[TCCM] TCC Bulletin (November 20, 2016)

[Elizabeth Vasquez]

*== TCC Bulletin (November 20, 2016) ==*

In this bulletin:

(1) The last Monday Night Discussion of the Year
(2) No Masses, Adoration and Confession due to Thanksgiving Break
(3) Thanksgiving Get Together
(4) Thomistic Institute at MIT
(5) Vocations Lunch with The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
(6) Spaghetti Suppers
(7) TCC Family Bulletin Board
(8) Living Group Rosary
(9) Bible Study
(10) Melchizedek Group for Priestly Vocations
(11) Adoration
(12) First Saturdays
(13) BBMSK (the Back Bay Mobile Soup Kitchen)
(14) Taizé @ MIT
(15) Fiat
(16) 'From Quas Primas, Encyclical letter proclaiming the Feast of Christ
the King, by Pope Pius XI, promulgated on 11 December 1925'

=== (1) The last Monday Night Discussion of the Year ===
“The Mirror of Justice: The Problem of Mercy in Theology and Politics.” Fr.
Moloney will give a talk based on the paper he gave at the American
Catholic Philosophical Association conference in San Francisco a few weeks
ago. We often want society to be more just, because justice is a good. And
mercy is also something that we desire. However, we usually define justice
and mercy as opposites or contraries, where mercy involves setting aside or
relaxing the requirement of justice and the law. That creates a problem,
because justice would then be merciless, and mercy unjust. What’s more, God
could not be merciful without being unjust, but God is supremely just as
well as merciful. So there are problems with the very concepts of justice
and mercy as we often use them. Pizza will be served.
Main Dining Room of W11, 8:15 pm on 11/21

=== (2) No Masses, Adoration and Confession due to Thanksgiving Break ===
Wednesday, 11/23: 7:30 PM; Thursday, 11/24: 12:05 PM; Friday, 11/25: 12:05
PM

=== (3) Thanksgiving Get Together ===
On the Feast of Albert the Great, patron saint of scientists, Fr. Nicanor
Austriaco, O.P. (PhD '96) will celebrate a special Mass for Scientists. It
will be Tuesday, November 15, at 5:15 p.m. in the MIT Chapel. There will be
a reception in W11 to follow. This event is co-sponsored by the newly
founded Society of Catholic Scientists, and off-campus scientists are
invited: http://www.catholicscientists.org/events/20161115-goldmass

=== (4) Thomistic Institute at MIT ===
Friday December 2, at 7:00 pm in 4-163 Prof. Stephen Barr, a particle
physicist from the University of Delaware and author of Modern Physics and
Ancient Faith(Notre Dame, 2003) will give a talk entitled, “What's So
Special About the Universe? Multiverse Theory and Catholic Theology.”
There’s a puzzle in physics that might point at the existence of God: It is
extremely improbable that all of the major constants of physics fall within
the narrow parameters necessary to sustain human life. So improbable, in
fact, that the best scientific explanation for these 'anthropic
coincidences' could be that an intelligent being outside the physical
universe designed the universe with human life in mind. Some physicists
have proposed instead that there are a large or even infinite number of
undetectable parallel universes, in which case it would not be so
improbable that at least one supports life. But these multiverse theories
have deep problems, which make it harder to sustain an intellectually
serious atheism. Refreshments will be provided. Contact
thomisticinstitute at mit.edu for details or go to
http://www.thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events/.

=== (5) Vocations Lunch with The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal ===
Are you a man discerning a vocation to the priesthood, diocesan or
religious? Come join Father Emmanuel of the Franciscan Friars of the
Renewal on December 3rd from 11am-1pm for mass and a discernment lunch
hosted at the Focus missionary house -194 Summer Street, Somerville MA
02143. Call Rich Girardin for more information 973-534-4659.

=== (6) Spaghetti Suppers ===
Join the TCC every Friday night from 7-9 pm in the W11 Community Room for a
free spaghetti supper! This is a time for food, fellowship, and fun.
Contact Sabrina Song at sabrina.song at focus.org with any questions.


=== (7) TCC Family Bulletin Board ===
This is just a friendly reminder that the tcc-family-bb at mit.edu listserv is
up. If you have an MIT family and are interested in a bulletin board for
trading things with other families, or if you are an MIT single person and
interested in coordinating ways to help out MIT families (e.g.: helping
with babysitting and things of that nature), please sign up at
groups.mit.edu/webmoira, list tcc-family-bb!

=== (8) Living Group Rosary ===
Pray the Glorious Mysteries in communion with peers on campus in the
comfort of your living group, Sundays at 9 PM.
Contacts: Maseeh Hall: Emily Cimmino (203-451-1146) and Daniel Vignon
(650-963-6561) Next House: Bridget Bohlin (505-919-8377)
McCormick: Briana Chavez (915-449-9352) and Elizabeth Vazquez (956-465-8870
)
East Campus: Mariah Mullen (712-542-0781)
Wednesday (7:05pm (before mass) outside the Chapel): Ben Myers (517-920-2509
)

=== (9) Bible Study ===
Do you want to make friends in the TCC in a smaller group setting? Do you
want to learn more about God and grow in your faith? Join a small group
Bible study! Email focusmishes at mit.edu for more information.

=== (10) Melchizedek Group for Priestly Vocations ===

   -  Fr. Moloney will lead a reading and discussion group about the nature
   of the priestly vocation and how to discern if God is calling us to the
   “ancient order of Melchizedek” (Heb. 5:6, 7:17).
   - The text, To Save a Thousand Souls, is available in W11-012 for free.
   Meetings are in W20-450 at 6 PM on Wednesdays.
   - To attend doesn’t mean that you are thinking about entering the
   seminary, or even that you’re not dating. It can simply mean that you’re
   interested in supporting others think about the priesthood.
   - Contact: Ben Myers (bmyers at mit.edu).

=== (11) Adoration===
Mondays and Tuesdays 10-11 AM, Wednesdays 8-9 PM in the MIT Chapel

=== (12) First Saturdays ===
Monthly devotion to the Virgin Mary every 1st Saturday. Meet at 10AM in W11
for the Rosary, then to the Pru for confession, meditation, adoration and
mass at 12:00 PM. A great opportunity to pray with your fellow TCC members
and get off campus! Contact: Emily Cimmino (203-451-1146) or Daniel Vignon
(650-963-6561).

=== (13) "BBMSK (the Back Bay Mobile Soup Kitchen)" ===
We serve homeless communities in Back Bay and Cambridge giving out socks,
sandwiches, religious articles, and a friendly presence to folks we come
across on the street
When? 6:00 PM on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays in front of St. Clement's
Shrine.  For more info, visit bbmsk.org!

=== (14) Taizé @ MIT===
Ecumenical Prayer Sundays at 8 PM in the MIT Chapel. Song and stillness to
rest and pray.

=== (15) Fiat ===
Fiat is a discernment group for single women considering a vocation to
religious life in the Catholic Church. The next meeting will be held on
November 30 with the topic Charisms in Religious Life from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
at St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine, 1105 Boylston St., Boston.
Please respond to Sister Marian Batho, CSJ, Delegate for Religious,
Sr_Marian_Batho at rcab.org or call 617- 746-5637.

=== (16) From Quas Primas, Encyclical letter proclaiming the Feast of
Christ the King, by Pope Pius XI, promulgated on 11 December 1925 ===
See the back of this week's bulletin <http://tcc.mit.edu/www/bulletin>!


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