Ministry Community – SU Catholic Center | Our Lady of the Angels Province

A few months ago, we share a September 30, 2022 post on the Catholic Campus Ministry at Syracuse University, when Fr. Gerry was joined at the “Thursday Night Dinner” by visiting confrere~Br. Tim Blanchard, OFM Conv., who serves in the Office of Institutional Advancement our St. Francis High School, in Athol Springs, NY, as well as several of our FrancisCorps ministry’s volunteers.

This month, Fr. Gerry (middle) was joined by two more confreres, Br. Jim Moore, OFM Conv. (at left), who serves as Guardian of their St. Francis Friary and as Chaplain of the Franciscan Place Chapel & Gift Shop at Destiny USA, & Fr. Stephen Frenier, OFM Conv. (at right), who also resides in the same friary, along with five more friars, serving in the Syracuse area.

In addition to celebrating Mass and facilitating the sacraments for the Catholic community at SU, Fr. Gerry Waterman, OFM Conv. and the Catholic Center provides many opportunities for enrichment and service, such as the weekly “Thursday Night Dinners,” when the students and greater community gather for Mass (above), free dinner & dessert, and fellowship. On the last Thursday of each month, the evening concludes with a Service Initiative, such as making sandwiches for the clients served by Assumption Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen (an outreach of our Syracuse, NY pastoral ministry – Assumption Church) and by the Samaritan Center on W State Street, in Syracuse. This month, the Sandwich Ministry (below) took place on the 3rd Thursday, since the last Thursday in November is Thanksgiving in the USA.

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Ministry Community – SU Catholic Center

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