Fr. Thomas R. Slon, SJ, is the Executive Secretary/Socius for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. Most recently, he served as the rector of the Canisius Jesuit Community, in Buffalo, New York. Before that, he was the Socius for the New York Province and then the U.S. Northeast Province. He has also worked as an intern architect at the University of Scranton and at Hemmler + Camayd Architects in Scranton. He later worked as a licensed architect at Arthur John Sikula, Associates in New York City. His architectural interest stemmed from his studies in the liturgical renewal advanced by the Second Vatican Council.
A native of Cheektowaga, New York, Fr. Slon entered the Society of Jesus in 1979 and was ordained a priest at St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo in 1990.
