In addition to being a frequent guest on radio and television, Fr. Kubicki is also a popular conference speaker, retreat director, and parish mission speaker.  His areas of expertise include the Eucharist, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Spiritual Exercises, and the practical spirituality of the Apostleship of Prayer.

Fr. Kubicki's involvement with the Apostleship of Prayer goes back to his high school days when he first encountered the monthly leaflets with the Holy Father's intentions. In 1995 he became the Wisconsin Province Director of the Apostleship of Prayer, and in 1997 he became a member of the Apostleship's national board of directors. He became National Director on July 31, 2003.

Fr. Kubicki was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He entered 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. From 1989-95 he worked at the Sioux Spiritual Center, a retreat house for Native Americans in western South Dakota. 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.

If you are interested in contacting Fr. Kubicki, check out his resume or e-mail him.
jkubicki@apostleshipofprayer.org

Children, teenagers, and young adults are not only the future of the Church: they are also a vibrant part of the Church today.  The Apostleship of Prayer is reaching out to younger generations in the Church to share with them a "simple, profound way of life" so that they might better offer themselves to God for the good of the world.

Fr. Phil first came into contact with the Apostleship of Prayer as a young boy when his grandmother taught him the Daily Offering prayer.  He began his ministry with the Apostleship of Prayer by organizing the music ministry team for the AoP's 2005 "Pilgrimage with the Sacred Heart of Jesus" to World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany.  He has since been in consultation with the national office in planning youth and young adult initiatives, and has paired up with the national director, Fr. Kubicki, for several retreats and talks.  In July 2009 he came on staff as youth and young adult director.

Fr. Phil spent his childhood in Florida and Maryland.  A graduate of Loyola College in Maryland and a Jesuit since 1997, he completed philosophy studies at Saint Louis University in Missouri and theology at the Jesuit School of Theology in California.  For several years he taught, coached, and led retreats at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.  As a transitional deacon he served with the Catholic chaplaincy program at San Quentin State Prison in California.  He was ordained a priest in June 2008 and served as assistant pastor at Old St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He has been involved in much youth and young adult work over the years, including retreats, conferences, social justice service programs, work in Latin America and with Spanish speakers in the U.S., pro-life advocacy, contemporary Eucharistic adoration prayer groups, and several World Youth Day pilgrimages.

Since joining the Apostleship of Prayer national office Fr. Phil has been a guest speaker in high schools, universities, parishes, and at youth and young adult events around the country. He shares practical ways of connecting faith and daily life with insights from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Apostleship of Prayer's spirituality of daily offering. He helps coordinate Jesuit pilgrim groups and events for the international World Youth Day gatherings and is director of the Hearts on Fire traveling young adult retreat program.
phurleysj@apostleshipofprayer.org

Doug joined the Apostleship of Prayer early in 2006. He brings to the Apostleship of Prayer diverse gifts in organization building, fund raising, and communication. After teaching American literature in college for ten years, Doug ventured into communication and fund raising consulting, helping to raise millions for ministries and start-up businesses. Doug sets the production schedule at Apostleship of Prayer.
dleonard@apostleshipofprayer.org

Steph joined the Apostleship of Prayer in June of 2007.  She is responsible for addressing inquiries, designing new materials, website maintenance, filling orders and maintaining database information.  Steph is finishing her Spanish degree at Marquette University.  She hopes to translate all Apostleship of Prayer materials into Spanish very soon!  Steph was married in October 2006.  She lives in Milwaukee with her husband Daven and their dog Fiesta.
sschmude@apostleshipofprayer.org