Office Events:
Spring Break Service Trip Information Meetings
Are you interested in going on one of this spring’s service trips through the Creighton Center for Service and Justice? Come join us at one of our two information meetings to find out more about these trips and the application process. Applications are due November 28th at 4 pm (all parts of the application, including forms and payment MUST be turned in by the deadline). Scholarship applications are due November 22. The information meetings will be held Monday, November 21 at 9 pm in the Harper Center Ballroom, and Tuesday, November 22 at noon in the CCSJ (Harper 2067). Check out our website for more details http://blogs.creighton.edu/ccsj.
Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) Representative in the CCSJ
Alyssa Gerber from the Jesuit Volunteer Corps will be available from 11:00am-2:00pm Monday and Tuesday, November 21 and 22 in the Creighton Center for Service and Justice. No appointment is necessary. Anyone interested in volunteering after graduation is encouraged to stop by to talk with Alyssa. For more information, contact Alyssa Gerber, JVC Central Recruiter, centralrecruiter@jesuitvolunteers.org, or Ken Reed Bouley in the CCSJ at krb@creighton.edu.
Events this week:
Solidarity Lecture Series “Haiti After the Earthquake: A Personal Report”
El Salvadoran Martyr’s Memorial
Intercultural Expo
Green Bag Lunch and Learn: Green Transportation
CCSJ Ignatian Advocacy Groups General Meeting
Clean Solutions for Omaha Public Meeting
Living United to the Heart of Christ: An On-Campus Retreat
Spanish/English Dictionary Drive
Precious Memories Thanksgiving Dinner
Urban Abbey Coffee Shop Needs Volunteer Baristas
Campus Kitchen Volunteers Needed
Transition Omaha Sustainability Meeting
Spring Break Service Trips Info Meeting (Monday)
JVC Representative in the CCSJ (Monday)
Borgen Project Information Meeting
Spring Break Service Trips Info Meeting (Tuesday)
JVC Representative in the CCSJ (Tuesday)
Events More than One Week Away:
Creighton Christmas Cookie Cafe
Wednesday, November 16
Solidarity Lecture Series “Haiti After the Earthquake: A Personal Report”
Dr. Roger Bergman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Director of the Justice & Peace Studies Program. He will be sharing an overview of Haitian history and the highlights of his trip to Haiti with Fonkoze, Haiti’s Bank of the Poor, during the last week of September, 20 months after the earthquake. This will be his fourth trip to Haiti, but first since 1998. This event will take place from 5:30-6:30 in the Skutt Student Center Room 105. This event is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. For more information, please contact Luz Colon-Rodriguez at lrodriguez@creighton.edu.
El Salvadoran Martyr’s Memorial
The Creighton community will commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the Salvadoran martyrs with a display on Wednesday, November 16th, on the steps of St. John’s Church from 8 am-7 pm.
This is done in memory of the 6 Jesuits and their housekeeper and her daughter, who were killed by members of the Salvadoran military at the Universidad Centroamericana (UCS) during a period of political and civil unrest. The CCSJ invites the community to pray and reflect about the lives and legacies of these martyrs.
Intercultural Expo
This event is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Multicultural Advisory Council. Join Creighton University cultural organizations as they share and present to you ethnic cuisines, entertainment, and much more. Stop by the expo for a great lunch, and JayBucks will be accepted. For more information, please contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 402-280-2459 or at http://oma.creighton.edu.
Thursday, November 17
Green Bag Lunch and Learn: Green Transportation
This Lunch and Learn Event will have a focus on Green Transportation, and features a conversation with Matt Martin, Executive Director of the Community Bike Project, and Daniel Lawse, Creighton Graduate and Coordinator of Sustainable Practices at Metro Community College. “Green transportation” refers to sustainable ways of movement with a low impact on the environment. Walking, biking, public transit, and other forms of sustainable transportation reduce carbon emissions, promote community involvement, reduce economic costs, and encourage healthier lifestyles. Learn what members of the Omaha community are doing to make public transportation more accessible, biking more common, and state policies in support of cleaner air. Join the CCSJ from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Harper Center (room 2067). Bring a simple lunch if you’d like. Drinks and dessert (fresh fruit & 7-Layer Bars) will be provided. This event is sponsored by Facilities Management, the Creighton Center for Service and Justice, and the Creighton Sustainability Council. For more information, please contact Ken Reed-Bouley at krb@creighton.edu.
CCSJ Ignatian Advocacy Groups General Meeting
The first general meeting for the CCSJ Ignatian Advocacy Groups will be held Thursday, November 17th at 7 pm in the CCSJ. Learn about advocacy, how to do advocacy, and have the chance to become an Ignatian Student Advocate. Contact Will Rutt at williamrutt@creighton.edu with any questions.
Clean Solutions for Omaha Public Meeting
This is a combined meeting between the Clean Solutions for Omaha Paxton Boulevard Project and the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Public Property. The discussion will be centered around maximizing Fontenelle Park as both a possible green solution for the CSO project, as well as exploring new recreational uses and ideas for Fontenelle Park’s Master Plan. This meeting will take place from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Fontenelle Park Pavilion, at 4401 Fontenelle Boulevard.
Friday, November 18
Living United to the Heart of Christ: An On-Campus Retreat
This on-campus retreat will be offered by three young Jesuits from Creighton University and Creighton Prep. We will get together for a talk as well as quiet adoration and confessions on Friday night, and then get back together Saturday morning for more talks on prayer in daily life and some quiet time with the Lord. Conclusion of this retreat is mass on Saturday at 4 pm. The retreat will focus on getting to know our true selves in light of the love of Christ offered through his Sacred Heart. We will suggest ways of praying that help us in spiritual struggles in real, ordinary life. The retreat is for spiritual development and will include some discernment about God’s call. For more information, or to RSVP for the retreat, please email Chris Collins at ccollinssj@gmail.com.
Spanish/English Dictionary Drive
Donate Spanish/English dictionaries to be used for ESL classes at Pixan Ixim. There is a box in the CCSJ, Harper Room 2067. Pixan Ixim is a Guatemalan community in South Omaha that offers adult education classes on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Many students are in need of dictionaries to help with learning English. For more information, please contact Melissa Hollabaugh at MelissaHollabaugh@creighton.edu.
Saturday, November 19
Precious Memories Thanksgiving Dinner
Annually, Creighton’s Freshman Leadership Program presents a Thanksgiving Dinner for the Creighton community. All proceeds benefit the child care facility, Precious Memories, which cares for many children of low socioeconomic status families. Grandma Verna, the woman who owns the facility takes these children in and pays for many of the necessities for these kids out of her own pocket.
Doors open for this Thanksgiving dinner at 5:30, and dinner will be served at 6 pm in Lower St. John’s. Cost is $10, and all proceeds benefit Precious Memories Daycare. Tickets will be sold on the mall this week from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. For more information, please contact Hunter Allen or Ryan Ehrman at hunterallen@creighton.edu or ryanehrman@creighton.edu.
Urban Abbey Coffee Shop Needs Volunteer Baristas
A new, non-profit coffee shop has opened downtown in the Old Market as a project with the first United Methodist Church. Urban Abbey is a volunteer-run coffee shop which seeks to provide a space for community, conversation, social justice, faith, and interaction in Omaha. Urban Abbey is looking for volunteer baristas as well as for community partners to hold meetings, events, and discussions at the coffee shop. For more information, please contact Jacqueline McLane, jacqueline.mclane@fumcomaha.org.
Campus Kitchen Volunteers Needed
Campus Kitchen, an organization that takes unused food from the dining halls, provides meals to serve senior citizens living near campus to fill gaps in their food security. Additional volunteers are needed this Saturday. Please contact Michaela Behrens for more information at michaelabehrens@creighton.edu.
Sunday, November 20
Transition Omaha Sustainability Meeting
Join Transition Omaha for its monthly meeting with guest presenter Mary A. Ferdig, Ph.D., President of Sustainability Leadership Institute (SLI). SLI is a Vermont-based nonprofit research and development organization seeking to expand awareness and capacity among leaders in business, nonprofit and public sectors who share a commitment to learning, living, and leading in ways that sustain life in their organizations, communities, ecosystems, and planet. Mary teaches the Leadership for Sustainability for the University of Nebraska Omaha. She will share her experience and wisdom as an evolutionary educator on the front lines. This meeting will take place from 2-3:30 pm at the First Unitarian Church of Omaha (3114 Harney St.). For more information, please visit http://www.transitionomaha.org.
Monday, November 21
Spring Break Service Trips Info Meeting (Monday)
Are you interested in going on one of this spring’s service trips through the Creighton Center for Service and Justice? Come join us at one of our two information meetings to find out more about these trips and the application process. Applications are due November 28th at 4 pm (all parts of the application, including forms and payment MUST be turned in by the deadline). Scholarship applications are due November 22. The information meeting will be held at 9 pm in the Harper Center Ballroom. Check out our website for more details http://blogs.creighton.edu/ccsj.
JVC Representative in the CCSJ (Monday)
Alyssa Gerber from the Jesuit Volunteer Corps will be available from 11:00am-2:00pm Monday and Tuesday, November 21 and 22 in the Creighton Center for Service and Justice. No appointment is necessary. Anyone interested in volunteering after graduation is encouraged to stop by to talk with Alyssa. For more information, contact Alyssa Gerber, JVC Central Recruiter, centralrecruiter@jesuitvolunteers.org, or Ken Reed Bouley in the CCSJ at krb@creighton.edu.
Borgen Project Informational Meeting
The Borgen Project is a nonpartisan, secular organization dedicated to bringing attention to global poverty issues through advocacy, mobilization, education, and issue messaging. The belief behind the Borgen project is that the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. On campus, we are hoping to get a group of students and staff together to call congressmen, asking for support on foreign aid and other global issue bills. The information meeting for the Borgen Project will take place in the North Swanson Conference Room at 7:30 pm. For more information, please contact Michelle Skaff at michelleskaff@creighton.edu.
Tuesday, November 22
Spring Break Service Trips Info Meeting (Tuesday)
Are you interested in going on one of this spring’s service trips through the Creighton Center for Service and Justice? Come join us at one of our two information meetings to find out more about these trips and the application process. Applications are due November 28th at 4 pm (all parts of the application, including forms and payment MUST be turned in by the deadline). Scholarship applications are due November 22. The information meeting will be held from noon-1pm in the CCSJ, Harper Room 2067. Check out our website for more details http://blogs.creighton.edu/ccsj.
JVC Recruiter in the CCSJ (Tuesday)
Alyssa Gerber from the Jesuit Volunteer Corps will be available from 11:00am-2:00pm Monday and Tuesday, November 21 and 22 in the Creighton Center for Service and Justice. No appointment is necessary. Anyone interested in volunteering after graduation is encouraged to stop by to talk with Alyssa. For more information, contact Alyssa Gerber, JVC Central Recruiter, centralrecruiter@jesuitvolunteers.org, or Ken Reed Bouley in the CCSJ at krb@creighton.edu.
Upcoming Events:
Creighton Christmas Cookie Cafe
(December 5,6,7, 2011)
Campus Ministry is hosting the Creighton Christmas Cookie Cafe, a benefit for students at our sister school, Sophia University of Tokyo, Japan. Sophia students have lost family members, their homes, their security, etc… during the past year’s earthquake and tsunami. They are now trying to finish their education in the midst of dealing with these personal issues. Fr. Masashi Masuda, S.J., vice president of student and general affairs, has reached out to the Creighton Community to help these students.
This event is an old fashioned cookie exchange with a new twist. Campus Ministry is asking people to donate a dozen of their favorite Christmas cookies on Monday, December 5, and to come purchase cookies December 6-7, 11am-2pm and 4-5pm in Campus Ministry. More information can be found on the Campus Ministry Website at http://www.creighton.edu/ministry/campusministry/ab/christmascookiecafe/index.php.
By Ben Stevinson