When to contact a Campus Minister

The campus ministers at Christ Chapel are trained religious professionals, lay and ordained, who are present and willing to serve the needs of students, faculty and staff; especially when issues of faith, relationships or career choice arise.

Do you have questions about:

• Faith Choices - College brings changes in life and raises questions about basic issues of identity.  New-found freedom and the pain of having too many choices can be a tumultuous time.
• Death and dying - The death of a friend or family member, a roommate's grief, issues of death and dying are a grat challenge and source of sorrow.
• Cults - Do you fear that someone is involved in cultic or occultic activity?  Cults often pray upon the wounded, lost and confused.

Would you like to talk about:

• Loneliness - When you are having difficulty finding community, feeling lonely for home, grieving the end of a relationship.
• Feelings of guilt - Are you feeling guilty for not living up to parental expectations, or for choices you have made?  Guilt can be an all-encompassing feeling that puts you in need of honest conversation and a word of forgiveness.
• Career decisions - When you are having difficulty deciding on a career,it's good to talk with someone objectively.
• Sexual identity - Questioning our own sexual feelings and identity, or the sexual orientation of a friend often raises new and painful questions.
• Illness or hospitalization - Illness far from home can be traumatic.
• Sexual harassment - Victims of harassment or abuse, whether verbal or physical, need to speak with someone for support, counsel and assistance.

Campus Ministers available to assist you:

Rev. Joseph A. Donnella, II        Fr. Caesar Belchez                     Susan Collinge
 Chaplain of the College         Catholic Campus Minister         Catholic Campus Minister  donnella@gettysburg.edu       cbelchez@gettysburg.edu          scolling@gettysburg.edu
        337-6280                               337-6284                                  337-6284