A Mission to Serve

Hurricane Katrina was a national disaster that destroyed the lifestyle of thousands of Americans. It is said that it will take ten years to restore New Orleans to be a livable location, and most likely will never be the same. As a community we decided that we could not sit around and talk about how terrible the disaster was, we had to use our talents and skills to take a small part in rebuilding the city.

The Newman Community is the Catholic student organization at Ohio University. We hold weekly meetings that explore different areas of our faith within four contexts, service, social, worship, and education.

From June 24 through July 2, seventeen members of the Newman Community and Christ the King University Parish (11 students and 6 parishioners) will be traveling southbound to help with the restoration of New Orleans due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. We found this opportunity through Catholic Heart Work Camp, and are very excited to take this journey of faith. We will be driving to New Orleans and once we arrive, we will start doing restorative work such as clearing houses, dry walling, painting, and other various cleaning tasks.




"There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone."
1 Corinthians 12:4-6