Retired Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton of Detroit talks with longtime parishioners Linda Maxwell and her nephew, Wesley Maxwell at the bishop’s last Mass as administrator of St. Leo Parish in Detroit in 2007. Bishop Gumbleton is to speak in Sylvania Jan. 9 about the condition of Haiti a year after the earthquake. (CNS file photo)

SYLVANIA—Retired Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit is to speak about the condition of Haiti during a program Jan. 9 at the Franciscan Theatre and Conference Center.

The presentation, sponsored by the Sylvania Sisters of St. Francis, begins at 3 p.m. There is no charge for the event, but donations are to be accepted to support the peace and justice activities of the Sylvania Franciscans.

Bishop Gumbleton is an international advocate for peace, justice and civil rights activities in the Catholic church. He is a member of the Pax Christi fact-finding delegation to Haiti and has gone on missions there numerous times since 1991.

He recently returned from the island country and is to talk about what he saw and how the country is faring one year after the devastating earthquake.

The Franciscan Theatre and Conference Center is located in the Sylvania Franciscan Village — home to the Sisters of St. Francis, Lourdes College and Franciscan Services Corporation.