FALL 2020

Many students, parishioners and friends of St. John Student Center have asked how we plan to minister to our Catholic Spartan community this semester. Here are a few points that are guiding our planning:

Students on campus: Many athletes and students employed by the university are living on campus this fall. It is still our mission to minister to them, and we plan to have a small number of on-campus Bible Studies available to help these students form Catholic community in the dorms!

Upperclassmen still living in the East Lansing area: Contracts are contracts, and juniors and seniors in particular have communicated that they are still planning to live, study & worship locally!

Parish Families: College students from OTHER universities who are studying online and living at home with parish families are more than welcome to attend events in our campus ministry community

Surveys show that students are still hungry for Christian community- as such we will be offering MOST of our usual fall programming, according to proper social distancing guidelines...

• Refuel Student Leadership Retreat
• Freshman Welcome
• Small Group Bible Studies (in-person & online)
• Daily Mass, Adoration & Confession (usual schedule)
• Fall Retreat (limited capacity per retreat center requirements)
• One-on-One Discipleship (in-person & online)
• Study Space downstairs St. John Student Center
• College Men's & Women's Groups
• Priesthood Discernment Group
• Emmaus House Discernment Group for Women
• Study Space downstairs St. John Student Center
• Liturgical Ministry training (Student Lector & Mass Coordinators NEEDED)
• Small Group Leader Huddles (student leadership & evangelization coaching)
• Graduate Student & Young Professional Group

Please contact kgleason@elcatholics.org with any questions!