A Message From Our Director and Head Chaplain
Dear Friend,
Warm greetings to you from St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois, located at the center of campus and at the center of it all!
Statistics do not lie! Half of all young people in our nation lose their Faith during their college experience. We, here at SJCNC, battle daily to counteract that statistic! We see each and every student as a gift from the Lord, which motivates us to help them see their own dignity as children of God destined for lives of happiness and contributors to the building up of God’s Kingdom.
Our family at SJCNC extends beyond our outstanding students to all those who share a passion for Faith and the hallowed grounds of the Orange and Blue. If you love your Faith and the University of Illinois, the natural result is for you to get involved with SJCNC. We invite you to be a member of our Family by investing in our students, and in so doing, helping make bright the future of our Church and Country!
Monsignor Gregory Ketcham
Director and Head Chaplain
1/12/2012: Homily Honoring Chaplain Emeritus, Msgr. Edward J. Duncan, P.A. More
1/4/2012: Chaplain Emeritus, Monsignor Edward Duncan Passes Away at 96 More
12/6/2011: Immaculate Conception Mass Schedule More
11/28/2011: St. John's Annual Christmas Concert & Mass More
11/8/2011: Fall Break Mass Schedule More
10/18/2011: Sports and Faith: Stories of the Devoted and the Devout More
9/27/2011: SJCNC Welcomes Matthew Kelly to Campus! More
9/7/2011: Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit at St. John's More
8/22/2011: Msgr. Stuart Swetland Returns to Campus More
6/28/2011: A Message from our Director & Head Chaplain More
4/26/2011: Annual Graduation Mass & Reception More
4/12/2011: Announcement from the Director More
4/8/2011: Walking Stations of the Cross on the Quad More
4/7/2011: Wonder What It Is Like To Work In The Vatican? More
3/18/2011: Spring Break Mass Schedule More
3/15/2011: The Day to Day Experiences of Working For & In The Vatican More
3/11/2011: Stations of the Cross during Lent More
2/25/2011: Ash Wednesday Schedule-March 9 More
2/15/2011: Announcement from the Director More
11/23/2010: The Healing of Deacon John Sullivan More
11/1/2010: Jack Roeser to Speak at St. John's More
10/20/2010: SJO's 5K Run for Justice in Crystal Lake Park More
10/7/2010: Fr. Jeff Grob-Exorcist to Speak at St. John's More
10/7/2010: 24 Hours of Grace More
8/25/2010: Hear Fr. Co's Radio Interviews! More
8/19/2010: SJCNC's Shawn Reeves Featured in EWTN Story More
8/10/2010: Fr. Anthony Co Returns from Mission Trip More
7/30/2010: Update on Dr Howell's Reinstatement More
7/16/2010: Announcement Regarding Dr. Howell More
7/4/2010: 200 campus ‘missionaries’ trained at U. of I. Newman More
5/17/2010: Follow that priest... on Twitter! More
5/6/2010: Graduation Festivities - May 15 More
4/5/2010: Pictures from Living Stations of the Cross More
3/9/2010: Catholic-Muslim dialogue on Mary More
3/8/2010: We've got a blog! More
2/18/2010: Video & Audio of D'Souza-Loftus Debate Available Here! More
2/9/2010: Dinesh D'Souza and John W. Loftus debate TONIGHT! More
2/5/2010: 40 Hours Devotion with Fr. Tom Holloway More
1/13/2010: The Great God Debate comes to Univ. of Illinois More
12/11/2009: FOCUS team prepares to lead over 100 students to Orlando More
12/7/2009: December 8, Holy Day of Obligation More
12/2/2009: Advent Reflections More
11/12/2009: Illini Market to close More
11/4/2009: 5K Run for Justice this Saturday! More
10/28/2009: "The Real Exorcist" draws crowd of nearly 1700 More
10/22/2009: Return of "The Real Exorcist" More
10/7/2009: New movie on Fatima miracle to be screened at SJCNC More
9/30/2009: Fr. Wade Menezes to speak during 24 Hours of Grace More
9/30/2009: Newman RAs featured in Daily Illini More
9/22/2009: '40 Days for Life' Begins Today More
9/18/2009: Need forgiveness? More
8/30/2009: Flood Situation Update More
8/28/2009: Flooding at SJCNC More
8/21/2009: Welcome Home! More
6/2/2009: Listen to Cardinal George's Grad Mass Homily More
5/27/2009: Cardinal George to Newman grads: Friendship is more than Facebook More
4/14/2009: Dr. Howell on EWTN Radio More
3/30/2009: 'Legacy Liturgy' planned for May 16 More
3/24/2009: Two students spend Spring Break 'Biking for Babies' More
3/13/2009: Author Joseph Pearce to speak at SJCNC More
2/20/2009: Schedule for Divine Mercy Weekend More
2/20/2009: Catholics at the Capitol More
2/3/2009: Missionaries Plan for Illinois Summer More
12/18/2008: Dr. Howell publishes new book on Ignatius of Antioch More
