Campus Ministry welcomes students, faculty, and staff, of diverse cultures, religions, and beliefs, to grow in relationship with God and others through such opportunities as:
- Student Ministries and Leadership
- Liturgies
- Interfaith Prayer, Meditation, & Faith Sharing Opportunities
- Retreats
- Campus Ministry Practicums & Independent Study for Course Credit
- Sacramental Preparation and Initiation (R.C.I.A. and Confirmation)
- Education and Reflection on Ethical Issues and Moral Life
- Spiritual Direction & Pastoral Care
- Service and Justice Opportunities
- Community Building and Social Activities
Contact Information
Carrie Rehak
Brennan 60
510-436-1081
rehak@hnu.edu
http://www.myspace.com/hnuministries
What are your gifts and talents? How, where, and with whom are you being called to share your gifts? What will sustain you on your journey?
Campus Ministry is a collaborative effort that encourages a community to discern, develop, nurture, and share their individual and collective gifts and talents in the service of others. Essential components of Campus Ministry include (1) Worship (2) Peer Ministry, and (3) Service and Justice.
The Worship Team is primarily responsible for planning, participating, inviting, and supporting the community in campus liturgies, and other forms of prayer, worship, and ritual, including faith-sharing other small-group gatherings.
The Peer Ministry Team helps to create an atmosphere of welcome and hospitality for students who drop into the Campus Ministry Center (Brennan 60) and bring this spirit to all other areas of the HNU campus and beyond. In addition, Peer Ministers may be involved in inviting and welcoming HNU students, faculty, and staff to Campus Ministry related programs, events, and liturgies, and for fostering an ongoing community of acceptance for all at HNU. Peer Ministers may also help to organize Campus Ministry sponsored socials and other community-building events as well as to collaborate with other constituencies when appropriate. They may also help in planning and leading selected retreats, faith-sharing groups, and other small-community gatherings.
The Service and Justice Team collaborates with appropriate constituencies, such as Tom Cunningham in Civic Engagement, in supporting and providing a variety of service and justice opportunities and grounds local service, service immersions, and activism in a model of education (of self and others), reflection (before and after the service experience), and action.
We provide training and other resources for those who are involved in student ministries.
Students may also earn 3 units, toward the general education requirement in Religious Studies or for RLST majors.
Course may be repeated for credit. Additional opportunities for Independent Study.
Mass and Prayer Services
Sunday Mass - 7:00 PM
Musicians and singers are invited to join the choir and band. Rehearsals are on Sundays, in the Chapel, at 5:30 p.m.
Weekly Mass (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays) - 5:00 p.m.
Ecumenical Prayer Gatherings (Wednesdays) - 5:00 p.m. in the McLean Chapel (as scheduled).
For information on other liturgical ministries, contact Carrie Rehak
HNU Campus Ministry My Space: http://www.myspace.com/hnuministries
US Catholic Campus Ministry
- The complete text of Empowered by the Spirit: Campus Ministry Faces the Future
- CCMA (Catholic Campus Ministry Association) publishes a bimonthly newsletter (Crossroads), coordinates a variety of programs and serves as a resource for Catholic campus ministry in this country.
- NCSC (National Catholic Student Coalition) is student-directed and embraces the six facets of campus ministry identified in Empowered by the Spirit. Its goals include representing U.S. Catholic students in national and international forums, providing opportunities for spiritual growth, nurturing leadership and facilitating career and faith integration.
Young Adult Resources
- Crossroads Center - Young Adult Ministry
- bustedhalo.com A great site for young adults featuring 'everyday faith for everyday people'.
eZines
Catholic Laity
African-American Catholics
Spiritual Resources
- www.prayasyougo.org : Daily prayer in downloadable MP3s
- Sacred Space 5-10 minute prayer sessions, in six steps, centered around a short scripture passage chosen for the day (different every day)..
- American Catholic (St. Anthony Messenger Press - spirituality resources)
- www.catholic-forum.com - a general Catholic link
- Brief biographies of the saints
- www.re.net/focolare - an ecumenical movement promoting a spirituality of unity, a way to go to God together, founded in Italy and approved by John XXIII in 1962
Iraq
Death Penalty
Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration
Catholic News Service
Social Justice
- Church teaching on issues of justice and peace
- US bishops' resources for Social Development and Peace
- Church's social teaching for children
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
- International Justice Mission an ecumenical outreach of Christian lawyers, criminal investigators, and government relations experts who document human rights abuses around the world and intervene to help victims where local law enforcement cannot or will not do so.
- Habitat for Humanity
- Peacemaker Ministries acquire new skills in managing conflict and peace-making from a Christian perspective
- Catholic Relief Services the Catholic Church's worldwide aid service
- Christian Solidarity Worldwide works to ensure the religious liberty of persecuted Christians, including the redeeming and freeing of thousands of mostly Christian and animist slaves in the Sudan
- Global Arch campaign against child labor
- IAbolish the anti-slavery portal
- simpleliving.org A non-profit organization that equips people of faith to challenge consumerism and live justly, with info rmative statistics concerning global economies, hunger, environmentalism, and minimum wage issues.
- networklobby.org A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - for 30 years, a prophetic and persistent voice for economic justice on Capitol Hill
- www.paxchristiusa.org - the national Catholic peace movement
- www.coc.org/ej - Education for Justice at the Center of Concern website
- Catholic Charities
- Center of Concern
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Catholic Information Network
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Congress.org
Catholic Apologetics
