The Catholic Community Council
TCU Catholic Community Vision Statement
Following Jesus as a Catholic Christian is a lifelong process of
conversion and renewal. In any committed relationship, as individuals
change, the relationship is reformulated. Our relationship with
Jesus is reformulated religiously, intellectually and morally as we
change. Our desire is to help Catholics at TCU to re-appropriate
their faith – and to help them to mature as active, adult leaders in the
faith communities of which they are members.
Mission Statement of the TCU Catholic Community
To provide a student-centered ministry that encourages Catholic
students, faculty, staff and friends to live the Mystery of Life in
faith, hope, and love.
The Catholic Community Council
Campus Minister |
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Father Charlie |
Fr. Charlie had 8 years experience in campus ministry at Ohio University before coming to TCU and has now been at TCU for over 20 years. You can find him in Jarvis Hall Room 109. |
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Student Coordinators |
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Jennifer Gavia | |
The Student Coordinators are like Presidents... but cooler. They serve as general contact people for Catholic Community, and they meet regularly with Fr. Charlie to set the agenda for council planning meetings. The student coordinators also handle organizational tasks, such as scheduling students for introductions at Sunday Mass throughout the semester. |
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Music |
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The Sunday Mass Choir provides the Catholic Community with an ecclectic mix of music by performing traditional church hymns backed by instruments including piano, guitar, orchestral strings, and hand percussion. The choir is open to all students who have any musical inclination whatsoever. There is no commitment or pressure to participate every week. Any Sunday you have time, please feel free to join the Sunday Mass Choir in the Student Center Ballroom at 3:45 for their pre-Mass rehearsal. |
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Liturgy |
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Mandy Hernandez |
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The Liturgy Committe is in charge of setting up and taking down after mass. The committee also coordinates the eucharaistic ministers and readers for each mass. |
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Why Catholic? |
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Kristin Pelzel |
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“Why Catholic?” kicks off Fall 2009! And we’re excited! It’s
Catholic faith deepening at its best. Practical & concrete –
based on the Bible & the Catechism of the Catholic Church
– Why Catholic? connects Scripture & Church teachings to
everyday life. In small groups, we’ll explore Catholic beliefs,
the sacraments, morality and prayer. |
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Socials |
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Paul Petrie | ||
The Socials chairs come up with and are incharge of ideas for all the fun stuff like social events. |
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Public Relations |
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Hayley Rhodes | |
The PR chairs provide information about the Catholic Community to its members and the rest of world. This committee's projects include the bulletin, our new and fabulous t-shirst, fliers announcing special events, and taking pictures at all the events. |
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Website/PR |
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Matt Williams | ||
The website chairs work with the other PR chairs to provide information about the Catholic Community to its members via this website. This chair is in charge of mostly web maintenence, but also with helping make fliers and sending out annoucements. |
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Retreats |
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Jessica Reho |
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Emily Harris |
The retreat committee organizes two overnight retreats per school year, one in the fall and one in the spring. The retreats' focus is selected from a variety of topics concerning our faith. We strive to combine both faith-growing activites and community bonding in the atmoshpere of each overnight retreat. |
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Community Service |
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Addie Leins |
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Kelly Madsen |
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The community service chairs plan and organize the Catholic Community's trips to places such as the Children's Assessment Center and the night shelter. |
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Reading Frogs |
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Every other Friday, students from the Catholic Community go to St. Andrew's, a Catholic school just down the street from the campus. In the 45 minutes they are there, TCU students read to kids ranging from pre-k to 5th grade. This is wonderful opportunity for TCU students to get out in the community and make a difference with children of the area. |
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Special Thanks to our
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Mai Vu Cristina de la Guardia |
Elizabeth Bochini Maria Bermudez |
Barbara LeBanks Jennifer Zimplinski
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