Centered on Christ – More Info

We are committed to welcoming everyone who enters the Catholic Student Center with hospitality. Our staff and student leaders excel at this. Our building does not. It’s cold, dark, damp, outdated and not ADA accessible.

THE NEW CATHOLIC STUDENT CENTER

CAMPAIGN GOAL: $3.5 MILLION

The Catholic Student Center stands on the frontline in ministering to students who face a gauntlet of life challenges today.

Since the Catholic Student Center building opened in 1965, countless college students have walked through our doors. Between 2000-2018 alone, over 20,000 students, have come to the Catholic Student Center for Mass, Wednesday Night Dinner, retreats, bible studies, service projects, spiritual direction and more.

The New Catholic Student Center will finally deliver suitable space designed with our students spiritual, service and social needs in mind. Students will be comfortable in new climate-controlled rooms, filled with natural light and improved ADA accessibility will allow differently-abled students to freely maneuver throughout the building. The expansion will accommodate 300+ students in the Barney Room, doubling the current seating for our popular Wednesday Night Mass and Dinner, plus provide convenient overflow space for 100+ more students.

In the vision of Fr. Rob, Catholic students remain “Centered on Christ.” The hallmark of this project is a Eucharistic Adoration chapel in the center of the new building. As students enter the building, their eyes will be drawn toward the Eucharistic Adoration chapel – a place of intimate personal encounter with Jesus Christ to experience God’s grace and love.

ENDOWING THE PROMISE

CAMPAIGN GOAL: $5 MILLION

A goal of $5 million has been established to help secure the critical day to day campus ministry and provide new funds to boldly expand the ministry. Once fully funded, the endowment will generate $200,000 annually to staff, counsel, gather, build up and equip University of Maryland Students for leadership in their faith, in their families, in their communities, and in their world. The collective impact will be immeasurable.