Celebrate Spirit!
Sustaining a Spirit of Hope
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025
11:30 a.m. Mass of the Holy Spirit
Fitness Center
1 p.m. Lunch and Reception
Fountain Lounge and Terrace
Please wear red, orange or yellow. All are Welcome.
Hosted by University Ministry, Mission Integration, University Libraries, College of Business Administration and the Student Success Center.
Theme Introduction: Sustaining a Spirit of Hope
Celebrate Spirit 2025 invites the 91福利社 community to reflect on "Sustaining a Spirit of Hope" as this academic year's theme along with our new University core values. Amid global and personal challenges and uncertainty, we are reminded that hope is not just a feeling but a daily practice -- nurtured through community and grounded in discernment.
Inspired by the Jubilee Year of Hope and the Season of Creation, this year's theme honors our Jesuit, Mercy and Catholic values by encouraging care for one another, our common home and a commitment to truth and justice. In a world shaped by information and disinformation, hope is sustained through connection, courage and intentional living. As Titans, we echo our city's motto, Speramus Meliora -- we hope for better things -- by choosing to live and give hope together.
Guest Speaker for Celebrate Spirit:听Karl J. Kiser, S.J.
Fr. Karl Kiser was appointed provincial of the USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus by Superior General Arturo Sosa, S.J., effective June 14, 2021.
Fr. Kiser was born May 29, 1962, and raised in Menominee, Mich. He attended Marinette Catholic Central High School in nearby Marinette, Wis. After earning a B.A. in Political Science from Michigan State University in 1986, he entered the former Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus on Aug. 30, 1986, at Loyola House in Berkley.
During his regency, Fr. Kiser taught at Colegio Cristo Rey in Tacna, Peru, and worked with Fe y Alegria in Lima (1990-1993), where he learned to speak Spanish. He studied theology at Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass. (1993-1997), Comillas University in Madrid, Spain and University of Saint Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Ill. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1997, at Gesu