Fr. Jack Crabb, S.J.
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In Residence
Fr. Jack came to Catholic Health (formerly Catholic Health Services of Long Island) in June 2020 as the Clinical Pastoral Educator after seven plus years as the Manager of Spiritual Care and Director of Clinical Pastoral Education at The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont.
He was born in Bangor, Maine and lived in South Portland, Maine for many years before going to Boston College. There he received an AB in Classics. After graduating he entered the New England Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). In his early years as a Jesuit he taught at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, MA. He did his theology studies at Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago and returned to Connolly High as an administrative assistant to the principal. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the Jesuit Order and has taken Final Vows.
He received his Masters in Administration and Supervision from Fordham and became the first Academic Assistant Principal at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School in Houston Texas. Returning to New England, Fr. Jack was the Director of Admissions at Fairfield College Preparatory School (Fairfield CT) for thirteen years prior to becoming the Resident Chaplain at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen MA for five years. There he began his CPE educator training after completing the units for chaplain certification. Fr. Jack was certified as a chaplain with National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) in 1997. He has served as the administrator and treasurer of Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester MA for four years. For a portion of that time and beyond he was doing CPE supervision at Beverly Hospital in Beverly MA (8 years).
Fr. Jack was the founding director of the CPE Program at Mercy Hospital in Portland Maine. In 2003 Jack was certified a CPE Educator by NACC and in 2010 a CPE Educator by ACPE.
Fr. Jack has a love for parish ministry as he has done weekend supply for a number of years in local parishes, having stayed with two different parishes for a total of six years. He currently assists at St. Anthony’s Parish in Oceanside NY. Fr. Jack brings solid knowledge of the chaplain certification process as for six years he was a member of the NACC Certification Commission, the last three as Chair of the Certification Commission. He then served a full six year term as an elected member on the NACC Board of Directors.
In the former Northeast Region ACPE Fr. Jack served as the region’s Secretary and was a member of the Accreditation Committee. He currently is the co-facilitator of the Catholic Educators ACPE Community of Practice. He has contributed his skills for detail and organization by being the editor of the CPE Fair Booklet that each year is given out to seminarians and others in New England.
