Scholars have explained many of the differences within the American Catholic population in terms of political division or polarization. Although Catholics are becoming increasingly politically bifurcated, to focus only on the political misses the specifically religious differences that also distinguish Catholics from one another. There have been substantial changes in the staffing of Catholic campus ministry in the last 20 years. To better understand these shifts and their implications for ministry, the Catholic bishops commissioned a survey of Catholic campus ministers in the United States. The survey answered some questions but raised others. A qualitative study that more deeply explored these questions was recommended. Using three “windows”—vocation, prayer and spirituality, and mission—this article explores the overlap and differences in frames of Catholicity among two types of Catholic campus ministers. Forty-five campus ministers from three geographic regions of the country were interviewed. Ten of these forty-five interviewees are “missionaries,” meaning they are recent college graduates who have obtained a several-week training from their missionary organization and are contracted to serve as a campus missionary for two years. Thirty-one of these are “professional ministers,” meaning they have a graduate degree in ministry and intend to have a long-term career in this field. Missionaries’ understandings of vocation, prayer and spirituality, and mission reveal that missionary-formed campus ministers operate out of a frame that emphasizes an individualist Catholicism. The professional ministers employ a frame that amplifies the communal aspects of Catholicism. These findings contribute theoretically to ideas in the framing literature, specifically in the fields of politics, emotions and identity. The way these frames might have an impact on ministry offerings and student formation are also discussed.

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团结与多样性：天主教校园部长的天主教框架

学者们已经从政治分裂或两极分化的角度解释了美国天主教人口中的许多差异。尽管天主教徒在政治上的分歧越来越大，但只关注政治会忽略也将天主教徒与其他人区分开来的具体宗教差异。在过去的 20 年里，天主教校园事工的人员配备发生了重大变化。为了更好地了解这些转变及其对事工的影响，天主教主教委托对美国天主教校园牧师进行了一项调查。该调查回答了一些问题，但也提出了其他问题。建议进行更深入探讨这些问题的定性研究。使用三个“窗口”——职业、祈祷和灵性，和使命——本文探讨了两种类型的天主教校园牧师在天主教框架上的重叠和差异。来自该国三个地理区域的 45 名校园部长接受了采访。这 45 名受访者中有 10 人是“传教士”，这意味着他们是刚毕业的大学毕业生，从他们的传教组织获得了数周的培训，并签约担任两年的校园传教士。其中 31 人是“专业传道人”，这意味着他们拥有传道学研究生学位，并打算在该领域长期从事职业。传教士对圣召、祈祷和灵性以及使命的理解表明，由传教士组成的校园牧师在强调个人主义天主教的框架之外运作。专业牧师采用了一个框架，放大了天主教的公共方面。这些发现在理论上有助于框架文献中的思想，特别是在政治、情感和身份领域。还讨论了这些框架可能对事工奉献和学生培养产生影响的方式。