Newman Center Hours!

Sunday:          12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Monday:           7 a.m. – 5 p.m.               
Tuesday:        10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Wednesday:   10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Thursday:         7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday:              9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
 

Join us for Stations of the Cross at 3:00 pm each Friday in the TCU Catholic Newman Center.  

The Stations of the Cross are a 14-step Catholic devotion that commemorates Jesus Christ's last day on Earth as a man. The 14 devotions, or stations, focus on specific events of His last day, beginning with His condemnation. The stations are commonly used as a mini pilgrimage as the individual moves from station to station. At each station, the individual recalls and meditates on a specific event from Christ's last day. Specific prayers are recited, then the individual moves to the next station until all 14 are complete.

The Stations of the Cross are commonly found in churches as a series of 14 small icons or images. They can also appear in church yards arranged along paths. The stations are most commonly prayed during Lent on Wednesdays and Fridays, and especially on Good Friday, the day of the year upon which the events actually occurred.

Spiritual growth is about deepening the relationship with Jesus Christ.  Prayer is the intimate conversation with God where we epxress our praise and adoration for Him, admit our contrition for straying from the path to holiness, offer thanksgiving for the blessings in our lives, and present our supplicaitons for the needs of the world.

 

Man is in search of God. In the act of creation, God calls every being from nothingness into existence. "Crowned with glory and honor," man is, after the angels, capable of acknowledging "how majestic is the name of the Lord in all the earth."  Even after losing through his sin his likeness to God, man remains an image of his Creator, and retains the desire for the one who calls him into existence. All religions bear witness to men's essential search for God.  (CCC 2566)