Bill Smith is a deacon assigned directly to the Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative (www.jrji.org) in Culver City from St. Jude’s in 2013 for a five year term by the Archbishop of Los Angeles.  He was ordained in 2007 after careers in the Marine Corps, city management and special district management.  He also spent ten years as the assistant to the Regional Bishop of Santa Barbara,  He was awarded the Doctor of Ministry degree from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis in 2015. He strives to bring the healing presence of Christ to the incarcerated, their families and friends, and the victims of injustice wherever JRJI operates. He looks forward to returning to St. Jude’s in the future.