January
Tuesday - Friday, January 8 - 11
My Brother’s Keeper Urban Plunge
Global Service and Justice
South Easton, MA
Open to members of the MBK Urban Plunge Team
Saturday - Saturday, January 12 - 19
2013 NOLA Immersion Trip
Global Service and Justice
New Orleans, LA
Open to members of the 2013 New Orleans Immersion Team
Sunday - Monday, January 20 - 21
MLK Day of Service
Campus Ministry Center, Sunday, 5:30 p.m. - Monday, 11:00 p.m.
Open to accepted students
Co-sponsored with the Balfour Office of Multicultural Activities
Wednesday, January 23
Selma, the Turning Point for the Catholic Church’s Support
for Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Annual Martin Luther King Lecture
Dr. Terry McGoldrick, Assistant Professor of Theology
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies, 4:00 p.m.
Open to all
Co-sponsored by the Balfour Office of Multicultural Activities, the Department of Theology, and Campus Ministry
Thursday - Friday, January 24 - 25
March for Life
PC for Life
Washington, DC
Open to all students; reservations required
Thursday, January 24
Mass for the Athletic Department
St. Dominic Chapel, 5:30 p.m.
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist
Open to all members of the Athletic Department; light refreshments following
Saturday, January 26
Sock Hop
Knights of Columbus
Slavin Center, McPhail’s, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Open to all
Sunday, January 27
RCIA: Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens (for the non-Baptized)
Rite of Welcoming (for the Baptized)
St. Dominic Chapel, 7:00 p.m. Mass
Open to all
Sunday, January 27
Lighthouse Team Retreat
Location TBD, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Open to Lighthouse Retreat Team
Monday, January 28
Campus Ministry Open House
Pastoral Council
Campus Ministry Center, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Open to all students; light refreshments served
Tuesday, January 29
MLK Vigil
Devotions
St. Dominic Chapel, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Open to all students; light refreshments following; co-sponsored with the Balfour Office of Multicultural Activities
Thursday, January 31
Being, Goodness, and a Place for Persons
The Annual St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture—A Quinn Family Lecture
Dr. Michael Gorman, Ph. D. (Philosophy), Ph.D. (Theology),
Associate Professor of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America
Aquinas Hall Lounge, 4:00 p.m.
Open to all; reception to follow in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Also in January in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies:
Works in Progress Forum (dates to be determined by the faculty forum)
February
Friday - Saturday, February 1 - 2
Pastoral Council’s Winter Retreat
Episcopal Conference Center, Pascoag, RI, Friday, 4:30 p.m. - Saturday, 9:00 p.m.
Open to Pastoral Council members and Campus Ministry staff
Sunday, February 3
Super Bowl Party
Knights of Columbus
Campus Ministry Center, 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Open to students
Monday, February 4
Student Ministers’ Meeting and Formation
Campus Ministry Center, 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Open to CM Student Ministers
Monday, February 4
First Pastoral Council Meeting of the Spring Semester
Campus Ministry Center, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Open to Pastoral Council members and Campus Ministry staff
Wednesday, February 6
Boredom and Its Discontents: Slaying the Delicate Monster
A Noontime Luncheon Presentation
Fr. Nicholas Lombardo, O.P.,
Assistant Professor of Theology, The Catholic University of America
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies, 12:00 noon
Open to all; light luncheon served; reservations required
Thursday, February 7
Mass for the Members of the Board of Trustees
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant
St. Dominic Chapel, 5:00 p.m.
Open to members of the Board of Trustees
Thursday, February 7
Acoustic Night
Community Life
Campus Ministry Center, 7:00 p.m.
Open to all students
Friday - Saturday, February 8 - 9
Encounter Team Retreat
Camp Canonicus, North Scituate, RI
Open to Encounter with Christ Retreat Team members
Saturday, February 9
Liturgical and Music Ministers’ Retreat and Formation
Campus Ministry Center/St. Dominic Chapel, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Open to all altar servers, readers, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion,
sacristans, as well as members of Liturgical Choir, Schola Cantorum, and 10:30 Mass Group
Saturday, February 9
Confirmation Retreat
Youth Ministry
St. Gregory the Great Parish, Warwick, RI, Time TBD
Open to students in parish confirmation program
Saturday, February 9
Twilight Retreat
Campus Ministry Center, 7:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight
Open to students; light refreshments served
Sunday, February 10
RCIA: Rite of Election (for Catechumens)
Call to Continuing Conversion (for Candidates)
St. Dominic Chapel, 7:00 p.m. Mass
Open to all
Tuesday - Thursday, February 12 - 14
Post a Prayer
Spiritual Life
Kick-off in Raymond Cafeteria
Submissions accepted 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Open to all
Display in Raymond Cafeteria, Monday through Friday, February 19 - 22
Display in Campus Ministry Center beginning Monday, February 25
Tuesday, February 12
NOLA Mardi Gras Celebration of Remembrance
Global Service and Justice
Slavin Center, McPhail’s, 7:00 p.m.
Open to all; co-sponsored with the Board of Programmers
Wednesday, February 13
Ash Wednesday
Ashes will be distributed at the following times:
7:30 a.m. Mass (St. Thomas Aquinas Priory Chapel
11:00 a.m. Service of the Word (St. Dominic Chapel)
11:35 a.m. Mass (St. Dominic Chapel)
1:00 p.m. Service of the Word (St. Dominic Chapel)
3:00 p.m. Service of the Word (St. Dominic Chapel)
4:00 p.m. Service of the Word (St. Dominic Chapel)
4:30 p.m. Mass (St. Dominic Chapel)
7:00 p.m. Service of the Word (St. Dominic Chapel)
9:00 p.m. Mass (St. Dominic Chapel)
Thursday, February 14
Valentine Cards and Carnations
Community Life
Slavin Center, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Open to all students
Friday - Sunday, February 15 - 17
Alumni Homecoming and Winter Family Weekend
Masses in St. Dominic Chapel
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist
Saturday Vigil, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m.
Open to all
Tuesday, February 19 - Friday, March 29
Exhibit: We Have Been Believers:
A History of Black Catholics in the United States
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Mondays - Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Fridays, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Open to all
Friday, February 22
Fish Fry
Knights of Columbus
Slavin Center, 6:00 p.m.
Open to students
Friday - Sunday, February 22 - 24
Lighthouse Retreat
Sacred Heart Retreat Center, Wareham, MA
Open to sophomores; reservations required
Saturday, February 23
Special Olympics’ Basketball
Peterson Recreation Center, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Open to students and Special Olympians; reservations required
Sunday, February 24
RCIA: First Scrutiny (for Catechumens)
Penitential Rite / Scrutiny (for Candidates)
St. Dominic Chapel, 7:00 p.m. Mass
Open to all
Tuesday, February 26
Labyrinth Walk
Spiritual Life
Campus Ministry Center, Room B, 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Open to all
Wednesday, February 27
Rock Against Hunger
STOP Hunger
Slavin Center, McPhail’s, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Open to all
Also in February in the Center of Catholic and Dominican Studies:
Works in Progress Forum (dates to be determined by the faculty forum)
March
Friday, March 1
Alternative Break Trips Sendoff
Habitat for Humanity
Campus Ministry Center, 6:00 p.m.
Open to students; accepted applications required
Saturday - Saturday, March 2 - 9
Alternative Break Trips
Habitat for Humanity
Various locations
Open to students; accepted applications required
Monday, March 11
Student Ministers’ Meeting and Formation
Campus Ministry Center, 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Open to CM Student Ministers
Friday, March 15
Dinner with Dominicans
Community Life
Campus Ministry Center, 6:00 p.m.
Open to students and Dominican Friars and Sisters; reservations required
Saturday, March 16
RCIA: Half-Day Retreat
Campus Ministry Center, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Open to students in RCIA program
Saturday - Sunday, March 16 - 17
Women’s Retreat
Episcopal Conference Center, Pascoag, RI
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - Sunday, 3:00 p.m.
Open to female students; reservations required
Sunday, March 17
Confirmation Retreat
Youth Ministry
St. Philip Parish, Greenville, RI, Time TBD
Open to students in parish confirmation program
Sunday, March 17
RCIA: Second Scrutiny (for Catechumens)
St. Dominic Chapel, 7:00 p.m. Mass
Open to all
Tuesday, March 19
Confessions Made Easy
St. Dominic Chapel, 3:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight
Open to all; co-sponsored by Devotions and Knights of Columbus
Tuesday, March 19
Pause in the Grotto
Petition and Prayer
Grotto area outside St. Dominic Chapel, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Open to all
Wednesday, March 20
Spring Faculty and Staff Meeting
Slavin Center, ’64 Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Open to all faculty and staff members
Thursday, March 21
Special Olympics’ Swim Meet
Peterson Recreation Center, Taylor Natatorium, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Open to students and Special Olympians; reservations required
Saturday, March 23
Beyond the Break Retreat
Global Service and Justice
Campus Ministry Center, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Open to all alternative break trip participants; reservations required
Saturday, March 23
Confirmation Retreat
Youth Ministry
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Providence, RI, Time TBD
Open to students in parish confirmation program
Saturday - Sunday, March 23 - 24
Thirty-Hour Food Fast
STOP Hunger
Campus Ministry Center, Saturday, 2:00 p.m. - Sunday, 8 p.m.
Open to students
Sunday, March 24
RCIA: Third Scrutiny (for Catechumens)
St. Dominic Chapel, 7:00 p.m. Mass
Open to all
Monday, March 25
Justice and Personhood
The Annual St. Joseph Lecture—A Quinn Family Lecture
Fr. Alejandro Crosthwaite-Martinez, O.P.
Vice Rector, Pontifical University of St. Thomas in Urbe (Angelicum), Rome
Aquinas Hall Lounge, 4:00 p.m.
Open to all; reception to follow in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Tuesday, March 26
A Conversation with the President
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P.
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies, 4:00 pm
Open to all; reservations requested
Tuesday, March 26
Living Stations of the Cross
Devotions
Smith Center, Bowab Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Open to all
Also in March in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies:
Works in Progress Forum (dates to be determined by the faculty forum)
April
Thursday, April 4
All Connections Retreat Reunion
Campus Ministry Center, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Open to all who participated in the 2012 Connections Retreats
Friday - Sunday, April 5 - 7
Encounter with Christ Retreat
St. Benedict Abbey, Still River, MA
Open to all students; reservations required
Saturday, April 6
Eucharistic Procession
Faith Formation
Grotto area outside St. Dominic Chapel, 5:30 pm
Open to all; dinner to follow
Sunday, April 7
Confirmation Retreat
Youth Ministry
St. Agnes Parish, Providence, RI, Time TBD
Open to students in parish confirmation program
Sunday, April 7
RCIA: Mass with Sacraments of Initiation for RCIA Students
St. Dominic Chapel, 7:00 pm
Open to all
Tuesday, April 9 - Friday, May 17
Exhibit: Seeing and Naming Grace: The Poetic and Catholic Imagination
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Mondays - Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Fridays, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Open to all
Tuesday, April 9
Celebratory Dinner for RCIA Students
Campus Ministry Center, 6:00 p.m.
Open to RCIA students and RCIA team members
Saturday, April 13
Mass for Newly Admitted Students and Their Families
St. Dominic Chapel, 10:00 a.m.
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist
Open to all
Tuesday, April 16
ESL’s Cultural Appreciation Night
Campus Ministry Center, 7:00 p.m.
Open to all
Thursday, April 18
The Catholic Imagination
The Annual St. Catherine of Siena Lecture—A Quinn Family Lecture
Rev. Jan Michael Joncas,
Associate Professor of Catholic Studies and Theology, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis Aquinas Hall Lounge, 4:00 p.m.
Open to all; reservations are strongly encouraged; reception to follow in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Saturday, April 20
Scavenger Hunt
Community Life
Campus Ministry Center, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Open to all; co-sponsored with the Board of Programmers
Saturday, April 20
Twilight Retreat
Campus Ministry Center, 7:00 p.m. – 12:00 midnight
Open to students; light refreshments served
Monday, April 22
Student Ministers’ Meeting and Formation
Campus Ministry Center, 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 pm
Open to old and new CM Student Ministers
Monday, April 22
Pastoral Council Meeting for Old and New Members
Campus Ministry Center, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Open to old and new Pastoral Council members and Campus Ministry staff
Thursday, April 25
Spring Thing
Pastoral Council
Lawn behind St. Martin Hall, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Open to students
Friday, April 26
Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Campus Ministry Center, 11:35 a.m. Mass
Luncheon following in the Campus Ministry Center
Open to PC staff members; reservations required for luncheon
Sunday, April 28
Campus Ministry Volunteer Appreciation Night
Campus Ministry Center, following 10:30 p.m. Mass
Open to all students
Monday, April 29
Pastoral Council End-of-Year Banquet
Location TBD, 7:00 p.m.
Open to Pastoral Council members and Campus Ministry staff
Tuesday, April 30
Reflection Night
Local Service Ministries
Campus Ministry Center, 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Open to all students who have participated in local service
Also in April in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies:
Works in Progress Forum (dates to be determined by the faculty forum)
New Faculty End-of-Year Reception
Also in April in Campus Ministry:
Elderly Outreach’s Senior Prom
May
Wednesday, May 1
First Meeting of the 2014 NOLA Immersion Team
Global Service and Justice
Campus Ministry Center, 4:00 p.m.
Open to members of the 2014 New Orleans Immersion Team
Wednesday, May 1
Mass for the Members of the Class of 2013
St. Dominic Chapel, 4:30 p.m.
Open to graduating seniors
Thursday, May 2
Connections Retreat Leaders’ Dinner
Campus Ministry Center, 6:00 p.m.
Open to all Connections Retreat Leaders
Tuesday - Thursday, May 14 - 16
Training for New Pastoral Council
Details to follow
Open to members of 2013 - 2014 Pastoral Council
Saturday, May 18
Commencement Mass
Peterson Recreation Center, 4:00 p.m.
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist
Open to all; reception to follow on Slavin Lawn
Friday, May 31 - Sunday, June 2
Alumni Reunion Weekend
Friday, May 31
Golden Friar Mass
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, Principal Celebrant and Homilist
St. Dominic Chapel, 4:30 p.m.
Open to all
June
Sunday, June 2
Alumni Reunion Mass
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, Principal Celebrant and Homilist
St. Dominic Chapel, 10:30 a.m.
Open to all
Thursday, June 6
Mass for the Members of the Board of Trustees
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant
St. Dominic Chapel, 5:00 p.m.
Open to members of the Board of Trustees