Campus Ministry Newsletter
November 2017
Explore Your Story.
What words do you live by? | Who inspires your story? | What are you grateful for? | What impact do you want to have in your community? | When do you feel most alive?| What decisions are you discerning now? | Who do you want to be?
Quad | Wed. Nov. 15 | 11am-2pm
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THIS WEEK....
All Saints' Day Mass
Weds, Nov. 1st at 12:10pm in Alumni Memorial Chapel and 5:15pm in Jesuit Residence Chapel.
In the Catholic Church, All Saints' Day is a Holy Day of Obligation, a day in which faithful Catholics are obliged to participate in the Mass. On this day, Catholics celebrate all the saints, known and unknown. All are welcome!
Sacred Text Circle
Come and share ideas and perspectives with three scholars from Catholicism, Islam, and Judaism every first and third Wednesday. The next circle will be held on Nov. 15. Lunch provided and no RSVP necessary!
Contact: CM Assistant Director, Rev. Scott Adams.
Profundidad Retreat Nov. 11-12
Register by Nov. 1.
Campus Partner Program: Mosaic, a Women of Color Initiative, is hosting an overnight retreat, Profundidad: Honor our History, Empower our Legacy. This retreat is open for all who identify as women, gender non-conforming, and transgender women of color on Loyola's campuses.
Contact: mosaic@loyola.edu.
Evensong
Thurs. Nov. 2 with Presider Tamar Barsamian '19 at 5 PM in Alumni Memorial Chapel.
Evensong, or evening prayer provides the community with an opportunity to come together in song and prayer. Free pizza always follows in Cohn Hall 133 for fellowship and conversation. No RSVP necessary!
Every Thursday in November:
Mia Jenkins '18 -- November 9
TBA -- November 16
Matt Paulich '18 -- November 30
UPCOMING EVENTS & PROGRAMS
Join a Koinonia Group
It's never too late to join a Koinonia small group!
Koinonia is Greek for "community," and Koinonia groups are small, faith-based discussion groups that meet weekly for prayer and meaningful discussion. Groups are student-led and are held at a common location on campus. Koinonia is a great way to meet other students and form a sense of community on campus. Sign up for a group at any point during the semester and get more information.
Contact: CM Grad Assistant, Tara Carleton at Koinonia@loyola.edu.
Career Ignition Through Post-Grad Service
Campus Partner Program: Hear from an engaging panel moderated by Career Services AVP Dr. Jim Dickinson on the unique benefits of starting your career in service, regardless of your career path! On the panel we will have Corey Ramsden and Olivia Steback (representing Bon Secours), Kevin Breen (representing JVC), and more panelists to be announced! The Panel Discussion will begin at 6:00pm with a reception following around 7:00pm.
Contact: CCSJ Associate Director, Mari Desangles.
Sexuality and Justice: Beyond Rhetoric
Thurs. Nov. 9 at 7pm in 4th Floor Programming Room
Campus Partner Program: Come hear personal journeys of identity as they relate to sexuality and justice. The 2017 Commitment to Justice Panel "Sexuality and Justice: Beyond Rhetoric" features several students and alumni, as well as the Director of the LGBTQ Resource Center at Georgetown, Shiva Subbaraman, and our own Dr. Robert Kelly and Dr. Frank Golom.
Men's Retreat Nov. 17-19
Register by Friday, Nov. 10!
Contact: CM Chaplain, Fr. John Murray, S.J., or ext. 5881
Mass to Remember the Martyrs in El Salvador
The brutal Civil War in El Salvador took the lives of over 70,000 innocent people. We remember especially the six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter who were killed on Nov. 16, 1989, by Salvadoran Army soldiers at their residence on the campus of José Simeón Cañas Central American University (UCA El Salvador) in San Salvador, El Salvador. These Jesuits stood with the people who were poor and oppressed in El Salvador and put their university in the service of the people.
A Seat at the Table for Arab and Muslim Americans
Weds. Nov. 15th at 4:30pm in Knott Hall B01
Campus Partner Program: Randa Fahmy Hadume, J.D., an internationally recognized expert in energy policy and Middle East/North Africa market access and former U.S. Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy in the President George W. Bush Administration will give a lecture Lecture, "A Seat at the Table for Arab and Muslim Americans."
INTERNATIONAL IMMERSIONS
Kino Border Initiative May 12-19
Application due Nov. 30 at 11:59pm.
The Kino Border Initiative is a new immersion in which participants will be offered the opportunity to spend time with migrants and learn from their stories, as well as understand the broader context of the border and immigration. The immersion includes time in the comedor (soup kitchen), where participants serve food and have the chance to speak with recently deported migrants. Groups will also participate in mass with ranchers in a rural town in southern Arizona and learn about their experiences and perspectives, attend a criminal prosecution of immigrants, meet with border patrol, and hike in the desert. Over the course of the immersion, students will engage in reflection, dialogue and advocacy, translating their learned experience into action. Program Cost information available soon.
For information about additional immersions through Campus Ministry and CCSJ.
Contact: CM Assistant Director, Elise Gower.
Encounter El Salvador May 21-31
Application due Nov. 30 at 11:59pm.
For almost twenty years, CCSJ has partnered with CRISPAZ for a faith-based immersion experience where participants learn from Salvadoran people about their lives, histories and hopes for the future. A major focus of the encounter is to reflect on the meaning of working for justice rather than working for charity, understanding one's role as a global citizen and humanizing the different issues that are present in our societies.
Jamaican Experience 2018
The Jamaican Experience Team has been selected and will travel together over the Christmas Break on the faith-based immersion that seeks to invite the Loyola Community to respond to the Gospel mandate and to work for peace and justice. The Jamaican Experience allows participants to learn about the lives of and to be in solidarity with people who have been socially, economically, and/or politically marginalized.
Donate here to support the 2018 team.
Mindful Meals: Ally-- a Responsibility, not a Title
Weds. Nov. 29 at 12pm in College Center Room 107
Join us for a faith-based meal and thoughtful dialogues surrounding social justice issues. Mindful Meals is a monthly program structured around the Catholic Worker House round table discussion model. This program promotes awareness and dialogue about specific justice issues prevalent in our world today. Through a simple meal and shared conversation space, participants gain a better understanding of our human role in contributing to and addressing these issues. All are invited to the dialogue to provide multiple viewpoints and understanding. Lunch provided and no RSVP needed!
Contact: CM Intern, Alex Agee.
SpiritualiTEA: Islam
Weds. Nov. 29 at 8pm in Fava Chapel
We invite students from all spiritual backgrounds and identities to gather in community to explore different spiritual practices and reflect over a cup of tea. This month's SpiritualiTEA will be featuring a spiritual practice from Islam.
Contact: CM Assistant Director, Rev. Scott Adams.
CRS Ambassadors
Monthly Meeting: Mon. Nov, 13 at 7:30pm
Ethical Fair Trade Sale: Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 outside Boulder
Are you looking for a way to engage issues of global injustice on campus? Join the CRS student ambassadors for education, reflection, and prayer at our upcoming events! We will be meeting for our monthly ambassador meeting on November 13th at 7:30 pm.
Also, you won't want to miss the annual CRS Ethical Trade Sale! Get your Christmas shopping done while supporting farmers and artisans around the world. Find us outside of Boulder on November 30th and December 1st. Learn about the global impact of ethical trade here.
Contact: CM Grad Assistant, Elizabeth Nawrocki.
Lessons and Carols
Fri. Dec. 8 at 5 p.m. in Alumni Memorial Chapel
Loyola University Maryland will celebrate its 29th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols, an ecumenical service, rooted in the great English choral tradition, combining music and scripture readings of the Advent Christmas Season in a beautiful candle-lit setting.
During the service, gifts will be presented to representatives from local agencies to be distributed to children in the Baltimore area as part of the "Presence for Christmas" sponsored by the Center for Community Service and Justice.
Justice Walking Spring Semester
During the spring semester, join us for Justice Walking, a small group of other students who are seeking to respond with compassion to the injustices in our world. As a group of Justice Walkers, we will meet weekly for reflection, discussion, prayer, and action with our community partner. Key to this process are the relationships that develop within each Justice Walking community and those encountered at the margins of our society. Check out the Campus Ministry Website for more information or to register.
Contact: CM Graduate Assistant, Elizabeth Nawrocki.
IgnatianQ 2018 Conference at Loyola Feb. 9-11
THINK | PRAY | ACT
THINK
PRAY
Do everything so that liberty is victorious over oppression, justice over injustice, love over hate. – Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ
Now in its 20th year, the Ingatian Family Teach-In for Justice has a rich history rooted in honoring the Jesuits and their companions who were martyred in El Salvador in Nov. 1989, including the rector, Ignacio Ellacuria, quoted above. Each year at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, Jesuits and laypersons gather to honor the lives and work of many of the Jesuit martyrs of the 21st century. These men and women stood for a Church of the poor (in the words of Pope John XXIII); a prophetic Church like the one that Archbishop Romero symbolizes. The UCA martyrs knew they were risking their lives. But they understood that that was the price of being human in their time and place; that was the cost of following Christ. Today we give thanks for them, and many like them who inspire us to live up to the challenge of our own time. –Adapted from John Carroll University
For Courage to Do Justice
O Lord, open my eyes that I may see the needs of others
Open my ears that I may hear their cries;
Open my heart so that they need not be without succor;
Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong,
Nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
Show me where love and hope and faith are needed,
And use me to bring them to those places.
And so open my eyes and my ears
That I may this coming day be able to do some work of peace for thee.
Amen.
- Alan Paton, South Africa, United Methodist Hymnal #456
ACT
The advocacy priorities for this year's Teach-In are Immigration Reform and Racism and Mass Incarceration. As a part of the teach-in participants, including Loyola's delegation, will attend visits on Mon. Nov. 6 with congressional representatives to advocate around these issues. Support these efforts by calling your representatives that day and sharing your views considering these talking points and information provided by Ignatian Solidarity Network below. Find the names and contact information for your Representative and Senators at www.house.gov and www.senate.gov.
Immigration Talking Points
Immigration Backgrounder
Racism and Mass Incarceration Talking Points
Racism and Mass Incarceration Backgrounder