Things I saw and was told about at St. Mary’s:
· Awakening
o A retreat bragged about several times
o 4th day-a yearlong continuation of the retreat once a week meeting and renewal
o They say that they will staff first retreat at other campuses to help get it started
· Discernment community
o A one semester renewable commitment to
§ morning and evening Divine Office
§ daily mass
§ monthly meetings and dinner with the priests
§ wearing a suit to Sunday mass
§ general encouragement and support
o More than half of the people praying the office were not in the community
· A website with major student contributions
o AggiieCatholic.org
o eCatholicChurches.com
§ a website that allows administrators and contributors
§ each of the 81 organizations can update just their information
· Receptionist is in main hang out area as well are the offices
· 14 hours of exposition every day Monday through Thursday
o 1 hour shifts starting every thirty minutes
· Confession six days a week
· A vocation focus- Catholic Aggies Living Life
o Pamphlets for over 100 religious communities
o A seminarian present every weekend
o A calendar of 30 vocations retreats guy and girl specific
o Letters from the seminarians in the bulletin
· Spiritual direction
o 5 nuns doing this about half of the time
· Knights of Columbus college chapter
o A guys group and a Catholic service organization
o Alumni knights help out in fund raising
· Alumni weekends
o a fundraiser aimed at ten years of Alumni at a time
o recruiting tool for children of Alumni
· Altar servers
o An opportunity for education about the Liturgy
· Apologetics classes
· Ten nights of Benediction/exposition every semester
· Student interns
o Some paid
o Some for college credit
o Some volunteer
o One of the big directors is a intern who started working full time
§ Makes a career salary
· Audio and video resources in library
· Fund raising via contact with Alumni and various other Benefactors
o Student call center-to keep in touch with and collect donations from benefactors
· NFP classes
· Ask a Catholic a Question!
o Free speech alley low-conflict evangelization strategy
· Student leadership
o Volunteer and paid positions
o Leaders of organizations sit in on Administration meetings regularly
· Catholic Student Association
o The link between Texas A and M and St. Mary’s
· Texas A and M advertises St. Mary’s at dioceses around Texas
· 2 Large Halls and 10 30-40 person classrooms
· 12000 Catholics at Texas A and M
· 2 full time Priests
· 3 visiting Priests (1 additional Priest 4 days a week)
· 5 nuns
· 1 Seminarian present every weekend
· 1 Transitional Deacon
· 200-300 at daily mass
· Mass schedule
o Everyday- 5:30
o Tuesday and Thursday- 11:30 and 5:30
o Saturday- 12-Spanish, 7pm-Korean, 5:30-English
o Sunday-9, 11, 5:30, 7
· Church capacity 850 seated another 100-150 standing room
· Chapel capacity 80 additional 20 standing
· Outdoor Grotto with candle lighting area
· Ping pong table, Foosball table, pool table
· Study area
· A large library
· Radio station
· Small book store
· Free rosaries
· Various relics for veneration
· Computer Lab
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