Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry

Campus Ministry
College/University

Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus
197 East Gay Street
Columbus, OH  43215-3229
(614) 241-2565

Mark Butler
Director

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Are you a graduating senior in high school or current college student in Ohio? 
Are you looking to connect with an Ohio Catholic campus ministry or parish near where you are planning to attend? 
Be sure to check out our Ohio Campus Ministry Connection!

Please select from the following options within this page:

Campus Ministries and Campus-Area Parishes in the Diocese of Columbus

Catholic Campus Ministry Resources

National Catholic Campus Ministry Organizations
Ohio Diocesan Campus Ministry Programs

Colleges/Universities in Ohio (by diocese)


The following resources are available from other sites:

Colleges / Universities and Campus Ministries outside of the Diocese of Columbus
Catholic Distance Learning Programs Available for the Laity

Catechism of the Catholic Church
New American Bible
Masstimes.org

Catholic Relief Services - Campus Connection
Directory of Volunteer Opportunities (St. Vincent Pallotti Center)


Additional Sites of Interest:

Young Adult Ministry Resources

Vocations Office - www.SEEKHOLINESS.com
Permanent Diaconate
Delegate for Religious
Ministry Formation
Family Life Office

Saint Paul Outreach

Catholic Conference of Ohio
Ohio Campus Ministries

 


Campus Ministries and Campus-Area Parishes in the
Diocese of Columbus
 
= Catholic School

Capital University (Bexley) Kenyon College (Gambier) OSU- Newark Campus
Capital University Law and Graduate Center  (Columbus) Marion Technical College OU- Chillicothe Campus
Central Ohio Technical College (Newark) Mount Carmel College of Nursing (Columbus) OU- Lancaster Campus
The Columbus College of Art and Design Mount Vernon Nazarene University OU- Zanesville Campus
Columbus State Community College Muskingum College (New Concord) Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware)
Denison University (Granville) Ohio Dominican University (Columbus) Otterbein College (Westerville)
DeVry University- Columbus  Ohio Northern University (Ada) Shawnee State University (Portsmouth)
Franklin University (Columbus) The Ohio State University (Columbus) Zane State College (Zanesville)
KSU- Tuscarawas Campus (New Philadelphia OSU- Marion Campus  

Capital University (Bexley)
CSO Advisors:
  Prof. Suzanne Marilley/ Prof. Tom Gearhart
CSO Website:  http://capital2.capital.edu/orgs/CSO/
E-mail:  smarille@capital.edu / tgearhar@capital.edu
Phone:  (614) 236-6195 / (614)236-6605

Parish Contact:  Fr. Richard Weyls, St. Catharine Church
E-mail:  rweyls@aol.com
Phone:  (614) 231-4509

Kenyon College (Gambier)
Campus Minster/Chaplain: 
Fr. Mark Hammond, St. Vincent DePaul Church (Mt. Vernon)
Phone:  (740) 392-4711
OSU- Newark Campus
Parish Contact:  Fr. Bob Penhallurick, St. Francis DeSales Church
Parish Website:  http://www.stfrancisparish.net
E-mail:  bobpenhall@columbus.rr.com
Phone:  (740) 345-9874

Parish Contact:  Fr. Timothy Hayes, Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Parish Website:  http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~thayes/
blsac43055.html
E-mail:  blsac43055@juno.com
Phone:  (740) 345-9874

 

Capital University Law and Graduate Center (Columbus)
The Downtowners Campus Ministry
Campus Minister: 
Dr. Ellen O’Shaughnessy
Address:  404 S. Third St., Columbus, 43215
E-mail:  eoshp@mac.com
Phone:  (614) 224-1155
Website:  http://www.downtownersministry.org

Click here for area parishes.

Marion Technical College
Parish Contact: 
Fr. Michael Nimocks, St. Mary Church
Parish Website:  http://www.marionstmary.org
E-mail:  frnimocks@marionstmary.org
Phone:  (740) 382-2118
OU- Chillicothe Campus
Parish Contact:  Fr. Lawrence Hummer, St. Mary Church
Parish Website: http://home.adelphia.net/~saintmary
E-mail:  saintmary@adelphia.net
Phone:  (740) 772-2061

Parish Contact:  Fr. William Hahn, St. Peter Church
Parish Website: http://www.stpeterchillicothe.com
E-mail:  pastor@stpeterchillicothe.com
Phone:  (740) 774-1407

 

Central Ohio Technical College (Newark)
Parish Contact: 
Fr. Bob
Penhallurick, St. Francis DeSales Church
Parish Website:  http://www.stfrancisparish.net
E-mail:   bobpenhall@columbus.rr.com
Phone:  (740) 345-9874

Parish Contact:  Fr. Timothy Hayes, Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Parish Website:  http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~thayes/
blsac43055.html
E-mail:  blsac43055@juno.com
Phone:  (740) 345-9874

Mount Carmel College of Nursing (Columbus)
Campus Minister: 
Ms. Colleen Cipriani
E-mail:  ccipriani@mchs.com
Phone:  (614) 234-5828

College Chaplain:  Mr. Peter McClernon
E-mail:  pmcclernon@mchs.com
Phone:  (614) 234-1590
 


The Downtowners Campus Ministry
Campus Minister: 
Dr. Ellen O’Shaughnessy
Address:  404 S. Third St., Columbus, 43215
E-mail:  eoshp@mac.com
Phone:  (614) 224-1155
Website:  http://www.downtownersministry.org

 

OU- Lancaster Campus
Parish Contact:  Fr. Donald Franks, St. Mary Church
Parish Website:   http://www.greenapple.com/~stmary
E-mail:  DEF@GreenApple.com
Phone:  (740) 653-0997

Parish Contact:  Fr. James Walter, St. Bernadette Church
E-mail:  frwalter@stbparish.org
Phone:  (740) 653-0997

Parish Contact:  Fr. Peter Gideon, St. Mark Church
E-mail:  pgideon@juno.com
Phone:  (740) 654-2874

 

The Columbus College of Art and Design
The Downtowners Campus Ministry
Campus Minister: 
Dr. Ellen O’Shaughnessy
Address:  404 S. Third St., Columbus, 43215
E-mail:  eoshp@mac.com
Phone:  (614) 224-1155
Website:  http://www.downtownersministry.org

Click here for area parishes.
 

Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Parish Contact: 
Fr. Mark Hammond, St. Vincent DePaul Church
Phone:  (740) 392-4711
OU- Zanesville Campus
Parish Contact:  Fr. Leo Connolly, St. Nicholas Church
Phone:  (740) 453-0597

Parish Contact:  Fr. S. Jordan McConway, OP, St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville
Phone:  (740) 453-3301

 

Columbus State Community College
The Downtowners Campus Ministry
Campus Minister: 
Dr. Ellen O’Shaughnessy
Address:  404 S. Third St., Columbus, 43215
E-mail:  eoshp@mac.com
Phone:  (614) 224-1155
Website: 
http://www.downtownersministry.org

Click here for area parishes.
 

Muskingum College (New Concord)
Chaplain:
  Fr. S. Jordan McConway, OP, St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville
Phone:  (740) 453-3301

Campus Ministry Contact:  Will Mullins
Campus Ministry Website:  http://muskingum.edu/~abeavers
E-mail:  chaplain@muskingum.edu
Phone:  (740) 826-8120

Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware)
The John Cardinal Newman Community
Chaplain: 
Fr. David Sizemore
E-mail: 
frsizemore@earthlink.net
Phone:
 
(740) 965-1358
Newman Community E-mail: 
newmancm@owu.edu
Newman Community Website:
http://www.geocities.com/newmanowu

 

Denison University (Granville)
Chaplain:
  Msgr. Paul Enke, St. Edward the Confessor Church
Parish Website:  http://www.saintedwards.org
E-mail:  church@saintedwards.org
Phone:  (740) 587-3254
Ohio Dominican University (Columbus)
University Chaplain:
Fr. Jon Boll, O.P.
E-mail:  campusministry@ohiodominican.edu
Phone: 
(614) 251-4567

Campus Minister:  Ms. Jennifer Schaaf
E-mail:  Schaafj@ohiodominican.edu

Phone:  (614) 251-4568

Residence Hall Minister: Ms. Autina McFarland
E-mail:  McFarlanda@ohiodominican.edu
Phone:  (614) 253-4829

Campus Ministry E-mail:  campusministry@ohiodominican.edu
Campus Ministry Website:
  http://www.ohiodominican.edu/campus_life/
campus_ministry/default.asp
 

Otterbein College (Westerville)
Parish Contact: 
Fr. Charles Klinger, St. Paul Church
Parish Website:  http://www.stpaulcatholicchurch.org
E-mail:  stpaulchurch@rrohio.com
Phone:  (614) 882-2109

DeVry University Columbus
The Downtowners Campus Ministry
Campus Minister: 
Dr. Ellen O’Shaughnessy
Address:  404 S. Third St., Columbus, 43215
E-mail:  eoshp@mac.com
Phone:  (614) 224-1155
Website:  http://www.downtownersministry.org

Click here for area parishes.

Ohio Northern University (Ada)
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and Newman Center
Pastor/Campus Minister: 
Fr. David J. Young
Phone:  (419) 634-2626
Shawnee State University (Portsmouth)
Parish Contact:
  Fr. Dwayne McNew, Holy Redeemer Church
E-mail:  frd@adelphia.net
Phone:  (740) 354-8691

Parish Contact:  Fr. Theodore Machnik, St. Mary Church
Parish Website:  http://www.stmaryportsmouth.org

E-mail:  office@stmaryportsmouth.org
Phone:  740-354-4551

 

Franklin University (Columbus)
The Downtowners Campus Ministry
Campus Minister: 
Dr. Ellen O’Shaughnessy
Address:  404 S. Third St., Columbus, 43215
E-mail:  eoshp@mac.com
Phone:  (614) 224-1155
Website:  http://www.downtownersministry.org

Click here for area parishes.

The Ohio State University (Columbus)
St. Thomas More Newman Center at The Ohio State University (Roman Catholic Campus Ministry)
Director: 
Fr. Lawrence Rice, CSP
Website: http://www.thenewmancenter.net
E-mail:  lrice@paulist.org
Phone:  (614) 291-4674

Pastoral Associate for Campus Ministry:  Tom Centarri
E-mail:  tom@buckeyecatholic.com
Website:  http://www.buckeycatholic.com

Pastoral Associate:  Fr. Vinny McKiernan, CSP
E-mail:  vinnycsp@yahoo.com


Pastoral Associate:
 Fr. Chuck Cunniff, CSP
E-mail:  frchuck@thenewmancenter.net


Pastoral Associate for Social Justice & Reconciliation:
 Mary Ellen Thomas
E-mail:  maryellen@thenewmancenter.net


Holy Name Parish
Pastor: 
Msgr. James Ruef
Website: http://www.holynamercc.com
E-mail:  webmaster1@holynamercc.com
Phone:  (614) 262-0390
Catholic Student Society of the Holy Name
Website: 
http://www.osucatholics.org

 

Zane State College (Zanesville)
Parish Contact: 
Fr. Leo Connolly, St. Nicholas Church
Phone:  (740) 453-0597

Parish Contact:  Fr. S. Jordan McConway, OP, St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville
Phone:  (740) 453-3301

 

KSU- Tuscarawas Campus (New Philadelphia)
Parish Contact:  Msgr. George Schlegel, Sacred Heart Church
Parish Website:  http://www.sacredheartnpohio.catholicweb.
com
E-mail:  shchurch@tusco.net
Phone:  740-330-343-6976

OSU- Marion Campus
Parish Contact:  Fr. Michael Nimocks, St. Mary Church
Parish Website:   http://www.marionstmary.org
E-mail:  frnimocks@marionstmary.org
Phone:  (740) 382-2118
 

 


Catholic Campus Ministry Resources

Empowered by the Spirit: Campus Ministry Faces the Future
Peace and Justice:  A Campus Guide to Catholic Social Teaching in Action
Address of Pope John Paul II to the Participants of the World Meeting on Pastoral Ministry in University Life


National Catholic Campus Ministry Organizations

Catholic Campus Ministry Association
National Catholic Student Coalition
Saint Paul Outreach
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (NCEA)
USCCB Division of Higher Education and Campus Ministry


Ohio Diocesan Campus Ministry Programs

Archdiocese of Cincinnati Campus Ministry
Diocese of Cleveland Campus Ministry
Diocese of Toledo Campus Ministry
Diocese of Youngstown Campus Ministry
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma


Colleges and Universities in Ohio
(by diocese)

= Catholic College/University

Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Diocese of Cleveland
Diocese of Columbus
Diocese of Steubenville
Diocese of Toledo
Diocese of Youngstown

Eastern Rite Catholic Dioceses in Ohio


Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Air Force Institute of Technology  (Dayton)
Antioch College (Yellow Springs)
Antonelli College (Cincinnati)
Art Academy of Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
Athenaeum of Ohio (Cincinnati)
Brown Mackie College - Cincinnati Campus (Cincinnati)
Cedarville University (Cedarville)
Central State University (Wilberforce)
Chatfield College (St. Martin)
Chatfield College - North Fairmount Campus (Cincinnati)
Clermont College (Cincinnati)
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science (Cincinnati)
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (Cincinnati)
Clark State Community College (Springfield)
College of Mount Saint Joseph (Cincinnati)
Community Hospital School of Nursing (Springfield)
Edison Community College (Piqua)
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science (Cincinnati)
Hondros College - Cincinnati Campus (Cincinnati)
Hondros College - Dayton Campus (Dayton)
Kettering College of Medical Arts (Kettering)
International College of Broadcasting (Dayton)
ITT Technical Institute (Dayton)
ITT Technical Institute (Norwood)
McGregor Antioch University  (Yellow Springs)
Miami-Jacobs (Dayton)
Miami University (Oxford)
Miami University- Hamilton Campus (Hamilton)
Miami University- Middletown Campus (Middletown)
National College of Business Technology - Cincinnati Campus (Cincinnati)
National College of Business Technology - Dayton Campus (Dayton)
Ohio Institute of Photography and Technology (Dayton)
Raymond Walters College (Blue Ash)
Sinclair Community College (Dayton)
Southern Ohio College (Cincinnati)
Southern State Community College (Hillsboro)
Southern State Community College- North Campus (Wilmington)
Southern State Community College- South Campus (Sardinia)
Southwestern College - Cincinnati Campus (Cincinnati)
Southwestern College - Dayton Campus (Dayton)
Southwestern College - Franklin Campus (Franklin)
Southwestern College - Tri-County Campus (Cincinnati)
Union Institute and University (Cincinnati)
University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
University of Cincinnati- Clermont College (Batavia)
University of Cincinnati- OMI College of Applied Science (Cincinnati)
University of Cincinnati- Raymond Walters College (Blue Ash)
University of Dayton (Dayton)
University of Phoenix- Cincinnati Campus (Cincinnati)
Urbana University (Urbana)
Wilberforce University (Wilberforce)
Wilmington College (Wilmington)
Wittenberg University (Springfield)
Wright State University (Dayton)
Wright State University-Lake Campus (Celina)
Xavier University (Cincinnati)


Diocese of Cleveland

Akron Institute (Cuyahoga Falls)
Ashland University (Ashland)
Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea)
Bohecker College (Ravenna)
Brown Mackie College - Akron Campus (Akron)
Bryant and Stratton (Cleveland)
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland)
Central School of Practical Nursing (Cleveland)
Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland)
Cleveland Institute of Electronics (Cleveland)
Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland)
Cleveland State University (Cleveland)
The College of Wooster (Wooster)
Cuyahoga Community College  (CCC) (Cleveland)
DeVry University - Cleveland Campus (Cleveland)

John Carroll University (University Heights)
Hondros College - Akron Campus (Akron)
Hondros College - Cleveland East Campus (Mentor)
Hondros College - Cleveland South Campus (Independence)
Kent State University- Geauga Campus (Burton Township)
ITT Technical Institute (Strongsville)
Lake Erie College (Painesville)
Lakeland Community College (Mentor)
Lorain County Community College (Elyria)
Myers University (Cleveland)
Notre Dame College of Ohio (South Euclid)
Oberlin College (Oberlin)
Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (Cleveland)
The Ohio State University- Ohio Agricultural Technical Institute (Wooster)
Ohio Technical College (Cleveland)
Remington College (Cleveland)
Sanford-Brown Institute (Cleveland)
St. Mary Seminary (Wickliffe)
Summit College (Akron)
Total Technical Institute (Brooklyn)
University of Akron (Akron)
University of Akron- Wayne College (Orrville)
University of Phoenix- Cleveland Campus (Cleveland)
Ursuline College (Pepper Pike)
Vatterott College - Cleveland Campus (Cleveland)


Diocese of Columbus

Bradford School (Columbus)
Bryman Institute - Gahanna Campus (Gahanna)
Capital University (Bexley)
Capital University Law and Graduate Center (Columbus)
Central Ohio Technical College (Newark)
The Columbus College of Art and Design (Columbus)
Columbus State Community College (Columbus)
Coshocton Education Center (Coshocton)
Denison University (Granville)
DeVry University - Columbus Campus (Columbus)
Franklin University (Columbus)
Hondros College - Columbus Campus (Columbus)
ITT Technical Institute (Hilliard)
Keller Graduate School of Management (Columbus)
Kent State University- Tuscarawas Campus (New Philadelphia)
Kenyon College (Gambier)
Marion Technical College (Marion)
Mount Carmel College of Nursing (Columbus)
Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Mount Vernon)
Muskingum College (New Concord)
Ohio Dominican University (Columbus)
Ohio Northern University (Ada)
Technology Education College (Columbus)
The Ohio State University (Columbus)
The Ohio State University- Marion Campus (Marion) - Delaware Center (Delaware) 
The Ohio State University- Newark Campus (Newark)
Ohio University- Chillicothe Campus (Chillicothe)
Ohio University- Lancaster Campus (Lancaster) - Pickerington Center (Pickerington)
Ohio University- Zanesville Campus (Zanesville)
Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware)
Otterbein College (Westerville)
Pontifical College Josephinum (Columbus)
Shawnee State University (Portsmouth)
Southern State Community College- Fayette Campus (Washington Court House)
University of Phoenix- Columbus Campus (Columbus)
Zane State College (Zanesville)


Diocese of Steubenville

Belmont Technical College (St. Clairsville)
Franciscan University of Steubenville (Steubenville)
Hocking Technical College (Nelsonville)
Hondros College - Marietta Campus (Marietta)
Jefferson Community College (Steubenville)
Marietta College (Marietta)
Ohio University (Athens)
Ohio University- Eastern Campus (St. Clairsville)
Ohio University- Southern Campus (Ironton) - Proctorville Center (Proctorville)
Rio Grande Community College (Rio Grande)
University of Rio Grande (Rio Grande)
Washington State Community College (Marietta)


Diocese of Toledo

Bluffton College (Bluffton)
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green)
Bowling Green State University- Firelands Campus (Huron)
Brown Mackie College - Findlay Campus (Findlay)
Defiance College (Defiance)
Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing (Sandusky)
Heidelberg College (Tiffin)
Hondros College - Toledo Campus (Toledo)
James A. Rhodes State College (Lima)
Lourdes College (Sylvania)
MedCentral College of Nursing (Mansfield)
Medical College of Ohio (Toledo)
Mercy College of Northwest Ohio (Toledo)
North Central State College (Mansfield)
Northwest State Community College (Archbold)
The Ohio State University- Lima Campus (Lima) - Bellefontaine Center (Bellefontaine)
The Ohio State University- Mansfield Campus (Mansfield)
Owens State Community College (Oregon)
Terra Community College (Fremont)
Tiffin University (Tiffin)
University of Findlay (Findlay)
University of Northwestern Ohio (Lima)
The University of Toledo (Toledo)


Diocese of Youngstown

Brown Mackie College - North Canton Campus (North Canton)
Hiram College (Hiram)
Hondros College - Youngstown Campus (Youngstown)
ETI Technical College of Niles (Youngstown)
ITT Technical Institute (Youngstown)
Kent State University (Kent)
Kent State University- Ashtabula Campus (Ashtabula)
Kent State University- East Liverpool Campus (East Liverpool)
Kent State University- Salem Campus (Salem)
Kent State University- Stark Campus (Canton)
Kent State University- Trumbull Campus (Warren)
Malone College (Canton)
Mount Union College (Alliance)
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (Rootstown)
Stark State College (Canton)
Trumbull Business College (Trumbull)
Walsh University (Canton)
Youngstown State University (Youngstown)


Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma (includes Ohio [except the eastern border counties], Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.)

Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St. George in Canton (includes all of the United States.)

Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of St. Josaphat in Parma (includes Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.)


**The Columbus Diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry is not responsible for the content of the websites found in this directory.**