Fr. Eric Sundrup, S.J. is the pastor of Bellarmine Chapel. A native of Cincinnati, OH, he joined the Jesuits after graduating from Xavier University in 2003. He has worked in various ministries, including Hispanic Ministry, Catholic media, and Catholic education.
Reach out to Eric for questions about sick visits, parish liturgies, pastoral questions, and any pastoral emergencies.
Kathy serves our community by providing accounting services and sacramental record-keeping. She is a native of Cincinnati and has been a member of Bellarmine for over 30 years. During this time, she has volunteered in numerous roles: Catechist in the Montessori program and First Communion and First Reconciliation sacramental preparation, acolyte and eucharistic minister, office volunteer, and a few others. Kathy enjoys genealogy, gardening, camping, and spending time with family and friends.
Mary is a Michigan native who has lived in Northern Kentucky for over 30 years. Her professional background is in financial analysis. Her grandchildren give her the most joy, and she loves spending time with family and friends, gardening, and the outdoors.
Originally from Louisville, Todd has cared for the pastoral needs of several churches in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. He became a member of Bellarmine Chapel Parish in 2016. Since then, he facilitated the Training for Spiritual Companionship program, led The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, and taught Adult Formation sessions on Christian prayer and meditation. He now supports our community by attending to our members’ and their families’ pastoral care needs. He and his wife Cynthia have three adult children and a growing family of grandchildren.
Tim has been a part of the Bellarmine Chapel community since 2015, helping foster our parish’s sustainability, social justice, and service opportunities. He is a licensed social worker and serves as Adjunct Faculty in Xavier University’s Social Work and Theology Departments. He loves gardening and exploring the world with his wife and two curious children.
Cary Powell, a Cincinnati native, is Associate Director of Social Mission for Bellarmine Chapel and St. Xavier Parish. Her career began in the financial services industry, then in 2008, she joined Catholic Inner-city Schools Education Fund as Director. From there, in 2016, Cary joined Mary Magdalen House, a ministry to individuals experiencing homelessness.
Cary and her husband Brent have been married for 34 years and have three children and one grandson. For fun? Family, friends, travel, cooking.
Pam began her work at Bellarmine with Children’s Faith Formation. She enjoys using her career in the arts to creatively plan programs, materials, and events that connect parishioners to their faith and each other. She and her husband Matt are Cincinnati natives and have three children who grew up in the parish.
Michelle serves our parish community by offering our youth and young adults their own space to explore their faith and put their faith into action. She is a proud native of Cleveland but has lived in the greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky area since 2018. She recently worked on the youth ministry retreat team as an Ignite Intern at the Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford. Michelle finds joy in giving people the space to be who they are and watching them grow in wisdom and hope. She loves to read, exercise, eat good food, and spend time with family and friends.
In addition to serving as Bellarmine Chapel’s Director of Music, Roberta Whitely also serves Xavier University as their Assistant Director of Liturgy and Music. As a collaborative pianist, she has devoted much of her career to liturgical music, choral conducting, and chamber music. Roberta is very excited to have the opportunity to create collaborative programs between Bellarmine Chapel and Xavier University, offering both institutions a chance to work together and combine efforts towards collaborative programs and liturgies.
Note: music@bellarminechapel.org routes to both Roberta and to Richard. To contact Roberta directly, please email whitely@bellarminechapel.org.
Richard is a Xavier University alumnus from the Music Performance program, and a current graduate student pursuing his MBA at Xavier. Growing up in a musical family with his two sisters, Richard was introduced to liturgical music early on and has not put it down since. Here at Bellarmine, he hopes to continue building bridges between Bellarmine Chapel and Xavier’s students to pray together in song.
Note: music@bellarminechapel.org routes to both Roberta and to Richard. To contact Richard directly, please email becker@bellarminechapel.org.
Katie Aldrich is a current Xavier University student from Atlanta, GA studying Social Work. During her first two years at Xavier, she has been involved in 10 pm student Mass, Tuesday Night Mass, and Xavier students’ Bible Study. Katie is very excited to work at Bellarmine chapel and can’t wait to work with parishioners preparing liturgies!
