Hey y'all!  Earlier this week, I was contacted by Jennifer Escalona, a professional blogger for WePay.com, a website dedicated to helping students plan service trips.  She asked me to post a message about the website on our blog, so here it is!  Take some time to read it, for the information it contains is very valuable.  Thank you so much, Merry Christmas, and go deacs!-Chris Each year thousands of university students from across the US look forward to one special week in March. Spring break- the most wonderful time of the year. Bodacious babes and brawny bro’s all ditch the...

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Below is an article I received from the Catholic Campus Ministries Association.  Enjoy! Catholic Campus Communities Join with the Whole Church inCelebrating Cardinal Newman’s Beatification  Cincinnati, Ohio, September 21, 2010 - This past Sunday, September 19, 2010, in Birmingham, England, the Holy Father beatified John Henry Cardinal Newman, officially recognizing him as "Blessed". The beatification of the Venerable John Henry Newman is a moment of great significance for the people of Great Britain and of many other parts of the world. This is true in a special way for campus ministers serving the universities and colleges across the United States. By...

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 I have not done my due diligence to confirm it, but I believe this is prayer by Thomas Aquinas, or at least, is in his spirit. Exam Prayer for Students Creator of all things,true source of light and wisdom,origin of all being,graciously let a ray of your light penetratethe darkness of my understanding. Take from me the double darknessin which I have been born,an obscurity of sin and ignorance. Give me a keen understanding,a retentive memory, andthe ability to grasp thingscorrectly and fundamentally. Grant me the talentof being exact in my explanationsand the ability to express myselfwith thoroughness and charm....

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Take a few minutes and read this address given by the Pope a few years ago in Jordan.  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  PILGRIMAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVITO THE HOLY LAND MEETING WITH MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS, MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND RECTORS OF UNIVERSITIES IN JORDAN ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Mosque al-Hussein bin Talal - AmmanSaturday, 9 May 2009 Your Royal Highness,Your Excellencies,Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a source of great joy for me to meet with you this morning in this magnificent setting. I wish to thank Prince Ghazi Bin Muhammed Bin Talal for his kind words of welcome....

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This is not how the author chose her school!Last fall, I was asked by the Catholic Campus Minister to write about prayer, a request that should have been easily fulfilled.  Probably because my prayer life needs work, however, I kept putting off the piece.  Months elapsed, with only the occasional nagging thought that there was something I really needed to have done.  Then Holy Week arrived, and in looking on the WFCC website for service times, I was reminded that the nagging "something" was that piece I'd agreed to write.  Yikes!  Fortunately, when I saw the Campus Minister on Good Friday, she suggested that...

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