Michael R. Simone, S.J., a member of the USA Midwest Jesuit Province, is pastor of the Church of the Gesù in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A graduate of John Carroll University and Weston Jesuit School of Theology, he later earned a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible/Semitic Languages from Johns Hopkins University. From 2013 to 2021, he was assistant professor at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry where he taught Scripture and preaching, served on the core faculty of spirituality studies, and was chair of the Education Policy Committee. After his tertianship year in Dublin, Ireland (2021-22), Fr. Simone returned to the USA and served as associate pastor of Old St. Patrick’s parish in Chicago. He moved to Milwaukee July 2024.
Fr. Simone also works in Catholic publishing. He is contributing editor at America Magazine where he also serves as a regular columnist. He has written for the Portuguese Jesuits’ Mensageiro do Coração de Jesus and was a contributor to the 2023 and 2025 editions of LTP’s At Home With The Word. Among his other publications, Fr. Simone is the author of a commentary on the book of Judges for the Paulist Biblical Commentary, commentaries on the prophecies of Nahum and Zephaniah for the Jerome Biblical Commentary, Revised Edition, and the monograph Your God is a Devouring Fire(CBQMS 57). In his free time, Fr. Simone enjoys fishing and cheering for Boston sports teams.
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