Diocese of Evansville
Office of Youth and
Young Adult Ministry

4200 North Kentucky Ave.
P.O. Box 4169
Evansville, IN 47724-0169

Main: (812) 424-5536
Fax: (812) 421-1334

Steve Dabrowski,
Director

Kay Beard,
Administrative Assistant

Deacon Charlie Koressel,
Scout Chaplain

Rev. Jason Gries,
Chaplain, Teens Encounter Christ

Rev. Gary Kaiser,
Chaplain, Source & Summit

Rev. Alex Zenthoefer,
Chaplain,
Communion and Liberation

Chris Hoehn,
Diocesan Coordinator of Campus Ministry,
Campus Minister, USI

Mike Roesch,
Campus Minister, UE

Ron Campbell,
Campus Minister, VU

Heidi Litweiler,
Responsible,
Teens Encounter Christ

Gail Shetler,
Responsible,
Source & Summit

Phil Zenthoefer,
Responsible,
Communion and Liberation

The Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry represents the Diocese of Evansville to the colleges and universities located within the diocese. Through campus Newman Centers and Newman Clubs, we seek to evangelize and catechize the academic community by means of a broad ministry which forms the faith community, appropriates the faith, forms Christian conscience, educates for justice, facilitates personal development, and develops leaders for the future.

Catholic Campus Ministry provides a vital and vibrant connection between the Church and Higher Education. Following the principles outlined in Empowered by the Spirit: Campus Ministry Faces the Future, the pastoral letter on campus ministry issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Campus Ministry in the Diocese of Evansville is designed to address each of these areas.

We see the Church entering into the very heart of the academic community, challenging faculty, staff, students and institutions with the claims of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In this vision, campus ministry is both a ministry of evangelization and a ministry of catechesis.