Hey students! We're glad to have your smiling faces around Newman. Don't miss any of the great activities we've got this semester!

• 7 OR 7 BIBLE STUDY
  • Tuesdays during Lent, we’re offering another Bible study--but this time we’re offering something new that might seem a bit crazy to students but we’re giving it a shot. We’re going to offer an early morning Bible Study in Garvey at 7 am (maybe 7:15) for those who have early classes and would like to start their day in a prayerful way. For those of you who aren’t up that early, we’ll also have an opportunity at 7 pm on Tuesdays at the Newman Center as well. In seeing what has happened to Haiti over the past few weeks, we thought it might be nice to use a Bible study connected with Catholic Relief Services. CRS is an organization that does global service work in the name of the Catholic Church, including Haiti. We’ll be reading the Scriptures with a global lens and hopefully broadening our awareness of issues beyond our own country. Sign up today or call 320-251-3260 with questions!

Don’t miss our on-going events like our discipleship group on Monday nights, spirituality groups, retreats, Bible studies, etc.! Stay tuned to our student bulletins, brand new website, emails, and facebook page for on-going info!

Communal Reconciliation
Newman Center is offering a communal Reconciliation service on Thursday, March 18 at 6:30 pm in our chapel. Join us as we reflect with Word, song, and ritual about the areas of our lives most in need of God's grace and healing. Opportunities for individual Reconciliation with several area priests will be available after the liturgy. This may be just what we need to get our hearts ready to celebrate the Easter Resurrection!

Permanent Member Service Trip? The Peace and Justice Focus group is interested in seeing if there would be interest among permanent members in doing a service trip together. When would be a good time to go? How long could we go for? What would we do? Where would we go? Could we combine one of our student service trips to include more permanent members? All of these are questions we would have to work out but we want to know if there’s interest in the community. You can call Ben at Newman if you’re interested or email.

Long Range Planning (LRP) Update
The next step in our LRP process is to begin writing specific action plans that will help carry out each goal and objective. Broad input for this work is needed! Please plan to join us this Tuesday, March 16 at 6:30 pm for our next Focus night, where time will be devoted to working on this aspect of the Long Range Plan in each Focus group. New faces and fresh energy are needed!

• Draft #2 of Goals and Objectives
• Permanent Member Survey Results
• Student Member Survey Results
• Survey Data Analysis (summary by outside professional consultant)

SAVE THE DATE: Dr. Richard Gaillardetz will be the speaker for our annual Fr. Wil Ilies Memorial Lecture on Saturday, April 17th at 7 PM in the Newman Center chapel. He is a nationally known theologian and author. Save the date and plan to join us!!

Upcoming Local Events:

Women of the Bible Journey to the Benedictine Monastery in St. Joseph and join Kate Casper, OSB, for an insightful day this Thursday, March 11. Explore "Eve: The Mother of all the Living" from 9:30 - 11 am to understand how the two different accounts of creation in Genesis has made all the difference in understanding the place of women in the past and in our lives today. Then be introduced to "Women in the New Testament: Disciples, Deacons, and Witnesses of the Good News" from 1 - 2:30 pm to learn about the great women witnesses and why their stories are seldom told. Register for one or both sessions by calling 363-7116 or email at dmanuel@csbsju.edu soon. Fee is $15 for one session or $25 for both.

Day on the Hill: Come and join others from the St. Cloud Diocese for a bus ride to our State Capital for the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition's Day on the Hill, sponsored in part by the Minnesota Catholic Conference. Day on the Hill is a great day to advocate for the poorest of the poor in our state. Thursday, March 25 is this year’s day, register soon for a discount. Visit http://www.jrlc.org/register-for-day-on-the-hill to register. There is also the possibility of a St. Cloud Diocese bus going to the cities that day. RSVP for the bus by emailing Corein Brown at cbrown@ccstcloud.org by Wednesday, March 10th.

?• Young Adult Conference in Chicago! Young adults, there’s a great young adult conference coming up April 9-10 in Chicago at Catholic Theological Union. The conference includes workshops, general sessions and a closing Mass. It looks like a really great conference for college students and other young adults. Discounts are available the earlier we would register, so if you’re interested please call Ben at 320-251-3260 ext 20 or stop in for more information. There are travel and housing details that need to be worked out so please call soon if you’re interested and we can discuss some of the other details of the trip.

THEOLOGY ON TAP: Young adults in their 20’s and 30’s,
both single and married, are invited to attend the speakers and
events hosted by the Saint Cloud area Theology on Tap group. A
presentation and discussion is held on the second Tuesday of each
month, 7:00 pm, at Granite City Brewery in St. Cloud. Next gathering:
March 9. Laverne Feld of St. Joseph’s Parish, Waite Park,
will speak on the topic: “What’s your Fiat?: To what is God calling
you to say, ‘Yes’?

Upcoming Theology Days--Excellence in Ministry with Dr. Vic Klimoski How do you connect faith and everyday life? You are invited to learn more at an upcoming Theology Day! Dr. Vic Klimoski will present, “What Does Excellence Mean in Ministry?” Check out this link for more information and/or registration form for all of this year’s Theology Days. [cid:image001.jpg@01CAB956.825AB870

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