Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Detroit Athletic Club Pavilion
241 Madison St.
Detroit, Michigan
Jesuits have been at the forefront of Catholic Education in the United States since we first reached the Chesapeake Bay in 1633. The Jesuits have labored not only to teach, but to form young women and men to become moral leaders. The Jesuits in the United States are grateful to have an American heritage but know that the earliest foundation was built on enslaved labor and the sale of human life. In 2016 leaders began to meet the living Descendants of this tragic history and they have invited the Jesuits to partner with them in a mission of truth, reconciliation, and justice. Father Kesicki will share the vision of this partnership and the hope it offers for our nation and our Church.
Speaker Bio: Father Timothy P. Kesicki, SJ, works with the Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation, a new partnership between Descendants of Jesuit slaveholding and the Society of Jesus in the United States. He just completed his tenure as president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States in September 2021. Prior to leading the Jesuit Conference, Fr. Kesicki served from 2008 through 2014 as the Provincial of the Chicago-Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus.
Father Kesicki has ministered and taught in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and worked with Jesuit Refugee Service in Adjumani, Uganda following his ordination. In Detroit, Fr. Kesicki taught at both University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Loyola High School, and served as a weekend assistant at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower. Fr. Kesicki served as president of Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland from 2000 – 2008.
Program Details
11:30 a.m. – Doors Open (check in and registration)
12:00 p.m. – Lunch Begins
12:15 p.m. – Program Begins
Please note that all Covid protocols in place at the time of the event will be followed. The Detroit Athletic Club Pavilion is an outdoor venue. TICKET INFORMATION HERE