[TCCM] Events for the week of 11/8

[Paul Harrison Elliott]

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TCC Events for 11/8
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- World Youth Day committee
- Accountability Groups
- Council Meeting Soon

- Monday Night
- Weekly Prayer Schedule
- Eucharistic Adoration (Tuesday and new Wednesday Format)
- Mid-Week Mass Schedule

- CASPAR Towel Collection at Mass

- Young Disciples Teams
- December 2 - Talk by Dr. Peter Kreeft
- Interdenominational Bible Study
- French Interdenominational Bible Study
- Spanish Catholic Group

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Sign-ups and one-time events
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- World Youth Day committee
Interested in meeting young Catholics from all over the World?  The Holy
Father is once more inviting youths (16 to 30 year old) to gather, this
time in Cologne, Germany, from August 15th to August 21th.  TCC would
like to form its own World Youth Day (WYD) committee.  If you think you
might be interested in joining the pilgrims or you just want to learn
more about WYD, please sign up after mass next week.  For more info:
contact Jeanne Lafortune, jlafor at mit.edu.

- Accountability Groups
TCC is considering starting accountability groups. For those of you who
are not familiar with such groups, they are basically a group of people
(usually same sex) that meet together regularly to discuss how each
person is doing in their daily walk with Christ, being completely open
and honest (I stress this part, because it one one of the unique
features of such a group) and to try and encourage and support each
member to always continue growing in their relationship with Christ.
We're planning for the meetings to be once a week at the moment
(although individual groups can decide to meet more or less often on
their own once their formed). If you think you would be interested in
joining such a group I would ask that you send me the following
information:
* Name:
* Sex (sometimes I can't always tell by the name):
* Year:
* From 1-10 how good you feel your relationship with God is (be as
honest and accurate as possible):
* Names or groups of any people (of the same sex) you would prefer not
to be grouped with (i.e. John Smith, anyone below year 3, anyone who
ranked themselves above 7, etc.):
* Names or groups of any people (of the same sex) you would prefer to be
grouped with:
* Any other information you feel would be relevant to placing you in a
particular group:
After getting information we'll announce the first meeting for each of
the groups along with a designated contact person for the group. As
always if you have any questions, just give me an email
(joel_f at mit.edu). God bless.

- Council Meeting Soon
The next council meeting will be sometime after the 14th.  Look online
for more up-to-date information.

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Ongoing Events
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- Monday Nights
Pasta Plus- 7-9 in W11 MDH: Pretty soon the Church will be starting a
new liturgical year and we’ll be jumping into the Gospel according to
St. Matthew, won’t it be cool to get some knowledge through scripture
study? Come by and learn awesome stuff regarding Mathew and parts of his
Gospel, all while being fed a yummy, free, home cooked meal. Questions?
Want to volunteer to cook? Contact Ana at aposada at mit.edu

- Prayer This Week
Liturgy of the Hours - M-F 7:30am, 6:15pm, Sat 7:00am, 6:00pm, Sun
8:30am, 6:15pm.
Rosary - daily 15 minutes after the start of Liturgy of the Hours.
Meet in Chapel.  Contact Joel (joel_f at mit.edu) for more information.
If you don't see us in the chapel we are probably either downstairs
or just outside the chapel. 

- Eucharistic Adoration
* Join us Tuesday 7:00pm for Eucharistic Adoration in the
Chapel.
* Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration- Chapel 7-8:30- So never know what to
do during silent adoration? After 10 minutes do you just have nothing
else to pray? Do you really want to spend more time in front of the
Blessed Sacrament? This Wednesday, Eucharistic adoration will be
accompanied by praise and worship music. So come by and sing your heart
out while praising Jesus who will most certainly be there. Contact
joel_f at mit.edu or aposada at mit.edu if you have questions.

- Mid-Week Mass
Join us Tuesday and Friday for Mass from 12:05pm - ~12:35pm in the
Chapel.  (Note - no mass this Friday)

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Volunteer Opportunities
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- CASPAR Towel Collection at Mass
	We will be circulating a second collection basket during Mass to raise
money for CASPAR, an emergency shelter in Cambridge serving homeless men
and women with substance abuse problems.  100% of the second collection
will go towards purchasing bath towels for the shelter, which provides
beds for 80 people per night.
	The CASPAR collection will start on Nov. 14, and run every Sunday until
December 5.  Another option is to bring new or used clean bath towels to
Mass, where there will be a collection box available.
	Questions? Email Christine (chrisng at mit.edu). 

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Non-TCC Events (Catholic and Interdenominational)
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- Young Disciples Teams
We coordinate an apostolate called the Young Disciples Teams. 
Summer 2005 will be our fifth summer. 
In a nutshell, we ask young adults (at least 18) to be a part of a 
summer team that does Catholic week long vacation bible schools. In four
summers, we have had team members from all over the United States, e.g. 
ND, SD, MN, IN, IA, TX, NM, CA, PA, NY, KY, OH, LA, and from Slovakia. 
After three weeks of training, the teams begin to travel from town to 
town.  They spend one week in each rural town, parish or reservation 
conducting week long Catholic camps for elementary students during the 
days and also doing at least one teen event, one adult event and 
visiting nursing homes and hospitals during the evenings. The whole 
mission is to introduce others to the joy and hope of Jesus Christ.  
Without the Young Disciples Teams these rural areas would not have 
opportunities like these.
For Summer 2005, the commitment is for 10 weeks, beginning May 19 
through July 31, 2005. 
Also, check out our website http://www.fargodiocese.org/youngdisciples.
God bless you and may you be aware of every opportunity to know and 
share His love.

- December 2 - Talk by Dr. Peter Kreeft
Sponsored by a group dedicated to the 20th century Catholic writer G.K.
Chesterton.
December 2: Dr. Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College,
contrasts GKC’s seminal work “The Everlasting Man” with modern
secularism and Christian fundamentalism.
7-8pm at The Upper Room in St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine, 1105 Boylston
St., Boston, MA 02115
For more information, email Jerome Kiley at kiley at abcisp.net or
Joshua Paulin at jdpaulin at gmail.com

- Interdenominational Bible Study
Hey guys, as promised we're gonna start getting the ball rolling on
this. The study would be topically based; each week we'd select a topic
of interest to discuss (i.e. Mary, the saints, authority of the church,
faith and works, etc. etc.). The discussion is deep and the questions
are often difficult, but it is an excellent way to grow in your
understanding of the faith.  We will be meeting for the first time
Sunday 10/17 at 2:00pm in the middle of the Student Center.  We may
start out meeting every other week.  If you'd like more information,
contact Joel (joel_f at mit.edu).

- French Interdenominational Bible Study
Voila un petit courriel, pour vous annoncer que nous sommes un petit 
groupe de francophones a nous reunir hebdomadairement pour discuter des
tresors caches d'un livre, vieux de plusieurs millenaires et pourtant
toujours d'actualite: la Bible. Que vous n'ayez jamais ouvert une Bible
ou que vous soyez docteur en theologie, vous etes tous bienvenus a ces
discussions informelles! Si vous etes interesses, venez nous rejoindre
les mercredis a 18h00, dans la Chem Eng lounge (66-201).

- Spanish Catholic Group
TRAS EL MAESTRO DE GALILEA!
Deseas compartir tus vivencias cotidianas a la luz del
Evangelio, profundizar en tu Fe, orar juntos y hacer
amigos?
Te esperamos cada miercoles de 7pm a 8:30pm en 1105
Boylston St. Boston,MA (entra por la puerta principal
de la Iglesia, doblas a la izquierda, y sigues derecho
hasta el saln.)
Para mayor informacin: Contactarse con: Ana Luca
Vlieg: anaenpascua at hotmail.com telefono: (617)
437-1495