Protecting Children, Young People, and Vulnerable Adults

Jesuit Conference Staff

The Society’s Superior General appoints a president to oversee the work of the Jesuit Conference. The Jesuit Conference Board is comprised of the six provincials of Canada and the United States. Secretariats under the direction of the executive secretary/socius advance its mission.

Rev. Kellerman

Secretary of Justice and Ecology

Rev. Chris Kellerman, SJ, is Secretary of Justice and Ecology for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. Originally from Arlington, TX, he studied at Texas Tech University, the University of Dallas, and Regis College at the University of Toronto. From 2020-2022 he served as visiting fellow and then interim director at the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University New Orleans where he engaged in research, education, and advocacy on issues related to racial and environmental justice. Kellerman regularly gives talks to Catholic audiences on the history of the Church and slavery, Catholic social teaching, and healing our polarized divide in the Church and the United States. He is the author of All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church.

Fr. Chris Kellerman, SJ, is Secretary of Justice and Ecology for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. Originally from Arlington, TX, he studied at Texas Tech University, the University of Dallas, and Regis College at the University of Toronto. From 2020-2022 he served as visiting fellow and then interim director at the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University New Orleans where he engaged in research, education, and advocacy on issues related to racial and environmental justice. Kellerman regularly gives talks to Catholic audiences on the history of the Church and slavery, Catholic social teaching, and healing our polarized divide in the Church and the United States. He is the author of All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church.