Bellarmine Chapel - Cincinnati, OH
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Parish History
    • Parish Staff and Directory
    • Leadership Committees >
      • Advisory Committee >
        • Finance Committee
      • Worship Core Team
      • Social Mission Core Team
      • Evangelization and Discipleship Core Team
    • Parish Documents
  • News & Events
    • Social Mission Newsletter
    • Gallery
  • Social Mission
    • Global Christmas Market
    • Building A Bridge Team
    • Healthy Earth Team >
      • Healthy Earth
      • Fresh is Better
    • Immigration Team >
      • Immigration Resources
    • Dismantling Racism >
      • Dismantling Racism Resources
    • St. Vincent de Paul
    • Outreach Collections
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • JustFaith And Adult Faith Formation
  • Parish Life
    • Sacraments >
      • Baptism
      • Reconciliation
      • Eucharist
      • RCIA
      • Weddings
      • Anointing of the Sick
      • Bereavement
    • Ministry Schedules
    • Pastoral Care >
      • Resources For Seniors
    • Faith Formation >
      • Children's Liturgy of the Word
      • Adult Formation
      • VBS
      • Small Faith Communities >
        • Small Faith Community Resources
    • Youth Ministry >
      • Overview of Youth Ministry
      • Youth Group
      • Confirmation
      • Appalachian Mission Project
      • Adult Volunteers
    • Resources for Prayer
  • Ongoing Education
    • America Magazine
    • National Catholic Reporter
    • Commonweal Magazine
  • GIFT
  • Taizé Prayer
  • Music Links
​MISSION STATEMENT

Bellarmine Chapel is a Catholic faith community that strives to live out the teaching and example of Jesus Christ in the spiritual tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola.  We seek to be a parish where lives are transformed by the new and creative ways of the Holy Spirit. 
Nourished at the table of the Eucharist, we are sent on mission to make disciples, serve those in need, work for justice, and welcome all with love.

VALUES STATEMENT

We value:


 OUR CATHOLIC AND IGNATIAN TRADITIONS
 
  • Following the spiritual pathway of St. Ignatius, especially the Spiritual Exercises and discernment
  • Strong connection to the wider Catholic Church, as well as other faith communities
  • Trust that the power of God will make our efforts successful as we lay leaders and Jesuits collaborate in the work and decisions of our parish 
  • Continual faith formation across all generations
  • Helping our young people to form strong relationships and create a hope-filled future

OUR COMMUNAL WORSHIP
 
  • Celebration of the sacraments
  • Gathering as a community of loved sinners and everyday saints in shared worship
  • Centrality of the Eucharist

OUR PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN WORDS AND DEEDS
 
  • Inherent dignity and worth of every person
  • Diversity in the broadest sense that transcends categories and labels
  • Service, compassion, charity and generosity
  • Care for creation, our common home
  • Preferential love for the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized
  • Inclusion that welcomes and nourishes the gifts of everyone
  • Prophetic witness to justice and liberation, removing barriers to full human thriving

INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE POLICY

Here are two documents pertaining to inclusive language: the first was generated by a team of Bellarmine parishioners in 1988 and the second was written by the US Catholic Bishops just a few years later. These two documents are essentially in sync with each other. The members of our Worship Core had the opportunity to review these documents on May 17, 2016 and found that they are both still helpful for guiding the way we sing and speak at liturgy. Nevertheless, as the documents themselves indicate, religious language is not a simple matter and requires care, prayer and on-going challenge vigilance. The reason for this is simple: all of our prayer, whether personal or communal, attempts to point to “the One in whom we live, move and have our being.” Although we commonly express ourselves with words, we must do so knowing that no words adequately capture the totality of the mystery that is God. All that we can do is to be careful not to distort the divine reality towards which we are trying to refer.

Bellarmine Inclusive Language Policy
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US Catholic Bishops Documents

EthicsPoint Hotline

Employees, parishioners, volunteers, vendors and other interested parties are encouraged to report suspected misconduct of any kind via the EthicsPoint hotline. The EthicsPoint hotline provides a confidential means for reporting misconduct by calling 1-888-389-0381 or by submitting an online report through a link on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati website, www.catholiccincinnati.org, under Ministries & Offices on the Finance page.  Click on the title link for more information.
​Bellarmine Chapel
(513) 745 - 3398
Mailing Address:
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207-2211
​Physical Address:
3801 St. Francis Xavier Way
Cincinnati, OH  45207
Parish Center Address:
3832 Ledgewood Dr.
Cincinnati, OH  45207