11/27/16 Joy to the World: Choose Joy
God desires your happiness. But this happiness is more than mere pleasure and more than mere emotion. True joy, like true love, is a decision. Joy is the sense of well-being that is the result of [...]
New Music Wednesdays: Aly’s Picks
My name is Aly and I am a 2015 graduate of the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. My favorite thing about Newman at UMD is the dynamic community centered around love of Christ! What [...]
11/20/16 Homesick: With Him
Homily from the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Home isn’t home unless someone is there. And Heaven is not Heaven without God. Other people are one of the great joys of [...]
New Music Wednesdays: Pam Jahnke’s Picks
My name is Pam Jahnke and I am a PharmD student at UMD, class of 2018. My favorite saint is St. Joseph of Cupertino and my favorite Bible Verse is Matthew 6:34: “Do not worry about [...]
11/13/16 Homesick: A Body Like His
"I believe in the resurrection of the dead.” That means your resurrection. God has destined us to get our bodies back at His final coming. But what will those bodies be like? How will they be [...]
New Music Wednesdays: Robbie Mouton’s Picks
My name is Robbie Mouton and am an Industrial Engineering major at UMD. My favorite thing about Newman is hanging out with people who love Jesus as much as I do. My favorite saints is Saint Rita [...]
11/06/16 Homesick: Here and Now…There and Then
Without Heaven (and Hell), life is essentially meaningless and Death wins. The Resurrection proves that Death is not the last word and that the wisest way to live in the “Here and Now” is [...]
11/01/16 Homesick: The Goal of the Saints
Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints. The goal of the Christian is life with God. The saints have reached this goal and spur us on. They pray for us on our way Home. Mass Readings from [...]