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.

Newman’s Pre-Cana Program Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. Time: 9 am—4 pm Place: Father Quigley Room A team of Catholic couples will bring participants along through interactive work-

shops, prayer, reflection, laughter. We will offer teachings and insights and invite the engaged couples to participate in exercises designed to deepen their understanding of their beloved (the exercise are for fiancée-to-fiancée disclosure, not couples-to-large group). We’ll provide take home resources. We begin the day with Mass and end with an opportunity for Reconciliation.The next Pre-Cana session is Saturday, March 28, 2009. You can sign up online at www.newmanumass.org/content/faith/precana.html

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 18, 2009

First Reading: 1 Samuel 3:3-19. Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.

Psalm 40. Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:13-20. Your bodies are members of Christ.

Gospel: John 1:35-42. They saw where he was staying and they stayed with him.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Theology on Tap with Bishop McDonnell

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 7:30—9:30 pm

Graduate Lounge, Campus Center, UMass Amherst

A relaxed conversation with the Most Rev. Timothy A. McDonnell, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, MA

See a brief introduction to Bishop Timothy McDonnell at www. Diospringfield.org/about/lantern%20speech.htm

Regardless of how we voted, let us join together this Martin Luther King weekend, the advent of the Inaugura-tion of our first President of Afro-American ancestry, and ask for God’s blessing upon Barack Obama. (Deacon Lucien)

Inaugural Prayer for President Barack Obama

Dear Lord,

We ask for your blessing upon President Barack Obama.

Guide him with your wisdom and mercy, help him be insightful, courageous and compassionate.

May Our Lady of Peace protect him and his family — Michelle, Malia Ann and Sasha — from all harm. May he draw together black and white, brown and yellow, Red and Blue, male and female, gay and straight, right and left.

Help him listen to the needs of the poor, the unem-ployed, the immigrant, the sick and aged, the soldier and the wounded, and to hear the heartbeat of the Unborn.

May he follow your most Holy Will.

We ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

Amen

MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, January 17, 2009 Anthony, abbott

9:00 am Intentions of Newman Benefactors

4:30 pm

SUNDAY, January 18, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am Intentions of Newman Community and Father Doug Req. by Lorraine

10:30 am Intentions of Newman Community

MONDAY, January 19, Weekday

9:00 am

TUESDAY, January 20, Fabian, pope & martyr

12:15 pm Communion Service

WEDNESDAY, January 21, Agnes, virgin & martyr

12:15 pm THURSDAY, January 22, USA: Day of Penance/ Anniver-sary of Roe vs. Wade Weekday, Vincent, deacon & martyr

12:15 pm

FRIDAY, January 23, Weekday

12:15 pm

SATURDAY, January 24, Francis de Sales, bishop & doctor

9:00 am Intentions of Newman Benefactors

4:30 pm Intentions of Newman Community

SUNDAY, January 25, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am Josefa Rodriguez (d) Req. Jodie & Jesse Ortiz

10:30 am

7:00 pm

RECONCILIATION

Sat., 3:30-4 pm Sun., 6:00—6:45 pm

First Fridays —before and after First Friday Mass and by appointment

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Wed. 4 - 6:30 pm Fri. 4—5:15 pm

VESPERS

Sun - Wed & Fri

5:15-5:30 pm

REY (religious education for youth) There are no REY classes on 1/18. Monday January 19, is Martin Lu-ther King, Jr. Holiday. On 1/25, all grades will meet. Second grade CCD student needs

carpool ride to Sunday CCD program and home, start-ing February 1, 2009. Andrew lives off route nine, heading towards Belchertown, at Echo Hill. Espe-cially important because of First Communion this year. Father has no transportation. Contact John Abely at 413-534-7496.

The Offertory for January 11, 2009

$1691.32 Some recent expenses include:

$3309.11 for gas

Thank you for your generosity!

The Wrapping Newman in Memories Campaign is off and running. We will be wrapping the pillars of the new Newman Catholic Center sign in

memorial bricks which will be engraved with a person-alized message. These bricks can be used to honor family members, professors, coaches, UMass grads, home parishes, favorite priests or anyone else. There are two size bricks available 4 x 8 quarry tiles and 12 x12 marble tiles (going fast). Full details and ordering instructions are available on our website www.newmanumass.org.

Congratulations to the newly baptized

Brendan Michael Aron Salvas

Ariq James Welch

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. Mass for Vocations: 5:15p on 1/29, 2/5

Dinner in the Library: ~6:00 - 7:00p Special Guest 2/5 is Sr. Sean O’Mannion, UMass

alum and newly ordained priest Devotions / Bible Study: 7:15 - 8:00p

Come for all or part of the evening's activities as your busy schedule allows. Also, don't worry if you can not make it every week. Just know you're wel-come whenever you can make it. For more info, contact Fr. Doug, 549-0300 x34 or email

GSYP SNL returns Saturday January 24. GK Chesterton Group will meet on Sat. January 24, 2009 from 7—9 pm, in the Father Quigley Room. The Chesterton Group is an infor-mal discussion of the thoughts and writings of the Apostle of Common Sense, G. K. Chesterton.

JustFaith is in session—

JustFaith will meet on Thursday Evenings January 22, and 29.

Sat. January 31 JustFaith Journey to Justice 9am—3pm Off site location

“Woman: God’s Masterpiece”

Join us for the Women of God Conversation Group Returning Monday, February 2, 2009 7—8 pm in the Newman Library. Facilitator: Graduate Student Cecily Sharko

We will be listening to portions of an entertain-ing and upbeat lecture by Christopher West ti-tled “ Woman: God’s Masterpiece, Understand-ing and Living the Feminine Genius” and then conversing about them directly afterwards . NO PREPARATION READING NEEDED

Taizé Prayer Monday, Feb 2, 8—9 pm

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel One hour of informal, yet very power-ful ecumenical prayer in the Taizé tradition. The Chapel is lit only by candlelight. The haunting refrains of the simple musical melodies and harmonies will uplift you and allow God to guide your heart. Contact the Newman Student Association Spirituality coordinators to assist in any way.

BUS TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. Catholics for Life at Most Holy Redeemer in Hadley is organizing a bus trip to the Annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. Please join us! The bus leaves Most Holy Redeemer parking lot on Wednesday, January 21st at

10:00 p.m. We will spend Thursday, January 22nd, in Washington, D.C.. We will leave around 4:00 p.m., ar-riving back in Hadley very late Thursday night. The cost of the trip is $40.00 / person, though scholarships are provided for all students. For information, contact Most Holy Redeemer Parish at (413) 584-1326 or Mary Michalak at 584-4889 (sbujmmr@yahoo.com). God bless you for your support.

2nd MONDAYS SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM SERIES presents:

Newman Book Club Wednesday, February 4, 7:30 p.m.

Reading works of fiction by authors with Catholic sensibilities

Mr. Blue, Myles Connolly

The mysterious and magnetic J. Blue spends his inherited wealth as soon as he gets it and lives in a packing box on a New York City rooftop. This beloved novel about a contemporary St. Francis figure, first published in 1928, has intrigued countless readers for decades.

“Come Walk in My Shoes”, a documen-tary, follows the Honorable John Lewis on an emotional pilgrimage to the churches, parks and bridges where young people played a pivotal role in the struggle for equality and voting rights.

A fresh perspective on the non-violent pro-tests that challenged segregation laws in the South and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

Come join us for all or part of the event — film, pizza, conversation. Newman Catholic Center, Burke Lounge. “SMSJ” is facilitated by graduates of the JustFaith pro-gram. For more information call 413-548-9446.

BIRTHRIGHT of Amherst will be having a volunteer training session on February 6th at 3:30 pm in the Campus Center at UMass. We invite you to come and learn about Birthright and our work with women. Please call Ann

Zimmerman at 413-548-9142 (after January 28th) for more information. THANK YOU

Esselen Peer Ministers 2008-2009 Tom Gulino (tgulino@student.umass.edu)

Mark McDonough (alphaomega2@charter.net) Caitlin Petrizzi (cpetrizz@student.umass.edu) Megan Torpey (mtorpey@student.umass.edu)

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 (lnoonan@student.umass.edu)

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)

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

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)

Building Hours: Sunday— Friday 8 am—5: 30 pm, Saturday 8 am— Close SNL

Newman Café Monday — Friday 8am—2 pm, Saturday, Closed, Sunday 8am— 12 Noon

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 12:15 pm

Confessions: Sat 3:30pm - 4:00pm, 11:30 -noon on First Fridays and following Mass, 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

THE NEWMAN CATHOLIC CENTER WINTER BREAK SCHEDULE

Newman Events Calendar: www.newmanumass.org/content/calendar/index.html

At the Newman Center the child safety advocate is Chris Clark. 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 requires that abuse and/or neglect of a minor be reported to the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (1-800-792-5200) or through local police.

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