Upcoming Events
Baccalaureate Mass and Reception
Congratulations Class of 2024!
Join us for a special Baccalaureate Mass and Reception in honor of our graduating students. It has been a great joy and privilege to be a part of our USC students’ journey and we are excited to see what the future holds for our Catholic leaders. We cannot wait to pray and celebrate their achievements by praising God along with their loved ones and your Trojan Catholic Family!
Kindly RSVP in advance to ensure proper food quantities.
Graduation Photos
Class of 2024, every year we bring in a professional photographer for you to have Graduation photos taken as our gift to you.
Spaces are limited and in 20 minute appointment times. They will be taken here at the Caruso Catholic Center in the courtyard and all we ask is you dress in your Graduation best and bring your cap and gown. We will provide you with one photograph as our gift to you and you will be given proofs to look over and purchase if you so choose.
You can sign up for time slots for May 7 & 8. Please sign up ASAP as the appointment times are sure to fill.
Class of 2024 Graduation Celebration
We want to celebrate the Class of 2024 while having some fun! Please join us for a Kentucky Derby Graduation Celebration on Saturday, May 4th, at 2:00 pm. Dress in your Derby best to win prizes for best hat and most dapper man. Eat some great food, have a mint julep or two, and place your bets on who will win the Kentucky Derby. Most of all, get ready to start a week full of celebration as you graduate from USC!
After Hours Worship Night
Come and be a part of our final After Hours Worship Night on April 28th! Following SCupper, join us as we hear a great message from our Campus Minister, Tricia Tembreull and spend some time in prayer and adoration. Invite your friends and we will see you in the Church!
CC Formal: City of Stars
Enter into the world of LaLa Land, where the City of Stars awaits. You are invited to our annual CC Formal on April 26th from 7-11PM. This year’s theme is “City of Stars”, Dress to impress for this night under the stars and get ready to dance the night away. To RSVP for this awesome night, check out the link below.
Casa Milagrosa
Spend the morning with our homeless brothers and sisters! Give a smile, share in conversation, serve breakfast, pack lunches, and help with whatever else is needed at Casa Milagrosa Homeless Resource Center. Join us and bring a friend!
Fri & Mon: Meet at CC at 7:20AM, back at the CC by 10:20AM.
Casa Milagrosa
Spend the morning with our homeless brothers and sisters! Give a smile, share in conversation, serve breakfast, pack lunches, and help with whatever else is needed at Casa Milagrosa Homeless Resource Center. Join us and bring a friend!
Fri & Mon: Meet at CC at 7:20AM, back at the CC by 10:20AM.
Veritas Forum: Healing Our Climate and Community
Join Veritas Forum on April 16th for an interfaith discussion called Healing Our Climate and Community. You will engage in discussion on the impact of climate change in the lives of individuals and their religious or nonreligious communities. Refreshments and info fair to follow. We’ll see you in Newman Hall!
Painting Day at Hotel Dieu
Run by the Daughters of Charity, Hotel Dieu is a low-income, independent living facility for seniors. We will be spending time with the residents of Hotel Dieu. Bring a friend, we’d love for you to join us.
Come and join the elderly on Saturday, April 13th at Hotel Dieu for a day of painting and fun! Let’s create some beautiful painting and memories with the residents!
Please meet at the Catholic Center and we will carpool from there!
Casa Milagrosa
Spend the morning with our homeless brothers and sisters! Give a smile, share in conversation, serve breakfast, pack lunches, and help with whatever else is needed at Casa Milagrosa Homeless Resource Center. Join us and bring a friend!
Fri & Mon: Meet at CC at 7:20AM, back at the CC by 10:20AM.
Eucharistic Procession
For the first time ever, Jesus and Tommy Trojan will cross paths 🙌
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All are invited to join us for our first Eucharistic Procession at USC! This evening will start with Mass at 4PM and our Procession will follow right after. Come as we share the power and presence of our Lord on campus.
Bethany Brunch
Hey CC Ladies, you’re invited to our next Bethany Brunch on April 7th after the 10AM Mass. We will be finishing our year of the rosary by reflecting on the glorious mysteries, having a fabulous brunch, and creating flower bouquets. This is going to be a GLORIOUS time so bring a friend or two and we will see you next Sunday!
St. Francis Food Pantry
Make a difference in the community and help the less fortunate! Every first Saturday of each month, we gather at the Catholic Center for prayer and then volunteer at the St. Francis Center, where we prep food boxes and distribute them to the homeless and families experiencing food insecurity. This is a great opportunity to serve with fellow Trojan Catholics and a popular outreach opportunity, so please be sure to RSVP!
8:30AM Mass (to pray for those we serve)
9:00AM Check-in & sign waivers
9:15AM Leave for St. Francis Center
1:00PM Back at Catholic Center
Grad Student/Alumni Retreat
Dedicate this weekend to Christ in silent reflection and prayer as we open our hearts to Him! Join Fr. Mathew on April 5-7 for the Spiritual Exercises, a powerful silent retreat put together by St. Ignatius of Loyola.
The retreat is aimed in particular at clearing the obstacles that keep us from following Jesus, and providing the tools to understand and accomplish God's Will in our lives. We will gather on Friday at Poverello of Assisi Retreat Site for check in and single room assignments.
The retreat center will provide all bedding but everyone is responsible for bringing their own towels and toiletries so please come prepared. More details will be provided closer to the retreat date.
*Scholarships are available for graduate students. Please don’t let the cost be the reason you choose not to attend.
Casa Milagrosa
Spend the morning with our homeless brothers and sisters! Give a smile, share in conversation, serve breakfast, pack lunches, and help with whatever else is needed at Casa Milagrosa Homeless Resource Center. Join us and bring a friend!
Fri & Mon: Meet at CC at 7:20AM, back at the CC by 10:20AM.
Nova Forum: Faith and Science
Delving Into A Scientific and Theological Approach To Everlasting Life
In view of progressive research advances in biotechnology and medicine, the prospect of living longer, increased longevity, increased health span, and even biologic immortality has become more real than ever before. Check out the link below to join us for this event!
Easter
This is your invitation to join us for Easter at the Catholic Center! We will be having Mass at 8AM, 10AM, and 12PM.
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We invite you to celebrate Easter with us as we worship and rejoice together in the death and resurrection of Jesus!
Easter Vigil
Celebrate the Easter Vigil with us!
Join the Trojan Catholic community as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter Vigil Mass begins at 8PM followed by a light reception. Come witness the beauty of the liturgy, the lighting of the Paschal candle, and the initiation of our OCIA candidates into the Catholic Church.
Good Friday
We invite you to our Good Friday service on Friday, March 29 at 8PM.
Join us as we reflect on Christ's sacrifice made for our redemption. Come for a time of prayer, contemplation, and reverence as we journey through the events leading to Christ's crucifixion.
Live Stations of the Cross
As we commemorate the crucifixion of our Lord on Good Friday, join us on March 29th for a live reenactment of the Stations of the Cross. Starting at 3PM, we will begin at Tommy Trojan and process our way down Trousdale until we arrive at the Catholic Center. We hope you can join us as we pray through the Stations.
Casa Milagrosa
Spend the morning with our homeless brothers and sisters! Give a smile, share in conversation, serve breakfast, pack lunches, and help with whatever else is needed at Casa Milagrosa Homeless Resource Center. Join us and bring a friend!
Fri & Mon: Meet at CC at 7:30am, back at the CC by 10:15.
Holy Thursday
We invite you to join us for our Holy Thursday Liturgy on March 28 at 8PM followed by a Eucharistic Procession and Adoration.
Hotel Dieu
Run by the Daughters of Charity, Hotel Dieu is a low-income, independent living facility for seniors. We will be spending time with the residents of Hotel Dieu. Bring a friend, we’d love for you to join us.
TUESDAY (03/26) — Dominoes
1PM-245PM (includes transportation time)
Please meet at the Catholic Center and we will carpool from there!
Bethany Brunch
Bethany was the home of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, and the place where Jesus felt most at home, able to unwind and be with those he loved. Bethany Women's Ministry at the Caruso Catholic Center is where sisters in Christ come together to pray, celebrate life, share in hardships, seek the Lord, and experience authentic female friendships. Ultimately, Bethany is where you will feel most at home and where you will find sisterhood with fellow Catholic women.
Our March 24th Bethany gathering will be a brunch at the CC Library immediately following the 10:00 am Mass. We will enter into the Lenten season by reflection on the Sorrowful Mysteries and be able to pray through the Sorrowful Mysteries in our own life.
Casa Milagrosa
Spend the morning with our homeless brothers and sisters! Give a smile, share in conversation, serve breakfast, pack lunches, and help with whatever else is needed at Casa Milagrosa Homeless Resource Center. Join us and bring a friend!
Fri & Mon: Meet at CC at 7:30am, back at the CC by 10:15.
Night of Mercy Penance Service
You are invited to come and receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation at our Night of Mercy penance service on Wednesday, March 20th from 7PM to 9PM in the Church. We will have several priests available to hear confessions.
Come be forgiven & be set free. We hope to see you there!
Hotel Dieu
Run by the Daughters of Charity, Hotel Dieu is a low-income, independent living facility for seniors. We will be spending time with the residents of Hotel Dieu. Bring a friend, we’d love for you to join us.
TUESDAY (03/19) — Dominoes
1PM-245PM (includes transportation time)
Please meet at the Catholic Center and we will carpool from there!
Alternative Spring Break - Dominican Republic
Make this a Spring Break to remember and fly away with the Caruso Catholic Center to the Dominican Republic. Every year we join Thrive In Joy, serving children in the DR at Remar Orphanage and Tia Tatiana School. We will be completing a special project that leaves a high impact on the lives of our brothers and sisters in the community. You leave with a new family across the ocean and at the Caruso Catholic Center.
Alternative Spring Break - Colombia
Embark on a transformative journey to Colombia to embrace faith, nature, and service by working with the Secretariat of Pastoral Social in Diocese of Riohacha.
Feel nature's embrace on a sacred hike at Bogotá. Experience the Peninsula of La Guajira, by having an encounter, and forging connections with the country’s indigenous communities, the Wayuu, and joining hands in a mission to bring safe, life-giving water to families in need.
Learn about the resilient coffee plantations and the various challenges farmers had to face for decades. This mission immersion trip is an invitation where spirituality meets service. We aim to find Jesus in each of the local communities we have an encounter with.
Carnival Day at Hotel Dieu
You’re invited to Carnival Day at Hotel Dieu! Join us on March 8th as we come together to serve the residents of Hotel Dieu. This day will be filled with games, community, and so much more!