For a brief history of CCCM & CCSA Click Here
Canadian Catholic Campus Ministry
Our Core Purpose:
Support Campus Ministry in promoting the mission of the Church in higher education.
CCCM is a national network of professional Catholic Campus Ministers,grounded in the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church, inspired by the vision of Vatican II.
CCCM exists to bring the Gospel of Christ to the academic world, through a national network; the ministry of the National Coordinator and the CCCM Executive Board; publications, programs and other means of sharing resources; national ad regional Campus Ministers' and Students' conferences.
CCCM has its roots in the early Catholic Colleges in Canada, dating back over 200 years. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) named the first National Chaplain in 1948. (National Chaplain of Newman which later became the CCSA) We are present on over 75 campuses across Canada.
Canadian Catholic Students' Association
Our Core Purpose:
Uniting students who witness the Gospel on campus.
Rooted in the Gospel of Christ and in the spirit of Vatican II, the (CCSA) works to nurture Christian student leadership,and to support prayerful, prophetic, and pastoral action within the context of Canadian post-secondary education. The CCSA dates back to the first Catholic Colleges 1760's in Quebec and 1860 in English speaking Canada.
The Newman Clubs began in the early 1900's. James Cardinal McQuigan in 1946 formed the first national body of Newman Clubs and Catholic College student groups so as to join Pax Romana (IMCS). Brief History of IMCS - CLICK HERE . The CCSA has evolved out of the Catholic Colleges and Newman systems, to be in it's present form - a national association representing all Catholic students on campuses across Canada.
Ex Corde Ecclesiae - On Catholic Universities
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has made public a decree of promulgation and the ordinances for the implementation in Canada of the Vatican document
Ex Corde Ecclesiae CLICK HERE
See Article 6 in regards to Chaplains and Campus Ministry
