Newman Catholic Center members to assist in Kentucky
Bailey Sharpmack, Contributing Writer
March 10, 2020
Members of the Newman Catholic Center are taking their annual Alternative Spring Break trip to help others through community service. Since 1993, the Alternative Spring Break trip has been used as a way to serve communities around the country by working with children in group homes, assisting people...
Letter to the editor: DEN’s communion wafers correction unsatisfactory
Ryan McDaniel
March 2, 2020
This letter was sent by Ryan McDaniel, an instructor in the School of Communication & Journalism and a Catholic priest serving at the Newman Catholic Center. On Feb. 28, The DEN expressed regret for misidentifying what it called “crackers” being distributed at a Catholic Mass for Ash Wednesday. ...
FEATURE PHOTO: Ash Wednesday
Elizabeth Wood, Photo Editor
February 27, 2020
Maddie Harvey, a sophomore mathematics major, gives out wine during the Ash Wednesday service in the Newman Center during the noon service. Harvey said she is giving up spending money on herself for lent. “If I spend money, it has to be for other people or for a good cause,” she said....
40 students to spend spring break giving back
Maria Ruettiger
March 7, 2019
Spring break starts March 11, and this is usually a time for people to take a break from school and enjoy their free time. However, the Newman Catholic Center has “alternative” spring break plans that involve helping others. Doris Nordin, campus minister at the Newman Catholic Center, said Alternative Spring B...
Club spreads awareness, gives back to Haiti
BreAnna Celestin, Contributing Writer
March 6, 2019
The Haiti Connections Club, founded in 1989, has taken Eastern students to Haiti to help people twice every year. The organization, supported by the Newman Catholic Center, has 10 to 12 students in it as of now. The purpose of the club is to help spread awareness and give back to the community. T...
After School Program helping kids learn, improve behavior, have fun
Elizabeth Wood, Staff Reporter
January 28, 2019
At the end of school days, kids from the Charleston area head over to the Newman Center for the After School Program. For the first few weeks, tutors and kids alike gather in a circle to introduce themselves, the person next to them and one thing they like. Amber Salutric, a junior with a double ma...
Food pantry helps with food insecurity on campus
Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter
October 22, 2018
The Newman Food Pantry will be open more hours each week thanks to a partnership with The Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteerism. According to research studies performed by professor Michael Gillespie, nearly 40 percent of Eastern’s students identified as risk factors for food insecurity. ...
Alternative Spring Break allows students to give back over break
Andrew Paisley, Campus Reporter
January 12, 2018
For the last 25 years, the Newman Catholic Center has offered Alternative Spring Break at Eastern, a set of mission trips designed for students to help out in different communities instead of going home for spring break. This year, the tentative dates for the mission trips are March 11 to March 17. “The...
Local churches respond to Brother Jed
T'Nerra Butler, Multicultural Editor
October 12, 2015
As a man goes from state to state in order to express his thoughts to students of America, ministries around Eastern’s campus try to stay level-headed about his expressive evangelization. Brother George Edward “Jed” Smock Jr. is an Evangelist spreading the word of God by talking publically. Brother...
Newman Catholic Center to host annual Oktoberfest
Oscar Correa, Staff Reporter
September 14, 2014
Community members will be able to participate in several games with live music filling the air of the Newman Catholic Center grounds for their fourth annual St. Hedwig’s Oktoberfest Sept. 21 from noon to 5 p.m. Roy Lanham, the president of St. Hedwig House of Hospitality, said at this year’s Oktoberfest,...
