James Kubicki

Fr. James Kubicki was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in 1971 and was ordained in 1983.

From 1984-88 he served as the Vocation Director and from 1995-99 as the Director of Formation for the Jesuits of the Wisconsin Province, a seven-state region in the upper Midwest.

He worked at the Sioux Spiritual Center, a retreat house for Native Americans in western South Dakota, from 1989-1995. During that time he was also the Assistant Director of the Diocese of Rapid City’s deacon and lay ministry formation program.

From 2000-03 he was the Assistant Director of Demontreville, the Jesuit Retreat House in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.

In 2003 he became the national director of the Apostleship of Prayer. He travels around the country giving talks, retreats and parish missions. He has appeared on EWTN and is a regular contributor to Catholic radio stations throughout the country via the Relevant Radio and EWTN Radio Networks. His book “A Heart on Fire: Rediscovering Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus” was published by Ave Maria Press in 2012 and was awarded third place in the category of “Best Prayer and Spirituality Book of the Year” by the Association of Catholic Book Publishers.

Ave Maria Press published his second book, "A Year of Daily Offerings," in 2016. It consists of daily reflections drawn from daily two minute reflections that he has been recording since 2007 for Relevant Radio.

In 2017 he became the director of St. Francis Mission (www.sfmission.org) on the Rosebud Reservation in western South Dakota.