Start Planning for a Life Changing Experience! Theme: Who is My Neighbor? Campus Ministry is happy to announce three exciting SEND opportunities for students in the 2023-2024 academic year! Trips will be offered during Winter Break, Spring Break, and Summer (right after Commencement), and prices will range from approximately $400… Read More »SEND Trips for 2023-2024 Academic Year
Hello everyone on this beautiful Easter Weekend. When we lost Fr. Oliver in May 2020, many asked what can we do to honor his memory. I believe we have a worthy endeavor for your consideration. As most know, of Fr. Oliver’s many contributions to this world, he held Africa closest… Read More »Prince of Peace Beni School – Congo
On Friday, March 31, 2023, the parish of Santiago Apóstol Tlilapan, Veracruz, welcomed its new pastor: Father Louis Kivuya Muke a.a., originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Several parishioners from the different communities that make up the parish gathered for this event. Some priests from nearby parishes were present,… Read More »New Pastor for Santiago Apostle, Tlilapan
Brothers and sisters in the Assumption: It’s hard to compare the joy of Easter with anything else. Compared to Christmas, for example, it seems less accessible somehow, less connected to the familiarities of family and birth and straightened circumstances. If God draws near to us at Christmas, touching base with… Read More »Easter Message
Masses on campus for Palm Sunday this Sunday, April 2 will be at 10 AM and 7 PM. Mass will begin in the Lauring Community Room in Tinsley with the blessing of palms and Gospel reading of Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, followed by a procession into the chapel. There will… Read More »Palm Sunday Masses this Sunday
On Sunday, March 26th, the Assumption family and the family of Dr. Weiner gathered in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Assumption University to celebrate his Presidential Inauguration. The presider was Worcester’s Bishop McManus with Fr. Dennis Gallagher, Provincial Superior, as the homilist. The celebration continued with a reception… Read More »Mass in Celebration of the Presidential Inauguration of Greg Weiner, Ph.D.
HOMILY ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION OF GREG WEINER ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY, CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2023 Scripture Readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11; John 11;3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 Back in my undergraduate days on this campus, I can recall rushing down the hall to the… Read More »Homily on the Occasion of the Presidential Installation of Greg Weiner
Would you share a bit about your background: family, childhood, early education etc.? My name is Pacifique Kambale Tsongo. I was born in Oicha, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 7, 1990. My parents are Joseph Kambale (father) and Astrid Kyakimwa (mother). I have one younger sister whose… Read More »Interview with Fr. Pacifique Kambale Tsongo, A.A.
MARCH 10, 2023 CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY Scripture Readings: Job 19, 1, 23-27a; Romans 8:14-23; John 11:32-45 I’m not sure any other Gospel scene brings out the humanity of our Lord quite so powerfully. He weeps over the death of his friend Lazarus, and twice is greatly… Read More »Homily at the Funeral Mass for Fr. Norman Meiklejohn, A.A.
Yesterday, March 23 was the Presidential Inauguration of Greg Weiner, PH.D, President of Assumption University. It started off with an academic procession into the Plourde Recreation Center with music from the Assumption University Chorale. It was a momentous occasion for the university. All are welcome to join in the second… Read More »Presidential Inauguration