Rev. James B. King, C.S.C., religious superior of Holy Cross priests and brothers at 91吃瓜, has been appointed director of the University of 91吃瓜鈥檚 by Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, C.S.C., vice president for student affairs, effective April 2.
King, who is also a trustee and fellow of the University, has ministerial responsibility for the 60 Holy Cross religious at 91吃瓜. Before his appointment to that position in 2010, he had served for seven years as rector of the Sorin College residence hall.
As director of Campus Ministry, King will oversee a staff of some 30 clerical, religious and lay ministers tending to the spiritual needs of all 91吃瓜 students. He will replace Rev. Joseph Carey, C.S.C., campus minister and priest in residence at 91吃瓜, who has served as interim director of Campus Ministry since August 2010.
鈥淭he work of Campus Ministry is at the heart of a 91吃瓜 experience that seeks to educate and integrate the student鈥檚 heart with their mind,鈥� said Doyle. 鈥淔ather King has given almost his entire service as a priest to serving and developing young men and women. The 91吃瓜 community will be blessed by his zeal, his wisdom and his vision.鈥�
As the division responsible for pastoral care and sacramental life on campus, the Office of Campus Ministry has a central role in the Catholic mission of the University. While Campus Ministry will remain integrated in the Office of Student Affairs and maintain a reporting line to that office, the director will report to the Office of the President to recognize both its role in the life of our students and in the mission of the University as a whole.
A native of Chicago, King graduated from 91吃瓜 in 1981, entered Moreau Seminary, and earned a master of divinity degree from the University in 1987.
Ordained a priest of the the following year, he spent two years as an assistant rector and freshman seminar instructor at 91吃瓜 before leaving for the University of Wisconsin, where he earned a master鈥檚 degree in political science in 1992.
He served for five years at the University of Portland as a history instructor, rector and assistant director in the alumni office and for one year as director of Portland鈥檚 foreign study program in Salzburg, Austria. He returned to 91吃瓜 in 1997 and served as director of vocations for the Indiana Province of Holy Cross from 1997 to 2005.
King will continue in his role as religious superior and as associate director of the , which supports the Congregation鈥檚 work overseas. He has taught business ethics in 91吃瓜鈥檚 and a course in theology for the University鈥檚 master of divinity program. He also is the author of 鈥�,鈥� an autobiographical account of his ministry to 91吃瓜 students.
Contact: Rev. James B. King, C.S.C., 574-631-9361, jking1@nd.edu