PENN STATE CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY
205C PASQUERILLA SPIRITUAL CENTER
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802
BULLETIN # 911240
3 JANUARY 2010
PHILLIP TORBERTOFFICE PHONE: 814-865-4281
EMAIL: [email protected]
Staff FR. MATTHEW LAFFEY • O.S.B.
Campus Ministry Director • [email protected]
FR. DAVID GRIFFIN • O.S.B. Campus Minister • [email protected]
DEACON LASZLO IVANITS Campus Minister • [email protected]
PHILLIP TORBERT Director of Music & Liturgy • [email protected]
ERIK BJALME Director of Development • [email protected]
ANDRES DIAZ Hispanic Ministry • [email protected]
BORA ELIZABETH LEE Korean Ministry • [email protected]
CATHOLIC MINISTRY OFFICE 205C Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
University Park, PA 16802Phone: 814-865-4281 • Fax: 814-865-2972
email: [email protected]
www.psu.edu/catholic
CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY
A T P E N N S T A T E
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The mission of the Catholic Campus Ministry at Penn State is to give witness to a Catholic Presence in University Life and to promote and sustain the well being of the whole Catholic Person. We welcome students, faculty, staff , resident community members, and alumni. Grounded in the tradition of the Church, Catholic Campus Ministry provides an environment and fellowship that challenge members to encounter the Living Christ and be transformed by His Spirit. Liturgies, retreats, service projects, Bible studies, prayer groups, programs for Catholic critical thinkers, and other activities nurture our faith and open our hearts to hear God’s message for us today.
Academic Year Mass Schedule
Daily Mass Schedule
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�Confessions (Wednesday & Thursday)
4–5PM • Meditation ChapelAlso by appointment (865-4281)
Spanish Mass ScheduleJan. 24
All Masses are at 1pm in Eisenhower Chapel
Korean Mass ScheduleJan. 23
All Masses are at 4pm preceeded by confessions. Call the offi ce for location.
Byzantine LiturgySundays at 1:30PM • Eisenhower Chapel
Saturday4PM
Sunday9:30AM • 11:30AM • 9PM
All Masses held in Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
FRIDAY9:15AM • Meditation Chapel
(Morning Prayer at 8:55 AM)Benediction & Eucharistic Service5:05PM • Meditation Chapel
9:15AM • Meditation Chapel(Morning Prayer at 8:55 AM)
5:05PM • Eisenhower ChapelMONDAY – THURSDAY
Come talk about life’s journey on Wednes-day evenings. If you are interested in talking about God and His plans for your life, please contact Deacon Laszlo at [email protected].
Deacon’s Corner
Seeking the Sacrament of Confi rmation?Confi rmation is the sacrament whereby the Holy Spirit fi lls us with the gifts we need to be people of strong faith. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that Confi rmation roots us more deeply in our identity as God’s children, unites us more fi rmly with Christ, increases in us the gifts of the Holy Spirit, binds us more closely to the Church, and gives us special strength to bear witness to our faith (#1303). Why pass up the opportunity to come to a fuller experience of God’s love and grace? Every Catholic should be confi rmed. The sacrament is, in a sense, a completion of our Baptism. If you are not confi rmed, please call or email Fr. Matthew (865-4281 or [email protected]). The process is very simple and we will schedule the time of the meetings around the schedules of all the interested parties. God bless you all!
Jan. 2 & 3Saturday • 4pm
Sunday • 10:30am5:05pm Daily Mass Only
JAN. 4 – JAN. 8
Semester Break Mass ScheduleIN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 – FRIDAY, JANUARY 8
The Week of Epiphany R E A D I N G S
Monday Elizabeth Ann Seton (Opt. Mem.)1Jn 3: 22 to 4: 6; Ps 2: 7-8, 10-11; Mt 4: 12-17, 23-25
Tuesday John Neumann, Bishop, Religious, Missionary, Educator (Opt. Mem.)
1Jn 4: 7-10; Ps 72: 1-2, 3-4, 7-8; Mk 6: 34-44
Wednesday Bl André Bessette, Religious (Opt. Mem.)1Jn 4: 11-18; Ps 72: 1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6: 45-52
Thursday Raymond of Penyafort, Presbyter, Religious (Opt. Mem.)
1Jn 4: 19 to 5: 4; Ps 72: 1-2, 14-15, 17; Lk 4: 14-22a
Friday 1Jn 5: 5-13; Ps 147: 12-13, 14-15, 19-20; Lk 5: 12-16
Saturday 1Jn 5: 14-21; Ps 149: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9; Jn 3: 22-30
Rise Up in SplendorThis great feast of the Epiphany of the Lord opens with these words: “Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you” (Isaiah 60:1). That reading goes on to describe a world covered with darkness. Even in that world, the prophet announces that the glory of the Lord will shine on Jerusalem. Many would agree that our world is covered with darkness--the darkness that war, terrorism, and famine bring. Today we announce that even in today’s world, the Lord can scatter that darkness, if only we would welcome Epiphany’s light. As we remember the visit of the magi to the manger, let us pray that one day our weary world will rise up in splendor--the splendor of peace and justice.
Today the Wise Men see the
little child and Mary his mother. With them, Lord, we wish to discover you in the midst
of our brothers and sisters. Glory and praise to you, Lord
Jesus Christ!
Today they prostrate themselves before you and adore you.
Withe them, Lord, we wish to adore your holy will for us. Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! —from Come, Lord Jesus by Lucien Deiss, CSSp,
©1976, 1981, Lucien Deiss. Published by WLP, Inc. p. 139.
The Saints | January 4St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
1774 -1821Though her liturgical designation is “religious,” Elizabeth Seton, her feast-day prayer reminds us, was also “wife, mother, educator, foundress.” Born into a wealthy Episcopalian family, Elizabeth married William Seton, whose untimely death in Italy where the young family sought healing for William’s tuberculosis, left her, at twenty-nine, a widow with fi ve children. Inspired by the faith and charity of the Italian family with whom they stayed, Elizabeth embraced Catholicism despite her family’s disowning her and ceasing fi nancial support. This woman of many fi rsts (and several vocations!) opened the fi rst free Catholic school, beginning the American Catholic educational system, and founded the fi rst American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity. The tuberculosis that claimed her husband took also her oldest and youngest daughters and, fi nally, at just forty-seven, Elizabeth herself. Another fi rst: in 1975 she was canonized the fi rst native-born American saint. Once asked to summarize her spirituality, she replied: “Faith lifts the staggering soul on one side, hope supports it on the other, experience says it must be, and love says let it be!”
—Peter Scagnelli, © J. S. Paluch Co.
Treasures From Our Tradition | The MagiWhere on earth would you go to honor the magi? Iran or Saudi Arabia, Tarshish or the Isles come to mind, but Cologne, Germany would be a good choice. There the Shrine of the Three Kings has been the centerpiece of the city’s cathedral since the fourth century. Today it is the largest reliquary in the world: a gilded and ornamented triple casket gleaming high above the altar. In the fourth century, the supposed relics of the wise men were taken from Constantinople to Milan, where they remained until the German Emperor with the unlikely name Frederick Barbarossa (Red Beard) gave them to the Archbishop of Cologne. Ever since, pilgrims have streamed into the city to honor the magi, the fi rst of all pilgrims, and thus the heavenly patrons of all who have some holy wanderlust.
This largest Gothic cathedral in Europe today was begun in the mid-1200s to house the relics. In medieval times, the relics in a city’s possession were often
the key to a sound international economy. The reliquary was last opened in 1864, and the remains of three men were indeed discovered. The cathedral is well worth a visit, with enormous twin spires forming the largest façade of any church in the world (it is the
model for St. Patrick’s in New York). Construction began in 1248 and ended in 1880, a six-hundred-year project. Today, it is a World Heritage Site, described by the U.N. as “an exceptional work of human creative genius.” This great treasure of our
tradition suff ered fourteen direct bomb hits in World War II but did not collapse. It survived while the city burned around it, preserved, the townspeople say, by three
heavenly patrons. —Rev. James Field, © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.
