Placements
The M.Div. program has an excellent placement record, with graduates around the country in a diverse set of ministries. In the past five years, 68 students have graduated from the M.Div. — 28 seminarians/brothers in the Congregation of Holy Cross and 40 lay students.
Among those 40 lay students, 36 found full-time ministry employment before or very soon after graduation — eight in universities (20%), seven in high schools (18%), 11 in nonprofit organizations (28%), and 10 in parishes or diocesan offices (25%). The four who did not enter full-time ministry are in doctoral studies, entered the religious life, or are primary caregivers for their families.
“One of the great things about having ministry placements throughout the M.Div. program is that you can try different types of ministry work while being mentored by professional ministers already at work in the field. For one of my ministry placements, I became an assistant rector for a women’s residence hall at Notre Dame. I would not have chosen to try this type of ministry work if it were not for the M.Div. However, the placement opened my eyes to the beauty of intentionally accompanying students in the context of a Christian community. I loved the work so much that I began working full-time in residential life ministry upon graduation.”
Parish/Diocesan Ministry
| Lindsey Barrett | 2022 |
Director of Music and Liturgy, St. Anthony de Padua Parish, South Bend, IN
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| Chase Hawkins | 2022 |
Director of Youth Ministry & Coordinator of Liturgical Evangelization, Church of St. Mary, Lake Forest, IL
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| Margaret McDevitt | 2020 |
Pastoral Associate, St. Francis Parish, IL, St. Francis Xavier Parish, La Grange, IL
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| Patrick Schmadeke | 2020 |
Director of Evangelization, Diocese of Davenport, Davenport, IA
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| Alexander Roth | 2018 |
Coordinator of Mission and Outreach, St. André Bessette Catholic Church, Portland, OR
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| Philip Lomneth | 2017 |
Asst. Director of Faith Formation, St. John the Evangelist, Rochester, MN
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| Roberto Chavez | 2016 |
Director of Faith Formation, Tri-Communities, Colorado Springs, CO
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| Chelsea Piper Baldwin | 2015 |
Senior Coordinator for Youth Ministry, Archdiocese of Chicago, IL
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University Ministry
| Marlyn Batista | 2022 |
Rector of Cavanaugh Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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| Karla Diaz | 2022 |
Rector of Lyons Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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| Veronica Ramirez | 2022 |
Hall Director, University of Portland, Portland, OR
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| Alejandra Herrera | 2021 |
Program Associate, STEP and Camino Programs, Notre Dame, IN
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| Grace Carroll | 2020 |
Assistant Chaplain, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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| Sara Thoms | 2018 |
Assistant Director of First Year Experience, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
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| Megan O’Brien-Crayne | 2017 |
Campus Minister, Brown University, RI
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| Meg Costantini - Morris | 2015 |
Campus Minister, Aquinas House, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, NH
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Other Ministries:
| Anna Cain | 2021 |
Staff Member and Head Counselor, Women’s Care Center, South Bend, IN
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| Colin Whitehead | 2021 |
Theology Teacher, Detroit Catholic Central High School, Detroit, MI
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| Michael O’Neil | 2019 |
Chaplain (CPE certified), Ascension Hospitals, Austin, TX
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| Ana Gadoury | 2019 |
Executive Director, Women’s Care Center, South Bend, IN
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| Kevin Kho | 2019 |
International Project Officer, Cross Ministries, Boca Raton, FL
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| Chris Gruslin | 2018 |
Theology Teacher, Xavarian Brothers HS, Westwood, MA
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| Caitlan Rangel | 2016 |
Assistant Director of Campus Ministry for Christian Service, Santa Margarita HS, Orange County, CA
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Ph.D. Studies
A number of our graduates have also gone on to Ph.D. programs and eventual placement in tenure-track teaching positions:
| Christopher O’Brien | 2020 |
Ph.D. student in Liturgical Theology, Catholic University of America
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| Megan Beck | 2019 |
Ph.D. student in Systematic Theology, University of Notre Dame
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| Sr. Kim Tran, O.P. | 2017 |
Ph.D. student in World Religion World Church, University of Notre Dame
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