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Pope Blesses the UTEP Sun Bowl!

2/28/2016

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Dear Newman Community, 

Recently one of my good friends and parishioner here at the Newman Center, JoAnna Seltzer, shared the following story about her son, Seth. (Seth is three years old. His primary interests are Thomas the Train, the Giants baseball team, and Star Wars). On the day of the Pope’s Mass in Juarez earlier this month, Seth and JoAnna took a break from playing light sabers in the kitchen and watched the TV coverage of Pope Francis’ trip to Juarez. After watching for a while Seth apparently said, “Pope Francis keeps talking about mercy, when is he going to talk about trains?”

Campus Ministry students and staff had the opportunity to go to the UTEP Sun Bowl for the “Two Nations One Faith” event celebrating the Pope’s Mass. It was such an incredible witness to see nearly 30,000 people from our border area gather- taking time off from work, school, etc.- to be part of the occasion! It was one of those big experiences that is sometimes hard to put into words and the effect of which does not fully sink in until later. In conversation with students after the event, I found different people had different favorite moments. For some it was Pope Francis blessing the cross at the border. For others it was the Pope’s homily, his words on mercy for migrants and victims of violence. For others it was hearing the Pope say “Sun Bowl.” What was the same for everyone was a deep seated understanding of the love and mercy in the experience, a message so evident even a three-year-old can hear it loud and clear. 

May we all, young and old, continue to be impacted by Pope Francis’ call to be merciful, during this Year of Mercy and afterward. Please pray for Campus Ministry staff and students as we prepare to engage in works of mercy as we visit with the residents of Camp Hope tent city next week as part of our Service Saturdays.

Peace, 
​Mona
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Come Eat for a Good Cause!

2/21/2016

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PictureRenee tabling on campus inviting Aggies to Ash Wednesday services last week!
Greetings Newman Community!

With the arrival of the Lenten season, the pace of activities has increased in Campus Ministry. The Retreats subteam is busy prepping and inviting students to join them on a mini-retreat this weekend up in the mountains. The retreat is titled “Faith Factor” and will include a good mix of prayer and reflection with some rock wall climbing, zip lining, and rope coursing activities. The Faith Activities subteam is hosting a Theology of the Body study and discussion on campus on Thursday evenings. The Service and Justice subteam is busy with our first Lunch Bunch for a Cause this Monday. We will be serving green chile smothered burritos again, and as always parishioners are welcome to stop by from 11:15 to 1:15. All donations collected will be in support of the Parish Lenten Almsgiving partner, Catholic Relief Services and their efforts to meet the immediate needs of refugees in the Middle East. Your continued prayers for the students, faculty and staff at NMSU/DACC are appreciated!

Peace,
Sal 

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Give Alms this Lent

2/14/2016

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​Dear Newman Community,
 
Wow, it’s hard to believe Lent has arrived! And with Lent comes one of my favorite initiatives of the year, our Parish Lenten Almsgiving. A collaborative effort between Campus Ministry and Newman Social Ministry, our Lenten Almsgiving is an opportunity to intentionally engage the ‘Give Alms’ pillar of Lent (the three  pillars being Praying, Fasting and Almsgiving). This Lent we partner with Catholic Relief Services to reach out to refugees. See the special bulletin insert or our website (stalbertnewmancenter.org) for more details about how you can get involved.
 
Also coming up this Wednesday is our trip with students to the “Two Nations One Faith” event at the UTEP Sun Bowl in El Paso. While we are not overly excited to go into Miner territory (Go  Aggies!) we’ll make an exception for this special event. Please keep us in prayer as we seek to gather with the community of faith from our Borderland to welcome Pope Francis. It is likely to be a very uplifting and inspiring experience!
 
Peace,
Mona
 
Lenten Reflection for
Students, Faculty & Staff


“Behold, now is the very acceptable time, behold, now is the day of salvation.” -2 Corinthians 6:2
 
How is today “the very acceptable time”
to receive and share God’s love?
 
As you
drive to campus ~ walk down the Imall
sit in class ~ do homework at Zuhl
how is God present
in the people you meet
the beauty of creation
the new ideas you learn
the challenges you face?
 
Now is the very acceptable time!
 


 

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Ash Wednesday on Campus

2/7/2016

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Greetings Newman Community!

​Just as the new semester is finding a steady rhythm, Lent is about to begin and shake it up. I have always appreciated the focus the Lenten season brings to my spiritual life, and the heightened communal awareness of the spiritual life. There is a perceptible energy abuzz on Ash Wednesday that is noticeable on campus. As in years past, we will offer two Ash Wednesday Masses on campus in the ballrooms on the third floor of the Corbett Center, at 12:30 and 5:30 pm. We anticipate a full space, filled with faculty, staff and students ready to embark on their journey through lent. I am always uplifted seeing so many faces taking time out of their busy Wednesday to gather for prayer and introspective reflection. Those same faces so eager to meet the Lenten call to prayer, fasting and almsgiving! My hope and prayer is that we all will render our hearts to God, so that they may be filled with the Love and Mercy of Christ. 

Peace, 
Sal
A Prayer for Lenten Simplicity
Free me, Lord Jesus, from anything that obstructs my way to you. Clear Away the clutter of petty grudges. Remove smudges of resentment and bitterness. Cleanse me of the thoughts filled with anger, envy, or self-pity. Create space in my life for more kindness and less spitefulness, greater generosity and few self-centered needs, stronger compassion and weakened judgment of others. Enlarge my heart with a spirit of gratitude this Lent, so that I recognize the simple gifts that lay in abundance all around me. In your holy name I pray. Amen.
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St. Albert the Great Newman Parish
2615 S. Solano Dr
Las Cruces, NM 88005
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