Fr. Jim Kubicki was born and raised in Milwaukee. He entered the Jesuits in 1971 and was ordained in 1983. From 1989 to 1995 he worked at the Sioux Spiritual Center, and was the Assistant Director of Demontreville, a Jesuit retreat house in Minnesota from 2000-03.

In 2003 Fr. Kubicki became the National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer, the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, and traveled around the country giving talks, parish missions, and retreats.  He is a regular contributor to Catholic radio stations throughout the country via the Relevant Radio Network.  His 2012 book A Heart on Fire: Rediscovering Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was awarded third place in the category of “Best Prayer and Spirituality Book of the Year” by the Association of Catholic Book Publishers. In 2016 his second book was published, A Year of Daily Offerings.  In 2017 Fr. Kubicki became the Director of St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation in western South Dakota.