[TCCM] Events for the Week of 10/1

[Joe Pokora]

This is MIT's Tech Catholic Community's (TCC) weekly email.
To unsubscribe use the list web page:
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccm
For up-to-date information: http://web.mit.edu/tcc/www/

---------------------------
TCC Events for the Week of 9/24
---------------------------

- Noon Mass, Oct 3 moved to W11
- Simple Supper
- Fall Retreat
- Respect Life Sunday

- Mass Times
- Eucharistic Adoration
- Monday Nights
- Graduate Scripture Study

- Bread and Jams
- Reaching for Higher Ground

- Weekend Spiritual Exercises for Young Women
- The Ramadan Fast-a-Thon - Get Hungry for Change


---------------------------
Sign-ups and one-time events
---------------------------

- PLEASE NOTE: Tuesday, October 3rd's, Noon Mass will be held in the W11 
Main Dining Room.

- Simple Supper Oct 8
There will be a simple supper in W-11 following the 5pm mass on Oct 8

- Fall Retreat
TCC's Fall retreat will be held at the Franciscan Retreat Center in
Kennebunkport, Maine.
Depart Oct 13 @5pm, return Oct 15 @12pm
Sign up list Sunday or email catholic at mit.edu



---------------------------
Ongoing Events
---------------------------

- Mass Times
Mass is held Tuesdays and Fridays when classes are in session at 12:05
in the MIT Chapel.  The first mass is this Friday, September 8. Mass is
held on Sunday at 9:30 am, 1:00 pm, and 5:00 pm in the MIT Chapel.

- Eucharistic Adoration
Eucharistic Adoration on Wednesday evenings 7-8pm in the MIT Chapel.

- Monday Nights
Monday night pasta plus is held in the W11 Main Dining Room from 7-9pm
and includes dinner.
** October 2 - Pro-Life Panel Discussion

- Graduate Scripture Study
Father Clancy will lead the Graduate Scripture Study group in exploring
Romans and Galatians this semester.  We will meet Wednesdays at 6pm.
10/4 is in 4-144; 10/11 is in 1-136.


---------------------------
Volunteer Opportunities
---------------------------

-Bread and Jams
Bread and Jams Sunday Meal provides a complete meal for over 80 people
each Sunday. The meal is totally produced and served by volunteers.
Bread and Jams needs the help of 12 volunteers on the evening of October
1 to serve this meal to residents of Cambridge!
The first shift (preparation) ends at 5:00. A group of TCC volunteers
(you guys!) is needed for the second shift (serving), which lasts from
5:00 to 7:30pm.
The group will meet at 4:45 at Harvard Square, and walk to the Christ
Church in Harvard Square.
Please sign up to contribute! Signup sheets will be placed on the
entrance table. Please contact Dave Crusoe, dhcrusoe at gmail.com or
203.521.2015, for more information.


- Reaching for Higher Ground
(Volunteer run tutoring program of the Paulist Center and St.
Katherine?s) needs volunteer tutors to work with elementary through
high school age children in all subject areas, especially math, science,
and reading.  Also, Test Prep. Every Saturday (except holidays & school
vacation) 10 a.m. until Noon Starting Sept. 17, 2005
Mother Caroline Academy
515 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester
(One block up from Franklin Park Zoo)
Contact Mary Hughes Email: Meh3697 at aol.com Phone: 617-361-3697



---------------------------
Non-TCC Events (Catholic and Interdenominational)
---------------------------

- Weekend Spiritual Exercises for Young Women
October 6-8
Young women ages 16-30
Based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
Where: Overbrook Academy
836 Warwick Neck Avenue
Warwick, RI 02889
Cost:     $75
Arrival: Friday October 6 th at 7pm
Departure: Sunday, October 8th at 4pm
  (Sunday liturgy included)
Registration: Please contact Emily Brennan at (401) 949-2820  or 
erbren06 at gmail.com by September 31.
For more information specifically regarding MIT transportation, e-mail 
aposada at mit.edu

- The Ramadan Fast-a-thon - Get Hungry for Change
In the Islamic month of Ramadan, Muslims fast during daylight hours as
an act of submission, solidarity, and remembrance. One of the main
reasons for fasting is to call attention to those who go hungry every
day, not as an exercise of religious expression, but as a fact of life.
To respond to this deplorable situation, the MIT Muslim Student
Association (MSA) has organized a Ramadan Fast-a-thon, an event that
hopes to raise up to $3,000 in a single day for Mercy Corps and the
Greater Boston Food Bank. For every MIT student/faculty who fasts during
the daylight hours of October 12, local businesses have committed to
making donations on their behalf to local charities. Students can email
fast-a-thon at mit.edu with subject line “I pledge” or sign pledge forms at
the Da’wah (information) table in the student center available every
Thursday. On October 12th, we will abstain from food and drink during
the daylight hours. At the end of the day, participants are invited to a
free dinner in Lobdell at 6pm to break their fast. (If you begin to feel
sick, you may drink water during the day.) If you would like to donate
and help sponsor the students and staff who fast, you can use the link
http://web.mit.edu/mitmsa/www/fleetbeacon/fastathon.htm