Together in Mission: Community, Spirituality, Solidarity
Let’s End Student Hunger On Campus!
Donate your guest meal swipes to students experience hunger on campus.
Wondering how many guest meal swipes you have?
Meal Plans and Number of Guest Swipes:
Rose Hill
Unlimited Platinum & Unlimited Silver: 8 Swipes
Block 250: 5 Swipes
Block 225: 4 Swipes
Block 200: 4 Swipes
Lincoln Center
Unlimited: 8 Swipes
Block 225 Plus: 6 Swipes
Block 225: 5 Swipes
Block 200: 3 Swipes
Donate your swipes here!
To help us celebrate Jubilee weekend, this week’s Magis Minute features John Reddy, FCRH ’76, who is celebrating his 45th reunion year. John reflects on a lesson he learned from John Edgar, FCRH ’36, about the value of a Fordham education—and calls on our most recent graduates to do the same.
Click here for additional Magis Minute content.
Join Carol Gibney for movement, breath, prayer, and community!
Mondays & Fridays, 11:30 AM LC
Bl. Rupert Mayer, S.J. Chapel (LL 221)
Wednesdays, 5:30 PM RH
Our Lady’s Chapel (Lower Level University Church)
Weather permitting, Ignatian Spirituality & Yoga will be held on the lawn outside the chapel
Class are open to all levels and all are welcome!
Email cgibney@fordham.edu with any questions.
On the behalf of the following organizations, we thank you for your generosity.
Abbot House
African Jesuit AIDS Network
Annunciation House
Archdiocese of NY Campaign for Charity and Justice
Black and Indian Missions
Bread for the World
Breaking Ground
Bronx is Blooming
Campus MInistry Food Drive
Cardinals Appeal
Catholic Charities USA
Catholic Climate Covenant
Coalition for the Homeless
Concourse House
Crispaz El Salvador
Catholic Relief Services
Fr. McKenna Center
Harry Tompson Center
Homeboy Industries
Ignatian Solidarity Network
Ignatian Spirituality Project
Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative
Jesuit Refugee Services
Kino Border Initiative
Mary’s Pence
Mexican Coalition
MIdnight Run
Nativity Miguel Network
Peter’s Pence
Part of the Solution
Proyecto Pastoral – Dolores Mission
Respect for Life Baby Supplies Drive for Concourse House
Rosebud – St. Francis Mission
Songcatchers
The Bronx Community Relief Effort
University Neighborhood Housing Program
Union Community Health Center
Xavier High School Chuuk
All Seniors are invited to attend the Baccalaureate Mass with your fellow graduates of the Class of 2021.
The Mass will be held on Sunday, May 16th at 5:00 PM in the University Church. Seating is limited and registration is required. (Class of 2021 students only.) Transportation will be provided from Lincoln Center.
Register Here!
There will also be a Blessing for Seniors at the Lincoln Center Mass this Sunday, May 9th at 5 PM. All are welcome!
For the Class of 2021
A Prayer for a New Beginning
From: To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue
In out-of-the-way places of your heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.
For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the newness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown
It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the grey promises that sameness whispered
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent
Wondered if you would always live like this.
Then the delight, when your courage kindled
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream
A path of plentitude opening before you
Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life’s desire
Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.
AMEN!
“CNEWA is rushing aid to our partners on the ground, to help distribute vaccines, PPE equipment, food and health care. But it is impossible to keep up with the demand. Please give whatever you can to our brothers and sisters in India.
And we ask that you join us in prayer. The Indian Conference of Catholic Bishops has declared Friday, 7 May 2021, to be a day of prayer and fasting, to seek divine intervention and protection against COVID-19.
In addition, Pope Francis has called on Catholics around the world to join in praying the rosary during May, asking Our Lady to intercede to bring an end to the pandemic. Our Lady of Good Health, pray for us!”
Click the following link to donate: https://cnewa.org/where-we-work/india/
Celebrate Creation!
Earth Day Mass
Thursday, April 22nd at 5:30 PM | University Church Lawn
Please bring a blanket or towel to sit on.
All are invited to come to Earth Day Mass to give thanks for God’s creation and reflect on our role as stewards. Resources will be available after Mass to help you learn more and advocate for those impacted by climate change.
Campus Ministry End of Year Ignatian Reflection and Movement Session
Saturday, April 24th, 11 AM – 1 PM EST
Join in community for a time to smile, move freely, reflect on the year, be environmental stewards, and feel energized!
Zoom ID: 874 1876 0885
Password: Renew
Environmental Resources
21-Day Catholic Environmental Justice Challenge
Ignatian Pedagogy for Sustainability
February 17, 2021
We will be using the ancient tradition of the church to sprinkle ashes on the crown of the head of the faithful.
Rose Hill:
Masses: 12:05 PM – University Church (No in person attendance)
This mass will be livestreamed only at fordham.edu/UCLive Not viewable on IPhone or IPad
Ashes will be distributed at the University Church at:
10 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5:15 pm, and 8 pm
There will be no prayer services during the distribution of Ashes. Please wear a mask, be socially distant and follow the directions from Public Safety staff.
Lincoln Center:
Mass: 4 PM- BI. Rupert Mayer Chapel, Lowenstein Building, Room 221
Prayer Service: 9:15 AM – BI. Rupert Mayer Chapel, Lowenstein Building, Room 221
Both events are viewable via Zoom at fordham.edu/AshWedLC
Note on Ash Wednesday In light of the Pandemic, the minister will sprinkle the blessed ashes on each person’s head, rather than marking them on the forehead. Please note that COVID – related restrictions apply.
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Instagram:@fordhamcm
Twitter: @FordhamCM
Facebook: FordhamCampusMinistry
For Thanksgiving this year, reach out to the Healthcare workers you know with a card, email or text, and thank them for caring for your community everyday, but especially during COVID-19. Here is a card we created you can print and fill out to show your appreciation! Below is a prayer for all Healthcare Workers:
Blessings for all of the healthcare workers.
We ask for blessings for all of the healthcare workers around the world. Please bless them with the rest they need, time for nutritious meals and good ways to relax and de-stress. Lift their spirits. Help them remember that they are not only saving lives but also saving our spirits by displaying selfless compassion and courage.
We pray for blessings on the families of all of our healthcare workers. Bless them with good health and protection from disease. Provide for all their needs. Comfort them in their times of worry. Be present with them when they feel lonely, isolated and scared. Encourage and hold them up with faith and hope.
We bless every employee with gratefulness and thanksgiving for their service to our community. We ask for blessings on each employee that they may be given the grace to cure sometimes, heal often and comfort and be comforted always.
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well”
Voltaire
Solemnity of Christ the King Mass of Giving Thanks: Sunday, November 22nd
Gather to give thanks, rejoice, and worship Christ the King! All are welcome!
This is a special Candlelit Mass to celebrate the end of the semester
Rose Hill: 8:00 PM University Church
Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., Presider
To attend in person, click here to sign up. Join via Livestream here.
Lincoln Center:
5:00 PM, Blessed Rupert Mayer Chapel (Lowenstein 221)
Rev. Damian O’Connell, S.J., Presider
To attend in person, click here to sign up. Join via Zoom here.
Refreshments to follow!
Note: Fordham campuses are currently closed to external guests. If you are enrolled in the University’s VitalCheck system and would like to join us for Mass, we need everyone to do their part and register ahead of time. In order to maintain proper social distancing, the University Church at Rose Hill can only seat 65 persons per liturgy and the Blessed Rupert Mayer Chapel at Lincoln Center can only seat 16 persons per liturgy in the University Church. Thank you!
