Tag: Mission and Ministry

Sign up to assist with university holiday decorating

Sign up today to help the Mission and Ministry Division prepare the campus for the Advent and Christmas seasons. Student, faculty and staff volunteers are welcome to help with the decorating which will take place on Nov. 19 from 3-5:30 p.m. Volunteers are needed to decorate the Moye Rotunda and Sacred Heart Chapel

Please sign up using the following link: Sign up today.

Following the decorating, the community is invited to partake in a FREE! Thanksgiving meal in the Saints Café, graciously sponsored by our Division of Student Affairs. Dinner will begin with prayer at 5:30 p.m. and serving will start at 5:45 p.m. Meals will be first-come, first-served.

Play about Father Moye’s Project to take place Friday

The OLLU community is invited to the performance of “Father Moye’s Project: Providence and Living Legacy” Friday at 2 p.m. in Thiry Auditorium. This original one-act play was written and is directed by Antoinette F. Winstead, MFA, ACDP, OLLU’s Drama Program Head and Mass Communication faculty member. This play was made possible through funding from a NetVue Grant for Reframing the Institutional Saga, allowing for us to “re-examine and reframe” Our Lady of the Lake University’s (OLLU) “history, identity, and heritage in light of its present context.”

This memory play will take you from the beginning of Father John Martin Moye’s call to “serve the underserved,” and the Sisters of Divine Providence who kept his legacy alive, through the founding of OLLU, and the impact their dedication and hard work has had on the lives of so many who have benefitted from his providential vision to educate young girls who would not have otherwise received an education, to the present day and how his “Project” and the Congregation of Divine Providence continue to impact the lives of those who attend and have attended OLLU.

For additional information, please contact the Mission and Ministry Division at missionandministry@ollusa.edu or call 210-528-7171. The play is sponsored by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education, Mission and Ministry and the Drama Program.

Annual Loaves and Fishes starts today, continues through Tuesday

The Division of Mission and Ministry will host its annual “Loaves and Fishes” today and Tuesday from  9 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the Elliott House.

The “Loaves and Fishes” program provides students with hot food and a welcoming environment during final exams each semester. The Division of Mission and Ministry is aware that some students might be running low (or might be already out) of their meal plan and need a boost to fuel them through that final stretch.

Please remind students about this event so that they may take advantage of this opportunity.

There are three ways in which anyone can participate in this program:

  1. Serve as a host/greeter for one or more one-hour shifts during final exams week. Please sign up HERE: https://forms.office.com/r/H4L1pPqtBS to schedule a time Monday-Tuesday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Hosting duties involve welcoming each student to the house, chatting with students, assisting kitchen staff in keeping food and beverage serving area fully stocked, helping to create a welcoming and hospitable environment for all.

2.       Donate any food items from the following list:

•          Protein Bars/Breakfast Bars/Granola Bars

•          Sandwich Crackers

•          String Cheese

•          Individually packaged mixed nuts

•          Juice Boxes (apple or orange)

•          Bananas, apples and oranges

•          Bottled Water (MOST REQUESTED ITEM)

3.    Pray daily for the students taking finals, the faculty giving and grading final exams and projects, and the community members who are giving of their time and talents in the Loaves and Fishes program.

If you would like to donate, please deliver your items to the Elliott House this week between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

For questions regarding Loaves and Fishes, please call Roxanna Chavez at ext. 7171 or email her at rchavez@ollusa.edu

We thank you for your support!!

Founders Week set for Nov. 5-11

The Division of Mission and Ministry invites the OLLU community to celebrate Founder’s Week from Nov. 5-11. Founder’s Week honors the living legacy of OLLU’s founders, the Sisters of Divine Providence.

During Founder’s Week, students can spend time with our Sisters at the CDP Bingo and Ice Cream Social on Nov. 8, from 2-3:30 p.m. in Regan Community Room (OLL Convent). Students who wish to participate must RSVP by emailing vuc@ollusa.edu.

The OLLU community is also invited to share a statement of encouragement or appreciation to our founders. It is through their efforts that our Catholic faith and trust in Providence is expressed throughout our core values, academic programs and student activities. Submit your appreciation notes here: https://forms.office.com

OLLU was founded in 1895 by the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence, a religious order begun in 18th century Lorraine, France, by Blessed John Martin Moye. The order continues as the sponsoring organization of the university.

For more information, contact: https://www.ollusa.edu/about/history.html

Volunteers needed for CDP Bingo on Nov. 8

The Center for Service-Learning and Volunteerism, the Center for Student Involvement, and Mission and Ministry invite you to volunteer to help put on Bingo for our founders, the Congregation of Divine Providence.

CDP Bing will be held Nov.  8 at 2 p.m. in the Elliott House and will end at 3:30 p.m.

Volunteers will meet at the Elliott House at 1:45 p.m. and walk to the Convent. To  volunteer, email vuc@ollusa.edu

ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED FOR COVID.

Mass to be held today to honor Holy Day of Obligation

The Division of Mission and Ministry will be celebrating Mass today in Sacred Heart Chapel at 12:30 p.m. to honor the Holy Day of Obligation, the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

The Division of Mission and Ministry will be hosting weekday Masses during the Fall 2022 semester on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12:30-12:55 p.m. in Constantineau Chapel (across from Chapel Auditorium) and Sundays at 7 p.m. in Sacred Heart Chapel. 

The Division of Mission and Ministry welcomes any staff, faculty and students who feel called to serve in Liturgical Ministries as lectors, altar servers or ministers of Communion. Those interested should email ministry@ollusa.edu or call 210-434-6711, ext. 3973. Interested community members can also visit the Elliott House during office hours, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Mission and Ministry to host ‘Who are you?’ game on Wednesday

Mission and Ministry will host a get-to-know-you-game, “Who are you?,” on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Lakeview Amenities room. 

Whether someone has been at OLLU for one day or for 20-plus years, all are invited to join this fun event to learn new names and faces in the OLLU community.

The event will begin with an ice-breaker and conclude with a social and door prize giveaways. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP using the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/rWGrqfr4qY. For more information, contact Roxanna Chavez at MissionandMinistry@ollusa.edu or call 210-528-7171.

Mission and Ministry seeks students to participate in internship program

OLLU undergraduate and graduate students are invited to participate in the Scanlan Shadowing Internship Program, where they will spend 60 hours working alongside ordained and vowed religious ministers, learning not only about their mentors’ ministries, but also of their own callings to serve the church.

During the program, students will work in parish ministry, or agencies, offices, or pastoral centers with religious ministers. As part of their mentorship, students will meet with their mentors to discuss the following topics: vocation story, understanding the vowed life and religious congregations and the discernment process. They also will visit the mentors’ motherhouses or rectories to share stories.

Student intern learning objectives include:

•      Learning about the lifestyle of ordained and vowed religious as they live out their vocation in various ministries;

•      Gaining an understanding of challenges and blessings associated with religious life; and

•      Examining the internship experience in light of their own vocation

Qualifications for participants:

  • Must be single (not married)
  • Must be Catholic
  • Must have a passion for ministry
  • Must have reliable transportation

Students who complete the program will receive a taxable stipend of $1,200.

If you are interested in participating in this program, please contact Roxanna Chavez at 210-528-7171 or email rchavez@ollusa.edu to schedule an interview with the director of the program, Gloria Urrabazo. Deadline to schedule an appointment is March 31.

‘Loaves and Fishes’ event to be held today and Tuesday

Mission and Ministry’s “Loaves and Fishes” runs today and tomorrow from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in Elliott House. Students are encouraged to stop by to enjoy a hot meal to refresh their mind, body and spirit.

“Loaves and Fishes” refers to scripture in John 6:1-14 (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/6), where Jesus feeds a crowd of 5,000 people with only five loaves of bread and two fish. Although Mission and Ministry doesn’t serve bread and fish during this event, they share free breakfast and lunch with the OLLU community.

University ministry sets up prayer boxes for prayer requests

Have a prayer request but don’t want it sent to the entire university? University Ministry has you covered with new physical and virtual prayer boxes.

Prayers submitted in these boxes or through the online form are confidential. Rather than go out as an emailed prayer request, these prayer intentions are held in silent prayer at our University Ministry’s Community Prayer Hour, held each Thursday during the semester from 11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. in Sacred Heart Chapel, in the hour before Weekday Mass.

All are welcome to join this Prayer Hour, even if just for a moment or two.

(Attachment A: Prayer box)

How do I submit one of these prayers virtually?

Go to the “virtual prayer boxes” link found on University Ministry’s landing page, https://bit.ly/OLLUministry-HOME.

Where do I find the physical prayer boxes?

At any of the following convenient locations:

  1. Cafeteria at the Starbucks counter
  2. Main Building at the Welcome Desk
  3. Sueltenfuss Library at the circulation desk
  4. Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) on the bottom floor of Sueltenfuss Library
  5. UWAC
  6. Sacred Heart Chapel
  7. Constantineau Chapel
  8. Multicultural Activities and Recreation Center (MARC)
  9. Worden School of Social Work main lobby
  10. C-Store

For more information, contact University Ministry at ministry@ollusa.edu.