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John Grant, Chair
Grant@emteegee.org
Tom Szczepanski, Chair
Tom.Sz.Det@gmail.com
Frank Brady, Chair WUJA Congress
fjbradyjr@gmail.com
Fr. Gary Wright, SJ, Jesuit Liaison
wrightgr@udmercy.edu
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Spring Event
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Br. Jim Boynton, SJ
President of University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy at UDM
Past Events
Advancing Care for our Common Home in Jesuit Universities
On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, Dr. Nancy C. Tuchman, PhD, Founding Dean of the School of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago, gave a JFAN talk discussing how Pope Francis and the Society of Jesus are calling us to action to protect our shared planet and how Jesuit universities across the country are leading the way. This talk explored Loyola University Chicago’s sustainability successes as a case study and shared what each of us can do to advance the cause. View Gesu Church and School’s environmental accomplishments here. Watch the event video below.
Finding God in All Things (...sometimes through the eyes of others)
On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, Tom Szczepanski, executive officer of Angel’s Place, gave a JFAN talk about how sometimes it takes the eyes of others to open your own. Watch the event video below.
On Thursday, March 7, 2024, Fr. Patrick Kelly, SJ, PhD, current associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of Detroit Mercy, gave a JFAN talk entitled “Sport, Human Flourishing and the Common Good: Opportunities and Challenges Today.” Watch the full video below