WHO WE ARE
“Being involved with Catholic Campus Ministry at SMU has given me daily access to the sacraments that have enriched my Catholic faith and have brought me closer to Jesus. Being a part of a community of college students who share my same faith has been life-changing, as going through college with genuine friends that I can count on has made a world of difference.”
— Mary Catherine McDermott ‘25
Mission: Catholic Campus Ministry at SMU is a home for forming Servant Leaders through an intentional and personal relationship with Jesus Christ through His Church.
Our Values:
Opening SMU students up to their capacity for God
Knowledge of God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ
Full communion with God through His one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church
Forming SMU students into servant leaders through prayer, Sacred Scripture, Sacraments, moral formation, and service
The Christian vocation of loving God and neighbor as lived in the sacrament of marriage or in the single life
Discerning vocations to the priesthood and religious life
Goals for 2023-2024:
100% of Staff, Board & Servant Leadership Council members pray daily
Increase on-campus presence: campus ministers run at least one on-campus activity a week
Average at least 300 students consistently attending Sunday Mass
At least 5 men go to St. Andrew’s Dinner/Priestly Vocations Event; at least 5 women attend a Marian Dinner/Religious Vocations Event
100% of Board & Staff contribute financially & actively to reach funding targets
An On-Campus Ministry…for over 90 years
Over the past 90 years, we have offered the sacraments, Sacred Scripture, and Christian community to thousands of students during the crucial years of undergraduate and graduate studies.
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Our History
Since 1932, Catholic Campus Ministry at SMU has offered Holy Mass, faith formation, and Christian community to countless students, faculty, staff, alumni at SMU. As a ministry of the Diocese of Dallas, CCM-SMU serves the largest religious denomination of students on campus. We are privileged to support students’ prayer, intellectual formation, and Christian community through the unique gift of the Neuhoff Catholic Student Center, located near SMU’s campus at the corner of University Boulevard and Airline Drive. Since 2020, the ministry has been led by Fr. Wade Bass, a priest of the Diocese of Dallas.
Karen Carney '82
Alan Davis
Luisa Del Rosal ‘08, ‘16
Rose DeTrempe ‘84
Franklin Diaz ‘13
2023-2024 Advisory Board
Denise DuPont
Joy Godvin
April Jordan
Jim Lavelle
Madison Leyens ‘22
Mary Blake Meadows '74, Chair
Ian Perkins-Smith ‘20
Lisa Schnitzer
Luke Tanner ‘22
Mike Uhl ‘85
Matthew Wilson, PhD
Tim Jordan
Honorary Advisors
Kathy and Tony Herring
Brenda and Joe McHugh
Judy and Tommy Neuhoff
