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Newman Catholic Center

472 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01002

Tel. 413-549-0300/Fax 413-548-9182

For a more complete sense of life at Newman visit our homepage at www.newmanumass.org.

Communitas

“cor ad cor loquitur” The Newman Catholic Center includes the students, faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts and extended community. Empowered by the Spirit and inspired by John Henry Newman’s motto: “Heart speaks to Heart” we explore, believe and reach out inclusively to make Jesus Christ present to all who share their journey with us.

August 31, 2008 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-9. The word of the Lord has brought me derision all the

day.

Psalm 63. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

Second Reading: Romans 12:1-2. Do not conform yourselves to this age, but be trans-

formed by the renewal of your mind.

Gospel: Matthew 16:21-27. Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take

up his cross, and follow me.

Stations of the Cross World Youth Day

July 14, 2008

Fall Semester

Newman Building Hours

Start August 31, 2008

Sunday—Thursday 7am-10:30pm

Friday 7am -5:30pm Saturday 8am-Close of SNL

Newman Café is closed Sat.,

Sun., Mon. Aug, 30—Sept. 1

Newman Café

Fall Semester Hours

Begin Sept. 2nd Monday—Thursday 7am–

8pm Friday 7am-5pm Saturday/Sunday 8am—2pm

All are welcome Time: Noonish

RECONCILIATION

Sat., 3:30-4 pm First Fridays 11:30 am – Noon and following Mass

and by appointment

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Wed. 4 - 5:30 pm

VESPERS

Sun - Wed & Fri 5:15-5:30 pm

Offertory collection for the week of:

August 24, 2008

$2706.34

Some recent expenses include:

$282.00 for fire alarm inspection

$647.50 for HVAC maintenance

$414. 90 for phones and Internet

$212.89 for office supplies

Thank you for your generosity!

MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, August 30, 2008 Blessed Virgin Mary

9:00 am Intentions of Newman Benefactors

4:30 pm Mildred Zachowski (d) Req. Jan Esselen

SUNDAY, August 31, 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

8:00 am Intentions of the Newman Community

10:30 am Bill Kain (d) Req. Beatrice Dragon

7:00 pm Intentions of the University of Massachusetts

MONDAY, Sept. 1, Labor Day

9:00 am Mass

TUESDAY, Sept. 2, Weekday, Classes Begin

12:15 pm Communion Service

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3, Gregory the Great, pope, doctor

12:15 pm

THURSDAY, Sept, 4, Weekday

12:15 pm

5:15 pm Vocations

7:00 pm Adoration

FRIDAY, Sept 5, First Friday, Bl. Teresa of Calcutta

12:15 pm

SATURDAY, Sept 6, First Saturday; Blessed Virgin Mary

9:00 am Intentions of Newman Benefactors

4:30 pm

SUNDAY, Sept, 7, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am

10:30 am Intentions of Newman Community

7:00 pm

Newman’s next Pre-Cana program with openings is October 18, 2008. You can

sign up online at www.newmanumass.org/

content/faith/precana.html

Newman and Amazon.com Help Support

Newman when buying your textbooks On-line!

Confused over were God is leading you? Do you feel a call to the married life, religious life, or priestly life? Then come and join us for Mass and dinner each Thursday evening at Newman where you can meet others who are on the same journey of discernment you are on.

Mass for Vocations: Thurs. Sept 4, 5:15p

Dinner in the Library: ~6:00 - 7:00p

Devotions / Bible Study: 7:15 - 8:00p

For more info, contact Fr. Doug, 549-0300 x34 or email fr.mcgonagle@gmail.com

Our Catholic faith and Biblical tradition extend an extraordinary invitation to each of us and to our faith communities to become agents of God‘s compassion and healing in a wounded world.

Catholic Faith Formation for Adults An extended, shared journey of faith informed by scripture, Catholic Tradition, experience, and prayer

Thursday 9/4/08 Inquiry session, all welcome —6:30-7:30 pm

Orientation for new members — 7:30-9 pm

Burke Lounge, Newman Center UMass 472 No. Pleasant St. Amherst MA

Info: Marilyn Paul-Lewis

Director of Parish Social Ministry, Catholic Charities

Agency, Diocese of Springfield

1-413-452-0818 m.paullewis@diospringfield.org

Thursday, September 4 Events

Join the discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 pm in the Fr. Quigley Room The Newman Catholic Center is pleased to announce the results of the 2008 Cardinal Newman Short Story Competition. There were a total of nine stories submitted rep-

resenting three of the Five Colleges. The ju-rists wish to commend all the writers for their work and heartily encourage you to continue writing. Please know there is an audience for authors with a Catholic sensibility. For copies of the book, please contact Fr. Doug.549-0300 x34 or email fr.mcgonagle@gmail.com

“Romero” Monday, Sept. 8 7— 9:30 pm

Newman Catholic Center Burke Lounge

Join in all or part of the event: film, pizza, conversation

Facilitators: Marilyn Lewis and Chris Clark

What is the film for September 8, 2008? 1

―Romero‖ A powerful dramatization of the last three years in the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Sal-vador whose condemnation of human rights abuses led to his assassination in 1980. 1989, 102 min, in English. PG-13 www.decentfilms.com/sections/reviews/romero. Html

Whose initiative is this? ―SMSJ‖ is a self-supporting offering facilitated by Marilyn Paul Lewis and graduates of the JustFaith pro-gram, held at the Newman Catholic Center on the sec-ond Monday of the month. For more information call this cell phone (413) 531-2489.

SECOND MONDAYS SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM SERIES

We realize that parking is at a pre-mium here at the Center but for the safety of everyone, we remind you to PLEASE PARK YOUR VEHICLE LEGALLY. This will allow emergency vehicles full access should the need arise. It will also ensure that your vehi-

cle will not be ticketed or towed by the Amherst Police Dept. for parking illegally.

Have you been studying the Bible? Or maybe not studying but won-

dering how scripture fits into your life? Are you looking for a solid-but-not-somber scripture-based faith group? GSYP is starting one up:

Just for fun on Wed. Sept. 3, we'll decorate a huge homemade sheet cake with the jour-neys of St. Paul. Stop by and enjoy! All are welcome. Part of the cake will be vegan. Wed., Sept. 3, 4-5 pm. Bartley Room ...... yum .... yum ........

is designed especially for graduate students, young professionals, extended community members,

and/but undergraduates are welcome too. We get together in the Bartley Room (next to the cafe) on Wednesdays, 4-5 pm. Come any or all weeks.

We begin with prayer, touch base with participants on life in general, hear the pre-announced Pauline scripture text, hear a brief Catholic commentary on it, and engage in a give-and-take dialogue about how the text moves our minds and our hearts. Fa-cilitators: Chris Clark and Katie McNamara.

The G. K. Chestertown Group meets Sat. night

Sept 6 at 7:00 pm in the Fr. Quigley Room.

Participants will discuss the thoughts and writ-

ings of the English apologist, writer and Jour-

nalist, G. K. Chesterton in his book The Pint,

the Pipe & the Cross! Check the Newman

website for more information. All are wel-

come.

In the finest tradition of a good old fashion college ‘bull” session!

Dinner and a Movie in the Burke Lounge

Ping-Pong, Music, Board Games

August 30 Back to School /Rodney Dangerfield

Doors open after the 4:30pm Mass &

Vespers, and the first movie starts

7:00p

Sept. 6 Scent of a Woman / Al Pacino

And G.K. Chesterton Group Night

I Paul

I Paul

"God loves me and wants me safe." Meeting Sunday 9/21/2008 9 am

Place: St. Brigid’s Parish Center, Amherst Speaker: Patricia Finn McManamy, LICSW

The Diocese of Springfield Office of Counseling, Preven-

tion and Victim Services was established to fulfill the U.S.

Conference of Catholic Bishops' commitment to the victims,

survivors and family members of those who have suffered

from sexual abuse by clergy or anyone working for the

Catholic Church. At the Newman Center the child safety

advocate is Chris Clark. Our promise to protect and pledge

to heal, includes measures to ensure accountability, promote healing and reconciliation, and prevents future acts of abuse.

For further information or to report abuse call the Office of

Counseling, Prevention and Victim Services at 413-452-

0624 or the confidential hotline at 800-842-9055. State law

also requires that abuse and/or neglect of a minor must be

reported to the Massachusetts Department of Social Services

(1-800-792-5200) or through local police.

DIRECTORY

Chaplain and Director Fr. Douglas McGonagle ’87, ’95

549-0300, ext. 34 (fr.mcgonagle@gmail.com)

Associate Director for Administration Deacon Richard J. Talbot,

549-0300, ext. 39 (rjtalbot@library.umass.edu)

Campus Minister Dir. of Undergrad Programs/Dir. of Music

Mark Callahan 549-0300, ext. 36 (mcallahan@external.umass.edu)

Campus Minister Dir. of Religious Ed./Child Safety Advocate

Chris Clark ‗82 549-0300, ext. 14 (cclark.newman@gmail.com)

Campus Minister Deacon Prof. Lucien Miller

549-0300, ext. 28 (lmiller@complit.umass.edu)

Director of Development Frank Lawlor

549-0300, ext. 12 (flawlor.newman@gmail.com)

Business/Property Manager David Rondina

549-0300, ext. 27 (drondina.newman@gmail.com)

Database Manager/Communitas Mary Ellen Stroud

549-0300, ext. 24 (mestroud.newman@gmail.com)

Operating Manager of Newman Café Jason Wonsey

549-0300, ext. 18 (newmancafe@yahoo.com)

GRAD STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (GSYP)

Katie McNamara - NewmanGSYP@gmail.com

NEWMAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION LEADERS (NSA) 2008-2009

President Mike Munger (jmunger@student.umass.edu)

Vice President Mike Carney (mcarney@student.umass.edu)

Treasurer Danielle Pourbaix (dpourbai@student.umass.edu)

Spirituality Committee John Costello (jpcostel@student.umass.edu)

Genevieve Feldmann (kgfeldma@student.umass.edu) Lauren Noonan (lauren_noonan@yahoo.com)

Service Committee Kristen Aguiar (kaguiar@student.umass.edu)

Sara Martin (marti20s@mtholyoke.edu) Justin Pespisa (jpespisa@student.umass.edu)

Social Outreach & Hospitality Committee Katelyn DeCristofano (kdicrist@student.umass.edu) Amanda Grafstein (agrafste@student.umass.edu)

Cindy Hopf (chopf@student.umass.edu)

Publicity Committee Trent Ainsworth (tainswor@student.umass.edu)

Tim Izzo (tizzo@student.umass.edu) Mark Omobono (momobono@student.umass.edu)

THE NEWMAN CATHOLIC CENTER Fall Schedule

Building Hours: Sunday—Thursday 7 am—10:30 pm—Friday 7am—5:30 pm, Saturday 8am—Close of SNL

Newman Café Monday — Thursday 7 am—8 pm, Friday 7am—5 pm , Saturday /Sunday 8am— 2 pm

Weekend Mass: Saturday 4:30 pm, Sunday 8:00 am, 10:30am

Daily Mass: Wednesday—Friday 12:15pm, Saturday 9:00am

Communion Service: Monday & Tuesday 12:15pm

Confessions: Sat 3:30pm - 4:00pm, 11:30 -noon on First Fridays and by appointment 413-549-0300 x34

Other Resources: Chapel/Study Lounges/Computer Lounge/Wi-Fi/Library/Café/ Classrooms/Ministerial Staff/Student & Extended Community Members

Web Site: http://www.newmanumass.org

SUPPORT MEETINGS - Classroom 1 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Mon - Fri 11:15am and Sun 1 - 2:30pm/Open Meeting

(Young People’s Group (AA) : Thu 7:30 - 8:30pm at Mercy House) Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, (FA):Sun 4 - 5:30pm/Info: Susanne 259-1433 or Teresa 253-0250

Overeaters Anonymous, (OA): Tue & Thu 12:30-1:30pm

An automated giving program called ParishPay allows you to have your monthly contribution automatically sent from your checking or credit card directly to Newman. You can enroll

directly with ParishPay, L.L.C. using their secure web site (https://www.parishpay.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Frank Lawlor by telephone at 549-0300, ext. 12 or by email at flaw-

lor.newman@gmail.com We continue to be grateful to the entire Newman Catholic Center Community for your gener-osity. This ministry would not be possible without your support.