RooCatholic will be hosting its annual Ash Wednesday Mass in the Jean Hower Taber Student Union, Gardner Theatre on March 5, at 5:30 p.m. This year's celebrant is Father Eric Garris from the Diocese of Cleveland. Afterwards, there will be a pizza social for all students in attendance. Come to start off the Lenten season together in community with other University of Akron students.
On February 5th, before last night’s Newman Night, we got our new sign put up on the Newman Center! Go check it out when you head on over for our future events. Thank you to our Communications Chair, Ilona Kitchen, for designing the poster.
Meet Christa Alaburda, our new full-time Campus Minister, for the RooCatholic Newman Center community! Christa comes to us from the corporate world, with 15 years of business and marketing experience, but felt called to dive deeper into ministry, after spending many years in service and volunteer work with young people. She is excited about meeting all the students at Akron and walking with them in their faith and life journeys.
Christa enjoys spending time with family and friends, running, being outdoors, traveling, volunteering, and serving the underprivileged in the community. She holds an MBA, and is currently pursuing a Master's in Theology at St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology in Cleveland.