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About the Newman Center

Helping You Grow Socially and Spiritually
Social Activities
What separates college life from the life of a monk? A completely different social scene! We believe that social growth is an important aspect in the spiritual growth of a Christian. Therefore we plan a variety of social activities every week of the school year. Whether it is a Pizza night, a Karaoke fest, or a Mardis Gras Dance, the Newman Center Peer Ministery Team works hard to schedule events that provide relief from long hours of studying and help introduce you to your peers.

Spiritual Activities
The St. Philip Neri Newman Center was founded to help students to grow in their faith and understanding of the Roman Catholic Church. To fulfill this most important need, the Newman Center provides several spiritual activities throughout the week.

Sunday Mass is offered year-round at 8:00pm.  During the school year, smaller more student-oriented Masses are offered at 9:30pm Wednesday nights and at 12:05pm Friday afternoons.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available on Sundays before Mass and by appointment. Student-led rosaries are offered on Monday and Wednesday nights at 9:30pm.

Educational opportunities include the Catholic Faith Series of courses, which explain the teachings of the Catholic Church, and the Social Justice/Guatemala Immersion Program, a nationally recognized program that highlights the Church's teaching on social justice. 

If all of this wasn't enough, various other service opportunities and spiritual events are organized by the Peer Ministery Team. If you have an idea for a spiritual activity you would like to do at the Newman Center,tell us about it!

A Catholic Community with a Campus Impact
Many members of the Newman Center are as close to one another as you might find in a fraternity or sorority. Whatever their level of participation, Newman Center students can experience the fellowship of a close-knit student organization without a heavy commitment of time or money.

An Impact on Campus
Newman Center students are actively involved in all aspects of campus life, including TU’s Homecoming, service opportunities such as Red Cross blood-drives, the American Cancer Society Relay for Life, TU Ambassadors, New Student Orientation, fraternities and sororities, and many other campus organizations.

An Impact in the Tulsa Community
More and more, Newman Center community service activities give students a chance to be involved in the greater Tulsa community. Projects include serving meals at the Day Center for the Homeless, providing manpower for the Community Food Bank, working as mentors at the Kendall-Whittier after school program or working with the San Miguel School for at-risk kids.

Intramural Teams
The Newman Center participates (and often excels!) in many of the intramural sports offered at the University of Tulsa. Each year, Newman students participate in flag football, ultimate Frisbee, basketball, volleyball and other sports.

Giving Back to the Tulsa Catholic Community
We Have Much to be Thankful For
The Newman Center would not be successful without generous support from the Diocese of Tulsa and the surrounding Catholic community and foundations. In an effort to show our gratitude, our retreat programs give us a way to give something back to our many supporters.

Confirmation Retreat
Each school year, the Newman Center offers Confirmation Retreats for area high school students preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation. One of the largest such programs in the State of Oklahoma, over 100 confirmands participate each year.

Exalt and Rejoice in the Spirit (ERiS) Youth Rally
Each spring, local college students work together to present a youth rally for area junior high school students. The ERiS rally is a daylong retreat for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. It seeks to expose students to a different and lively experience of their faith.

Join the Newman Center. See the World!
Catholic Faith Series
The Catholic Faith Series is a nationally recognized educational program offered by the Newman Center. The content of the series operates on a new three-year curriculum.

Year 1: Foundations of Faith (2006-2007)
Year 2: Sacraments and the Moral Life (2007-2008)
Year 3: Catholic Spirituality (2008-2009)

Meeting on Tuesday nights throughout the academic year, students have an opportunity to deepen their understanding of their Christian faith and seek a deeper spiritual understanding. Students participating in this program earn scholarship credits toward each year's immersion experience in May.

The immersion experience for 2006-2007 will be a Pilgrimage to Rome.

Social Justice/Guatemala Immersion Program
During the spring semester, interested students gather to study the Church's teaching on social justice. Meeting for six weeks beginning in January, they prepare themselves for a service immersion experience to Central America over Spring Break.

Participants in the classes earn scholarship credit to cover a portion of the trip expenses. In March, during Spring Break, students and staff will be traveling to the Lake Atitlán region in western Guatemala. For more information, contact the Newman Center or click here.

Newman Center Benefits!
Need a place to study, pray, relax or just hang out? A "home away from home"? A faith community? Check out what the Newman Center has to offer. Everyone is welcome!

Why Just Tell You About It? We'll Show You!
The Newman Center Student Activities Gallery
The Newman Center is a fun community, even outside the walls of the building itself. Here is an activities gallery with the fun and faces of the Newman Center. Check it out for yourself.

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A Virtual Tour of the Newman Center
Its hard to enjoy yourself in an unfamiliar surrounding. See what the Newman Center is like in this virtual tour.

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Visiting? Why Not Stop By?
If you are a prospective student to the University of Tulsa and will be making an on-campus visit, why not also visit the Newman Center? We will provide a tour of the building as well as answer any questions you may have about the Newman Center community. When setting up your campus tour, be sure to ask to see the Newman Center.

Not Already a Member? Register Now!
Registering with the Newman Center is simple and easy! You have three choices: come by and pick up an application, download a printable registration form or, if you’re a TU student, email us an online registration form.

Registration is open to college students from the Tulsa area, or college-age (18-26 yrs old) students who attend one of the local colleges, universities, technical schools, or professional academies.

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