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Please join us as we return to our monthly service at St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy where we will help prepare meals for the local needy. We leave at 8:45am in the college van and work until 12:00 pm and then return to campus. All are welcome to join us (students and staff) for this important and much needed ministry! A sign-up sheet is outside the VP for Mission Office or you can email [email protected].

These weekly meetings allow students to learn and play different Tabletop Role Playing Games. During the meetings, students can take on the role of heroic characters in Fantasy or Sci-Fi settings. These is a good opportunity to show off the students’ creativity and teamwork skills. Some game played are Pathfinder, Starfinder, and Dungeons and Dragons.

Please join us as we come together during the season of Lent for a brief prayer service during the Mondays of Lent. Each Monday the service will be on Zoom (watch your emails for zoom invite). The service begins at 8:45 am and concludes at 8:55 am. We will be joined by our colleagues at the two other Felician-sponsored higher education ministries, Madonna University of Livonia. MI and Felician University of Lodi, NJ. All are welcome to join us.

To support student well-being, Care Center Counselor Robyn Lelito is offering a series of general counseling groups for this semester. These groups are meant to help students build community, gain resources, and create a safe space to discuss mental health and related issues. Groups will be held in person during campus hours.

Registered students will receive a follow-up email and reminders about upcoming meetings. To register or ask questions, please email Robyn at [email protected] or use one of the sign-up sheets located at the Care Center.

The Care Center is now located on the ground floor of the Scott Bieler Center for Academic Excellence!

General Support Session Topics:
2/19/25: Introduction/Brainstorming
2/26/25: Resources at Villa and Accessibility
3/05/25: Study Skills and Time Management
3/12/25: Money and Budgeting
3/26/25: Art and Creative Coping Skills
4/02/25: Career Planning
4/09/25: First Aid and Access to Healthcare
4/16/25: Emotions and Mental Health
4/23/25: Healing and Self-Care
4/30/25: What to Do in a Crisis

To support student well-being, Care Center Counselor Robyn Lelito is offering a series of LQBTQIA+ counseling groups for this semester. These groups are meant to help students build community, gain resources, and create a safe space to discuss mental health and related issues. Groups will be held in person during campus hours.

Registered students will receive a follow-up email and reminders about upcoming meetings. To register or ask questions, please email Robyn at [email protected] or use one of the sign-up sheets located at the Care Center.

The Care Center is now located on the ground floor of the Scott Bieler Center for Academic Excellence!

LGBTQIA+ Sessions:
2/20/25: Introduction/Brainstorming
2/27/25: Campus Life
3/06/25: Gender
3/13/25: Sexuality
3/27/25: Coming Out
4/03/25: Internalized Oppression
4/10/25: Religion and Politics
4/17/25: Community
4/24/25: Safe Sex and Consent
5/01/25: Healthy Relationships

Please join us as we come together during the season of Lent for a brief prayer service during the Mondays of Lent. Each Monday the service will be on Zoom (watch your emails for zoom invite). The service begins at 8:45 am and concludes at 8:55 am. We will be joined by our colleagues at the two other Felician-sponsored higher education ministries, Madonna University of Livonia. MI and Felician University of Lodi, NJ. All are welcome to join us.

Within the Game Design program here at Villa Maria, the Senior Graduating Class of 2025 needs play testers for their final project of the year. This project will be ever changing and adapting based off of the feedback they receive from play testers who will help test different aspects of their game. To make sure enough time and effort is put into received feedback, students are only conducting one play test at a time, but do require many play testers to make a successful impact on the development process. Your name can be added to the credits of the game as an official play tester, if you so choose!

Play Testing will occur every Monday & Wednesday until the end of the semester, from 9:30am – 2:30pm in the DMAC. If you’d like to be a play tester but cannot make it to any of the time slots, contact Nicholas Velasquez at [email protected] to schedule another date/time.