Catholic Student Fellowship in the Tartan!

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Gordon begins first Catholic Student Fellowship in Five Years

By Steven Fletcher.

Father Louis Bourgeois presided over Gordon College’s first mass on February 15^th in the Tavilla conference. Gordon College’s newest student ministry, the Catholic student fellowship, organized the event.

The Catholic student fellowship, under the co- leadership of Juniors Morgan Donovan, communication arts major from Brunswick, ME, and Sarah King, an English major from Boxton MA, began meeting at the start of the spring semester. The fellowship meets every Sunday at 7:00pm in the third floor chapel prayer room and attracts between three and six people.

“We wanted to give the Catholic students on campus some support,” said King. There are about 30 Catholic students on campus and the fellowship helps them feel that they have a presence and are part of a community in a protestant institution. They also provide rides to local churches for mass and confession.

The fellowship began with Laurie Truschel, director of student ministry’s, help. Donovan and King met with her to plan the budget and administrative details. “We didn’t want to do things without order,” said Donovan. The leaders didn’t know what to expect but were surprised with her support. The chapel office, according to Truschel, encourages students to start their own ministries. The Catholic student fellowship held its first meeting on January 21^st and drew 12 people.

“Half the people who showed up were protestant,” said Donovan. The Catholic student fellowship begins each meeting with discussion concerning Catholicism’s basic principles. They hope to inform both Catholic students and protestant students who come. The fellowship currently discusses Scott Hahn’s Signs of Life, a book about 40 different church traditions.

“Catholicism is a part of Gordon’s history, and it should be understood,” said King. “All aspects of Christianity should be expressed here.” The fellowship intends to repeat the mass, which drew 20 people at the 15^th, every month.

The Catholic student fellowship continues the legacy of groups like the Orthodox student fellowship and other Catholic groups history. “I think they put it on surer footing,” said Greg Carmer, dean of chapel.

“I’m really pleased with how things are going so far,” said Donovan

Gordon Globes 2010

I was really impressed with the Globes this year.  Usually the student films that are shown are exclusively some type of Gordon parody.  There were actually some really creative ones this time around.  A couple of them were just beautiful.

Of course we were all most excited to see our Julia up on the big screen.  When she first told me she was submitting a film I didn’t believe her.

“Well, what’s it about?” I asked.
“Guess.”
“Gag-face.”
“Yup.”
“Which song?”
“Guess.”
“Bad romance.”
“Yup.”

Guess she was serious.

Also,

adorable.