Good Tidings: September 7th - September 13th, 2020OLPH Volunteering | Mass Volunteers | Adoration Sign-Ups | T-Shirts | Helluva Catholic Podcast | Faith at Home
Due to the Labor Day weekend holiday, there will be no daily Mass or confessions on Monday, September 7th. We will resume normal daily Mass and Confession schedule on Tuesday, September 8th.
GTCC Tee Shirts Are Available for Purchase!
If you are interested in owning a custom Catholic Center tee shirt please fill out this form and make your payment. You will be notified by email when you may come to the office to pick up your shirt. We are also happy to mail them to alumni, parents, and friends. The price is $15 for current students, $20 for non-students who will pick up their shirt, $25 if the shirt has to be mailed.
2020 Buzzcard Access On-campus and need access to the Catholic Center? Use the link below to register for Buzzcard access to the Catholic Center for this semester! gtcc.co//registerfall2020
Fall 2020 Response to COVID-19 and Updated Reopening Details
Please see our websitegtcatholic.orgfor the most recent updates to our policies and protocols for welcoming students back to the GTCC.
Outreach
OLPH Virtual Volunteering Friday, September 11th // 1PM
Join us as we virtually interact with patients at Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Friday, September 11th at 1 PM. Students can prepare a song by themselves or with roommates to play for the patients over a Zoom call. All are welcome, regardless of musical skills! Use the link below to sign up, get information, and access the Zoom link!
Fall 2020 Mass Volunteer Interested in being a lector, usher, altar server, or extraordinary minister of Holy Communion at the Georgia Tech Catholic Center? Use the form below to sign-up for the fall 2020 semester! gtcc.co/VolunteerAtMass
Faith Formation
Virtual Apologetics Wednesday, September 16th// 8PM
Apologetics will be a weekly, virtual event this semester, every Wednesday at 8 PM starting September 16th. This program will focus on tackling hard questions within Catholicism, and most importantly, how to have conversations about these questions with others.
Everyone is welcome! Every week will cover a different topic, so let us know what you'd like to see covered most using the interest survey linked below: gtcc.co/Apologetics20
What Saves us from Nothingness? Julián Carrón What Saves us from Nothingness is Julián Carrón's notes for a retreat given each year, and is especially helpful during this time as a reminder to not slide into isolation, compromise, or hopelessness. Carrón discusses this question and the importance of continuing to grapple with it during this time, insisting "this has not eliminated the question; if anything, it has made it even more acute, because of the nature of the challenge we are facing throughout the world. Precisely the situation that has developed makes it even more urgent to grapple with this question, seeking an answer able to meet it."
We are continuing to work on this text on Friday mornings at 7 AM on the CC patio. All are welcome! Masks & Social distancing are required.
Students may sign up to receive a free subscription to the Word Among Us, A Catholic Devotional Magazine based on the Daily Mass Readings. English or Spanish versions are available. You will receive your own personal copy each month, so you can follow along with the readings for daily Mass and Sunday Mass. Copies must be picked up at the GTCC office. Unfortunately, we are not able to mail them.
Although many of us do not have access to Mass, we can still engage in our faith by reading daily scripture and through viewing various online and televised broadcasts. Use the links below to find Mass broadcasts as well as the daily readings. gtcc.co/massbroadcasts gtcc.co/dailyreadings
Spiritual Communion For those without access to the Blessed Sacrament.
My Jesus,
I believe that You
are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things,
and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.
Liturgy of the Hours What is it? How do I do it?
Liturgy of the Hours (a.k.a Divine Office or the Breviary) is a form of daily prayer "marking the hours of each day and sanctifying the day with prayer." In times of isolation, it is great resource to stay connected to the universal church in prayer. Below is a link to the daily readings, as well as a guide on what it is/how to pray it.
