Holy Mass Schedule

At St. Paul's Chapel (location)
Sunday — 5pm
Monday-Friday — 12:20pm

At the Church of Notre Dame
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Confession

Monday-Friday — 1-2pm
110 Earl Hall

Our chaplain Father Dan is also available by appointment.

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton (CC '38) is an influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century and the most prominent among Columbia Catholic alumni. (Learn more.)

Our Chaplains

	Fr. Dan O'Reilly Chaplain (fr.dan.oreilly@archny.org) Fr. Dan O'Reilly was born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx. He attended Regis High School in NYC and majored in Philosophy at Princeton University before entering the seminary for the Archdiocese of New York. After earning Master's degrees in Theology and Divinity from St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, he was ordained a priest in 2003 and appointed parochial vicar at Resurrection Church in Rye, NY. Since 2008, he has served as Director of Campus Ministry for the Archdiocese of New York, Spiritual Director for the St. John Neumann Seminary College in Yonkers, and Catholic Campus Minister at SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx. Come talk to Father Dan! 1-2pm, Monday through Friday 110 Earl Hall
	Msgr. John Paddock Notre Dame Pastor (parish@ndparish.org) Msgr. Paddock was appointed Administrator of Notre Dame by Archbishop Timothy Dolan, effective September 2011. He was born on the Upper West Side, West 93 St at Central Park West. After spending much of his childhood on the Jersey Shore he attended many universities, starting with Fordam University in the Bronx. Other universities include New York University, the Univesite de Paris, the Universidad de Guadulajara, St. Josephs Seminary in Yonkers, St. John's University and City University of new York. He has a passion for traveling, and has studied, worked and resided in Europe and the Caribbean and has literally traveled right around the globe.
	Fr. Michael Holleran Notre Dame Priest (parish@ndparish.org) Fr. Michael Holleran was raised on Long Island, and attended Regis High School in Manhattan. He then became a Jesuit for 5 years, during which timehe attended Fordham Rose Hill, with a double major in Philosophy and Classical Languages. Upon graduation, he entered the Carthusian contemplative Order, where he spent 22 years: 12 in Vermont, 7 at the Grande Chartreuse in France, and 3 in England. Since 1994, he has worked as a parish priest in Manhattan and the Bronx. In 2009, he was received as a priest of the Archdiocese of NY by Cardinal Egan, and also became a Zen Sensei at the hands of his longtime friend and mentor, Fr. Robert Kennedy, SJ. Fr. Michael loves interfaith work, travel and movies.

Columbia FOCUS Missionaries

We are happy to have FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) join us, begining in the fall 2011.
Rooted in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, FOCUS was born out of a passion and zeal to share how a relationship with Jesus Christ and the Catholic faith can transform the world. Beginning with our nation's future leaders, FOCUS sends teams of young, trained missionaries to the college campus in order to reach students with the gospel, in cooperation with the univeristy parish.

	Leah Sedlacek FOCUS Missionary LSedlacek@focusonline.org
	Justin Petrisek FOCUS MissionaryJPetrisek@focusonline.org
	Laura Scharmer FOCUS Missionary LScharmer@focusonline.org

Columbia Catholic Undergraduates (CCU) Board Members

	Tess Murray Co-President (etm2116@columbia.edu) Tess is a junior in SEAS. You might have seen her at Columbia Right to Life meetings, singing in the choir at campus Mass, spinning the golden/bronze tooth on Sunday evenings, mopping stairs at the soup kitchen, or camping out in the Gateway or chemistry lab.
	Jen Wukawitz Co-President and Treasurer (jlw2173@columbia.edu) Jen is a junior at Columbia College studying biology. Jen enjoys attending all of the CCU events and developing her faith with this great group of people.
	Jade Noble Interfaith Liason (jmn2133@columbia.edu) Jade is a senior studying chemical physics, and is our interfaith and interfellowship liason. She is a freshman RA in Carman, and can be found at at multitude of RA, fellowship and social events.
	Nathan Grubb Webmaster (ncg2112@columbia.edu) Nathan is a junior in SEAS, majoring in Electrical Engineering. He also altar serves, helps set up for mass and can be found enjoying food and fellowship at sunday suppers.
	Arthur Tsoi Messenger (act212@columbia.edu) Arthur is a senior majoring in Physics and CCU's messenger, responsible for emails, the weekly bulletin, and the Facebook page. He also sings in the choir and runs the Apologetics Club.
	Ben Malec Catering Liason (bm2383@columbia.edu) Ben is a senior studying Mechanical Engineering and is responsible for the food you eat after Sunday Mass. He came to New York when he was three years old, from a Slovakian town so Catholic that his drinking buddies from 3am would meet him a little later for 8am Sunday Mass. Ben is also the unofficial brewer for the Black Friars and CCU.

Columbia Catholic Graduates (CCG) Board Members

	Emily VanGessel President of CCG and Co-Director of Ford Hall (epv2103@columbia.edu) Emily is in her second year of graduate studies in Occupational Therapy at the college of Physicians and Surgeons.
	Matthew Stachowiak Co-Director of Ford Hall (mrs2005@columbia.edu) Matthew is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
	President of the St. Thomas More Society (jab2274@columbia.edu) Jon is President of the St. Thomas More Society, the Catholic students' association at Columbia Law School, where he is a third-year student of civil litigation, public law, and employment law. The St. Thomas More Society is dedicated to building fellowship among Catholics (and interested non-Catholics), primarily through a series of monthly dinners held at the Church of Notre Dame's Merton Center.

Staff

Roger Evans Music Director (music@ndparish.org) Roger Evans joined the music ministries at St. Paul's Chapel and the Church of Notre Dame in Feburary 2012. He has long experience in major Catholic music programs, is author of several books and articles dealing with liturgical (and other) music, and can be regularly encountered at RogerEvansOnline.com. He is particularly interested in maintaining the strong practice of choral music and in furthering the "full, concious, and active participation" enjoined by the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium)

Sylvia Lefkowitz CCM Secretary (sl2266@columbia.edu & 212-854-5110) Sylvia is our CCM secretary. You can contact her any time by email or simply stop by 110 Earl Hall on Monday or Wednesday 10am-4pm.