New head appointed for Catholic Campus Ministry Association

Published: 2007-04-27

LEWISBURG, Pa. (CNS) -- Father Martin O. Moran III has been chosen as the new executive director of the Catholic Campus Ministry Association. The appointment takes effect June 1. Father Moran has been campus minister at Bucknell University in Lewisburg since 1998. Student membership in Bucknell's campus ministry has grown 80 percent to 1,100 undergraduates during Father Moran's tenure. Ordained in 1988 for the Diocese of Harrisburg, Father Moran had served in parishes and high schools throughout central Pennsylvania prior to his Bucknell appointment. The Catholic Campus Ministry Association, founded in 1969, is recognized by the U.S. bishops as the official organization for the advancement of Catholic campus ministry. "I'm excited about this opportunity and the possibilities it brings," Father Moran said in a statement.

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