Campus Ministry Newsletter
March 2016
Welcome back from what I hope was a restful and rejuvenating spring break. The gift of rest and reflection provides us with the ability to recenter and recommit ourselves to our work, relationships and service.
Lent is also a time for reflecting and recommitting to one's relationship with God. It is a time to disrupt unhealthy behaviors and patterns which lead us away from God and each other. As humans it's easy for us to get stuck on our sinfulness. We worry God or others won't love us. There are also times when we exclude others or question their worthiness of love. In yesterday's Gospel we hear Jesus telling of God's love and mercy through the parable of the prodigal son. This story conveys God's love as inclusive and unconditional. Jack Jeezrel, the founder of JustFaith Ministries, suggests God's love is a love without exception. It is a love with such breadth that there is no limit. If we truly understood God loves us without exception, how would that change the way we treated ourselves and our encounters with one another?
As we begin the second half of our semester let me offer a few questions for reflection.
- Where can I use my education and privilege to model God's love and mercy?
- How do we imitate God's love without exception for those who are marginalized by structures and/or our own actions because of race, culture, sexuality, gender, abilities, religion, politics, etc...?
- Who are voices calling me to be a person for and/with others? Who are voices calling me to exclude?
As you return to campus I hope you will engage in these questions and in the many prayer experiences, events, retreats and speakers Campus Ministry offers.
Peace & blessings,
Seán Bray
Campus Ministry Needs You!
Campus Ministry is hiring student interns for 2016-17. Interns are responsible for assisting the professional staff in fulfilling the mission of the office of Campus Ministry. Interns are ambassadors who welcome, honor and celebrate people of all faith traditions, spiritualities and identities. They are committed to building a just community and creating inclusive spaces for prayer, meaning-making and spiritual development.
There are ten different types of paid positions within the office, each involving different skills and responsibilities. Check out our website to learn more about the positions and find our application.
Applications are due by Wednesday, March 9 at 3pm!
Programs & Events
Candlelight Rosary
Belief Series
Throughout this semester, Campus Ministry is excited to be hosting viewings of Oprah Winfrey's documentary series, "Belief." This series examines and reflects on our entire global community, and explores belief through the lens of traditional faith backgrounds, diverse spiritual practices, and those who are searching for the meaning of life.
Please join us on Mondays at 7PM in Campus Ministry as we view one of the seven episodes of this documentary series. Our next showings will take place on March 7, March 21, April 4, and April 18. If there are any questions, please contact Jeffrey Gilcreast at jmgilcreast@loyola.edu.
Dining in Solidarity
Dining in Solidarity. Tuesday, March 8 in Boulder at lunchtime. "On Tuesday, March 8, Boulder will offer a meal from a CRS Rice Bowl Featured Recipe. This simple, vegetarian meal offers an opportunity to dine in solidarity with the same people to whom CRS Rice Bowl funds go. Go to crsricebowl.org for more information about CRS Rice Bowl, the recipes, and the countries CRS serves."
EVENSONG
Please join us for Evensong on Thursdays at 5 PM in Alumni Chapel. Evensong is a beautiful evening of prayer, song, and student-led reflection. Pizza & fellowship follow in Cohn Hall 133. Our March Evensong Presiders will be:
Thursday, March 10th: Scotty Nye (18')
Thursday, March 17th: Amanda Fleck (17')
Day of Reflection
Join us for a Day of Reflection on March 12th from 10AM - 4PM hosted by the authors of The Scandal of White Complicity in US Hyper-Incarceration: A Nonviolent Spirituality of White Resistance. These renowned scholars, Alex Mikulich, Laurie Cassidy and Margaret Pfeil, will facilitate dialogue, reflection, and learning to explore the structural and cultural elements of racism. Participants will be invited to explore a nonviolent spirituality of resistance, through interactive group-process. The event is open to students, staff, faculty, administrators and the community. Registration Deadline: Tuesday, March 8th: http://www.loyola.edu/department/campusministry/justice/day-of-reflection.
Jesuit Heritage Week
Sunday, 13 March 2016
- 6:00 p.m. Mass in Alumni Memorial Chapel with Jesuit Community
- 7:00 p.m. Sundaes with the Jesuits, Free limited edition T-shirt.
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
- Bridget Parloto Sustainability Art Installation (Main Quad) Coordinated by Janet Maher, Visual Art Department
- 7:00 p.m. “Festival Sing” Concert in Alumni Memorial Chapel featuring campus choral groups. Free limited edition T-shirt.
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
- 7:00 p.m. Faith & Science Lecture: “Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?” Keynote address by Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J., President of the Vatican Observatory. Free limited edition T-shirt.
Friday, 18 March 2016
- Maryland Day Celebrations
- 12:10 PM Maryland Day Mass
Just Films: Dear White People
Just Films: Dear White People. Monday, March 14 at 7:00 pm in the St. Alphonsus House. A facilitated discussion on race, privilege, and identity will follow the film. For more information contact: Drew Belfield
SOUP WITH SUBSTANCE
For the month of March, Soup with Substance will be held on March 16th from 12pm-1pm in College Center Room 105. We will be discussing the topic of School-to-Prison pipeline. A simple meal of soup and bread will be provided. All are welcome!
SpiritualiTEA: Connecting Through Diverse Spiritual Practices
Date: March 16
Time: 8-9pm
Place: Fava Chapel
For more information, please email amdee@loyola.edu or mlinz@loyola.edu.
Adoration
An Evening of Faith & Worship with the Josh Blakesley Band
- Friday, March 18th. Doors open at 6:30pm. Concert begins at 7:00pm
- Loyola University Alumni Chapel
- Loyola Students/Faculty: Free. General Public: $5
- (Loyola: free at the box office. General Public: tickets can be purchased via ticketmaster.com - search: Josh Blakesley Band)
- http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&user_input=josh+blakesley+band&q=josh+blakesley+band
Questions? email aacascio@loyola.edu
Lenten Penny Drive
Lenten Penny Drive.
In an effort to enhance our CRS Rice Bowl collection, CRS Student Ambassadors challenge the campus community to participate in this year's Lenten Penny Drive! The Penny Drive will be held between Monday, March 14 and Friday, March 18 – next to Starbucks. Start saving your change, and stay tuned for more details about the competition between Students and Faculty/Staff/Administration!" For more info contact Drew: ambelfield@loyola.edu.
Retreats
Women's Retreat
We celebrate and invite all women to join us on the Women’s retreat to explore one’s confidence in your authentic self. The Women's Retreat offers students in the Loyola community a weekend away to pray, reflect, and share with one another as women of diverse identities. This retreat offers a unique opportunity to be led by a team of professional women from Loyola. There will be intentional time for community, prayerful reflection, and relaxation. Please contact Elise Gower at elgower@loyola.edu or ext. 5375 for more information. Registration Deadline: Tuesday, March 8th
Register at: http://www.loyola.edu/department/campusministry/retreats/women
A.M.D.G.: The Retreat
Join us from April 15 - 17, 2016 at the A.M.D.G. retreat! A.M.D.G. stands for Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, or “for the greater glory of God,” the motto of the Society of Jesus. The A.M.D.G. Retreat will have a new format this year, focusing on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. It will offer an introduction to key parts of the Exercises, including the “first principle and foundation,” growing as a person who discerns, and finding God in all things.
save the date
Last Call at the Oasis
Check out the Baltimore Environmental Film Series event of the semester is just 3 weeks away - March 21 at 6:30 PM in McGuire West
Ignatian 5 K
Bunting Peace and Justice Studies Speaker
Tuesday, March 8th at 4:00 PM in the 4th Floor Programming Room. Kelly Brown Douglas is a Professor of Religion at Goucher University and a priest in the Episcopalian Church. Her expertise lay in Womanist Theology, Sexual Ethics and Black Theology. She is the author of numerous essays and books. Her most recent book is Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God.
Baltimore Forum on Economic Inequality & Opportunity Gap.
For more information about the event check out: https://www.smcm.edu/baltimoreforum/
Further information about registration and transportation will be provided closer to the date.
LOYOLA and CRS Partnership
PRAY AS YOU GO LENTEN RETREAT
LIFT EVERY VOICE
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday Mass Schedule during the Academic Year (2015-16)
- 11:00 a.m. in Alumni Chapel
- 6:00 p.m. in Alumni Chapel
- 8:00 p.m. in Fava Chapel (Hammerman)
- 10:00 p.m. in Hopkins Court
Weekday Mass & Liturgy Schedule during the Academic Year
- 12:10 p.m. Monday-Friday: Daily Mass in Alumni Chapel
- 5 p.m. Every Thursday: Evensong (Evening Prayer) in Alumni Chapel | This week's presider: Patrick O'Connor class of 2016
- The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated each day (Mon. – Fri.) before the 12:10 p.m. Daily Mass