New Website for Catholic Campus Ministry/New Blog site

It took awhile, but finally, we've got an updated site up and running...there is still a bit of work to do, but enough is done to share it with the world.

It's at the same address: www.raidercatholics.com

My blog will be hosted there as well! Just click the above link, and you'll see a link to the blog to the far right on the menu bar.

See you there!

A little article in the Catholic Telegraph

David Eck of the Catholic Telegraph has been writing some profiles of Archdiocesan priests the past few months, and recently came to talk to me...Here is the result: share

A bit late...

Found an interesting article today in the Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR for short...) on the date of Christmas. How did we get December 25th as the birthday of Christ? It's difficult to say, as those who lived in the time of Christ were not so much concerned with historical accuracy as we are; they also used a different means of counting the years than we do now. Let's not even get into the debate about what year Christ was actually born.

In my humble opinion, it is not so much the actual year nor the actual date that Jesus was born that is important, than it is that he was born. Here's a link to the article if you're interested.

Here we go again...

Is it just me, or did our holiday break seem short? At the same time, it seems like forever since we've had a full house at Mass.

We've done a lot since we left before Thanksgiving...twenty of us spent two weeks at St. John Bosco home for boys in Jamaica (the rest of us are envious of their tans...)15 of us spent a week with the Glenmary Farm in Vanceburg, KY learning about Appalachia and the Church there (check out their fan page on Facebook...there is an album of pictures from our week to check out).

The folks in Jamaica had a great time from what I hear. There were some adventures as well...like not getting their checked luggage until the day after they arrived; or waiting in the Kingston airport for a few extra hours for the flight home. I'm just glad no one got left behind at the stopover in Atlanta! Sadly, there was to be no party at Mrs. Salmon's house this year.

Glenmary was great too. We helped build a new house, sorted clothing donations, helped stock the food pantry, heard some bluegrass music, visited a Pentecostal church, sorted Christmas gifts...and on and on. True, Whitney and Dan nearly got left behind at Wal-mart in Maysville, but I'll let them tell that story.

There will be many things happening right here on campus this Winter. There will be a Men's retreat (dates TBA)...bible Study...food...and more. Stay tuned.

So, stay warm and enjoy the new term!

Twitter

Well, in my continuing effort to be up-to-date, I've signed up for a Twitter account. Want to follow me? ("Come, follow me...") My user name is emburns1. There's a feed on the right side of this page.

Coming soon...Catholic Campus Ministry on Twitter!

Another interesting article--do college students ask the big questions anymore?

Found this on the Catholic News Service website on how much or how little college students ask the big questions of life, especially when it comes to faith. Here's the link. Do you agree or disagree?

A thought-provoking link...

Found an interesting and thought provoking post on another blog that I thought some of you might like...here's the link. It's by a young Episcopal priest, and he says what many of us feel from time to time. Many of us think that to be a faithful person, we have to be perfect in our faith all the time; I don't think that's true--at least I hope it isn't. Faith is a day-by-day journey...well, read what he says...it's quite eloquent.