Newman Centre of McGill University

Dear friends, please note that all liturgical celebrations for the 2025-2026 academic year will end after our last mass on May 15th. From May 16th to August 14th, the Centre will be operating on summer hours, without any liturgical celebrations taking place. We shall resume regular hours and liturgical activities on August 15th, the Solemnity of the Assumption.

For those who are still around Montreal in the summer, the Newman Young Adult group has also planned fun social activities and outings; you are more than welcome to join us!

Please contact us if you have any further questions. We wish everyone a restful summer!

We are pleased to share with you the Spring Edition of our Newsletter.
Enjoy the reading via the following link to the flipbook

Newman Spring Edition 2026 (8.5 x 11 in) This interactive flipbook is created with FlippingBook, a service for streaming PDFs online. No download, no waiting. Open and start reading right away!

For our final concert this season we have Paul Celebi, a Turkish-American pianist and composer.

Paul will perform works by Carl Vine, Robert Schumann, and Franz Liszt.

This Friday at 6.30pm! You don’t want to miss it :)

Please consider donating to help support next season’s edition of the young artist series.

Photography by Antonio Seccareccia

You are cordially invited to the joint end-of-academic-year and Graduation Mass at the Newman Centre for all university students in Montreal.

We give thanks to Almighty God for His abundant grace and pray for all the graduates in their future endeavours. May God continue to bless them with bountiful gifts.

Following the Mass, there will be a social to celebrate all of our achievements throughout this past academic year.

👉Sunday, May 3rd, at 5PM

Christ is risen, Alleluia! Happy Easter to all!

Congratulations to this year’s RCIA members, who have walked through the journey of faith together in the past academic year. They were baptized, received, and/or confirmed by our chaplain, Fr. Anthony, during our Easter Vigil celebration.

We wish everyone a blessed Easter season. As this academic year draws to a close, we also pray for the students as they prepare for their exams, and for the graduating students as they discern their next steps in life.

Next in the Young Artist Series is Maja Zbogar and Eve Thompson, two wonderful musicians in grad studies at McGill’s Schulich School of Music 🎼

They will play a program of French and German composers with some pop favourites as well!

Come join us this Saturday March 28 at 6.30pm! ☀️

Please join us for a discussion on the topic of Chinese Catholic sacred art this Thursday at 6pm at the Claude Ryan Library of Newman Centre.

From the earliest Christian encounters in China, missionaries and lay Catholics turned to sacred art as a unique spiritual channel to draw faith and Chinese culture into a deeper union. In the 20th century, a school of artists from the Catholic University of Peking (Fu Jen University) made remarkable contributions to modern sacred art that were rooted in the Chinese spirit. Among them were Madelena Liu and her son Francis Zhang, who would make their way to Canada, where their artistic and spiritual journeys continued to unfold. Drawing on his life journey, Francis will help guide us into the world of the Chinese Catholic imagination.

Do you wish to explore an ancient way of prayer that helps heal the split between contemplation and action? Do you seek inspiration and insights for finding balance in a fast-paced world?

Join us for a special Lenten discussion at the Newman Centre as we explore the contemplative tradition inspired by Fr. John Main on the 100th anniversary of his passing. Discover how this ancient way of prayer can help us root our lives in the deep, boundless love of God, within and around us.

📅 Monday, March 16, 2026
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 Newman Centre of McGill University
For details, contact Fr. Anthony at [email protected].

The Newman Centre will be CLOSED from March 2 to March 8 in observance of McGill University’s Reading Week.

The regular Sunday Mass scheduled for March 1 will proceed at 5:00 p.m. as usual. Please note, however, that there will be no Mass on March 8.

During the Centre’s closure, we invite members of the community to attend Mass and receive the sacraments at nearby churches, including St. Patrick’s Basilica and Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, both of which have Sunday masses at 5:00 p.m and daily masses at noon.

We wish you a restful and blessed Reading Week!