Meet the 2025-2026 Student Ministry Team

We are a team of 11 Student Ministers who organize and run events and projects for the Holy Spirit Newman Hall community!

Mission Statement:
As the Student Ministry Team, we strive to build, serve, and nourish a community rooted in Christ
through living and sharing the joy of the Gospel.

Executive

The Executive Committee oversees and supports SMT chairs and their respective committees such that SMT is always working together to fulfill our overarching mission statement.

Contact: smt.executive@calnewman.org

Liturgy

The Liturgy Committee seeks to foster piety, devotion, and solemn participation in the prayer of the Church, with special reverence for liturgical traditions.

Contact: smt.liturgy@calnewman.org

Music

The Music Committee seeks to draw others closer in faith and glorify God through the use of beautiful music made possible by the gifts of students’ musical talents and voices. 

Contact: smt.music@calnewman.org

Interior Life

The Interior Life Committee inspires the student body to enhance their spiritual life via self-knowledge and prayer. It organizes all the events that relate to prayer groups such as eucharistic adoration, rosaries, divine mercy chaplet, etc.

Faith Formation

The Faith Formation Committee contributes to the authentic intellectual formation of Newman, training students to know, love, and defend the faith. It accompanies all students, and in particular, new converts and those who find Catholic teachings difficult.

Contact: smt.efd@calnewman.org

Building Community

The Community Committee builds an authentic Christian community based on virtue-centered friendship and fun. It welcomes students from all walks of life and helps them to find their home at Newman.

Contact: smt.community.calnewman.org

Evangelization

The committee brings the Good News of Jesus Christ via outreach. By sharing their charisms, others are given the opportunity to encounter the Lord.

Contact: smt.outreach@calnewman.org