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.

First Reading: Genesis 2:18-24. The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.”

Psalm 128 May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.

2nd Reading: Hebrews 2:9-11. He is not ashamed to call them “brothers.”

Gospel: Mark 10:2-16. What God has joined to-gether, no human being must separate.

October 4, 2009 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Taizé Prayer

Monday, Oct. 5, 8—9 pm Newman Chapel

One hour of informal, yet very powerful 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 you heartContact the NSA Spirituality coordinators to assist in any way.

Women of God meetings are weekly text—based conversations about our vocation & role as Christian women. We meet most Mondays from 7—8 pm in the Newman Center Library. Learn about the impor-tance of womanhood in a relaxed open atmosphere with good conversation and good company. All women are welcome. Facilitators: Megan John-son & Marie Cleary. For further information contact: newmanwomenofgod@gmail.com

Sunday October 4th Rosary on the Mountain

Who: You When: Leave Newman at 12 return by 5 pm Where: Come join members of the Newman Center for a relaxing and spiritually fulfilling afternoon hik-ing up Mt. Holyoke in Skinner State Park. What to bring: Rosaries, snack, water bottle and dress for the weather and bring a lunch.

Questions? Suggestions? Contact us. Peter Chadbourne—pchadbou@student.umass.edu Lauren Noonan—lnoonan@student.umass.edu Kayla Wichowski—kwichows@student.umass.edu

Raise a Pint with the Newman Staff! Topic: The Beauty of God Professor Stephen Harris Tuesday, Oct. 6th 2009, 7:00—10:00 —Grad Lounge, UMass Campus Center Join us for suds and scripture with a relaxed conversation

Interested in getting involved in Liturgical Ministry? Want to be a… -Lector -Eucharistic Minister -Altar Server -Usher / Greeter -Singer / Musician in the Choir

We invite you to contact Mark Callahan for further informa-tion at: mcallahan@external.umass.edu

The Offertory for September 27, 2009 was $2577.62

The Offertory for September 20, 2009 was $1927.72

Some recent expenses include:

$535.49 for maintenance supplies $1293.00 for printing supplies

$327.51 for telephone $500.00 for postage

Thank you for your generosity!

MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT SESSION

The next Pre-Cana day with open registration is 11/14/2009.

Sign up now by registering online.

www.newmanumass.org/content/faith/precana.html

The Vocations Group will gather Thursday, October 8 at 5:15 with Mass fol-lowed by a Dinner Meeting in the li-brary. This meeting will be held from 6—7 pm. The evening will conclude with Adoration, Rosary and Benedic-tion in the chapel, starting at 7:15 pm

MASS INTENTIONS

FIRST SATURDAY, October 3, 2009 Blessed Virgin Mary

9:00 am David Field (d) Req. Chris Nelson

4:30 pm Intentions of Newman Community

SUNDAY, October 4, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am Victoriano Baldovi (d) req. by his daughter Audrey OConnell

10:30 am

7:00 pm Intentions of Newman Benefactors

MONDAY, October 5, Weekday

12:15 pm Communion Service

TUESDAY, October 6, Bruno, priest; Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin

12:15 pm Communion Service

WEDNESDAY, October 7, Our Lady of the Rosary

12:15 pm Helene Cunningham (d)

THURSDAY, October 8, Weekday

12:15 pm

5:15 pm Vocations

FRIDAY, October 9, Denis, bishop & martyr, & his companions, martyrs

12:15 pm

SATURDAY, October 10, Blessed Virgin Mary

9:00 am Intentions of Newman Benefactors

4:30 pm Michael DeCheke (d) req. Thomas Flynn

SUNDAY, October 11, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am Intentions of the Newman Community

10.30 am

7:00 pm Helen C. Lizewski (d)

8:00 pm Taizé Prayer

Grade 10 Sacrament of Confirmation

Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:30 AM

RECONCILIATION

Sat., 3:30-4 pm Sun., 6:00—6:30 pm First Fridays —before and after First Friday

Mass and by appointment

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Wed. 4 - 6:30 pm Thurs. 7:00 pm Fri. 4—5:15 pm

VESPERS

Sun - Wed & Fri

5:15-5:30 pm

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION WITH DEACON LUCIEN Mon.– Tues. 9 am—5 pm

The Newman Book Club Reading works of fiction by authors with catholic sensibilities

Monsignor Quixote, by Graham Greene October 7th, 7:30pm. Fr. Quigley Room In this later novel by Graham Greene the author continues to explore moral and theological dilem-mas through psychologically astute character stud-ies and exciting drama on an international stage.

The title character of Monsignor Quixote is a village priest, elevated to the rank of monsignor through a clerical error, who travels to Madrid accompanied by his best friend San-cho, in Greene’s lighthearted variation on Cervantes.

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel Eucharistic Adoration

Wednesdays 4—6:30, Thursdays 7:15—8:00 Fridays 4:00—5:15 This Fall our special intention is for the people of the Dio-cese of Springfield as they implement The Pastoral Plan. We pray that through the Eucharist may come healing.

Grab your friends and come on over to Newman for Saturday Night Life (SNL) and check out our 110 inch Theater System with Digital Surround Sound! Good food and more. Doors open following the 4:30 Mass & Vespers. Oct 3 Movie: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

At the invitation of Bishop Timothy McDonnell

Dr. Bernard McGinn, the noted scholar of mysticism from the University of Chicago

will give a lecture entitled:

Two Apostolic Women Mystics: Catherine of Siena and Madame Guyon

at the Newman Catholic Center

At 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 24, 2009

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Need an hour to relax? Join New-man’s Peer Ministers for a bi weekly faith chat or some really good coffee at Rao’s Coffee in Amherst Center on

Wed. October 14 & 28 — 7- 8 pm Have questions or need help finding Rao’s, E-mail Thom Guilino at peers.newman@gmail.com.

Newman Lecture Series presents:

The Newman Catholic Center’s G.K. Chesterton Group In the finest tradition of a good old fashion college “bull” session! Every other Saturday 7:00 pm, in the Fr. Quigley Room. October 3rd, 17th, 31st. All are welcome

GOD. SEX. DATING.

Sex and God: The 2 most Googled words. Let’s face it—God and sex are on our minds and by no coinci-dence. “God. Sex. Dating” looks at

these hot topics with a perspective you have proba-bly never heard. Come find out how this is way different than an abstinence talk. Join us Wednesdays at 9pm here at New-man’s Burke Lounge. All freshmen and sopho-mores are welcome...

Habitat for Humanity Saturday Oct. 24, All Day

WHERE: Meet at Newman, and Join the NSA crew to help build/refurbish local homes in need. Contact the NSA Service coordinators if you can assist with this event.

Pax Christi Western Mass. Last month a group of American Pax Christi members visited Iraq to help strengthen the church’s role as a builder of bridges

between religious communities there. To learn more about Pax Christi, the international Catholic peace movement, come to the next monthly meet-ing of Western MA Pax Christi on Friday, Octo-ber 9, at 7:00 PM at Mont Marie in Holyoke. For more information, call Mike Moran at 283-5716, or visit www.paxchristima.org.

RCIA (The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) IN THE QUIGLEY ROOM 5—6:45 PM

• Do you have an acquaintance who may be interested in becoming Catholic?

• Are you a Catholic who has never celebrated your First Communion or received the sacrament of Confir-mation?

• Do you wish to learn more about the Catholic faith?

The Newman Center RCIA group meets regularly on Sun-day evenings during the academic term at 5 pm in the Quigley Room of the Center. If you would like more infor-mation about the RCIA process, consult the Newman web-site at newmanumass.org.

… Or contact Deacon Richard Talbot E-mail: rjtalbot@library.umass.edu

Telephone: 549-0300, ext. 39

Esselen Peer Ministers 2009 – 2010

GRAD STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (GSYP) Katie McNamara - NewmanGSYP@gmail.com

NEWMAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION LEADERS NSA 2009-2010

President John Costello (jpcostel@student.umass.edu)

Vice President Cindy Hopf (chopf@student.umass.edu)

Treasurer Amanda Grafstein (agrafste@student.umass.edu)

Spirituality Committee Peter Chadbourne (pchadbou@student.umass.edu) Kayla Wichowski (kwichows@student.umass.edu)

Service Committee

Bridget Cullen (bacullen@student.umass.edu) Justin Pespisa (jpespisa@student.umass.edu)

Outreach & Hospitality Committee Trent Ainsworth (tainswor@student.umass.edu)

*Position TBD

Publicity Committee Lauren Noonan (lnoonan@student.umass.edu)

*Position TBD

NOTE: Each Committee will also select a third leader in early fall, ‘09

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)

Acting Dir. of Religious Ed./Child Safety Advocate Frank Lawlor

549-0300, ext. 12 (rey.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—Thursday 7 am -10: 30 pm, Friday 7 am—5:30 pm, Saturday 8 am— Close SNL

Newman Café Monday — Thursday 7 am—8 pm, Friday 7 am—5:00 pm Saturday / Sunday 8am— 2 pm

Weekend Mass: Saturday 4:30 pm, Sunday 8:00 am, 10:30am, & 7 pm

Daily Mass: Wednesday—Friday 12:15pm, Thursday 5:15 pm, Saturday 9:00 am

Communion Service: Monday & Tuesday 12:15 pm

Confessions: Sat 3:30pm - 4:00pm, Sunday 6:00—6:30 pm, before and after First Friday 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 FALL SCHEDULE

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

Spiritual Direction: Monday and Tuesday, 9 am– 5 pm. Call Deacon Lucien for introduction 413-253-2293