Br. Carl Caceres, S.J., is the Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Rockhurst University.

He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, near New York City. He earned a B.A. in philosophy and theology/religious studies from the University of Scranton, where he initially met the Jesuits. Br. Carl earned an M.S. in student affairs in higher education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a doctorate in higher education (Ed.D.) from Loyola University Chicago.

Br. Carl is a trained spiritual director and taught spiritual direction through Loyola’s Institute of Pastoral Studies and Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House in Barrington, Illinois, where he currently serves on the board. Br. Carl served as the Jesuit in Residence for Loyola Chicago’s Rambler Brotherhood Project, a student success and retention initiative run out of Loyola’s Division of Student Development. He is a formator for the Ignatian Colleagues Program, a program run by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities aimed at helping administrators and faculty at Jesuit institutions learn more about Jesuit mission and identity. Before joining the Jesuits, he worked in residence life at Creighton University, campus ministry at Xavier University, and academic advising at Miami University in Ohio. Br. Carl is a former collegiate tennis player and coached tennis at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois.