Mission
The Newman Catholic Center empowers college students to form authentic Christian community, celebrate the diverse expressions of their Catholic faith, and discern their vocation as disciples of Jesus for the Church and the world. We seek to embrace the call of discipleship and journey in faith together through servant leadership.
Student Leaders are essential to this mission. They work as a volunteer team to support the Director and Program Coordinator in serving the students of Sacramento State and surrounding colleges through service, accompaniment, and personal witness to the love of Christ.
Student Leaders are essential to this mission. They work as a volunteer team to support the Director and Program Coordinator in serving the students of Sacramento State and surrounding colleges through service, accompaniment, and personal witness to the love of Christ.
General Expectations and Responsibilities
- Grow in friendship, faith, and servant leadership
- Be an example of welcoming, belonging, and fellowship
- Attend all Council meetings, formation, and training opportunities
- Council Meeting: Sundays 12pm-2pm
- Formation: Once a month Sunday 12pm-4pm
- Training: Summer August 28-30 Winter January 15-17
- All Newman Leadership Retreat: September 18-20
- Be present and participate at Sunday Student Mass
- Student Mass: Sundays 6:30pm
- Participate in outreach activities eg. on campus tabling, fundraising, general outreach
- Empower students to serve and lead
- Work in conjunction with other student leaders to plan and organize events
- Academics
- Must be a currently enrolled student in good academic standing. Exceptions at the discretion of the Director
- Supervision
- As a Council Member, you will report to the Director and Program Coordinator
- Commitment
- The term is one full academic year
- Average 5-10 hours per week (hours may vary according to the time of the year and team responsibilities)
Areas of Responsibility and Focus
Liturgy Team
Provide opportunities for others to grow in faith through worship and the Sacraments
- Support the Director, Program Coordinator, and Newman Chaplain Fr. Adam in planning and coordinating liturgical services
- Recruit, train, and support liturgical ministers
- Beautification of Sanctuary in accordance to Liturgical Season
- Coordinate Sunday Student Masses, On- campus Masses, and special liturgies
- Retreat Masses
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Ash Wednesday, Easter, Baccalaureate Mass
- Coordinate monthly Adoration and reconciliation services
- Support other Council Members in their ministerial areas of focus
Spirituality & Program Development Team
Provide opportunities for others to grow in faith through prayer, intellectual formation, and retreats
- Promote personal and community prayer amongst students
- Support the Director and Program Coordinator in planning and executing Wednesday Newman Night & Fellowship Nights in conjunction with other Student Leaders
- Set-up, programming, and clean-up (environment, speaker series, etc.)
- Growth & Outreach Strategies
- Support the Director and Program Coordinator in planning and executing student retreats (Fall & College Summit)
- Support Tuesday Freshmen Fellowship Nights as needed
- Support other Council Members in their ministerial areas of focus
Christian Community Life Team
Provide opportunities for other to have fellowship, grow in friendship, and foster a welcoming culture of belonging.
- Be the lead example of welcoming and community belonging at Newman events
- Support the Director and Program Coordinator in planning and executing Tuesday Freshmen Fellowship Nights
- Set-up, programming, and clean-up (social events, outreach, etc.)
- Growth & Outreach Strategies
- Support the Director and Program Coordinator in planning and executing large-scale community building events (welcome week, monthly socials, Friendsgiving, Christmas, etc)
- Support Wednesday Newman Night & Fellowship Nights as needed
- Support other Council Members in their ministerial areas of focus
Service & Social Justice Team
Provide service opportunities and support the local community, especially the poor and marginalized.
- Coordinate ongoing support for college students through maintaining and expanding the Newman Student Pantry
- Support the Director and Program Coordinator in the development of annual educational/advocacy events for the Newman community (canned food drive, blankets for the homeless, volunteer outreach, etc)
- Promote community outreach and service opportunities, especially collaboration with other college student organizations.
- Connect and outreach to surrounding Parishes for collaboration and support of student advocacy and service opportunities
- Support other Council Members in their ministerial areas of focus
Communications Team
Promote and publicize the mission of the Newman Center and Newman events.
- Design and distribute promotional materials
- Support the Director and Program Coordinator in promoting program nights and outreach events for Newman Night and Fellowships
- Organize students to take photos and videos of events and maintain Media files
- photography and editing (pictures and video)
- Maintain community relations through mailings to parishioners and Newman supporters
- Support other Council Members in their ministerial areas of focus