Campus ministry fuels students' growth in faith

	STARTING LENT: Bp. David Zubik applies ashes to the forehead of Dustin Makovsky at Ash Wednesday Mass at the UWGB Ecumenical Center. (Rick Evans photo)

Second in a series on the Bishop's Appeal

By Joanne Flemming
Compass Correspondent

Campus ministries at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh provide students with both a Catholic presence and opportunities to grow in their faith. Campus ministry is among the many programs and services funded by the annual Bishop's Appeal.

"We try to let students know that there is a Catholic presence at UWGB," said Laurie Svatek, full-time campus minister. Studies show that students who say campus ministry had a positive influence on them, say it was because of "personal contact," she said.

Joseph Rutchik, a UWO graduate student, said he was aware of the Newman Center's "presence" beginning with his freshman year because it was across the street from his dormitory. "I figured I had no excuse for skipping Mass," he said. "So I started attending and I haven't stopped since."

For Jenny Johns, a 2004 UWO graduate, that "presence" allowed her to "sit with Jesus" between classes. "I loved how the doors were open to come and go as you pleased during the day.... It was there that my faith started to explode. There was new meaning in my life. The Newman Center is where I found my faith."   Full story ...

Sidebar: Bishop's Appeal

	Mass Times 2004-05 Fall/Winter Mass Schedules (from Sept. 3 issue)
	Lenten Giving/ Easter Joy Wish List (from Feb. 11 issue)

Lent
• Reflection on the Readings     by Auxiliary Bishop Morneau     God continues to intervene today  • Explaining the Scripture     by Fr. Richard Ver Bust     Effects of salvation are immediate  • Patti Christensen --     We can act to promote justice, not just do charity  • Praying with Sunday's Scriptures     Sidebar: Readings for the Week		Lent articles from previous issues: • Feb. 11, 2005 issue • Feb. 4, 2005 issue • Lenten fast and abstinence rules 2005 Wish List Lenten Giving/Easter Joy Wish List (from Feb. 11, 2005 issue)

 • Reflection on the Readings by Auxiliary Bishop Morneau --
    February 20, 2005: God continues to intervene today (Lent)

 • Explaining the Scripture by Fr. Richard Ver Bust --
    February 20, 2005: The effects of salvation are immediate (Lent)

 • Editorial -- Promoting life
    President deserves praise for seeking a culture of life, but it's more
    than embryos

 • Editorial -- An interesting possible solution
    Buffalo bishop may be on to something

 • Foundations of Faith --
    It's not all that hard to find the Holy Grail
    From Jerusalem to Spain to Britain's King Arthur, Christ's Eucharistic vessel
    still exists

 • Saint of the Day --
    People had to kidnap their bishop
    Porphyry needed coercion to take on leadership role

 • Patti Christensen --
    We can act to promote justice, not just do charity (Lent)
    Conference will examine poverty and how to respond

 • Praying with Sunday's Scriptures (Lent)
    Sidebar: Readings for the Week

 • Calendar of Events

	Articles on Bishop's Appeal 2005
• Campus ministry fuels students' growth in faith (Feb. 18, 2005) • Bishop's Appeal brings Faces of Faith to others (Feb. 11, 2005) • Pie chart of Bishop's Appeal use