Newman Social Night
Meal for the Poor
Rosary Before Mass
Dinner After Mass
Taize Prayer
Chastity Group –
Living in Love
Professor Prayer
Cards
Patristic Quote of
the Week
Prayer Requests
Saint of the Day
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Greetings Newman,
This week we are joined by one of the patron saints of youth, St. Maria Goretti. She has a beautiful story, be sure to read it; but before that we have several events coming up soon that you should know about.
This coming week:
·
Our first Newman
Social Night of the semester is tomorrow, Friday the 10th starting
at
· The next meal for the poor at St. Colman’s is this Saturday, October 11th. Please contact Phil (ptk3@cwru.edu) if you are interested in going.
·
In celebration of the month of the Rosary and
Monday’s 86th Anniversary of Mary’s final apparition at
· And, after Mass, a spaghetti dinner will be served so please come and join us for food and fellowship.
A few more things:
·
We will be having Taize prayer Thursday, October
16th at
· A chastity group is starting on campus called Living in Love and they are looking for prospective members and leaders. Please contact Chris Kolibaba (csk10@cwru.edu) if you are interested or to get more information.
· The Professor Prayer Cards have reached the letter E. Thanks to those who have been praying and please keep it up.
· And, as always:
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Patristic Quote of the Week
St. Justin the Martyr: “It is evident that no one can terrify us or hold us in servitude, who have believed in Jesus over all the earth. For, though beheaded and crucified and thrown to the beasts and in chains and fire and subjected to all the other tortures, we do not give up our confession. On the contrary, the more do such things happen, the more do others in greater numbers become the faithful worshippers of God through the name of Jesus. Just as with the vine, when someone cuts away the fruit-bearing parts it grows up again and puts forth other branches both flourishing and fruitful - it happens in the same way with us.” (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew 100 [A.D. 155]).
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Prayer Requests
Please pray for
· Those considering Catholicism and those who are preparing to enter the church, for guidance as they continue to grow in faith
· Those who are depressed and lonely, that they may be blessed with renewed hope
· All relationships, especially of those of families, that they may always be strengthened
· All students, especially as we enter into midterms
· All Christians, that we may grow in love and respect of one another and work towards overcoming our differences
· The unborn, that they may have safe and healthy deliveries and for an end to abortion in the world
· And for peace in the world and in our own hearts.
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Saint of the Day
(From AmericanCatholic.org)
St. Maria Goretti (1890-1902)
Patron Saint of Youth
One of the largest
crowds ever assembled for a canonization—250,000—symbolized the reaction of
millions touched by the simple story of Maria Goretti.
She was the daughter
of a poor Italian tenant farmer, had no chance to go to school, never learned
to read or write. When she made her First Communion not long before her death
at age 12, she was one of the larger and somewhat backward members of the
class.
On a hot afternoon
in July, Maria was sitting at the top of the stairs of her house, mending a
shirt. She was not quite 12 years old, but physically mature.
A cart stopped outside, and a neighbor, Alessandro, 18 years old, ran up the
stairs. He seized her and pulled her into a bedroom. She struggled and tried to
call for help, gasping that she would be killed rather than submit. “No, God
does not wish it. It is a sin. You would go to hell for it.” Alessandro began
striking at her blindly with a long dagger.
She was taken to a
hospital. Her last hours were marked by the usual simple compassion of the
good—concern about where her mother would sleep,
forgiveness of her murderer (she had been in fear of him, but did not say
anything lest she cause trouble to his family) and her devout welcoming of
Viaticum. She died about 24 hours after the attack.
Her murderer was
sentenced to 30 years in prison. For a long time he was unrepentant and surly.
One night he had a dream or vision of Maria, gathering flowers and offering
them to him. His life changed. When he was released after 27 years, his first
act was to go to beg the forgiveness of Maria’s mother.
Devotion to the
young martyr grew, miracles were worked, and in less than half a century she
was canonized. At her beatification in 1947, her mother (then 82), two sisters
and a brother appeared with Pope Pius XII on the balcony of St. Peter’s. Three
years later, at her canonization, a 66-year-old Alessandro Serenelli
knelt among the quarter-million people and cried tears of joy.
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Hope you have a great weekend! Thanks for reading.
In Him,
Cheryl
“Love one another with mutual
affection; outdo one another in showing honor.”
Romans 12:10