Fall Retreat at Lake Ripley, October 16–18 — sign up by Sunday. Scholarships for anyone who asks.
Fall Retreat at Lake Ripley, October 16–18 — sign up by Sunday. Scholarships for anyone who asks.
Who we are
Newman is where Catholic students at Lakeshore pray, eat, argue about Aquinas at midnight, and figure out who they are going to be. We have been on the mall since 1906; the couches are newer.
You do not need to have it together to walk in. Most of us didn't. Come for the free food, stay for the Eucharist — or the other way round.
The first Catholic students' club at Lakeshore met in a boarding-house parlour in 1906, three years before the university had a chaplain of any kind. The present chapel went up in 1968, brick by brick with alumni gifts, and has been full on Sunday nights ever since. We took St. John Henry Newman as our patron because he wrote the book on what a university is for — and because his motto, cor ad cor loquitur, is the whole job: heart speaks to heart.
Shepherds & servants
Rev. Daniel Reyes
Chaplain
Fr. Dan was an engineering major here before seminary. He hears confessions fast and makes pancakes slowly.
Imani Brooks
Director of Campus Ministry
Imani runs retreats, service trips and the small-group program, and will learn your name by your second visit.
Mateo Alvarez
Peer Ministry Coordinator
Class of 2024. Mateo leads the men's group and the Spanish-language Bible study. Pregúntale lo que quieras.
Claire Dubois
Director of Music
Claire leads three student ensembles. No audition for the 9 PM — just show up at 8.
Serve & belong
Small Groups
Eight people, one hour a week, the Sunday readings and whatever is actually on your mind.
Service Trips
Spring break building houses; fall break at the Catholic Worker farm. Nobody pays full price.
serve@newmanlakeshore-demo.org
OCIA on Campus
Thinking about becoming Catholic, or finishing what your baptism started? Thursdays, no pressure.
Grad & Law Catholics
Monthly dinner for people too old for the ice-cream social.
Música y Fe
Estudio bíblico y alabanza en español, los jueves a las 7.
Hospitality Crew
The people who make Sunday supper for two hundred. Training takes ten minutes.
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