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Rev. Gregory Haake, C.S.C.
Rev. Gregory Haake, C.S.C., serves as the Vice President for Mission Engagement and Church Affairs, a position to which he was appointed in July 2026. As Vice President for Mission Engagement and Church Affairs, Father Haake works to steward and deepen Notre Dame’s Catholic and Holy Cross mission and serves as the University’s liaison to the Congregation of Holy Cross, U.S. bishops, and the Holy See. He also oversees the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem, the Notre Dame Newman Centre for Faith and Reason in Dublin, and provides critical leadership for the University’s ecumenical and interfaith outreach.
Father Haake is also an Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. As a specialist of sixteenth-century France, he focuses on the intersection of politics, religion, and literature, with particular emphasis on how the latter intervenes in the political and religious spheres to accomplish ideological goals.
Father Haake was ordained a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 2007 and previously served as a religious superior of the Holy Cross Community at Notre Dame from 2024–2026. He is a 1999 graduate of Notre Dame and a 2006 graduate from Notre Dame’s Master of Divinity Program. He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Father Haake is the priest in residence in Coyle Hall.
Chuck Lamphier
Chuck Lamphier serves as the Executive Director of the Office of Mission Engagement and Church Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. After graduating from Notre Dame, Lamphier joined the Alliance for Catholic Education and served as a high school teacher and campus minister for four years at Saint Joseph Academy in Brownsville, Texas.
Lamphier returned to work at Notre Dame in 2007, first with the Alliance for Catholic Education and then with the Office of Mission Engagement and Church Affairs. He holds Masters degrees in Nonprofit Administration and Education, and he and his wife have three children.
Catherine E. Markley
Cathy serves as Senior Administrative Assistant in the Office of Mission Engagement and Church Affairs, where she advances the work of the office through thoughtful coordination, clear communication, and a deep commitment to Notre Dame’s Catholic mission.
Prior to joining OMECA, Cathy worked in the Office of the Edward H. Arnold Dean at Hesburgh Libraries, where she provided strategic and operational support to senior leadership and helped coordinate major programs and events. Her professional experience also includes leadership and service roles in Catholic secondary education, advancement, student services, and event planning at Cardinal O’Hara High School, Saint Mary Magdalen Parish School, and Monsignor Bonner High School in Pennsylvania.
Cathy earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Albright College. She and her husband, Brian ’93, are the proud parents of four daughters: Katelyn ’18, Emily (ACE M.Ed. ’24), Brianna (Saint Mary’s ’24), and Sarah Mae (Saint Mary’s ’26). Outside of work, Cathy enjoys cooking and spending time on the golf course, both as a player and spectator.
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Charles W. Powell
Charles W. Powell, KHS, serves as Associate Director for Mission Engagement and Church Affairs (OMECA) at the University of Notre Dame.
Before joining OMECA, Powell worked with the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion in the Keough School of Global Affairs, where he led multifaith engagement initiatives and taught the course Evangelicals and Global Affairs. Concurrently, he served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Holy Cross College at Notre Dame, teaching courses on Christian–Muslim relations. Through Notre Dame Global, he also co-led the course International Law and the Holocaust in Poland for five years.
Powell’s professional and academic pursuits have taken him throughout Europe, the Levant and Gulf States, where he has focused on fostering understanding, trust, and collaboration between Christian and Muslim communities. He is the author of Southern Baptists and Muslims: A Path to Dialogue through Narrative Empathy, which reflects his ongoing commitment to interfaith dialogue and mutual respect.
An Academic Visiting Fellow Alumnus of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (Oxford, UK), Powell holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Spirituality from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and a Certificate in Executive Management from the Mendoza College of Business. Prior to his work at Notre Dame and his reception into the Catholic Church, he pastored congregations across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.
Powell is married to Dr. Emilia Justyna Powell, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science and Concurrent Professor of Law at Notre Dame. He is grateful to serve with OMECA, fostering the intellectual, spiritual, and communal life that animates Notre Dame’s Catholic mission.