Fr. Justin Whittington, S.J. is joining St. Ignatius for April and May 2025 to assist at the parish and to better understand parish life during his tertianship, or final year of formtion with the Jesuits. Fr. Justin grew up in Washington D.C. and entered Jesuits East in 1989. He was ordained in 1999 and has taught at three Jesuit High Schools, worked at retreat houses and served as Campus Minister at Wheeling Jesuit College. Most recently, Fr. Justin worked in Fundraising and Donor Relations at the Vatican Observatory in Tucson, AZ where he helped secure funding and re-designed the website for the Observatory.