Mr. Wendell J. Laurent

Mr. Wendell Laurent is a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans from which he holds a BA in Theatre and Communications. In May 2005 he earned an M.A. in pastoral ministry from Caldwell College in New Jersey. A longtime parishioner of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Manhattan, he is also a spiritual director trained through the VENI program at Mt. Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in Staten Island. Wendell was born and raised in New Orleans and spent time as a novice in the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Prior to coming to the vocation office, he worked as the IT Manager at a prominent New York law firm.