Campus Ministry Newsletter
February 2018
Join the Campus Ministry Team!
Apply to be a 2018-19 Campus Ministry Intern!
Next Info Sessions: Weds. Feb. 28 at 6pm in Campus Ministry
Application due Tues. Mar. 13 at 3pm
Applications for undergrad internships for the 2018-2019 school year are now available. Intern positions are $10.10/hr. direct hire work opportunities. For more information and job descriptions, visit the internships website.
Email Megan Linz Dickinson to schedule an individual meeting if you have any questions!
Contact: CM Assistant Director, Megan Linz Dickinson
UPCOMING EVENTS
Human Flow: Refugee Simulation
Learn about the challenges and experiences of many refugees in the long process seeking citizenship in the United States. A simulation will only take 10-15 minutes and participants can drop in anytime from 11-2!
Contact: CM Grad Assistant, Elizabeth Nawrocki.
Evensong
Thurs. Feb. 22nd at 5pm, Alumni Memorial Chapel
Evensong, or evening prayer, provides the community with an opportunity to come together in song and prayer. One student presides over the service each week, and free pizza always follows in Cohn hall 133 for fellowship and conversation. No RSVP necessary!
Contact: CM Intern, Kelly Mueller.
Wednesday Evenings Lenten Prayer
Candle-Light Rosary Weds. Feb. 28
Taize Prayer Weds. Mar. 14
Social Justice Stations of the Cross Weds. Mar. 21
* All events will be held at 8pm in Alumni Memorial Chapel
Solidarity Suppers
Mon. Feb. 26th at 6 PM, St. Alphonsus House
Come break bread with your neighbors at the St. Alphonsus House! Join York Road community members and Loyola students for a meal and conversation to strengthen community ties and build relationships.
This event is co-sponsored by CCSJ.
Contact: CCSJ Intern, Adelina Harvey
Mindful Meals-- Fluidity: A Conversation About Gender Identity
Tues. Feb. 27th at 12:15 PM, College Center 105
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.
Spiritual Exercises Retreat
Mar. 5-10 (Spring Break)
Experience the beauty and depth of Ignatian spirituality on this five-day adaptation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. For over five hundred years, the Exercises have helped men and women deepen their personal relationship with God. This retreat is individually directed, meaning that participants meet one-on-one daily with a Jesuit spiritual director.
Contact: University Chaplain Fr. John Murray, SJ
Bryan Stevenson
Join Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy, for his lecture, American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity and Making a Difference. Stevenson will speak about America having the largest prison population in the world – and how the criminal justice system that puts the men, women, and children in these prisons is broken. An inspiring and unflinchingly honest speaker, Bryan Stevenson talks about defending some of America’s most rejected and marginalized people. The stories he tells are heartbreaking, yet inspiring, and motivate audiences to make a change.
The event is free and open to the public, but tickets from the Box Office are required. Neighbors and community partners may reserve up to two tickets through Eventbrite.
Men's Retreat
March 23rd-25th
Men's Retreat is a time for you to take several days away from campus. You will have the opportunity to look at your life by reflecting on your relationships with other men, women, and God, while attaining at better sense of who you are and where you are going.
Contact: University Chaplain Fr. John Murray, SJ
Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues with Sister Helen Prejean
Mon. Mar. 26 at 7 p.m. in McGuire Hall
Sister Helen Prejean is known around the world for her tireless work against the death penalty. She has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on capital punishment and in shaping the Catholic Church’s newly vigorous opposition to all executions. She is the author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States, which has ignited a national debate on capital punishment and it inspired an Academy Award winning movie, a play, and an opera.
The event is free and open to the public, but tickets from the Box Office are required. Neighbors and community partners may reserve up to two tickets throughEventbrite.
Liturgical and Music Ministry Leadership
Have you been thinking about doing more within your faith community? We are currently in need of new members in both of our Liturgical and Music ministries!
Hospitality, Lectors and Communion Ministers
Sign up now to serve as a Hospitality Minister, Lector,
or Communion Minister. Trainings are easily scheduled on an individual basis.
Contact: CM Sacristan Interns, litmin@loyola.edu
Chapel Choir Instrumentalists Needed
We are currently in need of musicians in all areas to accompany our chapel choir. Rehearsals are set for mutually convenient times.
Contact: CM Music Interns, chapelchoir@loyola.edu
Between the Lines Interfaith Book Club
Join this weekly book club discussing fiction about different faith traditions. Together, we will choose one book for each month and meet weekly to examine themes and how each novel furthers our understanding of different faiths. Contact Sofia (below) to sign up to be a part of our Interfaith book club!
Contact: Sofia Lentine
Join a Koinonia Small Group for the Spring!
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
In, Out and In Between
Contact: Counseling Center Staff Psychologist, Aaron Barnes, (410) 627-2703.
Register a Group for the St. Alphonsus Dinner Program
Contact/Reservations: CM Intern Elisabeth Abdoo '20.
Celebrating Ignatian Q!
THINK | PRAY | ACT
THINK
Who are we? What do we stand for? Who do we welcome and why?
Visit this podcast hosted by Jesuitical for young Catholics. In this episode they ask us to reflect on these questions.
PRAY
During Lent, the words of Isaiah call us to act with justice—to let our light “break forth like the dawn” by being the best versions of ourselves— working together to build a world in which the dignity of all people is upheld. Voices from the Ignatian network challenge us to let go—of fear, of unknowing, of oppressive systems—to restore and repair our world.
How will our light “break forth” this Lent?
Sign up for weekly lenten emails from the Ignatian Solidarity Network.
ACT
CRS Rice Bowl
Be sure to pick up your Rice Bowl in Campus Ministry so you can participate in the Lenten practices of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. Stay tuned for instructions on returning your Rice Bowl at the end of Lent.
Sunday Mass & Liturgical Ministry
Join us for the following masses, held every Sunday!
11:00am in Alumni Memorial Chapel
6:00pm in Alumni Memorial Chapel
8:00pm in Fava Chapel (First Floor Hammerman)
10:00pm in Hopkins Court Lounge
Contact: CM Associate Director, George Miller.