Father Larry Gillick, S.J. was born in Milwaukee and attended Marquette Jesuit High and St. Norbert College before entering the Society of Jesus in 1960.   He and his family have had a summer home on White Sand Lake near Lac du Flambeau, WI since 1952.  He remembers attending Mass in the theatre in Woodruff and at the little old St. Anthony’s Church in Flambeau.   

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After pronouncing his first vows in 1963, he received his bachelor's degree from St. Louis University in 1966. He taught at Campion Jesuit High in Wisconsin for the next three years. He was ordained in June 1972 after completing his theology studies at Regis College in Toronto. For the next seven years, he was on the staff of the seminary in Toronto as a Spiritual Director for the younger Jesuits.

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He was sent to Omaha in 1979 as Spiritual Director for the young Scholastics studying at Creighton University and living at Campion House in Omaha. In 1984, he assumed the office of Rector of the Jesuit Community at Creighton Prep in Omaha. He served in this capacity until the fall of 1991, when he was assigned to be the Director of the Deglman Center for Ignatian Spirituality at Creighton University. After Campion House closed in May of 2001, he assumed the office of Superior of Mulumba House. He still serves as Director of the Deglman Center.

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Father Gillick presently occupies his time doing spiritual direction of students, faculty, and alumni of Creighton University, as well as, directing retreats and days of reflection around the country.