SCC/CCSA Coordinators for 2009/10:
Adam Regieir, Lindsay Weir, Sharon LaPlume, and Tara Casier
Tele: 519-884-8111, x28135
Email: ccsa@sju.uwaterloo.ca
S.C.C. is organized with the help of a core group of students. Coordinators are chosen each year through an application process. The Coordinators chair meetings, help plan events and coordinate the Sunday 7:00 p.m. Student Focused Liturgy.
Our Plans for 2009/10: SCC Community
Join us in our varying activities to explore different topics related to faith and justice through discussion, guest speakers, or just come to hang out and meet new friends. We have a lot of ideas for the new year but are looking forward to your input as well. Some of the things already planned are trips to local organizations, Busy Students’ Retreat, Trick or Eat, Pot Luck Dinners, ice cream social and more. Come with an open mind and a desire to understand and explore the call of our faith. Please check out the bulletin, our posters and the web for more details about the events planned.
S.C.C. Mission Statement
Canadian Catholic Students' Association
Preparing the Liturgy for 7:00 p.m. Sunday Masses
Where We are Located
SCC Orientation
Orientation Mass - Sunday, September 7th, 11:30 a.m.
First 7:00 p.m. Sunday Student Mass - September 14th
Are you Musical?
First S.C.C. Meeting - September 14th
Investiture of the First Year Class - Sunday, September 28th, 2:00 p.m.
St. Jerome's Feast Day - Sunday, September 28th
Trick or Eat- Friday, October 31st
Catholic Student Conference Trip
Busy Students' Retreat
S.C.C. Mission Statement
The Student Catholic community is a community of post-secondary students
who share a common belief in God and in the gospel of Christ. Rooted
in the Catholic faith, the community expresses its identity through
living out gospel values. The identity of the community manifests
itself in three interconnected directions: spiritual growth, community
building, and outreach.
Spiritual growth is nurtured through opportunities for students and others to deepen their faith, to better understand their relationship with God and the Church, and to situate their faith in the contemporary Canadian world and context.
The S.C.C. strives to provide a supportive environment where all
students feel welcome. The S.C.C. plans events that build community
spirit and
a sense of belonging. Through outreach S.C.C. shares its values
with society and ultimately creates a larger community structure
of shared
values.
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Canadian Catholic Students' Association @ SJU
SJU students participate in regional conference at King's College in January
The Canadian Catholic Campus Ministry (CCCM) and the Canadian Catholic Student Association (CCSA) has developed through close connections and collaboration. The International Chaplain of the International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS) has stated that CCCM is one of the strongest and most developed Catholic Campus Ministry/Chaplain associations in the world. This is due not only to the close chaplain/student relationship but also due to the tremendous support and leadership that the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has provided since establishing an Episcopal Liaison on 1946 and a National Chaplain (National Coordinator) in 1948.
The CCSA @ SJU is a part of a national student group connected to Campus Ministries across Canada and sponsored by the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops which dates back to the 1760s.
Our Core Purpose:
Uniting students who
witness the Gospel on campus.
Rooted in the Gospel of Christ and in the spirit of Vatican II, the (CCSA) works to nurture Christian student leadership, and to support prayerful, prophetic, and pastoral action within the context of Canadian post-secondary education. The CCSA dates back to the first Catholic Colleges 1760's in Quebec and 1860 in English speaking Canada.
The Newman Clubs began in the early 1900's. James Cardinal McQuigan in 1946 formed the first national body of Newman Clubs and Catholic College student groups so as to join Pax Romana (IMCS). The CCSA has evolved out of the Catholic Colleges and Newman systems, to be in its present form - a national association representing all Catholic students on campuses across Canada.
The Student Catholic Community is a community of post-secondary students who share a common belief in God and in the gospel of Christ. Rooted in the Catholic faith, the community expresses its identity through living out gospel values. The identity of the community manifests itself in three interconnected directions: spiritual growth, community building, and outreach.
While participation is voluntary, students are invited to take an active role in planning and participating in liturgies.
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Preparing the Liturgy for 7:00 p.m. Sunday Masses
Students are responsible for preparing the liturgy
for the 7:00 p.m. mass. If you would like to be a Eucharistic
Minister, Lector, Sacristan, Musician, Choir Member, or Mass-Coordinator,
sign up takes place in September and January. You can sign up after Mass in the foyer outside Siegfried Hall before and after Masses in September, January and May.
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Where We are Located
Campus Ministry is located on the bottom floor of the classroom building. The Den is a shared space with Student Life and is open during the day and most evenings except when there are planned activites going on. Come by to visit or study any time. Everyone is welcome.
**Messages for S.C.C. members can be left in Room 1026,
or you can call 884-8111, ext. 28231 and leave a message.
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Orientation
Come by and meet our chaplains and student leaders in Campus Ministry. University is a time to ask questions and claim your faith in a new way - away from home. Campus Ministry plans events and liturgies and offers support to help you do this.
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Orientation Mass
On Sunday, September 7th, 11:30 a.m. in Siegfried Hall. All frosh, their families, Orientation leaders, SJU faculty and staff and permanent members of the University Catholic Community will join to mark the end of frosh week and the beginning of the new academic year in prayer and thanksgiving.
We will also have academic procession of our faculty and staff and greetings from our Dean and President.
If you would like to help with the music, readings or other aspects of the Mass, drop by Campus Ministry during the week to volunteer.
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First 7:00 p.m. Sunday Student Mass
Sunday, September 14th, 7:00 p.m., Siegfried Hall. While students attend Mass at any of our 4 Sunday liturgies, the 7:00 p.m. Mass is organized by the Student Catholic Community and is primarily attended by students from across campus. Students are the Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Sacristans, and Mass Coordinators. We encourage you to sign up for any of these ministries.
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Are you Musical?
The 7:00 p.m. student choir will be practising September 1rth from 5:30-6:55 p.m. in Siegried Hall before the 7:00 p.m. Mass. If you sing or play an instrument, please consider joining the choir. We practice every Sunday at 5:30 and you can join at any point during the term. Contact Tara Casier at 519-884-8111, x28231 or ccsa@sju.uwateroo.ca for more information.
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First S.C.C. Meeting
TBA
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Investiture of the First Year Class
Sunday, September 27th, 2009, 2:00 p.m. For students registered in arts and math and their parents. This is a special ceremony to welcome new students to academic life. Don't miss it! Reception in the Community Centre.
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St. Jerome's Feast Day - Sunday, September 27th, 2009
At all Masses we will ask the Spirit of St. Jerome to guide us in all that we do on campus.
Who was St. Jerome?
St. Jerome lived from 345 to 420.
St. Jerome was a scripture scholar, translating most of the Old Testament from the Hebrew. He was a strong student, scholar, bishop and pope. St. Augustine said of him, "What Jerome is ignorant of, no mortal has ever known."
St. Jerome is particularly important for having made a translation of the Bible which came to be called the Vulgate. He came from Dalmatia and studied in Rome, Palestine and Germany. He was fluent in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Chaldaic.
St. Jerome was a man of deep prayer as well as great virtues. He also was known to have a bad temper! Jerome died in Bethlehem on September 30 in 420. That is why we celebrate his life on September 28.
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Trick or Eat
Each year the SCC students go out Trick-or-Eating on October 31st for non-perishable food items for the food bank. Come dressed in a costume and re-live your childhood by going out for Halloween and at the same time share with those who don't have what they need.
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Catholic Student Conference Trip
Each year we join Catholic students from across Ontario for a regional conference or retreat. This year it was held at King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario. These are great opportunities to connect with other Catholic Students from the varying Universities across Canada. It is always a great time.
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Fall Retreat
The Student Catholic Community will be hosting a Busy Students’ Retreat from Sunday Feb 28 to March 4th. This is a great opportunity to take some time to be still and reflect during a busy term. Students who have participated in the past have found it to be a chance to focus and accomplish all the things that need to be done because of the time they have taken to be still. Please see the bulletin and posters for more details.
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