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Grad Retreat–CANCELED!!!!

Patrick — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:06:16 +0000

The Graduate Student Retreat to be held this weekend at the Rednal Retreat house is canceled due to the inclement weather.

First Friday Feast

Patrick — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:38:27 +0000

This Friday, Feb 5, will once again be the First Friday Feast. Come join us down below in the conference room of the Newman Center for a wonderful feast. All students are welcome . The feast will begin promptly after the 5:15 mass (around 6:00). After the feast, we will all be heading up to the chapel for another First Friday Vigil where the blessed sacrament will be exposed for prayer and adoration. This begins around 8:00 pm.

Undergrad retreat (Braveheart Style)

Patrick — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:38:59 +0000

“The may take our lives, but they’ll never take…our freedom!!!” Or at least that whats Mel Gibson says in the movie Braveheart. The reason for the movie quote is that this weekend, Fr. Steven will be leading an undergrad retreat at the Rednal Retreat House in Ligoneer, PA. The theme will on the magnanimity of heart or courage of heart, and because of this the alternate theme is Braveheart. 20$ covers the cost of food, transportation and lodging and this retreat is restricted to UNDERGRADS only. All undergraduates are welcome to attend. Departure will be from the Oratory right after the spagettii dinner on Friday the 29th (around 7 or 8pm) and we will return sun around 1pm on the 31st. Any questions, contact Fr. Steven at frstephen@pittsburghoratory.org.

Undergrad Retreat

Rednal Retreat House

20$

Departure: Fri, Jan 29 after the Spaghetti dinner (7 or 8pm)

Return: Sun, Jan 31, around 1pm

Theme: Magnanimity of Heart

Student Holy Hour

Patrick — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:22:08 +0000

There will be a student holy hour held in the Oratory Chapel on Thursday at 7:30 pm. Come and gaze at our precious Jesus and send him your prayers on this holy hour. Anyone is welcome to come.

March for Life

Patrick — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:29:17 +0000

This Friday, January 22 marks the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade which is the court case that officially legalized abortion in the USA. On this date is the 37th annual March for Life held down in Washington DC to protest abortion. The students for Life campus organization is sponsoring a bus trip down to DC to participate in the March for Life. This trip is free for all college students and will depart from St. Pauls Cathedral in Oakland at 6am and will return around midnight that Friday. All are welcome to attend. Sign up sheets can be found on the front desk of the Newman Center. We ask those who cannot attend to keep all those who will be at the march in their prayers as they make this pilgrimage for life.

March for life bus trip

Fri Jan 22

departing 6:00 am- returning 12:00 am

No cost to students

Sign up sheets on the Newman Center Front Desk

any questions Email pitt.pro.life@gmail.com

Dance the Night Away

Patrick — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:06:25 +0000

Bored on a Saturday Night? Nothing to do but lay around and vegetate. Well there might be a remedy for that. On Saturday, Jan 16th at 8pm in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room there will an 80s Dance held by the Newman Club. All are welcome to attend no matter if you’re from Pitt or Chatham or CMU or some other place. Absolutely any student is invited so bring a friend; the cost will be $2, and food and drink and other yummy snacks will be provided, so get those old dusty 80s clothes out of the closet, come on down to the union, and dance the night away.

80s Dance

William Pitt Union Assembly Room

8:00pm-11:00pm

$2 admission cost

Food and Drink Provided

Dress like the 80s

All are welcome

Contact jml101@pitt.edu or cmm150@pitt.edu with any questions or for further information.

FINALS WEEK!!!!!!!

Patrick — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:22:31 +0000

Studying up for finals, Library tooooo loud or just tired of studying in your room. Then come down to the Newman Center. From 5pm on Sun, Dec 13 to noon on Sat, Dec 19; the Newman center conference room (In the Bottom floor of the Newman center) will be made into a quiet study room for all those who need to brush up for their final exams. Free Wi-Fi of course is always provided.

Ladies Night: Put on you skates

Patrick — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:18:50 +0000

This Tue, Dec 8, will be ladies night. This week ladies night will involve a wonderful winter sport of ice skating. Ladies night will meet at 9 at the newman center and from there head over to the schenley ice rink. Costs will be 3.00$ for admission and then 2.50$ to rent a pair of ice skates. So if you are a woman and are having a boring Tue night, come on over to the newman center to have a great time with the wonderful women of the newman center.

First Friday Feast and Vigil

Patrick — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:04:24 +0000

Once again it is time for First Friday Feast this Friday on Dec 4. Dinner begins promptly at 6:00 pm after the 5:15 mass in the basement of the Newman Center. The theme this dinner will be ugly Christmas Sweater. There will be a contest held for the person wearing the worst Christmas sweater. Following the dinner the Nativity Story will be played in the game room.

Also held that night will be a first Friday vigil beginning at 8 PM. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed till 11pm. In addition to the prayerfulness of the vigil, the Schola Cantorum of the Pittsburgh Oratory will be singing several chants. The Schola is a group of seven young men dedicated to preserving and giving life to the Church’s musical treasury. Throughout the night the devotions will be for the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the joy-filled heart of St. Philip Neri. Each hour will feature a litany, a brief sermon, and congregational and silent prayer in addition to the plainchant. So come and join us for this evening of food, fellowship and devotion to our Lord.

Fr. Victor Mosele talk

Patrick — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:53:13 +0000

On Wed, Dec 2 at 8:35 pm in room 1501 posvar, Father Victor Mosele will be here to talk about his experiences as a missionary in Africa and the RUF rebels and child soldiers. Born and raised in Italy, Fr. Mosele was a missionary with the St. Francis Xavier Foreign Missionary Society and for nearly 30 years he lived and worked in Africa. After being captured by child soldiers in Africa twice, Fr. Mosele was moved to the United States where he currently works with college students in Madison, Wisconsin. Come join us for this exciting and interesting talk by Fr. Victor Mosele.