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Fall 2009

Office of Mission and Ministry

Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies

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Wednesday, September 2

Welcome Mass for New Students and Their Families
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist
Peterson Recreation Center
2:15 p.m.
Open to all

Saturday, September 5 Building Bridges
New Student Orientation Day of Service
Fr. M. James Cuddy, O.P., Keynote Speaker
Mullaney Gymnasium
8:15 a.m. & 8:45 a.m. 
Open to students and site coordinators

Sunday, September 6

Welcome Back Sunday Masses
Fr. M. James Cuddy, O.P.,
Principal Celebrant and Homilist
St. Dominic Chapel
4:30 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
Open to all

Wednesday, September 9 Mass of the Holy Spirit
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist
St. Dominic Chapel
4:00 p.m.
Open to all, reception to follow in the Campus Ministry Center
Friday - Sunday
September 11-13 
Pastoral Council Retreat
Camp Aldersgate, North Scituate, RI
Open to Pastoral Council members and Campus Ministry staff
Monday, September 14 Campus Ministry Open House
Campus Ministry Center
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Open to all students, light refreshments served

Tuesday, September 15

Priory BBQ
St. Thomas Aquinas Priory
5:30 p.m.
Open to all students

Wednesday, September 16

Academic Convocation
Hendricken Field
3:30 p.m.
Open to all, reception to follow

Friday - Sunday   
September 18 - 20

Connections Retreat I
Toah Nipi Retreat Center, Rindge, NH
Open to new students, reservations required

Tuesday, September 22 A Conversation with the President: The Role of the Mission in Faculty Hiring
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P.
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
4:00 p.m. 
Open to all faculty, light refreshments served, reservations
required
Tuesday, September 22 Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)
Information Session
Fr. M. James Cuddy, O.P.
Campus Ministry Center
5:30 p.m.
Open to students
Thursday, September 24 Dominicans in Europe and the Americas: 1790-1850
Fr. Thomas D. McGonigle, O.P.
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
4:00 p.m.
Open to all, light refreshments served
Saturday, September 26 Day of Connections
W. Alton Jones Center, West Greenwich, RI
10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Open to new students, reservations required
Sunday, September 27 Project SAVE Mass
Fr. Joseph J. Guido, O.P.
Celebrant and Homilist
10:30 p.m.
St. Dominic Chapel
Sunday - Friday
September 27 -October 2
Project SAVE Week

Monday - Friday
September 28 - October 2

International Education Week

Monday, September 28

Abroad for Christ in the Company of St. Dominic
Reflections by the Fr. Phillip A. Smith, O.P. Fellows
Claire Pevoto '10, Philippines
Elizabeth Weber '10, England and Europe
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Noon
Open to all, light luncheon served, reservations required
Co-sponsored with the Center for International Studies

Tuesday, September 29

Abroad for Christ in the Company of St. Dominic
Reflections by the Fr. Phillip A. Smith, O.P. Fellows
Claire Pevoto '10, Philippines
Elizabeth Weber '10, England and Europe
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
7:00 p.m.
Open to all, light luncheon served, reservations required
Co-sponsored with the Center for International Studies

Wednesday, September 30 Learning from the Holocaust: Teaching Values in Study Abroad   
Dr. John Heyl
Vice President for Global Education
Cultural Experiences Abroad (CEA)
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Noon
Open to all, light luncheon served, reservations required
Co-sponsored with the Center for International Studies
Also in September… PC for Life Fundraisers
Liturgical Ministry Meet and Greet
Music Ministry Meet and Greet
Theology on Tap
Thursday, October 1

Mass for Members of the Board of Trustees
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist St. Dominic Chapel
5:00 p.m.
Open to members of the Board of Trustees

Friday - Saturday
October 2 - 3
St. Dominic Weekend
Institutional Advancement's Salute to the Members of  The Harkins Society and The 1917 Society as well as to Endowed Scholarship and Angel Fund Donors  
Saturday, October 3 Through the Eyes of St. Dominic: The Landscapes of Holiness
Fr. Joseph J. Guido, O.P.
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
10:00 a.m.
Open to weekend participants, reservations required
Saturday, October 3  Mass for St. Dominic Weekend
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist
St. Dominic Chapel
4:30 p.m.
Open to all
Friday - Sunday
October 2 - 4
Connections Retreat II
Pine Brook Camp, Schutesbury, MA
Open to new students, reservations required

Tuesday, October 6

Fr. Philip A. Smith Student Fellowships
Information Session
Fr. Joseph J. Guido, O.P
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
7:00 p.m.
Open to students, light refreshments served

Tuesday, October 6

Vigil for Our Lady of the Rosary
St. Dominic Chapel
8:00 p.m.
Open to all

Wednesday, October 14 Faith, Inspiration and Teaching: Simone Weil and Erotic Pedagogy
Dr. Vance Morgan, Professor of Philosophy
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
4:00 p.m.
Open to all, light refreshments served
Saturday, October 17 Twilight Connections Retreat
Campus Ministry Center
6:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Open to new students who have not attended a weekend Connections retreat, light refreshments served
Wednesday, October 21 NOLA Immersion Meal Auction
McPhail's Entertainment Center
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Open to all
Thursday, October 22  Year of the Priest: The Sons of Aaron: Priest and Priesthood
in Ancient and Modern Judaism
Prof. Shaye J. D. Cohen, Nathan Littauer Professor
of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Harvard University
Feinstein 400
5:00 p.m.
Open to all
Co-sponsored by the Department of Theology as part of its series Theological Exchange Between Catholics and Jews
Friday, October 23 Dinner with Dominicans
Campus Ministry Center
6:00 p.m.
Open to students and Dominican Friars and Sisters, reservations required
Friday - Saturday
October 23 - 24 
NOLA Immersion Retreat
Irons Homestead, Gloucester, RI
Open to NOLA Immersion participants only

Saturday, October 24 

Mass for Institutional Advancement'sTribute to Dr. Mark Rerick
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant
St. Dominic Chapel
4:30 p.m.
Open to all

Monday, October 26 Year of the Priest: The Journey to Priesthood Today
Fr. M. James Cuddy, O.P.
Fr. D. Dominic Legge, O.P
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Noon
Open to all, light luncheon served, reservations required
Wednesday, October 28 Faith, Inspiration and Teaching: Leadership as a Moral Enterprise
Reflections by the 2009 Collegium Fellow
Dr. Matthew Eriksen
Associate Professor of Management
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
4:00 p.m.
Open to faculty, light refreshments served, reservations
required
Friday, October 30 Twilight Retreat
Campus Ministry Center
8:00 p.m. - Midnight
Open to students, light refreshments served
Also in October…  Stop Hunger Fundraisers
Theology on Tap
Callings: The Vocation of a Writer
Halloween Jamboree
Callings: From Serving the Needy to Beginning Graduate School
October into November Dominican Contributions to Scholarship at Providence College
Display

Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Open to all
Monday, November 2 All Souls' Day
Commemoration of Deceased Dominicans
Graveside Service
Dominican Friars' Cemetery
5:00 p.m.
Open to all
Tuesday, November 3  Dominicans in Africa and Asia: 1790-1850
Fr. Thomas D. McGonigle, O.P.
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
4:00 p.m.
Open to all, light refreshments served
Saturday - Sunday
November 7 - 8
Freshman Family Weekend
Saturday, November 7 Through the Eyes of St. Dominic: The Landscapes of Holiness
Fr. Joseph J. Guido, O.P.
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
3:00 p.m.
Open to weekend participants, reservations required
Saturday and Sunday Masses for Sunday at St. Dominic Chapel
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist
Saturday , 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m.
Open to all
Tuesday, November 10 A Conversation with the President: Faith and Reason in the Classroom
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P.
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
4:00 p.m.
Open to new faculty, light refreshments served, reservations
required
Thursday, November 12 Junior Ring Weekend Mass
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Principal Celebrant and Homilist
St. Dominic Chapel
7:00 p.m.
Open to juniors, their dates and their families
Monday - Friday
November 16 - 20
Hunger Awareness Week
Tuesday, November 17 Vigil of Remembrance for Deceased Loved Ones
St. Dominic Chapel
8:00 p.m.
Open to all
Thursday, November 19 St. Albert the Great Lecture: Religion and Intellectuals
Mark W. Roche, Ph.D., Joyce Professor of German Language and Literature
Concurrent Professor of Philosophy
Fellow, Nanovic Institute for European Studies
University of Notre Dame
Aquinas Lounge
4:00 p.m.
Open to all, reception to follow in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
A Hesburgh Lecture in conjunction with the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts
Sunday, November 22 -
Friday, December 4
Giving Tree
Campus Ministry Center, St. Dominic Chapel
Open to all
Monday, November 23 Thanksgiving Ecumenical Evening Prayer
St. Dominic Chapel
7:00 p.m.
Open to all
Also in November… Caffeinated Catholicism
Catholics Come Home Series
Hunger Awareness Week
Wednesday, December 2 Prayer: The Perennial Advent of the Heart
Celia Wolf Devine, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy (retired)
Stonehill College
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
Noon
Open to all, light luncheon served, reservations required
Friday, December 4 Twilight Retreat
Campus Ministry Center
8:00 p.m. - Midnight
Open to students, light refreshments served
Saturday, December 5  Special Olympics Basketball Tournament
Peterson Recreation Center
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Open to students, pre-registration required
Saturday, December 5 An Advent Service of Lessons & Carols
Providence College's Signature Advent Celebration with the Combined Choirs of Providence College
Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Presiding
St. Dominic Chapel
7:00 p.m.
Open to all, reception to follow in the Campus Ministry Center
Tuesday, December 8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Patroness of the United States of America
Holy Day of Obligation    
Monday Vigil Masses at
4:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in
St. Dominic Chapel
Tuesday Masses at
7:25 a.m. in the Priory Chapel and at
11:35 a.m., 4:30 p.m., 9:00 p.m. in
St. Dominic Chapel 
Tuesday, December 8 Advent Penance Service
St. Dominic Chapel
7:00 p.m.
Open to all
Also in December…  World AIDS Day
Theology on Tap
Ongoing (academic year, when school is in session)

Masses for Sunday
Saturday, 4:30 p.m., St. Dominic Chapel
Sunday, 11:00 a.m., Priory Chapel
             4:30 p.m., St. Dominic Chapel
             7:00 p.m., St. Dominic Chapel
            10:30 p.m., St. Dominic Chapel

Weekday Mass (Monday through Friday)
             11:35 a.m., St. Dominic Chapel
              4:30 p.m., St. Dominic Chapel
              9:00 p.m., St. Dominic Chapel (Monday-Thursday)

Confession
Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., St. Dominic Chapel
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., St. Dominic Chapel
Saturday, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., St. Dominic Chapel

All events are free. For additional information or to reserve a place, please contact Fr. Kevin D. Robb, O.P., Associate Vice President, at 865-1210 or krobb@providence.edu.