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DIOCESAN STUDENTS· at Bridgewater State College meet at Catholic Center with Father Joseph McNamara, OMI. From left, James Calnan, New Bedford; Elizabeth Reeves" Attleboro; Lynn Libby, Falmouth. (Murphy Photo)
Campus Ministry Vital Force there is the personal involve- amid the tensions and confusions ment of service to others and a of academic life. Father McNamara' is chaplain .search for community. In all of this we are reminded of the Catholic Center at Bridgeof our identity with Christ in at These characteristics are water State College, where he his paschal mystery because it ministers to many students the same time the concerns of is in dying and rising ourselves the church, which sees personal from the Fall River diocese.. growth and th~ dignity of the and in serving others that we One of the most interesting, individual as indistinguishable validate our commitment to the rewarding and fastest growing from spiritual growth. More- risen Saviour. ministries in today's church is over, it is a gospel spirituality The church, through its cam,that of campus ministry. It is a that says the mark of genuine pus ministry, supports and enrather recent develop~ent in asceticism is found in service to cQurages academic excellence. It Roman Catholicism and as found one another. speaks out against mediocrity, at state and private colleges and the greatest temptation of all. The challenge presented to It provides insight into those universities is an outgrowth of the former Newman Center those in this phase of the issues beyond the campus, such church's mission is to develop as Salt II, the draft, the right to movement. At Newman Centers Catholic a . campus climate where wor- life and world hunger, thereby students met and found in each ship services, lectures, seminars, making the gospel ~el?sage releother a support for their faith retreats and social functions vant to student concerns. The mission of the church on which their school could not will attract students and build . provide. While continuing to a faith community· to sustain campus is much broader than provide such support, the cam- their growth ~hrough this stage the work of the priest alone. It pus ministry concept, through of their Christian life. is the work of a: community: its presence and through a rich Nurturing this community, students, faculty,' staff and diversity of programs, attempts with its focus on intellectual ex- friends. The faith· of this comto be an int,egral and respected cellence and intense identifica- munity gives its campus prespart of higher education, reach- tion with personal growth, de- ence a quality that enables it to ing out to faculty members and mands a worship where all" are promote hope, personal self-reall students, not solely to the called to remember God's fideli- spect and loxing service to one Catholic population. ty to his people; a celebration another. Student life on most campuses that tells us there is sacred Such a community continues . today is characterized by a power in common activities per- the mission of Christ and givt;ls strong emphasis on personal formed with uncommon gener- the church a respected place in growth' and a deep awareness osity; a liturgy where faith is this most influential segment of of individual dignity. In addition, rediscovered and reinforced .our culture.
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