Raymond Helmick

Raymond Helmick, SJ was an American Jesuit, peacemaker, theologian and author. Helmick worked as a professor at Boston College and the Boston Theological Institute. Helmick travelled around the world as an emissary for peace.{{cite web|last1=Marquard|first1=Bryan|title=Father Raymond Helmick, 84, traveled world for peace|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/05/11/father-raymond-helmick-jesuit-who-traveled-world-resolve-conflicts-dies/jVS16JvGxSl6CQJaT5eNFK/story.html|publisher=Boston Globe|accessdate=16 May 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Krueger|first1=Maggie|title=RPP Celebrates the Life and Gifts of Peacemaker Fr. Raymond Helmick, S.J.|url=https://rpp.hds.harvard.edu/news/rpp-celebrates-life-and-gifts-peacemaker-fr-raymond-helmick-sj|publisher=Harvard Divinity School|accessdate=16 May 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Schaeffer-Duffy|first1=Claire|title=Jesuit priest corresponds with Hamas|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/jesuit-priest-corresponds-hamas|publisher=National Catholic Reporter|accessdate=16 May 2017}} Helmick founded the US Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East.

Helmick was born in Arlington, Massachusetts. He went on to graduate from Boston College High School. Helmick studied philosophy at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, taught history and religion at St. George's College, Jamaica, studied theology at Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt, Germany, and was ordained a priest in the Frankfurt Cathedral in 1963.{{cite web|title=In Memoriam: Raymond Helmick, S.J.|url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/campus-community/faculty/in-memoriam-raymond-helmich-sj.html|publisher=BC News|accessdate=16 May 2017}}

After his death, Boston College developed the Helmick Memorial Lecture.{{cite web|title=Helmick memorial lecture|url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/campus-community/faculty/lecture-honors-fr-helmick.html|publisher=Boston College|accessdate=16 May 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Bachani|first1=Rohit|title=REV. JESSE JACKSON EXAMINES CONFLICT RESOLUTION AT FR. RAYMOND HELMICK, S.J., MEMORIAL LECTURE|date=26 April 2017 |url=http://www.bcgavel.com/2017/04/26/rev-jesse-jackson-examines-conflict-resolution-fr-raymond-helmick-s-j-memorial-lecture/|publisher=The Gavel|accessdate=16 May 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Bachani|first1=Rohit|title=FR. RAYMOND HELMICK, S.J. MEMORIAL COMMITTEE HOLDS INAUGURAL MEMORIAL LECTURE|url=http://www.bcgavel.com/2016/12/11/fr-raymond-helmick-s-j-memorial-committee-holds-inaugural-memorial-lecture/|publisher=The Gavel|accessdate=16 May 2017}}