FALLING IN LOVE Proclaiming the Message Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed Campus Ministry Purpose and Goals Campus Ministry at Bellarmine fosters a faith community that ministers to students, in the morning, faculty, staff and administration. The Campus Ministry staff hopes to strengthen what you do with your evenings, this faith community by providing opportunities for those it serves to respond to the call of Christ. Through its programs and team members, Campus Ministry how you spend your weekends, enables members of the Bellarmine community to recognize their own gifts to serve others. Campus Ministry’s goals are to: what you read, who you know, Campus Ministry • Foster the love and care for individuals what breaks your heart, • Share the Gospel message and promote Christian values • Build and strengthen the faith community and what amazes you with • Celebrate the life of the Holy Spirit joy and gratitude. Campus Ministry strives to prepare students for the future who are challenged to be Fall in love, stay in love, open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving and committed to doing justice in the service of God and neighbor. and it will decide everything.

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CAMPUS MINISTRY Ad majorem Dei gloriam Jim Fish, Campus Minister/Deacon 2300 S Washington, Tacoma, Washington 98405 (253) 756-3842 [email protected] For the greater glory of God Retreats Service Campus Ministry programs help students deepen their faith in God. Our Jesus' message is to love our neighbor and serve our brothers and sisters. “Our retreat program provides students with opportunities to participate in love is not to be just words or mere talk, but something real and active.” (1 Jn. reflective experiences in communal settings to gain deeper insights into self- 3:18) knowledge, sensitivity to others, and a faith in God. Each retreat is designed to provide time for students to share their insights, personal beliefs and Faith in Formation: In this program, junior and senior leaders train and commit to attitudes in a Christian context. Spiritual Growth Weekday Masses (Tue, Wed, Fri) are strengthening their own faith in Christ. Bellarmine leaders serve freshmen and Individual Spiritual Direction is available celebrated in the Jesuit chapel in Orton Hall at sophomores in the spirit of Jesus. The students meet formally throughout the year Freshman Formation takes place in conjunction with Bellarmine's House upon request from members of the Campus 6:45 AM. in Community Period and conclude with the celebration of a class mass. System in Community Period. Beginning with orientation in August, an all-day Ministry staff to support, encourage, and retreat in October, and Community Period once a month, freshmen are called accompany students in their spiritual life. Weekly Masses take place in the St. Aloysius Nativity House: Bellarmine students serve Nativity House providing meals once or to examine their experience in terms of the theme, “My Place in the World”. Gonzaga school chapel on “B” days at 9:40 AM. twice each month to those living on our streets. All students, parents, teachers and staff are Sophomore Formation takes place in Community Period and climaxes in an Liturgies welcome to attend. Consult the online school Operation Keep ‘em Warm and Fed: Students weekly serve the homeless in all-day experience with the L'Arche Farm in the Fall and in the Spring. The Campus Ministry provides a variety of calendar for specific dates. downtown Tacoma on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 7:15 - 8:15 invitations to worship. We try to create program, for all sophomores, enables them to help alongside core team AM with breakfast and vitamins. meaningful celebrations of the liturgy and to All-School Liturgies (designated days) take members at L'Arche who are developmentally disabled. Sophomores may also heighten awareness than Christianity and the place in the St. Ignatius Loyola Center on the Phoenix Housing: Several weeks during the school year, students and parents attend the optional overnight retreat in February: the St. Urban message of Jesus are to be lived each day of Plunge. This retreat is devoted to direct service with and for the poor in our Feast of St. , in Advent before provide food and shelter to homeless families on Bellarmine’s campus. our lives. Through the Lord's Supper, the the holiday, and on Ash Wednesday. baptismal call to be . words of the Gospel, and the songs and Liturgical Ministry: Campus Ministry at Bellarmine is an opportunity to minister prayers of our liturgical celebrations, we are Holy Days of Obligation and other important Junior Retreats, the Junior Boys Encounter and the Junior Girls Encounter, encouraged to: and share one's gifts. Liturgical ministry offers students opportunities to serve are voluntary. They are three-day, overnight retreats on weekends away from feasts, that take place when school is in session, others as liturgy planners, Eucharistic ministers, lectors, musicians and choir campus and are designed to build community, strengthen self and deepen one's - Live the message of liturgy each day of are celebrated on “B” days at 9:40 AM. members at weekly and all-school liturgies. faith in God. The Encounters are offered six times throughout the school year. the week Penance Services (Confession) can be set by - Live out our faith at school, home and in Retreat Service and Leadership: Service and leadership opportunities are available appointment with Fr. Chapdelaine, Fr. Fuchs, Fr. Senior Retreats, all voluntary, include four options: the wider community for juniors and seniors on the junior and senior retreats. Lamanna or the other priests at Bellarmine (1) The Senior Pilgrimage takes place in September, is a weekend hike and - Live to ever know, love and serve God living in the Jesuit community. Communal camp away from campus focusing on community, faith, and discipleship. and one another Habitat for Humanity: This service and leadership opportunity is available as a club penance services are offered through the through ASB.

(2) The Montserrat is a 24-hour, Ignatian-directed, silent retreat. Religious Studies Department in both Advent (3) The Manresa is a two-night, Ignatian-directed, silent retreat. and Lent. Lions for Life: This ASB club witnesses to the dignity of human life, from pre-born to MORE INFORMATION: Announcements and information regarding Campus the dying and advocates a pro-life stance in all areas of human life. (4) The , a three-day overnight that takes place in March, is modeled on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. It is designed Ministry programs and activities are posted regularly outside the Campus Ministry to invite seniors into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. office in Fr. Weber Hall at the south end of campus. More information about Campus Ministry programs, as well as retreat registration forms, is available on CAMPUS MINISTRY LEADERSHIP TEAM the Bellarmine website at www.bellarmineprep.org/campusministry.

Deacon Jim Fish – Campus Kirsten Byers– Julie Campbell – Fr. Gerry Molly Coyne – Jody DeGroot – Sarah Dorsch – Deacon Bill Eckert – Jacob Hayden– Rick Keller-Scholz – Ignatian Formation Team Anita Emery – Fr. John Fuchs, SJ – Minister, Spiritual Director, Assistant Director of Ignatian Formation Team, Chapdelaine, SJ – Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Sacramental Assistant Director of Ignatian Formation Team, Director of Faith in Director of Lectors, Director of Ignatian Formation, Faith in Formation Bellarmine Liaison for School Chaplain, Montserrat/Manresa Lectors Coordinator, Grief Choir Faculty/Staff and Formation Liturgy Planning Sr. Pilgrimage, Faculty/Staff Operation Keep ‘em Spiritual Direction Ministry Montserrat/Manresa Retreats Overnight, Director of Retreats, Assistant Montserrat/Manresa Retreats Warm & Fed Encounter Director Chaplain, Liturgy Planning

Fr. Tom Lamanna, SJ – Frank Lewis – Annette Michalson – Tim Milnes – Mark Modarelli – Jennifer O'Loughlin – Jenny Phillips – Debra Sauvage – Tony Rehberger – Allison Scanlin – Jay Wiley – Director of Liturgical Director of Eucharistic Coordinator of Junior Ignatian Formation, Board Assistant Director of Magis Director of Junior Girls Team Director for Director of Magis Retreat Assistant Director of Director of St. Francis Director of Senior Choir and Musicians, Ministry, Liturgy Planning, Retreat Encounters, Director of Encounter, Liturgy Planning Senior Pilgrimage Junior Boys Encounter Xavier Plunge Pilgrimage Crew Formation, Jesuit Superior Liturgy Planning Nativity House Junior Boys Encounter