​Dear Newman Community,
 
Our student leaders have been working in earnest over the last  couple of weeks to get Campus Ministry things going. While the large majority are events for students by students, we are excited to share about an opportunity for the entire parish to get involved!
 
The first is with our Care Packages for Veterans initiative. Last semester students cleaned the yards of parishioners for a donation. This semester students will be using the donations to purchase items for care packages to send to our parishioners who are currently in the military, serving in active zones. This is where you come in! Do you have a family member who is serving in an active zone? Let us know so we can send them a care package. Students will be available after all the Masses this weekend to take your information or you can email me at mona@stalbertnewmancenter.org.
 
Students will be gathering for our monthly Service Saturday on    February 11th to pack and prepare the care packages for shipping. Please join me in keeping the students, this initiative, all veterans and current members of the military, their families and friends, and all impacted by conflicts around the world in your prayers.
 
Peace,
Mona
 

Greetings!

As of Wednesday, the Spring Semester is off and running! I extend a heartfelt, Newman ‘welcome back’ to student, faculty and staff. I trust you all enjoyed the time away from the regular routine of classes, assignments and paper grading and are all rarin’ to go for a new semester of learning and teaching. We are eagerly anticipating another busy semester in Campus Ministry, so keep your eyes peeled for invitations to a variety of events! Here are a few upcoming events:
♦ Lunch Bunch continues to serve a great meal at a budget friendly price. Lunch is served on the daily from 11am 1pm.
♦ Mass on Campus will start up on Tuesday, January 24. Mass is celebrated at 12:10p at the Spiritual Center on campus.
♦ Mid week Mass and Dinner starts up on Wednesday, January 25th. Mass is at 5:30, meal is served after Mass.

Oh, and just a early reminder, Ash Wednesday is on March 1...the Lenten season is around the corner!

Peace,
​Sal 

Dear Newman Community,

If you’re like me, we’re only a couple weeks into 2017 and already I feel the “Happy New Year!” glimmer starting to fade. This weekend students are returning to campus for the spring semester. Soon they’ll be busy with syllabi, then reading assignments, then tests. Soon we’ll be busy at Newman with programs and events Mass on Campus, Midweek Mass and Dinner, etc. Business as usual. Or is it?

While I can feel all this barreling at me like a fast moving truck, a deeper seated part of me says, Wait! Enjoy the newness! Isn’t this spirit of the new and unexpected what we’ve just celebrated with the birth of Christ? Isn’t this sense of seeking what we’ve recently witnessed with the Magi traveling to see the newborn King? Why then, am I so quick to say goodbye to all that and get back to the grind?

​There is so much goodness in the everyday. As Catholic author Matthew Kelly writes, “God loves the ordinary.” Yet, one of the fundamental messages of Christianity is that of hope. So rather than just get back to business as usual, I invite us to pause and consider, not simply stock New Year’s resolutions, but how we might intentionally make this new year a time to cultivate a beginner’s mind recognizing God’s abundant goodness, seeking opportunities for growth, and nurturing hope in the ordinary of our daily lives.

Peace, 
​Mona