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Alyssa Dugdale
President | UNBC Catholic Club

his year, the first official Catholic club

on campus was formed in response to
Pope Francis’ call for the Church to go out,
become missionary disciple,s and to share
the joy of the Gospel and love of Christ
with others. The club invites students to
experience the fullness of the Catholic faith
while challenging them to live as authentic
Christians. Many of our campus opportunities
are modeled after how St John Paul II shared
Jesus with young people. He shared the
love of Christ in everyday situations, which
challenged young adults to grow genuinely in

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Many UNBC students, faculty, and young
adults were able to experience community
and personally come to know Christ and
the Church on a deeper and authentic level
through opportunities produced by the
Catholic Club. These have included weekly
campus mass, a fall retreat, Mass hikes, and
our annual ski retreat to Smithers. We also
offered an on-campus, small group faith
study called Discovery, which provided a
simple, but personally challenging look

at the Gospel message. During the winter
semester, we held ALPHA nights where
students gathered for a meal, short video,

and a time for small-group discussion. We
also continued to hold nights of Praise &
Worship and adoration (called SUMMIT)

on the 2nd Saturday of each month, where
students were able to build connections with
the Prince George community in parishes.

A highlight of the year was during the
Christmas break; 25 students traveled

to Calgary to participate in Rise Up, a
Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) annual
conference. We spent 5 days listening to
great speakers, participating in worship and
connecting and celebrating the joy of the
Catholic faith alongside 700 other Catholic
university students from across Canada.

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The club will continue next year on campus.
Do you want to get involved, or know what
is going on? Find us on Facebook: Catholic
Young Adults-Diocese of Prince George,

BC, or email jp2clubpg@gmail.com

“It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to

do something great with your lives, the

will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow
yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity,
the courage to commit your selves humbly
and patiently to improving yourselves and
society, making the world more human

and more fraternal” -St John Paul II

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