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Week 4 Announcements – Oct 8th – 14th

Adoration and Evening Prayer:

Weekdays: 4:30 PM-5:30 PM

Adoration and Evening Prayer is a great opportunity to connect with God. After every mass there is adoration from 4:30-5:30 ending with evening prayer. If you would like to attend adoration or lead Vespers every week there is a signup sheet that has been posted outside the chapel.

Fall Coffeehouse:

Saturday 8th November, 2014: TBA

On November 8, the NCSS will host its annual FALL COFFEEHOUSE!! (Wooooo yeahhh!) We’re looking for acts, and I mean anything. If you can sing, dance, do magic, hold yourself upside down with one arm while juggling with your feet, I don’t know, anything, we’d love to see you do it!

If you’d like to sign up to perform, please contact me, either through Facebook message or email (angelique.empleo@mail.mcgill.ca)

Thank you for your time, and I can’t wait to see/hear/gape in awe at the wonderful talents that God so graciously bestowed on you! 🙂

Sandwiches for the Homeless:

Donations or food and clothes are very very welcome. 12-1 preparation, 1-2 distribution.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mass:

Every Wednesday at our 4:00pm mass we will have a special devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

Thanksgiving SNS:

For those of you staying in this city over this weekend, the Students’ Society is having a Thanksgiving Potluck! Come and celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with the community! Dinner will begin at 6 pm this Saturday and will be followed by card games led by our very own Campus Minister, Mr. Terrel Joseph. If you are planning on contributing to the Potluck please sign up here: (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-NssJERTIL3Gm7QBSTrz38BGsE2qyRmYhB3v1-Dh2b0/edit?usp=docslist_api). If you do attend and do not bring a dish, please bring 5$ in the spirit of Commensality and Thanksgiving!

Threads of Hope:

If you want one, contact Jody Wong at or meet me around or during soup and bagels

NCSS Mass:

Please join us every Friday at our 4:00pm Mass which will be said for the Newman Catholic Students’ Society.

Clothing Drive:

Ending soon.

YOUCAT on Tap:

No YOUCAT on Tap this Friday October 10 (Thanksgiving Weekend) YOUCAT will resume Friday Oct 17.

World Youth Day 2016 Krakow, Poland:

In the Summer of 2016, all the young people of the world are invited to join Pope Francis in celebrating the 31st World Youth Days (WYD) in Krakow, Poland. Our campus minister Terrel Joseph is putting together a group, of present and past McGill students (and friends). In other words, you don’t necessarily need to live in Montreal in summer 2016 to join our group! If you are interested in participating please contact terrel.joseph@newmancentre.org for more information. Also note that on Tuesday October 14, there is an information session at the Archdiocese (2000 Sherbrooke street west) about WYD. You are welcome to join me!

Cardinal Newman Feast Day!!!:

Thursday 9th October 2014: 4 PM – 4:30 PM

Join us for daily Mass @ 4pm on Thursday Oct 9 as we celebrate the feast day of our patron saint, Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. A short portrait moving ceremony will follow the Mass, and we will conclude with a tea and cookie reception!

Parish Vitality Conference:

13th – 15th November, 2014

A “SHEKEL” FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ON FUNDRAISING

Have fundraisers become an important source of revenue for your parish? Do you feel too dependent upon them to make ends meet? Christian stewardship offers an alternative approach. Everyone has something to offer be it time, talent or treasure.

The Parish Vitality Conference will feature five workshops that explain how Christian stewardship can go to work for your parish and its mission. Check out why Peter Nols, member of the Newman Centre board of directors and our treasurer, wants to know more about stewardship under WHY: View from the Pew at parishvitality.com.

Scheduled for Nov. 13-15, the conference is open to everyone involved or interested in parish life. Brochures and registration forms are available from your parish; for up-to-date information and online registration, go to: parishvitality.com.

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Week 3 Announcements – Oct 1st – 7th

Sandwiches for the Homies

Saturday, October 25th 2014 1200-1400
Yes the event is called Sandwiches for the Homeless, but I’m just having fun with it. Join us at 12 for prep and 13 (that’s 1 in normal person talk) for distribution.

Adoration

When Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane he invited us to join him through his anxiety and abandonment before he was crucified. Today we can continue to share our lives with him during adoration to offer up our struggles and thank him for what he has given us. After every mass there is adoration from 4:30-5:30 ending with evening prayer. Adoration and Evening Prayer is a great opportunity to connect with God and say ‘Hi’. If you would like to attend adoration or lead Vespers every week there is a signup sheet that has been posted outside the chapel.

Liturgy of the Hours

Ever wondered what happens after weekday Mass. We’ll there’s this special thing that the monks do called the Liturgy of the Hours. It’s done several times a day and called different things, but it’s a simple prayer that is done at 5:10 PM.

Threads of Hope

You’ve heard it before, and here it is again. We are still selling threads like crazy. Wanna get one of these stylish bands it’s only $2 and it’s for a good cause.

Clothing Drive

Rev up your Harley…wait…wrong drive. If you still have cloths that you don’t really need anymore let them go to a new home.

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Week 2 Announcements – Sept 24th – 31st

Movie Night

Saturday, Sept 27 @7pm

Take some time to chill and unwind this Saturday night. Immediately following SNS this week, the exec will be hosting a movie night open to all. We hope to see you there!

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mass

Every Wednesday at our 4:00pm mass we will have a special dedication to Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
*Ask Katie!*

Lector Meeting

Sunday September 28th 2:00PM – Newman Centre

Being a lector involves proclaiming the Scripture readings during Sunday Mass and thereby offering your voice as a means by which God’s people listen to his Word. Our first lectors meeting will be this Sunday September 28th at 2:00PM at Newman. If you would like to be a lector for this year we would love to see you there!

Faith Studies

Faith studies are groups of 4-6 men or women who meet once a week for six weeks during the semester to go through a study about the Catholic faith. It is open to both Catholics and non-Catholics. Many students enjoy the new friendships they form and having an opportunity every week to spend some time growing in their faith. If you are interested in joining please send your availability to faithstudiesmcgill@gmail.com as soon as possible so the Faith Study co-ordinators can put you in a group.

Adoration and Evening Prayer

Adoration and Evening Prayer is a great opportunity to connect with God. After every mass there is adoration from 4:30-5:30 ending with evening prayer. If you would like to attend adoration or lead Vespers every week there is a signup sheet that has been posted outside the chapel.

NCSS Mass

Every Friday our 4:00pm Mass will be said for the Newman Catholic Students’ Society. Please join us!
*Ask Katie!*

SNS

Remember SNS is every Saturday at 6 PM. If you want good food and good company come then to the Centre. Have an idea? Sign up and impress those around you.

Theology Thursdays: “Just War”

Thursday @ 7pm

Professor Douglas Farrow of the faculty of Religious Studies will be joining us this Thursday to talk to us about the Catholic Churches teaching regarding “Just War”. Tea and cookies will be provided.

YOUCAT on Tap: The Lord’s Prayer

Friday 5:30PM – 7PM

What is YOUCAT on Tap? See answer below!

Jesus’ entire life was a single continuous prayer. The gospel writers also recount many instances when Jesus withdrew to pray, when he prayed publicly, and that faithful day when one of his disciples ask him: “Lord, teach us to pray…” (Luke 11:1). Jesus responded by teaching his disciples “The Lord’s Prayer” or “The Our Father”. The “Lord’s Prayer is the only prayer that Jesus himself taught His disciples. St Thomas Aquinas described it as “the most perfect prayer”. Tertullian described it as “the summary of the whole Gospel”.

Many of us know this prayer by heart, but few of us have stopped to ponder what it means. This Friday, with the help of our YOUCATs, we will explore the rich teaching and spiritual meditation found within The Lord’s Prayer. Beer and pizza will be served at 5pm, & YOUCAT will begin at 5:30pm.

If you are attending the Challenge Weekend, a group will be leaving the Newman Centre at 7pm and taking the metro to St Willibrords in Verdun.

What is YOUCAT on Tap?

YOUCAT on Tap is an open faith/theology/ethics/life discussion group that meets every Friday afternoon. Using the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, we attempt to answer your questions about God & life. YOUCAT on Tap is open to anyone with questions about the Catholic faith (whether you are Catholic or not, whether you believe in God or not).

Ecumenical Prayer on Sunday Nights!

“I ask…on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved me.” (John 17:20-23)

Would you like to come together with other Christian groups on campus to celebrate unity and ask more for the love and power of God in his ministry in McGill through us? Come join us each Sunday at 7:00 pm in the Presbyterian College auditorium (basement) for praise and worship, testimonies as to how God is working in the different groups and individuals, and to PRAY PRAY PRAY – for this city, this campus, and one another. If you’re interested in going, feel free to head on over, invite your friends, or contact VP Outreach Katie at katie_hayman@yahoo.ca for more details (or to be your personal buddy to tag along with you!). Peace to you!

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Week 1 Announcements – Sept 16th – 23rd

Faith Studies

If you’re interested in doing a faith study or being a leader, we still need both of you. Also if you haven’t sent in your schedules/free times send them in to faithstudiesmcgill@gmail.com

Liturgy of the Hours

Do you know what this is about because I don’t If you do know you can sign up for a time on the chapel doors. If not and you want to learn join us for Vespers at 5:15 PM.

Clothing Drive

Clothing drive is still going on. Drop off your donations to the Benedict Labre House in the Bagelounge. It’s going on until mid October.

NCSS Mass

Join the executives as we offer up a Mass for the NCSS. Prayer is best done in the presence of a community.
Fridays at 4:00PM

Sandwiches for the Homeless

Next week (Saturday) this time (12PM) we’ll be feeding those who can’t feed themselves. Join us as we make sandwiches and then distribute them to the homeless (around 1 PM). Acts of kindness should touch everyone.

YOUCAT on Tap: The Battle of Prayer

Having a prayer life, whether personal or communal, is difficult. The “battle of prayer”, as the catechism describes it, manifests itself in a variety of ways. Sometimes it’s laziness. Sometimes it’s the feeling that praying isn’t helping. Sometimes its distractions. Sometimes it’s discouragement from the dry periods. Sometimes it’s questioning whether God even exists and if he does exist whether he is listening.This Friday at YOUCAT on Tap we will be exploring some of the most common struggles with prayer. Beer and pizza starts at 5pm, and YOUCAT begins at 5:30pm. All are welcome!

What is YOUCAT on Tap?

YOUCAT on Tap is a faith/ethics/theology/life discussion group that meets every Friday from 5:30 to 7pm. YOUCAT is open to everyone who has questions about faith and life. Using the YOUCAT, video resources, and group discussion we address your questions using a Catholic lens. YOUCAT is open to Catholics and non-Catholics, believers and the spiritually curious.

Mass this week

This week’s Mass is the Commissioning Mass for the NCSS. Help welcome in the new execs with your prayers and help us ask God to guide us in our leadership of your club.

Duc in Altum “A year for your future”

Info session: Sunday September 21 @ 6:30pm<
“And Jesus turned to Simon and said, put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch” (Luke 5:4). Duc in Altum (DIA) is a discernment  experienced for young adults. Over a series of 6 day long encounter and two weekend retreats spread across the year, participants “put out into the deep” learning more about themselves and about the Catholic faith. For more information, join us for the information session on Sunday Sept 21 @ 6:30pm

Challenge Weekend

September 26th-28th

The Challenge Weekend is a Catholic young adults retreat organized by other young adults. Challenge is a weekend centered around the “challenge” (pun intended) of living the christian life in today’s culture, spoken through the personal testimony of other young people. The weekend includes a number of talks, as well as, group discussion, prayer, games, food, and fellowship. Both practicing Catholics and people re-discovering their faith find the Challenge weekend to be an enriching experience. For more info, or to register, please visit: http://montrealchallenge.ca/index.html

Ecumenical Prayer on Sunday Nights!

“I ask…on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved me.” (John 17:20-23)

Would you like to come together with other Christian groups on campus to celebrate unity and ask more for the love and power of God in his ministry in McGill through us? Come join us each Sunday at 7:00 pm in the Presbyterian College auditorium (basement) for praise and worship, testimonies as to how God is working in the different groups and individuals, and to PRAY PRAY PRAY – for this city, this campus, and one another. If you’re interested in going, feel free to head on over, invite your friends, or contact VP Outreach Katie at katie_hayman@yahoo.ca for more details (or to be your personal buddy to tag along with you!). Peace to you!

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Elections for 2015-2016 Executive

Check your emails for a ballot mailed out in this week’s listserv!

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