Welcome to the web site of WCU Catholic Campus Ministry, serving the Catholic students of Western Carolina University in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.  Please take time to explore this site, and our faith, by using the navigation menus to the left and top of this page.  We would like for you to stay in touch with us -- especially if you are a WCU student!  Please bookmark this page so that you can refer to our calendar (always updated).  We are also on Facebook and Twitter, so you can always stay up to date with the latest news from Catholic Campus Ministry!

Click here for a calendar of Lenten prayers, reflections, and activities.

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Catholic Campus Ministry of the Diocese of Charlotte has a new web site?

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Coming Events

  • Feb. 16: Mardi Gras party at the Student Center, at 6:30pm!

  • Feb. 17: Ash Wednesday Mass in the Hospitality Room at the Ramsey Center, at 6:30pm.

  • March 13: Our Spring day-retreat at the Lake House.  The theme is "Miracles."  Please join us!

The Season of Lent

As we begin this traditional penitential season, to prepare us for the glories of Easter, here are some guidelines to keep in mind.

  • Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are both days of fast and abstinence.

  • All Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence.

  • Abstinence refers to the eating of meat. It does not include egg or milk products, meat stock, soups or gravies.

  • Rules of fasting are as follows:

    • o Only one full meal a day can be taken.

    o Two small meals, “sufficient to maintain strength,” are allowed but together, they should not equal another full meal.

    o Drinking liquids between meals does not break the fast.

    o Those whose work or health would be impaired are excused from fasting and abstaining.

  • The faithful are strongly encouraged to receive the Sacrament of Penance during Lent.

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"[Christians] are they who, above every people of the earth, have found the truth, for they acknowledge God, the Creator and maker of all things, in the only-begotten Son and in the Holy Spirit" --Aristides, Apology 16 [A.D. 140]