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Campus Ministers

  • Fr. Mike Bayard, S.J.

    Fr. Mike Bayard, S.J.

    Director of Campus Ministry & Jesuit in Residence in Chardin Hall
    Phone: 206.296.6052
    Building/Room: Building Room
    Fr. Mike was born in Milwaukee, WI although raised in Syracuse, NY and Rockford, IL. Fr. Mike came to Seattle University in July 2000 as the Campus Minister for Ignatian Retreats, where he served in that position until 2005. In December 2005, Fr. Mike graduated from SU with a Masters in Nonprofit Leadership (MNPL). Fr. Mike’s summary project for the MNPL, Leaven for a Just and Humane World: A Project for an Office of Alumni Spirituality, Service and Leadership, became the impetus for Seattle University’s Magis: Alumni Committed for Mission. Fr. Mike served as Co-director of Magis from 2006-2009. Fr. Mike has also graduated from 3 other Jesuit schools in addition to Seattle U — Marquette, Creighton, and Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. When not in the office, Fr. Mike likes to take walks, read, hang out with friends, and travel. You can always know what Fr. Mike is up to because he Twitters and Facebooks regularly. Fr. Mike is also obsessed with the TV show, American Idol.
    Ms. Erin Beary Andersen

    Ms. Erin Beary Andersen

    Associate Director of Campus Ministry
    Erin is a Seattle University alum and one of the original members of the first S.U. Women's Cross Country Team. Originally from Richland, Washington, Erin completed her Master of Divinity at Boston University and obtained a Certificate in International Mission and Ecumenism from the Boston Theological Institute. Her focus in religious conflict and religious reconciliation led her to complete her field education in Northern Ireland in Summer 2002. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, running, softball, and hot yoga.
    Mr. Seán Bray

    Mr. Seán Bray

    Campus Minister for Social Justice
    Seán Bray is the Campus Minister for Social Justice at Seattle University. He was born and raised in the Seattle area. He holds a B.A. In Elementary Curriculum from Carroll College in Helena, Montana and a Masters in Pastoral Studies from Seattle University. Seán has served as an elementary and middle school teacher in the Catholic Schools, a youth minister at Sacred Heart in Bellevue and a co-director of Catholic Youth Organization Camping Program. In 2009 he was commissioned as a Lay Ecclesial Minister through the Christifideles program and is an honorary member of Alpha Sigma Nu. Seán is passionate about creating space for dialogue, accompanying people in discernment, building relationship between communities and helping people to explore their relationships with God, others and themselves. He is married and is the father of two children.
    Mr. Matthew Pyrc, SJ

    Mr. Matthew Pyrc, SJ

    Campus Minister for Social Justice & Jesuit in Residence in Bellarmine Hall
    Matthew was born and raised in Michigan. After undergraduate university he joined the Franciscans based in Pennsylvania. As a Franciscan he studied theology at Regis College (a Jesuit school) in Toronto, Canada where he earned Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Master of Divinity degrees. After discerning that the Franciscan community was not for him he returned to Michigan and worked as a Family Services worker for Boysville of Michigan – a Catholic alternative juvenile detention program. He moved to Spokane, WA. And worked for a number of years with At-Risk youth in employment training and ran a High School Drop-Out Prevention/Intervention program. He also did volunteer social justice ministries at St. Aloysius church, a Jesuit Parish in Spokane. While in Spokane, Matthew also served on various community nonprofit boards including: The Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery funding development board, Catholic Charities, West Valley School Truancy board. In 2006 he entered the Jesuit Novitiate in Portland, OR. As a part of his Jesuit Formation he studied at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley. He earned degrees in: Master of Theology and Licentiate in Sacred Theology. His thesis research was on the transformation process in Immersion programs. While at The Jesuit School of Theology he lived in Cali, Colombia for a year and did an Inter-Religious Immersion in India. Matthew enjoys traveling, biking, spinning classes, reading, movies, cooking, boating, coffee shops, and has a budding interest in photography.
    Ms. Rachel Doll O'Mahoney

    Ms. Rachel Doll O'Mahoney

    Campus Minister for Faith Formation
    Rachel joined the Seattle University Campus Ministry in August of 2010 after several years of work in Catholic high school in the Seattle area and colleges in Massachusetts and New Hampshire where she was working in campus ministry. Rachel is a graduate of Weston Jesuit School of Theology (currently Boston College School of theology and Ministry) where she received a masters in Theological Studies and Quincy University where she did her undergraduate work in theology and Franciscan studies. Her earliest professional ministry experience involved prison ministry in northen Missouri which shapped her perspective towars justice issues, simple living, and deep trust in the work of the Holy Spirit. As the Campus Minister for Faith Formation, rachel delights in working with people from varieties of faiths and spirituality's and even the spectrum of perspectives from within Catholicism. Rachel and her spouse delight in being married and have a daughter. In attempting the challenges of simple living, living justly, and balancing the chaos and wonderfulness of daily life she finds the presence of God all around. She has a garden, well stocked spice racks, a frequently used sewing machine, a love of farmers markets, and poetry.
    Ms. Kari Langsea

    Ms. Kari Langsea

    Senior Administrative Assistant
    Kari joined Campus Ministry in October 2003 and since then has been enjoying the ride along the way. She received her Master of Public Administration degree from Seattle University in March 2008 and is strong in her desire to never write another paper or give another classroom presentation. Kari enjoys working with students, especially the Student Campus Ministers, and has taken particular joy in working with the Ecuador Excursion program for the past four years. In her spare time, Kari enjoys reading, vegetarian cooking, laughing at ridiculous things, being an aunt to some of the funnest kids in the world, and Scandinavian crime novels. She is an Orthodox Christian and gains great solace in the knowledge that God is bigger than her own little imagination. She is the one shown without the gray fur.
    Mr. Bill McNamara

    Mr. Bill McNamara

    Campus Minister for Liturgical Music
    Bill grew up in Queens, NY and earned his BA in theology and psychology from Georgetown University. Bill has ministered at a retreat center in Cincinnati, OH, and at parishes in Enumclaw, WA, Oakland, CA and Bellevue, WA; he completed his Master of Divinity degree at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in 2003. As a member of both the SU Choirs and the Seattle Men’s Chorus, Bill spends a lot of his free time singing. He also enjoys traveling, hiking, bicycling, journaling and anything to do with the preparation and sharing of good food. Bill has loved liturgy and liturgical music for as long as he can remember, and looks forward to sharing that enthusiasm with the SU community.
    Mr. Francisco Bujanda

    Mr. Francisco Bujanda

    Campus Minister for Retreats
    Francisco was born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in Southern California. Francisco studied two years at Borromeo Seminary and then finished his undergraduate degree at John Carroll University, a Jesuit institution. He graduated with a BA in Communications. Frank volunteered in Ecuador this past year with Rostro de Cristo. He worked in HIV programming, accompaniment and also in an after school program with children in a marginalized neighborhood. Rostro de Cristo is an organization that serves and educates on the needs of the marginalized and disenfranchised. Francisco enjoys cooking, running, painting, photography and making things out of anything. Frank continually searches and promotes community, intentionality, service, justice and progressive spirituality that connect and further people along the journey.
    Ms. Marilyn Nash

    Ms. Marilyn Nash

    Campus Minister for Ignatian Spirituality & Resident Minister for Bellarmine Hall
    Marilyn Nash was born in Pennsylvania, moved to Seattle as a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and fell in love with the northwest. After JVC she worked in social services attending to communities who were homeless or on the margins and was very impacted by the experience. She has a special interest in the body’s relationship to spirituality and worked as a massage therapist for over 10 years. Most recently, she graduated from SU’s School of Theology and Ministry with a specialization in spiritual direction. She values spiritual contemplation, discernment, poetry, writing prayers and reflections, gathering communities, right relationship and a good laugh. The opportunity to work with Campus Ministry staff and Seattle U’s students on retreats and spirituality is a dream job come true.
    Rev. Tad Monroe

    Rev. Tad Monroe

    Ecumenical and Multifaith Minister & Resident Minister for Chardin Hall
    Tad Monroe grew up in Yakima, WA but has lived in Tacoma for almost 20 years. He did his undergraduate in history and journalism at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) and his Masters of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary. Tad is an ordained Presbyterian minister. His ministry career has consisted in serving two urban congregations in Tacoma as pastor, working as a non-profit director and consultant, and in campus ministry at PLU and the University of Puget Sound. Tad loves sports and the arts equally. He has coached high school football in Tacoma for 5 years. He is an avid arts patron, producer, and artist himself (poet, writer, and storyteller.) Tad helped found the Poet Laureate position in Tacoma, has produced many poetry readings, is co-founder and producer of the City of Destiny Faith and Film series, and is co-producer and founder of Tacoma's live storytelling show called the Drunken Telegraph. When Tad isn't watching sports or enjoying the arts, he loves being with his community of friends and family, cooking, good food and drink, traveling, stimulating conversation, and reading often.

  • Student Campus Ministers

    • Rachel Liuzzi, Public Relations
    • Ray Kaffer, Social Justice
    • Colleen Newell, Social Justice
    • Carissa Perkins, Multifaith
    • Monica Allen, Ecumenical
    • Alex Hallberg, Ecumenical Music
    • Sara Bernard-Hoverstad, Faith Formation
    • Camille Kammer, Sacristan for Liturgical Life
    • An Le, Sacristan for Chapels Coordination
    • Jacqueline Shrader, Sacristan for Liturgical Life
    • Colleen Harahill, Sacristan for University Worship
    • Sammy Snaer, Sacristan for University Worship
    • KC Bridges, Administrative Support
    • Megan Garay, Retreats
    • Shelley Brunkan, Liturgical Music