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The Truth, Beauty, Goodness Campaign -
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WHat is the truth beauty goodness campaign?
Our Campaign was launched in Nov. 2023 at Dining in the Vines, and incorporates Father Jared's vision for the next couple of years: highlighting the Transcendentals that enables an encounter with Christ, and brings us closer to Him.
The Campaign has already allowed us to beautify the seating, install backdrops for Mary and Joseph statues, and provide new Stations of the Cross. We have finished phase 1- Truth ($250K). We begin Goodness, where we highlight the growing service to our student's mental health needs.
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What's our mission?We've dedicated our mission to the support of 3 very important aspects of our Catholic Faith: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. He is Truth, He is Beauty, and He is Goodness, and we bring Him to all that we encounter here at Texas State and beyond. The following Categories address our greatest needs in any given year.
Join the Campaign Here
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our 3 categories
Truth:
FOCUS, SPO, Campus ministers and teaching the Truth are at the crux of our Evangelization and Formation:Goal- $250k (Completed 9/24)
Beauty:
Maintenance and Beautification of our holy spaces; preparing to share the Vision for our next Holy SpaceGoal- $750k
Goodness:
Funding our Catholic Counselor that is so good for our students, who are eager to be the best versions of themselvesGoal- $100k
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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN...
In 1905, Pope Pius X wrote the encyclical, Acerbo Nimis. His decree in this encyclical was for all dioceses throughout the world where there are public universities, to establish ways to teach the truths of the faith and precepts of Christian morality. Most of the new clubs and chapels that formed were named after Cardinal John Newman, whose dedication to the teaching of the faith especially at the college level was admirable.
5 years after Acerbo Nimis was published, 17 Dioceses in the US had full-time chaplaincies. In 1914, when the Newman Club started in San Marcos, the number had climbed to 50! Fast forward to 1993, when H.L. “Bud” Grant met with Bishop McCarthy and gifted the money to build a new student center to expand the Catholic Campus Ministry at Texas State University.
Today, Texas State University has over 40,000 students and the call for quality Catholic Campus Ministry is higher than ever. Our ministries are thriving with over 100 students at our City on a Hill nights and 40 in our OCIA classes! It is common to see over 700 people attend Sunday Masses and over 350 students in various Bible studies or small groups on a given week.
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Contact our development team
Tom Deming: Email- [email protected]; cell- (979) 412-2491
Daniel Hernandez: Email- [email protected]; cell- (210) 620-5854 (Monthly Giving Team Specialist)
Sarah Esqueda: Email- [email protected]; cell- (703) 887-3295 (Event Specialist)
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