Parish. Through getting to know scholastic classmates and his experiences of the Exercises, he felt invited to apply to and enter the Jesuits.

After taking first vows in Los Angeles, Mike completed his philosophy studies and a certificate for the Exercises in Everyday Life at Loyola University Chicago. He spent two years of regency teaching sixth, seventh and eighth grade religion at Sacred Heart Nativity Schools in San Jose, California, and a third year as director of young adult ministry at St. Aloysius Parish in Spokane, Washington, and as a spiritual director with Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life (SEEL) Spokane. For theology studies he attended the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, California. While completing his Master of Divinity degree, Mike did field work at Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School and St. Theresa Catholic Church in Oakland. After ordination, he will join the faculty at Cristo Rey High School Sacramento, serving in the classroom and sacramental ministry.

Academic Degrees

Bachelor’s degree, Catholic theology, Marquette University; Master’s degree, religious education, Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry; Graduate certificate, spiritual direction of the Ignatian Exercises, Loyola University Chicago Institute of Pastoral Studies; Master of Divinity, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University

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