Province Leadership
Provincial Superior
Fr John Thomas Lane SSS
Provincial Treasurer
Fr John Kamas SSS
Besides this province ministry, Fr Kamas is pastor of his home parish Eglise Saint Jean Baptiste, New York, NY and chaplain to an all girls Catholic school in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill. Fr. Kamas went to the high school and college seminary of the SSS, John Carrol University and the Jesuit School of Theology, Chicago before being ordained in 1975.
Provincial Vicar
Fr William Fickel SSS
Besides this ministry for the province, Fr Bill is pastor of Saint Vincent de Paul, Holiday, FL. He will be retiring from the pastorate in July 2023 and continue his ministry with the Center for Eucharistic Evangelizing, with the formation of Associates of the Blessed Sacrament and Life in the Eucharist retreats. After studying in the SSS high school and college seminaries, John Carroll University and the Jesuit School of Theology, Chicago, he was ordained in 1981.
Provincial Consultor
Fr Thomas Smithson SSS
Besides this province ministry, Fr Smithson is pastor of Corpus Christi, Houston, TX. He grew up in Albuquerque, NM and was a parishioner at the formerly SSS administered Saint Charles Borromeo. After studying for the seminary at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, he was ordained in his hope parish in 2001.
