Fr. Fiorillo is leading an initiative to add annual fall and spring retreats for Harvard Catholic undergraduates. He and the Catholic Students Association (CSA) are working together to make sure that directed retreats are consistently part of each fall and spring term. Please consider making a Giving Tuesday gift to help us meet our goal to raise $5,000 to send 30 faith-filled students on retreat next spring. Thank you and God Bless!

Please donate your favorite book from elementary, middle, or high school, and include an inscription to spread that love to a young student. Inspire a love of reading, and a love of books! Drop-off is at the Harvard Catholic Center; 29 Mt. Auburn St. entrance. Contact Nam Kim for more information. This effort in partnership with Harvard CSA and the Tufts Catholic Chaplaincy. All donations are much appreciated.

The Harvard Knights of Columbus invites you to celebrate Advent with Mass and a special shopping trip. We will gather for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Mass at 9a. After Mass, we will meet in the vestibule to select gift tags from the St. Vincent de Paul Giving Tree and then head off to Assembly Row together. Bring your own Christmas shopping lists, too! Lunch to follow shopping. Questions? Send an email, or post a comment on the Facebook event.

Join us in Emerson Hall 210 when we welcome moral theologian, Dr. Janet Smith. She will be speaking about what has made sex so complicated today, and how the Church's wisdom can help us to reclaim the meaning, intimacy, and joy that sex is meant provide.

Volunteers needed over Thanksgiving and Winter Break at the Y2Y Harvard Square Shelter and Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. Sign up for open slots. No experience needed; all are welcome! Contact Mary Broker for more information.

October 19-20, Harvard Law School. A 2-day conference featuring speakers and panelists, and keynote Neil Gorsuch, US Supreme Court Justice. Registration required.

American Catholic Theologian, Dr. Scott Hahn, will give a talk on Creed and Communion: Coming Home to the Father's Mercy. A reception immediately follows in DiGiovanni Hall. Don't miss this powerful presentation on the riches of our Catholic faith. Click here for full details.

The HCC and the St. Paul Choir School invite you to join us as His Eminence Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap celebrates this special mass to bless the start of the academic year.

We look forward to celebrating the Eucharist with new and returning Harvard Catholic students and with all members of our faith-filled community. Hope to see you there!

The Harvard Catholic Center is pleased to announce a monthly celebration of a Spanish Mass at St. Paul's. All are invited to attend. Please visit the link above for all the details, and to volunteer for music and/or to serve as lectors or ushers. Vaya con Dios!

"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." - 2 Corinthians 3:17

Fr. Jason LaLonde will officiate the Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist on Saturday, June 23 at 5:00p. Please celebrate with us.

For any GS/YPs who would like to see the Boston Red Sox vs. the Texas Rangers on 7/10/18 please contact James Rowe asap. Only 5 seats left @ $30/ticket.

The commencement address at DeSales University that is. See the video and transcript, from May 19, that are filled with Fr. George's love for God and inimitable humor, and peppered, of course, with references to Sir Winston Churchill.

Verbum Dei will not meet this Sunday, May 20 due to the Baccalaureate Mass, the blessing and official naming of The Chapel of the Women Doctors of the Church, and the reception that follows. It will resume on Sunday, May 27.

No need for graduate students, post docs, and young professionals to RSVP to our monthly pasta dinner...just bring a $5 contribution. We gather at 7:00 p.m. and dine at 7:30 p.m. Hope to see you there for fellowship, food, and fun.

Tuesday, July 10 @ 7p. Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers. Only 12 seats left @ $30/ticket; contact James Rowe for details.

Pope Francis has written Gaudate et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), a new apostolic exhortation on "the call to holiness in the contemporary world." You can read it for free online at the Vatican's website where there are links on the page to also view it in multiple languages.

The water in the Harvard Catholic Center, Rectory and School will be shut off for the entire day (at least) starting at approximately 7:30a. There will be major work going on in the basement on the fire sprinkler system and water needs to be off completely. Please plan accordingly and stay tuned for updates. The water and bathroom in the lower church will be working. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for the inconvenience while this necessary maintenance is done. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THE CHURCH.

The Harvard Catholic Center needs your help to honor Father George, our dear friend who has served the Harvard Catholic community for more than 25 years. We are asking you to share your reflections, thoughts, anecdotes, etc. about Father’s ministry and friendship in a special section of the HCC website called the Father Salzmann Guestbook. Blessed thanks!