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.
Peter Huff, PhD
Director, Sister Judith Ann Heble OSB, Center for Benedictine Values
Dr. Peter Huff is Chief Mission Officer, Professor of Theology, and Director of the Sister Judith Ann Heble OSB, Center for Benedictine Values at Benedictine University. He teaches courses in U.S. religious history and world religions. Dr. Huff studied at Mercer University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Indiana University and received the PhD in historical theology from Saint Louis University. Before coming to Benedictine, he held tenured faculty positions at Saint Anselm College and Centenary College of Louisiana and an endowed chair in Ethics/Religion and Society at Xavier University.
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.