Campus Ministry Happenings
Feburary 12- Feburary 19, 2019
This Week in Campus Ministry
Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 6:30pm-7:30pm, Chapel of St. Ignatius
Join us for a prayerful evening of silence, scripture, and song! Please contact Margaret Girardin at girardin@seattleu.edu if you are interested in assisting in setup, cleanup, or leading us in worship.
Got Bible Study: A New Year, A New You: The Bible as a Resource for Renewal
Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Student Center 122
Join Campus Ministry for weekly bible study! Bring your lunch, we'll bring the cookies!
Deadlines and Reminders
- Register for Rooted: A Retreat for Students of Color: The deadline to register for Rooted is TODAY! Rooted is a weekend, overnight retreat March 1-3, that invites students of color to explore intersecting identities and cultivate sustainable community. The SOC Retreat is facilitated by SU staff and faculty of color and will include opportunities for personal reflection, story-telling, rest and relaxation, and lots of fun!
Save The Date: Upcoming Events
Student Leader of the Week
SLOWdowns are featured each Wednesdays on Facebook and Instagram as way of recognize some of the awesome students who make up the Camp Min and Seattle U community. Know someone who you think should be featured on a SLOWdown? Email your nomination to campusministry@seattleu.edu.
This week’s Student Leader of the Week is Clare Rodgers! Clare serves on campus as an RA, is Co-President of Redzone, and was a leader on the recent Mexico Immersion. Clare has been able to grow in her Catholic faith by finding time for reflection through different Campus Ministry programs. “Since coming to Seattle U, I have really found my spiritual identity … I feel that I can openly show that here… also I have been able to find my own interpretation of what being Catholic means, and that it doesn’t mean one thing.”
Clare’s faith has informed the way that she engages with social justice work. "Striving to do things that can help someone else is something I have identified with… just constantly working to do something that can better someone else’s life. So with my Catholic faith, realizing how gifted and privileged I am and using that as a way to advocate and work towards justice for other people.”
Reflecting with Sunday's Scriptures
Each week during the academic year, students and staff write reflections on the week's Scripture readings to be included in the programs distributed at our 11am and 8pm masses at the Chapel of St. Ignatius. We'll be including them here in this newsletter. If you are interested in writing one, contact JoAnn Lopez, Campus Minister for Liturgy.
January 27, 2019: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Readings)
Reflections by Olivia DiGiorno
As a young adult venturing into the world on my own, doubt is a familiar emotion. It is easy to convince myself that I haven’t learned enough, that I don’t have authority, that I am not bold enough or loud enough or sure enough to live a life of confident, purposeful action.
In this week’s readings, we find a similar sentiment of insecurity and doubt. In the first reading, Isaiah cries out “Woe is me, I am doomed!” citing his “unclean lips” as the reason he is incapable of being the prophet the seraphim in his vision call him to be. In the second reading, Paul claims that he is “the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle.” And in the gospel, Peter pleads “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man,” convicted of his unworthiness before God.
Despite the powerful reality of doubt, in each story God responds in grace, reminding each individual of their unique worthiness and ability to be of service to the Kingdom. Isaiah becomes bold, saying to the Lord: “Here I am! Send me!” Paul proclaims his unique acceptance of apostleship: “By the grace of God I am what I am.” And Peter follows Jesus, heeding Jesus’ reminder “Do not be afraid.”
I take comfort in these reminders that God does not choose perfect, pious, eternally optimistic people. Instead, God calls everyone—especially the doubting, insecure, imperfect people—to act boldly as their authentic selves. By the grace of God, we are who we are. How can we open ourselves to realizing our unique gifts? How can we, as a community, recognize and nourish the many gifts among us to build a stronger, more interdependent human family?
Around Campus
We will be featuring some cool goings-on around campus down here in our newsletter. Check out these opportunities from our on-campus partners! Do you have a program or opportunity coming up you'd like to see featured here? Email Anna Robertson with your request and a brief blurb!
- The Student Health Center and Wellness and Health Promotion just launched a study on campus about student wellbeing. Check your SU email to see if you are invited to take the survey. A random sample of students have been invited to take the survey, and those who complete it will be entered to win an Apple Watch (or FitBit) and one of three $50 Amazon gift cards! Click here for more information.
- It's time for Dance Marathon! Dance Marathon is a sixteen-hour long celebration of our efforts all year to raise awareness and fight to end childhood illnesses. Join us on February 16th at 10am to February 17th at 2am as we go to #206andBeyond while enjoying fun activities, interacting with Miracle Kids, and, of course, dancing! There will be food provided and different theme hours with lots of music. Please register here and keep up the fundraising efforts! For the Kids!
This photo was taken by Campus Minister for Liturgy, JoAnn Lopez. Have a photo of something beautiful you would like to share in Campus Ministry Happenings? Tag @sucampusministry on Instagram or submit it to campusministry@seattleu.edu.