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20 CHAPLAINCY RE Chaplaincy provides care and support to all members of the College community. We will do our best to make you feel at home. We believe that the study of RE is central to each student’s experience at Cardinal Newman. As part of your programme of study at Cardinal Newman, you will do one lesson every other week, but it is not RE as you know it! We offer: • Moments of prayer • Celebration of the Eucharist and liturgies • Our Chapel is open every day and there is also a separate quiet prayer room, which is open to all students • A sympathetic listening ear • Practical care in time of need • Student groups promoting justice, peace and charity • Space and opportunities for a deepening of faith to take place You will be made welcome anytime! Our Chaplaincy Team helps to promote community and reminds us of the community’s wider responsibilities to create a more just society. You can get involved in charity work, Newman Day, student groups, Soup Day, lunches for the elderly, SVP, CAFOD, Fair Trade, retreats, trips, pilgrimages and much, much more! There is always lots going on with students and staff regularly taking part in and arranging fundraising events for a variety of worthy causes and there are also lots of occasions where people come together and celebrate being part of such a diverse community. RE is all about challenging and encouraging you to question and evaluate who you are, what you believe, your role in society and what others believe and why. It does not just cover one religion, you will