The Newman Center at the Pittsburgh Oratory

This past week the girls of the team (Anne, Danni, and Ashton) decided to try someting new.  They set up outside of their house on a Thursday night and gave away smores.  They live on a big party street between a couple of frat house and so plenty of people stopped by seeing young people [...]

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Sorry for the missing weekly posts, but it has been a very busy couple of weeks on campus!
One of the great stories from the past few weeks has been the success of the Men’s Night two Thursdays ago!  We had 16 men praying outside the rosary outside of a strip club.  One of the guys [...]

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This week’s story is from Jack.  After Bible study on Tuesday night he was walking home from the Cathedral of Learning, the main building on University of Pittsburgh’s campus.  On his way home a young man was sitting on the bench looking lonely.  Jack approached him and asked the student if he could sit down [...]

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Students have been on campus for almost a month now and FOCUS wants to share with you stories from all of its campuses.  The FOCUS missionaries and student leaders have been able to do great work towards building a Catholic culture on campus.  We have been a part of all the activity fairs, Catholic Rush [...]

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The Newman Center is glad to welcome the new members of the crew this year: our new team director, Anne, and missionaries Luke, Ashton, and Jack.  And, of course, we’re glad Danni’s back too… check the FOCUS page so you can say “y’ello” when you see them around.

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You are invited to join the Catholic Newman Club for a *free* feast at CMU in the “Tech Lounge” in West Wing dormitory on Saturday, November 17, 5:00 pm. A short (~15 minute) talk on the Catholic perspective on Creation will be presented during the dinner discussing how Catholicism accepts the validity of both [...]

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