NEWMAN HALL HOLY SPIRIT PARISH We Gather, To hear God s word, To taste Jesus life in Eucharist, To be a community of God s love for one another and for all We Are Sent, To relish learning that enriches all lives, To heal divisions in our church and world, To participate in the world s quest for justice and peace A Ministry of the Staff Mass Schedule Rev. Ivan Tou, CSP (Pastor) itou@calnewman.org Rev. Paul Rospond, CSP (Assistant Pastor) prospond@calnewman.org Colleen Lenord (Music & Liturgy) ColleenLenord@gmail.com Frances Rojek (Faith Formation) FaithFormation@calnewman.org Sunday Saturday: Sunday: 5:00pm (Vigil) 7:30am, 10:00am, 5:00pm, 10:00pm (candlelight) Weekdays Mon-Sat: 12:10pm Thursday: 9:00pm (candlelight) Regular School-Year Building Hours Monday-Friday: 9:00am-9:00pm Saturday: 9:00am-6:00pm (1st Sat until 7:00pm) Sunday: 7:00am-11:00pm Elizabeth Kristos (Administrative Assistant) info@calnewman.org Peg McGowan (Administrative Assistant) newmanadmin@earthlink.net Christine Dalton (Sacristan) sacristan@calnewman.org Rev. George Fitzgerald, CSP (Pastor Emeritus) grfitz@gmail.com Rev. Steve Bossi, CSP (Paulist in Residence) stevebossi@gmail.com (arriving Sept 2017) Reconciliation Saturday 3:30-4:30pm, Thursday 8:00pm or by appointment Eucharistic Adoration Mon-Fri: 1st Friday: Thursday: 9am-10am 9am-12pm 8pm-9pm Baptisms and Marriages Call the receptionist for more information. For marriages, please notify the church 6 months prior to your marriage. 2700 Dwight Way, Berkeley, California 94704 Phone: (510) 848-7812 Website: calnewman.org FAX: (510) 848-0179 E-mail: info@calnewman.org Follow us on FB/Instagram/Twitter @calnewmanhall
August 27, 2017 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time COMING UP AT NEWMAN (Student activities in bold) Sunday, Aug 27 10:00am Playgroup Program 11:00am Coffee & Donuts 6:00pm Student Dinner Monday, Aug 28 9:00am Food Not Bombs 12:10pm OA 1:00pm Writing Group 7:30pm Meditation Group Tuesday, Aug 29 ALL DAY Classes Start 1:00pm Tuesday Theology 7:00pm Seekers Bible Study Wednesday, Aug 30 8:00pm Rosary Group Thursday, Aug 31 7:30pm Emmaus Group 7:30pm Summer Theology Reading Group 8:00pm AA 8:00pm Adoration 8:00pm Confession/Benediction 9:00pm Mass (candlelight) Friday, Sept 1 9:00am Adoration 9:00am Loaves & Fishes Set-up 12:10pm OA 7:30pm AA Saturday, Sept 2 3:30pm Reconciliation 3:30pm Al-Anon 4:00pm Loaves & Fishes Dinner CLOSED LABOR DAY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH NEWMAN WILL BE OPEN ONLY FOR THE 9AM MASS There will not be a 12:10pm Mass. If your group still plans to meet, make sure to check out a key ahead of time. FaithDirect-Want to simplify your life and make a difference for your parish? If you re not using FaithDirect, consider exploring e- Giving. Your automatic contributions through Faith Direct will save valuable time for both you and our parish staff. To enroll go to www.faithdirect.net and use our parish code CA705. SCRIPTURE READINGS (Year C: Cycle II) Sunday, Aug 27- Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 22:19-23; Ps 138:1-3, 6,8; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 Monday, Aug 28-St. Augustine, Bishop, Doctor of the Church 1 Thes 1:1-5, 8b-10; Ps 149:1-6,9; Mt 23:13-22 Tuesday, Aug 29-The Passion of St. John the Baptist 1 Thes 2:1-8; Ps 139:1-6; Mk 6:17-29 Wednesday, Aug 30 1 Thes 2:9-13; Ps 139:7-12b; Mt 23:27-32 Thursday, Aug 31 1 Thes 3:7-13; Ps 90:3-5, 12-14, 17; Mt 24:42-51 Friday, Sept 1 1 Thes 4:1-8; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 10-12; Mt 25:1-13 Saturday, Sept 2- BVM on Saturday 1 Thes 4:9-11; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Mt 25:14-30 Sunday, Sept 3-Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 20:7-9; Ps 63:2-6, 8-9; Rom 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27 Weekly Collection for August 20 STEWARDSHIP Sunday Collections thru June 2017 Sunday $6,986.00 Income $278,930.74 Goal thru Online $2,470.00 $298,500.02 May Total $9,456.00 Deficit -$19,569.28 Weekly Goal $11,480.77 Debt to Diocese $244,021.50 Thank you for your continued generosity and support! OUR COMMUNITY GIFT FOR AUGUST A portion of this month s collection will go to support the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Tijuana who work with migrants and locals, providing spiritual and psychological accompaniment to those suffering from addiction or broken families. AUGUST IS NATIONAL MAKE-A-WILL MONTH - Making a will is probably one of the most unpleasant tasks around. However, as Christians, we know we re a pilgrim people and earth is not our permanent home. After taking care of family and other important needs, there will always be others after us who will need the spiritual support of Newman, especially future CAL students. Your foresight and planning can make a great difference for a future generation in need.
A N N O U N C E M E N T Welcome Back Students & Welcome New Students As you embark on your studies in college, don t forget to attend to the eternal and to the foundations of your life, namely faith, friendship, and freedom. Consider the following regular events Student Dinner Sun, 6pm Berkeley Students for Life Mon, 7pm Seekers Bible Study Tue, 7pm Rosary Group Wed, 7pm Newman LGBTQ Thu, 7pm (starting 9/7) RCIA Thu, 7:30pm (starting 9/14) Adoration/Confession Thu, 8pm Candlelight Mass Thu, 9pm Chun Jin Ahm Fri, 7pm Knitting Circle - TBD Yaggies (Grad & Young Adults) TBD FOCUS Small Group Bible Studies - TBD Don t forget Labor Day Luau on Mon, Sep. 4 (5pm) New Student Twilight Retreat on Friday, Sep. 8 (6pm-12am) 50 th ANNIVERSARY PLANNING COMMITTEE NEEDS YOU - On May 13, 2017, our venerable building at the corner of Dwight and College will be officially 50 years old. It s time to start planning as to how we want to celebrate 50 years in our distinguished concrete building come 2017. Please contact Fr. Ivan (itou@calnewman.org) if you would like to be on the planning committee. GREETERS - Looking for greeters for all masses. Stand at the entrance of the church sharing a smile and a warm word as mass attendees enter the church, help bring up the Eucharistic gifts and when they leave, a warm good bye. Please contact Alan Roselius: Tel (510) 881-2879; Email: arose919@att.net. RCIA-Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Begins Sept. 8. Meets Thursdays at 7:30pm. Please invite those you know who have shown an interest in the Catholic Church to participate in this journey of faith. Better still BRING THEM. Also, consider being a sponsor for one of the candidates. It is a perfect way to enhance your own faith commitment. Contact Dan Cawthon: rcia@calnewman.org. LOAVES & FISHES Help us prepare and serve meals for the poor and homeless on the first Saturday of the month. For more information, For more info, and how to sign-up please go to: signup.com/go/wxdcmx HABITAT 4 NEWMANITY-Saturday, Sept 9, 9:00am to 12:00Noon. Our Focus will be cleaning the upstairs patio and doing landscaping around the parking lot. RSVP Alan Roselius bigalroselius@gmail.com. INTERFAITH GATHERING TO PRAY FOR PEACE- Tuesday, Sept. 6, 5:45pm at the Cathedral of Christ the Light, Event Center. Bishop Michael Barber, SJ, invites people of all faiths to come together to pray for true peace in our community, in our country and in our world. The speakers are: Dr. Professor Musdah Mulia, Rabbi Professor Daniel Sperbe, and Bishop Ioan Casian of Vicina, Auxiliary Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas. For more information visit: www.interfaithwestcoast.com. TRANSFORMING LIVES TOUR Please join us for the Transforming Lives Tour on Sept. 10 th from 11:15am to 12:15pm in the Hecker Room. This presentation proves an opportunity to learn about the programs of Catholic Charities of the East Bay. You ll hear about: legal immigration and refugee resettlement services, homelessness prevention through housing and utilities support, an update on Claire s House (home for trafficked minors), school-based behavioral health services program for youths, and grief counseling and family support for victims of crime. CAR NEEDS FOR THE PAULISTS You may have noticed the compact size of the Paulists at Berkeley. This has led to all of us driving our Honda Fit but not the other cars. So we d like to sell or trade in our other two cars, 2005 Saturn Vue and 2009 Honda Pilot EXL, for something like 2 used Honda Civics. If you can help us or you know someone who can help us, that would be wonderful. Please contact Fr. Ivan:itou@calnewman.org. SUNDAY PARKING-Parking is also available at UC Berkeley s Underhill Lot (between Channing & Haste) for a fee.
RCIA WELCOMING OTHERS TO SHARE OUR JOURNEY OF FAITH The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults will resume on Thursday, September 14, at 7:30 pm. The RCIA team-susan Cass, Brett Furnas, Matt Hauwiller, Debbie Tatto, and I look forward to welcoming all who are interested in learning (or re-learning) about the faith. The journey lasts approximately eight months, leading to the Easter Vigil, when we will celebrate with them the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. The RCIA journey has been compared to a courtship: the initial attraction to the faith, followed by a period of dating and discernment, leading to full commitment and communion. During that time, the catechumens (those never baptized) and candidates (Christians seeking full communion in the Church) reflect deeply about their search for God and the encounter with Christ made available to them in the Catholic Church. We need your help! First of all, share information about the RCIA with those you know who have shown an interest in the Church. Invite them better still, bring them! to the opening sessions in September - Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:00 pm. Secondly, please consider becoming a sponsor for one of the catechumens/ candidates. The duties of the sponsor include joining them frequently at the Thursday evening meetings, and being available to answer questions they may have. It is a wonderful way to renew your own understanding of and commitment to the faith. Thirdly, keep all us in your prayers as we undertake this important missionary task. If you have questions about how you can become involved with the RCIA, please contact me at rcia@calnewman.org Thanks. Dan Cawthon Director, RCIA
Welcome Students and New Parishioners! As we transition to a new academic year, welcome all who are moving into or returning to Berkeley. We hope that Newman Hall Holy Spirit Parish will be your spiritual home during your time at Berkeley. Striving to be faithful to our patrons Blessed John Henry Newman and the Holy Spirit, we endeavor to be a community that recognizes and employs the wonderful power of God s gift of our intellect and reasoning skills, while humbly knowing we need God s grace and love. This is a place for questioning, exploring, stumbling, and discovering together the mystery of God s creation and ways, and our role in the world. We also endeavor to live the fire of the Holy Spirit, to be a community that loves and serves, co-workers in building the Kingdom the Heaven, a kingdom of peace and justice. If you are a college student, this is wonderful time in your life to grow in maturity and personal identity. Make sure not only to focus on academic growth, but also on growth of the full person spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, as well as academic. Though college will try to take up all your time, make sure to seek balance. The ways of society have a tendency to want to rob our soul and spirit. We have a wonderful Student Ministry Team and FOCUS Missionary Team who are planning lots of great activities for the year. We also have numerous other student and parish groups and activities for students alone and students and permanent parishioners together. Don t forget to call on any of the staff members if you have questions or concerns or you just want to chat. We also need your gifts and leadership skills, so please step up and get involved. This is also our parish s 50 th year in our current building, where we strive to make faith concrete. We ll be having a community celebration on Saturday, Sept. 30 th. All are invited. God bless you and may we all have a great new beginning ~ Fr. Ivan, Pastor