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ABOUT US

Badger Catholic is a registered student organization on the University of Wisconsin Madison Campus whose goal is to help students lead deeper lives. Through its many services and events, Badger Catholic seeks connect all students to a faith that will inspire them to better their lives and those around them (through charitable works and personal growth), and is dedicated to inspiring and maintaining a campus-wide discussion of faith. To this end, we offer a variety of services in an effort to reach and serve all students on campus. Badger Catholic's extremely popular Service Team offers a minimum of six Winter and Spring-Break national service trips each year, and also organizes participation in local community service efforts. Badger Catholic also organizes nationally renowned speakers and debate events every year, which provide students with rare opportunities to listen to famous speakers talk about issues relevant to student life and to voice their own opinions in a campus-wide forum. Finally, Badger Catholic's most significant service on campus is its peer-to-peer Student Faith Mentoring program. Facilitated by a staff of highly trained and dedicated student leaders, this program allows students to ask faith-related questions, find their spirituality, and grow in faith and knowledge in a completely confidential and relaxed environment.

CURRENT

Welcome Week Swing Dance
Unlocking the Lord of the Ring
Discovering Truth thru Beauty

CURRENT BADGER CATHOLIC EVENTS:

Joseph Pearce Talk: UNLOCKING THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Wednesday, Nov 9th _ 7:00pm, the Alumni Room in the Pyle Center (Next to the Red Gym)Come to this amazing talk by Joseph Pearce, a professor of literature at Ave Maria University, about the deeper meaning of these great works!Joseph Pearce Talk: DISCOVERING TRUTH THROUGH BEAUTY. Thursday, November 10th _ 7:00pm. For Apha Omega, at St Paul's on Library Mall.Come to this amazing talk by Joseph Pearce, a professor of literature at Ave Maria University, about how he discovered truth through the beauty of literature!Alpha Omega (large group event)EVERY THURSDAY _ 7:00pmCome to Alpha Omega's first event of the year at 7pm in the chapel of St Paul's (next to the bookstore). Alpha-Omega is Badger Catholic's large group gathering that happens every Thursday at 7PM. Come and join us in praise and worship and listen to some great talks about issues going on in every college student's life.

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FAITH ADVISING

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PEER FAITH MENTORING
The most significant service that Badger Catholic provides to campus is its peer-to-peer Student Faith Mentoring program. This program, facilitated by a staff of highly trained and dedicated student leaders, lies at the heart of Badger Catholic's mission to help connect every student with a faith that will inspire them to become great drivers of positive change in the world. Over 800 students participated in the program during the past two years!But what exactly does Peer Mentoring look like? Well, each session is as unique as the student who requests it.It can be as simple a going out for coffee once a week to casually talk about general faith-related concerns and questions; it can be a one-time walk-in meeting that helps a student find some spiritual reading; or it can be a continuous and regular series of meetings throughout the semester/year that touches on deep spiritual topics and personal applications. The program is meant to serve each student according to their need and desire, and does so in a completely confidential and relaxed environment.INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PEER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, OR SIMPLY LEARNING MORE?Check out the "Contact" page and send us an email with your questions or interest!Also, check out the thumbnails to meet our Peer Mentors for the 2011-2012 school year!

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EVENTS

EVENTS

Dinesh D'Souza at the Debate

The Debate Audience

Dinesh and Dan at the Debate

2011 Swing Dance

Dancing the night away

Front of the Band

Christopher West Attendance

Christopher West and Band

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(1) Speakers & DebatesEach year, Badger Catholic sponsors a series of lecture and/or debate events that showcase nationally renowned speakers discussing some of the hottest contemporary issues. These events, which are offered free to the entire campus, provide students with rare opportunities to listen to famous speakers talk about issues relevant to student life and to voice their own opinions in a campus-wide forum. In 2009, Badger Catholic brought renowned speaker Christopher West to campus to discuss sexual morality and John Paul II's Theology of the Body. The event was extremely well attended, and saw 550 people fill the Great Hall of Memorial Union.In 2010, Badger Catholic hosted a debate between Dinesh D'Souza (author of "What's So Great About Christianity" and "Life After Death") and Dan Barker (Co-founder of the Freedom from Religion Foundation) concerning whether or not God and religion were the source of the world's problems. The event was an overwhelming success, and was attended by over 1400 people. (2) Social EventsIn addition to speaker events, Badger Catholic also hosts annual social events like the Mardi Gras Swing Ball and Service Team Date Auction Fundraiser. These events offer students the opportunity to experience unqiue and fun social activities that have a retro and classy flair, and are designed to promote and support Badger Catholic's outreach and services to campus.Some of Badger Catholic's most successful social events are our swing dances (3 or 4 times a year), and it's not hard to see why. For each dance, Badger Catholic hires a 13 -piece live big band to perform in some of the most beautiful venues around campus like the Great Hall in Memorial Union, the Historic Orpheum Theatre on State Street, and Varsity Hall in the new Union South. Our dances are attended by well over 200 students, so come see what all the buzz is about and don't be shy! All skill levels are welcome, and we hope to see you on the dance floor. Don't dance? No problem! Lessons are taught free of charge before each event, and the music is great to sit and listen to!The Service Team Date Auction is a charitable-fundraising event that Badger Catholic hosts once or twice a year to raise money to support our extensive service team. During the auction, groups of three men each propose date-night-proposals that are bid on my groups of three women. Over 120 women and 60 men participated in the date auction last semester. Check out the thumnails below to see pictures from these highly successful events (and click on the pictures to the right to enter a larger picture-viewer).

SERVICE TEAM

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SERVICE TEAM
Badger Catholic's Service Team is one of the fastest growing and most successful programs in the organization. Completely student led, the Badger Catholic Service Team participates in more than 70 local service events and projects in the Madison area throughout the year, and sends 3-4 service trips around the nation over the Winter and Spring Breaks.INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A SERVICE TRIP OR LOCAL SERVICE EVENTS? Check out the "Contact" page and send us an email with your questions or interest!Check out the thumnails below to see pictures from our service trips and projects (and click on the pictures to the right to enter a larger picture-viewer).

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Madison, WI 53703

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