Campus Ministry
Campus Ministry supports the spiritual lives of all members of the Benedictine University community.
Campus Ministry dedicates itself to pastoral care, faith formation, and furthering the common good through practice of the Benedictine hallmarks for all members of the Benedictine University community. Campus Ministry provides a lived pastoral dimension to the University that is holistic for all community members – built on relationships rooted in the care of the whole person including faith formation, spiritual reflection, moral and ethical development, service and social justice, vocation and dedication to spiritual life and faith practice reflective of the Catholic and Benedictine mission and identity of the University. Liturgical celebrations, pastoral care, service opportunities and interfaith dialogue, are some of many ways Campus Ministry lives out its mission. Rooted in the Benedictine spiritual tradition, we strive to show our students the value of a life lived in balance.
Campus Ministry cares for all in our community. Rooted in the Benedictine spiritual tradition, we strive to show our students the value of a life lived in balance.
Benedictine University is Catholic, Benedictine, and intentionally interfaith. We live this tradition daily through worship & prayer, service & justice, and interfaith dialogue opportunities.
Meet our Ministry Staff
Whether you enjoy serving those in need, would like to use your musical talents in worship, or are seeking to learn more about your faith or others, our doors are always open!
Carrie Ankeny, MA
Director of Campus Ministry, Lisle
Carrie has served in Catholic college ministry for over a decade and holds a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Theology and a certificate in Pastoral Ministry from Villanova University. She is a certified Catholic Campus Minister through the Catholic Campus Ministry Association (CCMA). Carrie works to cultivate Campus Ministry as a celebration of our Catholic, Benedictine, and intentionally interfaith identity while fostering a meeting place of faith, justice, and culture in our everyday lives.
Carrie organizes all of BenU Campus Ministry’s service and social justice opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally and works with the Movement of Students Achieving Interfaith Collaboration (M.O.S.A.I.C.) on campus.
Eddie Haule
Priest, Campus Ministry, Lisle
Fr. Eddie Haule serves as the Chaplain at BenU and is a student in the Master’s in Public Health program. Fr. Eddie was ordained in the Diocese of Njombe, Tanzania.
He recently celebrated the anniversary of his priestly ordination. Fr. Eddie holds degrees in philosophy and theology. He most recently served as the curate at Madunda Parish and a tutor at the Madunda Catechetical Training Center.
Paul Kasun, OSB
Priest, Campus Ministry, Lisle
Fr. Paul Kasun, born in Omaha, Nebraska, was ordained in 1994 for the Archdiocese of Omaha. He served in various Nebraska parishes, notably helping to found a Catholic grade school for Hispanic children.
In 2003, he joined the Benedictine Missionaries in Schuyler, Nebraska, and made his final vows in 2010. He practiced immigration law at the priory before earning a PhD in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2015, focusing his research on the Mayan people of Guatemala. Assigned to a Benedictine monastery near Bogotá, Colombia, he taught at La Universidad del Rosario and led research on “Buddhism in Bogotá” and vocational training programs in Africa.
In 2025, Fr. Paul was appointed to Benedictine University, where he will teach in the social justice and politics department and serve in Campus Ministry. Fr. Paul celebrates Mass in Spanish twice a month at St. Benedict Chapel, Mass in English at our regularly scheduled Mass times, provides the sacraments to the BenU community, and brings to life the Benedictine hallmarks in our everyday lives.
Kermit Holl, OSC
Chaplain, Campus Ministry, Mesa
The Chaplain at our Mesa campus is Fr. Kermit Holl, OSC, and this will be his second year with our Campus Ministry staff in Arizona. Fr. Kermit grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the tenth of eleven children. He joined the Crosier religious Order in 1984 as a novice, and he was ordained to the priesthood in 1990.
His various assignments have included parish work as an Associate Pastor, a commissioning as a United States Navy Chaplain serving in San Diego, and as a high school Chaplain and English teacher. Among all of these tasks, he also served as a Crosier superior for 25 years.
Fr. Kermit lives with his community in south Phoenix where they give fraternal witness to the Gospel’s call to unity and love, celebrate the liturgy, and serve in outreach from their Priory.
As Chaplain at Ben U in Mesa, Fr. Kermit particularly enjoys joining the campus community in prayer, assisting students and staff in pastoral care, and forming community within the classroom and Campus Ministry programs.