Fr. Jim Shea, S.J., Director for Mission & Ministry, Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), joined the Georgetown community in August 2021. Before coming to Georgetown, Fr. Shea served as Pastor at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Charlotte, N.C. from 2015-2021, and from 2004-2008 he served as Pastor at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. From 2008-2014, Fr. Shea served as the Provincial Superior of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus. Fr. Shea is not entirely new to the GUMC community: from 1989-1996 he was Director of the Pastoral Care Department at Georgetown University Hospital, and from 1996-2004 he was Director of Medical Center Ministry at GUMC.