The Campus Chaplain plays a primary role in ensuring the evangelizing nature of the campus, and in coordinating and integrating the various components of the University and Seminary in the campus ministry program. The chaplain also supervises the involvement of seminarians in campus ministry activities and works collaboratively with the Council on Campus Ministry and the Campus Ministry Student Organization.

An important responsibility of the chaplain is having a voice on the University's administrative level, insisting on the preservation and enrichment of the University's religious traditions. The Chaplain strives always to build the Mount into a unified community of faith, worship, and service.

Because Campus Ministry normally includes elements of parish ministry, the Chaplain regularly celebrates daily and weekend Masses and the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the Mount community, In addition, he coordinates the liturgical schedule involving other campus priests in daily sacramental life and facilitates all major campus liturgical celebrations such as the Mass of the Holy Spirit, Founder's Day Mass, and the End of the Year Mass. He offers counseling of a spiritual and personal nature, and facilitates regular preparation sessions for the celebration of the sacraments. Sacramental preparation includes a yearly RCIA program leading to the celebration of the Initiation Sacraments. The Office of the Chaplain also schedules the use of the campus chapels, which includes events such as weddings and funerals.

Campus Ministry Student Organization fosters the formation of a community of faith in an academic environment in which students are empowered to share their strengths and gifts with each other and the larger community, Based on the gospel message, this is accomplished by facilitating personal and spiritual development, encouraging community service and an awareness of social justice, and providing opportunities for meaningful prayer and worship. Membership in the Campus Ministry Student Organization is available to all Mount students through participation in any sponsored activity.

Student leaders chair the three standing committees:

• Liturgical Ministries
• Formation Ministries
• Service Ministries

The chair and co-chair of each of the three committees form the Student Ministry Advisory Council (SMAC) which collaborates closely with the Campus Chaplain in planning and facilitating the work of the Campus Ministry Student Organization. Members of the Student Ministry Advisory Council also serve as officers for the Campus Ministry Student Organization and as representatives to the Council on Campus Ministry and the Student Government Association.

Liturgical Ministries at Mount Saint Mary's enable students to become acquainted with, and formed in, all aspects of liturgical life in order to become active members of their parishes, The Liturgical Ministries program has a dual purpose, It offers interested students hands-on, practical experience and training in areas of liturgy and liturgical planning, while at the same time it provides the Mount community with enriching liturgies.

The Liturgical Ministries Committee (of the Campus Ministry Studen Organization) coordinates these ministries in a variety of ways including initial training and scheduling. Sub-groups, such as the Liturgy Planning Team and the Liturgical Environment Tea m, are delegated to plan special liturgical seasons. This team also plans special events such as reconciliation services and Outdoor Masses on a regular basis. All members of the Mount Community are invited to participate in the following liturgical ministries:

• Altarservers
• Eucharistic Ministers
• Lectors
• Liturgical Environment Team
• Liturgical Planning Team
• Ministers of Hospitality (Ushers)
• Music Ministry
• Choir members
• Cantors
• Instrumentalists
• Sacristans

Formation Ministries aid students in the daily struggle of understanding, integrating, and living the faith by providing opportunities for faith-sharing, prayer, and community building. Various formation activities at Mount Saint Mary's enable students to deepen their own spirituality by interacting with others in ways that help them develop a commitment to Christian values and build a personal relationship with Christ.\

Students are invited to deepen their faith through a variety of opportunities:

• Bible Study Groups
• Building Unified Mount Spirit (BUMS)
• Christian Friends Prayer Group
• Discussion Groups
• Eucharistic Adoration Group
• Knights of Columbus
• Mount Students for Life
• Mountward Bound Freshman Retreats
• PraiseSongs Prayer Group
• RCIA
• Retreat Weekends
• Rosary/Scripture Prayer Group
• Sacramental Preparation
• Vocation Awareness Group