Monday, December 14, 2015, 7 p.m.  Performance: The Song of Mary: Ever Old, Ever New...Ever Alive in the Arts.  Location: Bellarmine Chapel on the campus of Xavier University; 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45207.  Description: Artists respond to the on going Song of Mary during Advent through contemporary paintings, music, theater and dance.  Cost: FREE  Contact Information: 513-745-3398.

Friday, January 29, 2016, 7-8:30 p.m.  Bellarmine Winter Retreat.  Increasing our hearts for...Mercy  By participating in our parish retreat each of us will...Join in Taize song and prayer for Mercy; Break open the meaning of Mercy from the Hebrew Scriptures and the Gospel with Marcus Mescher, XU faculty;  Examen the ways we personally can live more mercifully; Examen the ways our Bellarmine Community could show Mercy more radically; Examen the new ways we are challenged to take Mercy beyond our parish walls, led…

Tuesday, February 9, 2016, 6-7:45 p.m.  We will begin the evening with dinner of pancake supper and activities in Neiporte Lounge (in Hailstones Hall) and end the evening at Bellarmine Chapel.  Pancake supper will begin at 6 p.m. in the Neiporte lounge if you would like to eat with us or you can meet us there at 6:30 p.m. for activities for adults and children.  We will then move to the church for a prayer service in which we will "bury the…

Sunday, March 6, 2016, 2 p.m. Bellarmine Chapel presents Ireland in Word and Music.  Featuring the Celtic group Foley Road plus songs and dramatic readings presented by members and friends of the Bellarmine Community.  Where: Kennedy Auditorium Conaton Learning Commons; Corner of Dana Avenue and Francis Xavier Way; Xavier University.  Free parking in lot behind Smith Hall (across Francis Xavier Way).  Free parking also in the Admissions lot, where there are handicapped spaces and a handicapped ramp up to a back door…

Friday, March 18, 2016, 7:30 p.m.  A Time to Pray, Reflect and Meditate on the way of the Cross.  A Lenten gathering with the music and ritual of Taize.  Prayer centered around the tradition of the Stations of the Cross.  the ecumenical participatory style of Taize prayer is designed to achieve a contemplative state through song, scripture and silence.   Bellarmine Chapel is located on the campus of Xavier University at 1568 Musketeer Drive.  Park at Xavier's Cintas Center and proceed down…

Friday, May 27, 2016, 7:30 p.m.  A Time to Celebrate as we Witness God, Send Down the Fire.  A Pentecost gathering with the music and ritual of Taize.  Contemplative prayer as we answer the Spirit's call to new living.  Taize is an ecumenical participatory prayer service designed to achieve a contemplative state through music song, and silence.

Monday, June 13-Friday, June 17, 2016, 9-11:45 a.m.  Children ages 3 through 6th grade will enjoy activities, creative arts, and engaging re-enactments of Bible stories by our teen volunteers.  This is a fun week for our parish children which they will not want to miss!  Registration forms for children, and for adult and teen volunteers are available on our parish website: www.bellarminechapel.org.  Please complete and return to Jane Myers, 745-3317 or [email protected]

Saturday, October 1, 2016, 1-5 p.m.  Bellarmine Chapel is once again a sponsor of the World Peace Festival for Cincinnati and Northern KY.  Please mark your calendar and plan to attend this family friendly, music and art celebration of the International Day of Peace.  the theme this year is "Peace is a Human Right."  We have refugees and immigrants participating in the festival this year.

Monday, December 5, 2016, 7 p.m.  Please join us for our Blue Christmas Mass.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016, 7 p.m.  Our Parish Advent Evening of Reconciliation will be this evening.  During this prayerful Advent season let us welcome God's gifts of mercy and love as we celebrate this beautiful sacrament together.  Eleven children from our community will be celebrating the sacrament for the first time, come and join us.

Father Dan Groody of Notre Dame will speak about "A God of Life and A Civilization of Love: A Catholic Response to the Refugee and Immigration Crisis." Co-sponosored by XU, Catholic Charities, and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati; made possible by a grant from the XU Mission Animators, which uses gifts from anonymous donors to create programming around a yearly theme. Fr. Groody is the award-winning filmmaker of "Dying to Live: A Migrant's Journey."