Celebrate Mass of the Holy Spirit on Thursday, August 30
To mark the opening of the academic year, Catholic colleges and universities celebrate the Mass of the Holy Spirit, which dates back to the 16th century.
Saint Leo’s Mass of the Holy Spirit will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Thursday, August 30, in the Saint Leo Abbey Church. All faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to come together as a community and celebrate the academic convocation. The Saint Leo community will ask for the God’s guidance in all of our university activities.
To allow faculty, staff, and students the opportunity to attend Mass of the Holy Spirit, University Campus will observe an alternate class schedule on Thursday, August 30. The Campus Bookstore, Student Financial Support Center, Lion’s Lair, and Dining Hall will close at 10:45 a.m. and reopen at 11:30 a.m. Please announce this change to your classes.
Modified Class Schedule
Thursday, August 30, 2018
| Original Start Time | Original End Time | New Start Time | New End Time |
| 8 a.m. | 9:20 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 8:50 a.m. |
| 9:30 a.m. | 10:50 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 9:50 a.m. |
| 11 a.m. | 12:20 p.m. | 10 a.m. | 10:50 a.m. |
| Mass of the Holy Spirit – Abbey Church 11 a.m. to noon | |||
| 12:30 p.m. | 1:50 p.m. | 1:15 p.m. | 2:05 p.m. |
| 2 p.m. | 3:20 p.m. | 2:15 p.m. | 3:05 p.m. |
| 3:30 p.m. | 4:50 p.m. | 3:15 p.m. | 4:05 p.m. |
Classes will be 50 minutes in length.
Faculty and staff members who close their offices for Mass should place a sign on their door, saying something to this effect:
This office will be closed from 11 a.m. until approximately 12:30 p.m., Thursday, August 30, to allow faculty, staff, and students to attend Mass of the Holy Spirit. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Additionally, voicemail messages should indicate the office closure for Mass. Please record the following message on your voicemail. We have included directions for updating your message.
You have reached the Saint Leo University__________________Office. The university is closed from 11 a.m. until approximately 12:30 p.m. to allow faculty, staff, and students to attend Mass of the Holy Spirit. Your call is important to us and we will return it as soon as possible after Mass. If this is an emergency needing immediate attention, please call (352) 588-8333. If this is not an emergency, but needs attention before 12:30 p.m., please call (352) 588-8432.
Instructions for changing the message on campus phones are included below.
Cisco IP Phones
You can record only your standard, closed, and alternate greetings by phone.
- Log on to Cisco Unity.
- Press 4 > 1 > 1.
- After Cisco Unity plays your current greeting, press 1 to re-record it, or press 3 to record a different greeting, choose the greeting, and then re-record it.
For additional information about Mass, please contact Father Kyle Smith, chaplain of University Ministry, at (352) 588-7321 or kyle.smith04@saintleo.edu. For additional information about the modified class schedule, please contact Joe Tadeo, director of academic administration, at (352) 588-8513 or joseph.tadeo@saintleo.edu.
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