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Events This Week
November 28 - December 5, 2021
Emory Atlanta Emory Oxford Agnes Scott All Campuses
Donation Drive with the Catholic Student Union
Now until December 1st, 2021
Until the beginning of December, the Catholic Student Union is sponsoring a donation drive for the local Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store. We will be collecting items such as clothes, shoes, jewelry, books, dishes, glassware, utensils, kitchen appliances, cookware, toys/games, and linens. Donation boxes are located at Cannon Chapel, the University Catholic Center, the ESC, Eagle Hall, and Woodruff Residential Center.
A Biblical Walk Through the Mass Series
Sunday, December 5 @ 10:30 AM - Cannon Chapel Room 105D
Monday, November 29 @ 7:00 PM - Oxford College Humanities Hall Room 201
As Catholics, we know that the Mass is central to our Faith. We celebrate it every day. We know all the responses. We know all the gestures. But do we know what it all means? In A Biblical Walk Through the Mass, Dr. Edward Sri takes us on a unique tour of the liturgy, explores the biblical roots of the words and gestures we experience in the liturgy, and explains their profound significance.
Fellowship and Adoration Night
Friday, December 3 @ 6:30 PM - University Catholic Center
The Fellowship and Adoration Night is a student-led bible study focused on growing in faith and experiencing Christ's presence in our lives through the practice of adoring the Eucharist.
Fall Study Retreat
December 3-5, 2021 - University Catholic Center (Sign up here)
The Study Retreat is designed to aid you in your studies by providing a secluded, stress-free environment in which you can complete all your schoolwork with ease. Free meals and opportunities for prayer will be provided all weekend at the University Catholic Center. We hope you can join us!
Christmas Party
Saturday, December 4 @ 7:00 PM - University Catholic Center
Join us for our yearly community Christmas party at the University Catholic Center! Enjoy carols performed by members of our music ministry, get your picture taken with Santa.
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Upcoming Events and Announcements
Emory Atlanta Emory Oxford Agnes Scott All Campuses
Mass on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Wednesday, December 8 @ 12:00 PM & 6:00 PM - University Catholic Center
Join us for Mass at the University Catholic Center in celebration of the conception of Mary without original sin. This is a holy day of obligation.
March for Life 2022 in Washington, D.C.
January 20-22, 2022 - Interest Form
Are you interested in attending the March for Life on Friday, January 21, 2022? We have been invited by the Georgia Tech Students for Life to travel with them to Washington, D.C.! More information and the form to sign up can be found here.
Student Leadership Teams
Are you interested in supporting Catholic students by creating prayer, fellowship, and service opportunities during the 2021-2022 school year? Your gifts are what make our ministry thrive, and we'd love to have your help! Join us at an upcoming meeting or reach out to the student President at your campus for more info:
Maria Villarreal, Agnes Scott College CSO President
Sean Woo, Emory University CSU President
Ann Elizabeth Farthing, Oxford College CSU President
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Donate Online to Support Our Ministry
#GivingTuesday is tomorrow, November 30th!
We’re excited to announce that we are participating in #iGiveCatholic on #GivingTuesday, a global day of generosity that will take place on November 30, 2021. The day serves as a wonderful opportunity for people around the world to come together to thank, help, give, show kindness, and share what they have with those in need. We humbly invite you to support our ongoing mission of proclaiming the good news of the gospel at Emory University and Agnes Scott College by helping our effort to raise $5,000, which will be used to directly provide faith formation materials and subsidize retreat costs for students entering the Catholic Church and exploring their faith more deeply, as well as complete necessary updates to gathering spaces where students encounter Christ through prayer and fellowship on a daily basis.
Support the University Catholic Center through your purchases!
Do you regularly shop at Amazon or Kroger? We're excited to share that you can sign up to have a percentage of your purchase price donated to the University Catholic Center for every order you place!
Simply click on the links below, sign in to your account, and select the University Catholic Center at Emory University as your organization of choice. Then, whenever you make a purchase at smile.amazon.com or at Kroger using your Kroger Rewards card, a contribution will be made on your behalf!
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Introducing the Synod on Synodality
A Letter from The Most Rev. Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv.
We have been invited to participate in an unprecedented moment in our Church’s history beginning this fall. On Sunday, Oct. 10, Pope Francis opened a two-year process called the Synod on Synodality (For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission) that will uniquely engage not only Catholics but God’s people all over the world. I want to personally encourage you, your family, and all those who are dear to you to join with me and our brothers and sisters in north and central Georgia on this extraordinary journey of faith. Read more
About the Synod on Synodality
A key question to help focus this process is: "A synodal Church, in announcing the Gospel, “journeys together.” How is this “journeying together” happening today in your local Church? What steps does the Spirit invite us to take to grow in “journeying together”? In the coming months, we will be invited to participate in a listening session, submit answers to a survey, or take time to listen to the whispers of the Holy Spirit. In the meantime, please consider reading the preparatory documents for the Synod and other supporting materials.
Adsumus, Sancte Spiritus
Every session of the Second Vatican Council began with the prayer Adsumus Sancte Spiritus, the first word of the Latin original meaning, “We stand before You, Holy Spirit,” which has been historically used at Councils, Synods and other Church gatherings for hundreds of years, is attributed to Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 - 4 April 636). We will be praying this prayer at the end of our Sunday Masses during the Synodal process and we invite you to pray it on your own!
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About Black Catholic History Month
On July 24, 1990, the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus of the United States designated November as Black Catholic History Month to celebrate the long history and proud heritage of Black Catholics. Two commemorative dates fall within this month, Saint Augustine’s Birthday (November 13) and Saint Martin de Porres’ Feast Day (November 3). More importantly, November not only marks a time when we pray for all saints and souls in loving remembrance but also a time to recall the saints and souls of Africa and the African Diaspora. Read more.
On the Road to Sainthood: Leaders of African Descent
Julia Greeley (1833 and 1848-1918)
Servant of God Julia Greeley was born into slavery in Hannibal, Missouri sometime between 1833 and 1848. Freed by Missouri's Emancipation Act in 1865, Julia subsequently earned her keep by serving white families in Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico—though mostly in the Denver area. Julia entered the Catholic Church at Sacred Heart Parish in Denver in 1880 and was an outstanding supporter of all the parish. The Jesuits who ran the parish considered her the most enthusiastic promoter of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus they had ever seen. Every month she visited on foot every fire station in Denver and delivered literature of the Sacred Heart League to the firemen, Catholics and non-Catholics alike. A daily communicant, Julia had a rich devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin and continued her prayers while working. She joined the Secular Franciscan Order in 1901 and was active in it till her death in 1918. As part of the Cause for Canonization, Julia's mortal remains were transferred to Denver's Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on June 7, 2017.
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