Calendar of Events

In celebration of the opening of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit 
      (All events are at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit unless otherwise indicated.)

Dedication Week:

Sunday, Sept. 27

• Inaugural Student Mass, 8pm

Monday, Sept. 28

• Morning Prayer, 8:45 am (Chapel of the Nativity)
• Daily Mass, Noon (Chapel of the Nativity)

Tuesday, Sept. 29

• Daily Mass, Noon (Chapel of the Nativity)
• Vespers Service, 4pm

Wednesday, Sept. 30

• Morning Prayer, 8:45 am (Chapel of the Nativity)
• University Mass, Mass of the Holy Spirit, 2pm

Thursday, Oct. 1

• Daily Mass, Noon (Chapel of the Nativity)
• Orthodox Akathist Prayer, St. Vladimir’s Choir, 4pm

Friday, Oct. 2

• Morning Prayer (Chapel of the Nativity)
• Daily Mass, Noon (Chapel of the Nativity)

Sunday, Oct. 4

• Alumni Mass, 10am

Dedication Year Events:

October

• Oct. 18: Family Weekend Mass, 9am & 10:30am
• Oct. 18: Family Weekend Concert, 1pm

November

• Nov. 1:   All Saints Day, Mass, 8pm
• Nov. 2:   All Souls Day, Mass, Noon
• Nov. 2:  Lecture by John O’Malley SJ, What Happened at Vatican II, 3:30pm, University Commons (Sponsored by the Office of the President, and The Human Journey)
• Nov. 7:  Homecoming Tours of Chapel
• Nov. 15:  Alumni Mass of Remembrance, 4:30pm
• Nov. 16:  20th  Anniversary of Slain Jesuits in El Salvador, Memorial Mass, Noon

December

• Dec 2:  Knights of Columbus Mass, to be celebrated by Bishop William E. Lori, 7pm (Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Connecticut College Council Program)
• Dec. 5:  Advent Vespers, 4pm
• Dec. 6:  Annual Winter Concert
• Dec. 8:  Feast of Immaculate Conception, Mass, Noon
• Dec. 9:  Lecture by Archbishop Demetrios, St. Paul:  Apostle of Joy, 2pm (Sponsored by The Human Journey and The Cardinal Spidlik Center for Ecumenical Understanding)
• Dec. 11 (12):  Feast of Guadalupe, Mass, Noon
• Dec. 12:  Candlelight Procession and Service of Lessons & Carols, 4pm
• Dec. 16:  New Haven Symphony Orchestra presents Handel’s Messiah, 7pm
• Dec. 19:  Advent Vespers, 4pm

February

• Feb. 2:  Presentation of the Lord/Blessing of Candles, Mass, Noon
• Feb. 3:  Saint Blaise/Blessing of Throats, Mass, Noon
• Feb. 3:  Lecture by Dr. Evelyn M. Cohen, Art as Mirror of the Jewish-Christian Encounter, 2pm (Sponsored by The Human Journey, CCTEC, and CCJU)
• Feb. 11:  Our Lady of Lourdes/World  Day of the Sick, Mass, Noon
• Feb. 14:  World Marriage Day, Mass, Noon
• Feb. 17:  Ash Wednesday, Noon

March

• Mar. 1:  Lecture by Patrick Kelly, S.J., Sports and the Spiritual Life, 7pm (Sponsored by SHU Athletic Department, The Human Journey, and CCTEC)
• Mar. 7:  Communion Breakfast and Mass with Bishop Lori, 9am (Sponsored by the Isabelle Farrington School of Education and Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice, Fairfield County)
• Mar. 17:  Founders Day Mass, 2pm
• Mar. 19:  St. Joseph’s Day, Mass, Noon
• Mar. 19:  Stations: A Lenten Concert of Sacred Song, 7:30pm
• Mar. 24:  Fr. David Tracy to Receive Inaugural SHU Medal, 7:30pm (Schine Auditorium)
• Mar. 25:  Annunciation of the Lord, Mass, Noon
• Mar. 25:  'An Evening With Mary' (Vespers and reflection on the mosaics), 7pm
• Mar. 28:  Palm Sunday, Mass, 8pm

April

• Apr. 1, 2 & 3: Triduum Liturgies with Fr. Bill Sangiovanni, 7:30pm
• Apr. 4:  Easter Mass, 10:30am
• Apr. 11:  Divine Mercy Sunday, Mass, 8pm
• Apr. 14:  Special Academic Convocation with Father Jan Michael Joncas, 2pm
• Apr. 14:  Vespers/Lecture/Compline with Father Jan Michael Joncas, 7pm
• Apr. 15:  Workshop for Professional Musicians with Father Michael Joncas, 10am-2pm (Pitt Boardroom)

May

• May 5:  St. Joseph the Worker, Prayer Service, 2pm
• May 13:  Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, Mass, Noon
• May 15:  Graduate Commencement Mass, 11am
• May 15:  Undergraduate Commencement Mass, 5pm