Academic Year 2020-2021
While Fall was an odd time for Campus Ministry to the MSU community, we did have some major wins! We succeeded in hosting a HEALTHY Fall Undergrad Retreat, Fall Leadership Retreat, Freshman Welcome Event and many Small Group Bible Studies, a Dating & Discernment Series and more.
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 spring. 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...
Please contact kgleason@elcatholics.