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Spiritual Wellness

Spiritual wellness includes the awareness, exploration and evolution of our personal values and mission. It involves the development and clarification of our sense of morality, integrity, our understanding of God, the meaning of life and our purpose in it.

Campus Ministry

  • Contact: 513 745-3567, 513 745-1959 (fax), ML 2411
  • Location: Loyola House (1617 Herald Ave.)
  • Hours: Office is open 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Call for hours of special programs.
  • Mission Statement: In the Jesuit tradition, campus ministry provides opportunities and activities that enable students to respond to the invitation of St. Ignatius Loyola to find God in all things.

    Our office provides opportunities for worship and spiritual development for those of all faith traditions. Information about Protestant, Jewish, Muslimand other local faith communities is available at our office. Stop by and visit our staff at Loyola House, located in a red brick house at 1617 Herald Avenue across from Husman Hall, or at the 3rd floor office in the Gallagher Student Center.

    Join us each week as you enjoy the preaching of Fr. Al Bischoff, S.J. who presides at the 4:00 p.m. Sunday student Mass and Fr. Michael Graham, S.J., Fr. John LaRocca, S.J. and Fr. Joe Wagner, S.J. who alternate presiding at the 10:00 p.m. student Mass.
  • Bellarmine Chapel serves both as the chapel for Xavier University and a Roman Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Websites of Xavier Faith-Based Organizations

Ignatian Programs

Division of Mission & Identity

  • Contact:513 745-3777, 513 745-2834 (fax), ML 2421
  • Location: 3729 Ledgewood
  • Hours: 7:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
  • Mission Statement: The Division informs faculty, staff and administrators about the distinctive Jesuit identity of the University so that each can carry out their work in a personally relevant, mission-driven manner.
  • Services: The Division coordinates the following events, activities, and programs:
    • Manresa (for new personnel) AFMIX (Assuring the Future Mission and Identity at Xavier)
    • The Departmental Colloquia Conversations
    • The Ignatian Mentoring Program
    • The Loyola Program Network coordination (with the A.J.C.U., Heartland-Delta consortium and the Lilly Fellows Program)
    • The Spiritual Exercises, retreats and informational presentations as requested.
    • In addition, the following print resources are available by contacting our office:
      • Do You Speak Ignatian?: A Glossary of Terms Used In Ignatian and Jesuit Circles
      • Do You Walk Ignatian?: A Compilation of Jesuit Values Expressed in the Work Day
      • Jesuit Education and Ignatian Pedagogy: A Desktop Primer
      • Teaching to the Mission
      • Ignatian Spirituality and The Spiritual Exercises: A Desktop Primer
      • Creating Privileged Moments: An Introduction to Ignatian Reflection
      • GO FORTH and set the world on fire: Student Life in the Jesuit Tradition
      • A Jesuit Themed-Day Planner with Weekly Reflections
      • Cura What?: A Graduate Student’s Guide to Understanding and Living the Jesuit Mission
    • See the Jesuit Resource for mission and identity related information.