Author: Fr. James Kubicki, S.J.

Fr. James Kubicki, S.J.

Fr. Jim Kubicki, S.J., a Milwaukee native, entered the Jesuits in 1971 and was ordained in 1983. He has ministered among the Lakota Sioux and served as national director of the Apostleship of Prayer from 2003 to 2017. An acclaimed author and retreat leader, he currently offers talks and spiritual direction while serving at St. Francis de Sales Seminary in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

The Feast of St. Patrick

March 17, 2026March 16, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

St. Patrick was born in the year 389 in the Roman colony of Britain. As the Roman Empire collapsed, Irish pirates crossed the channel and invaded Britain, taking many ... Read more

The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

February 11, 2026February 9, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

On February 11, 1858, Our Blessed Mother, holding a rosary, appeared to Bernadette Soubirous, a fourteen-year-old French girl who was gathering firewood for her family. Mary appeared seventeen more ... Read more

The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

The human memory is very important to God who wants us to remember the wondrous things He has done for us. But one of the effects of Original Sin ... Read more

The Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

January 6, 2026January 2, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

More than fifteen centuries before the birth of Jesus, Moses led the Israelites from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. As they camped near the Jordan River across ... Read more

The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God

January 1, 2026December 30, 2025 Articles, Catechesis

Eight days after the celebration of the birth of the Son of God, we celebrate a feast in honor of the one who made that birth possible—Mary, the Mother ... Read more

Celebrating the True Meaning of Christmas

December 25, 2025December 27, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Family and Kids

The Christmas Day celebration in my sister Judy’s family includes a birthday cake. It’s brought out after dinner and the candles are lit. The children hover over it waiting ... Read more

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 12, 2025December 2, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Four days ago we celebrated a feast in honor of the Patroness of the United States. Today we honor the Patroness of the Americas, all the countries of the ... Read more

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

December 8, 2025December 2, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

In 1519 the first European, a Spanish explorer, saw the Mississippi River, the name of which comes from the language of a Native tribe and means “Great River.” But ... Read more

The Feast of Christ the King

November 23, 2025November 21, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

“Viva Cristo Rey!” Long live Christ the King! These were the last words of Blessed Miguel Pro, a Jesuit priest, who was shot by a firing squad in Mexico ... Read more

All Souls’ Day

November 2, 2025November 21, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Today’s feast, “The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed” or “All Souls’ Day,” is so important that when it falls on a Sunday it takes the place of that ... Read more

All Saints’ Day

November 1, 2025October 30, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

If someone about to have surgery asked you to pray for them, would you? Or would you say to them: “Why are you asking me to pray for you? ... Read more

The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

October 7, 2025October 1, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

On October 7, 1571, a great naval battle took place in the Ionian Sea west of Greece. Pope St. Pius V had asked the Christian world to pray the ... Read more

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