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Events This Week
November 21 - 28, 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, November 28 @ 10:30 AM - Cannon Chapel Room 105D
Monday, November 22 @ 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.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Mass Schedule and Office Hours Change
In observance of Thanksgiving, the University Catholic Center will be closed November 24th & 25th. There will be no Mass on Wednesdy, November 24th.
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Upcoming Events and Announcements
Emory Atlanta Emory Oxford Agnes Scott All Campuses
December 3-5, 2021 - 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 Uniersity 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 on at the University Catholic Center! Enjoy carols performed by members of our music ministry, get your picture taken with Santa, and fill your belly with a delicious home-cooked meal.
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
Save the Date! #GivingTuesday is 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, submitting answers to a survey, or taking 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, being 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
Venerable Augustus Tolton was the first U.S. Roman Catholic priest publicly known to be black when he was ordained in 1886. A former slave who was baptized and reared Catholic, Tolton formally studied in Rome. He was ordained in Rome on Easter Sunday at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran. Fr. Tolton led the development and construction of St. Monica’s Catholic Church as a black "National Parish Church”, which was completed in 1893. Tolton’s success at ministering to black Catholics quickly earned him national attention within the Catholic hierarchy. “Good Father Gus,” as many called him, was known for his eloquent sermons, his beautiful singing voice, and his talent for playing the accordion. He is the subject of the 1973 biography from Slave to Priest by Sister Caroline Hemesath. For more information on Fr. Augustus' cause, check out the website for his cause.
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