SJSU Newman Center

Hello Newmanites! This Thursday (2/18) @ 4:30 PM, we will be having our first talk of the semester! We are excited to have Fr. Andrew C. Nguyen, the diocese of San Jose’s vocation director, come back and help give a talk titled Invitation to Love and Serve. Fr. Andrew will be exploring the love in marriage life vs the love in religious life in his talk. As always, you will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the talk. We hope to see you all this Thursday. Please message us for the Zoom link. God bless!

Good afternoon Newmanites! This is the weekly schedule of Newman events this semester. We will be praying rosary today at 4:30pm. If you would like the Zoom link, please message us. Hope to see you at our upcoming events! Thank you, and God Bless!

The Diocese of San Jose Vocations Office is inviting all single young adult men ages 18-35 to a Single Men's Virtual Retreat. If you are considering entering the priesthood or just simply interested in learning more about this vocation, this retreat is for you! More information and the registration link can be found in the posts below. The deadline is next Monday.

The Diocese of San Jose Vocations Office is inviting all young adult women ages 18-25 to a Women's Virtual Retreat on discernment and vocations. The retreat includes Mass, Holy Hour, Q&A with the sisters, talks in both English and Spanish, and more! As college students, many of us are still in the process of discerning our vocations. This is a great opportunity for anyone who would like to learn more about the beauty of the vocations of marriage and of consecrated life. More information and the sign-up link can be found below! The deadline for registration is next Monday.

Congratulations to our Newman graduates Lupita Castaneda, Gaby Legaspi, Shawn Klein, and other graduating Newmanites! May God bless you all with the best of everything today and all the days to come. You’re officially Newman Alumni! We hope to see you come back and join us next semester!

Hello Newmanites! Hope all of you are doing well. In the spirit of Halloween, many of us have been wondering, How can I protect myself from the 'Evil One'"? This Friday (10/30), Fr. Gary Thomas, our Diocese’s mandated exorcist, will help us explore the 4 means of protection that we can use to protect ourselves. If you have questions that you have always wanted to ask an exorcist, this Friday is also your chance! There will be a question and answer portion at the end of the ...talk as always. If you have time, please join us. This is a talk you would not want to miss. Please contact us for the Zoom link or if you have any questions. Hope to see you this Friday! God bless!

Good afternoon Newmanites! When it comes to serving God, sometimes we feel that our zeal starts to die out and we start to feel tired and unmotivated. This Friday at 4pm, Fr. Andrew V. Nguyen, pastor of Holy Family parish of our diocese, will help us rekindle our zeal for serving God. He will provide tips on how to we can always serve God with passion and joy. Please message us for the Zoom link or if you have any questions. Hope to see you this Friday! God bless!

Hello Newmanites! Due to the pandemic, many of us feel that discernment has gotten very challenging, especially since most of us are still sheltering in place or limiting ourselves from going outside. This Friday during our weekly club meeting, Fr. Cameron Faller, the director of vocations from the Diocese of San Francisco, will be giving a presentation with the title, Discernment During COVID-19. He will help provide some tips on how we can continue to discern God’s will for us amidst the pandemic. There will be a Question and Answer portion at the end of the talk as always. Please message us for the Zoom link or if you have any questions. We hope to see you this Friday! Thanks and God bless!

Hello Newmanites! Tomorrow (10/9) is the Feast Day of St. Newman. Please join us at 9am for a live-streamed mass from St. Joseph’s Cathedral: https://www.facebook.com/St.JosephCathedralBasilica. Fr. Joseph Benedict, our interim director, will offer the mass to pray for our Newman Community. For our club meeting, we will be celebrating St. Newman’s feast day by having a short presentation about St. Newman and playing some virtual games (Bible Family Feud / Jackbox).... Please msg us for the Zoom link or if you have any questions. Hope to see you all there! God bless!

Hello all current Newmanites! Thank you all who participated in the Sweatshirt Design contest. Please vote for your favorite sweatshirt design at tinyurl.com/votenewmandesign. The sweatshirts are free for all current Newman members. Since we will not be meeting at the Newman Center this year, we might be able to ship the sweatshirt directly to your home depending on if we have enough funding. Please note that the designs might slightly change in the future. The deadline to vote is Sunday, October 4, 2020. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us. Thanks, and God bless!

Good afternoon Newmanites! This Friday (9/25) @ 4pm, Fr. Micheal Rossman, SJ will present us with tips for living a more awesome life for the greater glory of God through his talk Jesuit Life Hacks! He is the current vocations promoter for Midwest Jesuits and has contributed to The Jesuit Post’s One-Minute Homily series. Please message us for the Zoom link or if you have any questions. Hope to see you all this Friday for our third guest speaker talk of this semester!

Hi everyone! We would like to send you an updated schedule of our weekly events. The Divine Mercy Chaplet time on Fridays will be moved from 3:30pm to 3:15pm, so we can have adequate time to prepare for our 4pm weekly club meetings. The next two guest speakers we will be having at our weekly club meetings are: 9/18 - The Dangers of the Occult - Fr. Gary Thomas, mandated exorcist of Diocese of San Jose 9/25 - Jesuit Life Hacks - Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ... Hope to see you at our upcoming events! Thank you, and God Bless!

Hello Newmanites! We are excited to announce that in collaboration with Calpoly SLO Newman, we are having a very special guest speaker this Friday (9/18) during our weekly club meeting! Exorcist Fr. Gary Thomas will fascinate us with his talk The Dangers of the Occult and How to Protect Oneself Spiritually. You will have a chance to ask Fr. Gary some questions after the talk as well! We will be using the same Zoom link that we used last week for our Newman club meeting. If you would like the Zoom link or have any questions, please message us. We look forward to seeing you this Friday! Thanks and God bless!