Chapter News
Monday, July 11th, 2005: The July calendar is up, only one week late. Points encounters are continuing apace, and will continue for the rest of the summer. We are also planning a retreat for later in the summer, so keep your ears open.
Friday, June 17th, 2005: A lot's happened this year, though we unfortunately have not been using the website. We'll be changing that, and Daniel Bader will be taking over the website full time. We have a number of new members. Santosh D'Souza, Heidi Fritz, Jen and Maeghan Huddart, and Linda Smith were all inducted into the club. We have elected a new executive. Dave Elliot, Daniel Bader and Andrew Chun have been reelected as president, vice-president and communications officer, respectively. Linda Smith has been elected as our new treasurer, Jen Huddart has been elected as our new social convenor, and Heidi Fritz has been elected as our new Secretary.
Tuesday, September 7th, 2004: It's a brand new year. We've continued with our points encounters over the summer and they've been very successful. One piece of news is the Christine Matta has taken over from Denise Sacher as secretary, and will be taking over the website from Daniel Bader. There will be a lot of events this year, including a lecture by William Slattery, L.C. on September 24th. Check out our calendar.
Tuesday, March 30th, 2004: Lots of new news. First, we've had elections. Congratulations to Dave Elliott, our new president and Daniel Bader our new vice-president. Ben Goetz was re-elected as treasurer. Althea Barthos and Andrew Chun were elected to our executive positions of social convener and communications officer, respectively. Janine Langan will be giving a lecture on April 1st, and we will be attending the "Lift Jesus Higher" Rally on April 17th. These dates can be seen on our April calendar.
Wednesday, March 10th, 2004: It's been a busy term. The March calendar is now up. We were also recently featured in the Catholic Register. Welcome to the site for anyone who read the article. Congratulations to our new members, Christina Attard, Craig Burrell, Kathy van Driel, and Adam Hincks.
Thursday, January 22nd, 2004: The January and February calendars are both up. We've tried to plan things as far ahead as possible this term.
Tuesday, December 9th, 2003: The December calendar is finally up. Sorry for the delay; my comprehensive exams prevented me from working on the site. I thank you all for your prayers. In order to spread around responsibility somewhat, Denise Sacher will be taking over the website in the new term.
Saturday, November 22nd, 2003: Compass will be sponsoring a talk by Fr. Tom Rosica, C.S.B called "The Church and the Secular Media: Lessons from World Youth Day 2002" at Hart House East Common Room, this Tuesday, November 25th at 3 P.M. As a result, our Points Encounter will be postponed until next Tuesday, December 2nd at 5:20 P.M. as usual.
Monday, November 3rd, 2003: Our retreat is coming up on Saturday, November 8th! Frs. William Slattery, L.C. and Guy Trudel, C.S.B. will be leading our retreat themed "The Great Existential Question".
Friday, October 10th, 2003: We are pleased to announce that Father Martin Hilbert will be giving our first Compass Lecture on Wednesday, October 15th at 4:10 P.M. It will be held in Carr Hall 405.
Monday, October 6th, 2003: In order to better accommodate the schedules of our members, we have moved the Points Encounter meetings to Tuesdays at 5:30 P.M. They will still be held at the Newman Centre and will start on October 14th.
Friday, September 26th, 2003: I'd like to congratulate our newest full members of our Compass chapter! Althea Barthos, Andrew Chun, Dylan Figueiredo, Ben Goetz and Frank Monozlai were all inducted last night at our anniversary mass and induction ceremony.
Monday, September 22nd, 2003: Hurricane Isabel may have rained-out the picnic, but we still had a great pub night. Thank you all for coming out. The October Calendar is up, with the dates and times. Locations will be updated shortly.
Saturday, September 13th, 2003: The barbeque and general meeting were a great success! Thank you all for coming. Unfortunately, our retreat has had to be postponed, since the renovations at our site will not be completed by next weekend. We have some more events coming up. There will be a mass followed by a pot-luck picnic on Friday, September 19th at 5:10 and 5:45 P.M. respectively. Compass members are helping to organise a 24-hour adoration, running from 8 P.M., Friday, September 26th to 8 P.M., Saturday, September 27th.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2003: The September Calender is up. Included is a barbeque and general meeting on Wednesday, September 10th at 5 P.M. and 7 P.M., respectively, a retreat at Strawberry Island from September 19th-21st, and an induction ceremony for new members on Thursday, September 25th at 7 P.M.
Thursday, August 14th, 2003: Information Session Cancelled due to the power blackout. It has been rescheduled to Thursday, August 21st at 7 P.M. The executive meeting scheduled for that evening has been rescheduled to Sunday, August 24th at 4 P.M.
For a complete listing of upcoming COMPASS events, see our calendar.