Catholic Student Center at Washington University in St. Louis

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Faith Development

The CSC offers a large variety of faith development opportunities. The CSC plans several retreats each academic year including the Awakening and Growth retreats that are planned and run by student volunteers under the supervision of a CSC intern. In 2003, the first graduate student retreat was held. Also, a twilight retreat is held about once a semester on a Friday evening beginning with a simple dinner and proceeding to a reflective evening. In the same way, Spirituality on Tap and the Busy-Person's Retreat also seek to connect faith with everyday life. Finally, a silent retreat is held once a year for those who want a more meditative experience.

For those who are interested in becoming Catholic or merely have questions about the Catholic faith, the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) is a group that pairs those seeking answers with sponsors who help guide the person through Catholic teaching. To contact Sr. Linda with questions, click here.

The CSC is also home to a scripture study, Praise and Adoration, and Small Church Communities. Praise and Adoration gives community members the opportunity to pray with the Blessed Sacrament in an environment that involves music and prayer every Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. Small Church Communities gives individuals a chance to break open faith with an intimate group once a week. The CSC library provides a range of Catholic resources and spiritual reading, in addition to being a quiet study space.

Finally, the CSC offers guidance to those who are leaving the university setting or moving into a new stage in life. Through marriage preparation, discernment in career or vocation, MOMS (Ministry of Moms Sharing), or programs focused at transitioning from the CSC to a parish, the CSC attempts to make life transitions easier. For more information on marriage preparation, contact Deacon Phil. For more information on vocations, contact Sr. Linda.

Our Mission Statement and Creed

  • USA THE CATHOLIC STUDENT CENTER at Washington University is a house of Catholic formation and a community of hospitality to students of all faiths. The Catholic Student Center strives - through education, service, and a worshipping community that seeks to know and become Christ - to form students intellectually, morally, socially, and spiritually according to the wisdom of the Catholic Church, so that they become active participants in parish life and moral and spiritual leaders in Church and society for the 21st century.

  • ESP EL CENTRO DE ESTUDIANTES CATÓLICOS en la Universidad de Washington es una casa de formación católica y una comunidad de hospitalidad para los estudiantes de todas las religiones. El Centro de Estudiantes Católicos se esfuerza - a través de la educación, el servicio, y la adoración de una comunidad que busca conocer y convertirse en Cristo - para formar a los estudiantes intelectualmente, moralmente, socialmente y espiritualmente, según la sabiduría de la Iglesia Católica, para que se conviertan en participantes activos en la vida parroquial y líderes morales y espirituales en la Iglesia y en la sociedad para el siglo 21.

  • CHN 华盛顿大学天主教学生中心是由天主教信仰凝聚起来的团体。 我们热烈欢迎来自五湖四海，各种文化与信仰的同学和朋友。天主教学生中心是一个渴望通过教育，服务，和祈祷来了解和成为基督的团体。 我们根据天主教教会的智慧，培养学生的智力，道德，社交的能力，使他们成为积极参与教区生活，成为教会和社会的道德精神领袖。

  • KOR 워싱턴 대학의 "카톨릭 학생 센터"는 카톨릭 지역사회의 집과 모든 종교의 학생들을 위한 친절한 환대의 커뮤니티입니다. "카톨릭 학생 센터"는 교육,서비스,그리고 신앙 커뮤니티를 통하여 그리스도를 알게하고, 그리스도 신자가 되게하는 방법을 찾는 것을 노력하고 있습니다. 카톨릭 교회의 지혜를 통해서, 학생들을 보다 지적인, 도덕적인, 사회적인, 정신적인 구성원으로 만들며, 그들을 적극적인 교구 참가자가 되게하고, 21세기 사회와 교회에 도적적이고, 영적인 지도자가 될수 있도록 합니다.

  • FRA Le Centre Catholique pour les Étudiants à Washington University in St. Louis est une maison de formation catholique ainsi qu'une communauté dédiée à l'hospitalité envers les étudiants de toute confession religieuse. En se concentrant sur l'éducation, le service et l'adoration collective de Dieu, le Centre se consacre à guider intellectuellement, moralement, socialement et spirituellement les étudiants, afin qu'ils deviennent des membres actifs de leurs paroisses et pour qu'ils s'engagent dans la domaine moral et spirituel de l'Église et de la société du XXIème siècle.

  • KEN / Swahili Swahili: Not posted yet.

  • VA/LT COMMUNITAS SCHOLASTICA CATHOLICA Washingtonianae Universitatis est domus institutionis Catholicae et societas hospitalitatis discipulis fidium omnium. Quae Communitas Scholastica Catholica nititur--per educationem, ministerium, et cultus societatem quae tendit scire et factam esse Christum--instituere discipulos mente, moribus, societate, spiritu, ex sapientia Catholicae Ecclesiae ut actores in parochiae vita et duces morales et spirituales in Ecclesia et societate pro saeculo uno et vicesimo fiant.

  • Arabic/Lebanon تأسس المركز الكاثوليكي الطلاّبي في جامعة واشنطن بمبادرة كاثوليكية ليكون بيت استضافةٍ يلتقي فيه طلابٌ من كل المعتقدات. من خلال التعليم والخدمة والجماعة العابدة الطامحة إلى معرفة المسيح، يسعى المركز إلى بناء التلامذة فكرياً وأدبياً واجتماعياً بما يتماشى وحكمة الكنيسة الكاثوليكية، كيما يصبحون مشاركين نشيطين في حياة الأبرشية، وقادة روحيين وأدبيين في الكنيسة والمجتمع للقرن الحادي والعشرين القرن 21.