Catholic Student Center at Washington University in St. Louis

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Catholic Student Union

Catholic Student Union (CSU) is the student government for undergraduates that provides programming to foster student participation and growth in line with the mission of the Catholic Student Center and the Catholic Church. Executive board members are elected in late April or early May for the following school year. All chairs are assisted by committees composed of other undergraduates. Specific goals of CSU include:

  • Increasing awareness on campus of Catholic beliefs through dialogue & interfaith activities
  • Foster student leadership by providing students with the necessary tools, skills, & opportunities needed to be successful as student leaders
  • Assist students in exploring & deepening their faith
  • Provide opportunities for students to interact socially with their peers to form lasting friendships & communities
  • Encourage students to improve the university, St. Louis, & national communities by raising awareness of social justice issues through service opportunities

Past events sponsored by CSU include:

  • Party in the Park - Evening of food, fun, & music in Forest Park World's Fair Pavilion
  • Give Thanks, Give Back - Raising money to purchase Christmas presents for a needy family of eight
  • Weekly Bible Studies, Rosary, and Praise & Adoration
  • Dollar Dinner - Home-cooked meal for a buck during reading week
  • Lenten Reflection Booklet - Compiling student-written reflections based on daily readings for Lent
  • Kickball after 9 PM Mass
  • Retreats - Including Awakening & Growth and Twilight Retreats

If you'd like to find out more about Catholic Student Union, please email csu@washucsc.org.

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.