Pray, Eat Party...Still On...

Thanks to those who came to Sex and the Soul last night.

Tonight: Come pray with praise and worship music in the chapel and eat some pasta afterwards.

Perhaps you'll hear something like this:

Sex and the Soul FEB 24@6PM in Allen Hall!

Donna Freitas the author of the acclaimed book Sex and the Soul comes to Buffalo on Wednesday Feb 24 for a candid discussion on sexuality.

Dr. Freitas’s book is essentially a listening session for people who wish to be a fly on the wall on American college campuses to hear what young people are doing sexually and moreover, how they find the “hook-up” culture wanting despite that being the sexual norm on most campuses.

Freitas also gives great insights on Evangelical campuses which have the polar opposite environment. Purity is the yardstick there. Women hope to get the “ring by spring” and their world revolves around finding a husband and keeping themselves pure for him lest, she be deemed unworthy.

Freitas criticizes much of the sexual landscape as being derogatory to women, especially the theme parties found on campuses like “CEO bros and Office hos” where men dress like executives and women like their seductive secretaries. Yikes!

Freitas’ bottom line is that young people tire of this environment and find the whole thing wanting. That was expressed to me by some of my college interns at BustedHalo®. One young man in particular noted that “The girls dress to the max just to go to a bar. While the guys get to ogle them and the bottom line is that none of us can just relax and chill together. Sex is always the bottom line.”

The lecture for those in the area is at 6PM on Wed the 24th in Allen Hall on the South Campus of the University at Buffalo.

Ash Wednesday

Join us for Ash Wednesday mass on Campus in Diefendorf 148 at noon or later on at St Joseph University Parish at 7PM.

Hope to see you there.

Pray, Eat, Party: Resumes This Thursday

This Thursday we'll resume our Pray, Eat, Party gathering with an evening of Catholic Trivia by playing the online game (that Mike designed) called Dante's Trivia Inferno. Climb out of hell and up the elevator floors to heaven by answering a series of 3 questions in a row. Get one wrong and you head down one floor. Get one wrong on the first floor and you enter the fiery pits of hell and you have to start all over again.

A free ravioli dinner is served and we'll head out to Starbucks afterwards to continue socializing.

So bring a friend and join us for an addicting game.

@the St Joseph's Parish Center dining room. (3269 Main Street--adjacent to South Campus). Evening starts at 6PM.

Pray, Eat, Party: Postponed...but no worries...

Join us on the North Campus for an informational night on our alternative spring break trip. Come and find out all you need to know to attend the trip in NEW YORK CITY.

Thursday Night at the brand spanking new Newman Center @6PM. Free food and information on the trip which includes the Mike Hayes "poor man's tour of NYC" and a tour of the facilities at Sirius Satellite Radio's Catholic Channel. Plus a week long of service with Covenant House, Mercy Center, Midnight Subway Runs and a whole lot more.

Thursday Night@ 6PM: Pray, Eat, Party

Join us for our first installment of Pray, Eat, Party: a Thursday evening, social event with students exploring faith.

Our first evening will include:

A free and simple pasta supper
A discussion of what Catholics have called discernment, a method of decision making for each of us in our everyday life.
We'll end the meeting with a trip to Starbucks for socializing.

Here's all the information you'll need:

PRAY EAT PARTY

DAY AND TIME: 6PM on Thursday, Jan 28

PLACE: Parish Center Library (enter through the door to the left of the community room doors)

Need more information: mike.hayes@stjosephbuffalo.com

Thanks to All

Our after-mass icebreaker was a great success! Lots of people enjoyed an opportunity to get to know one another, including a lot of new faces and a great diversity of people.

We'll have another opportunity next month for some more intentional faith building.

Thanks especially to our student-leaders and most especially to Karena Johnson who organized the event.