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December 10, 2006 Second Sunday of Advent
First Reading: Baruch 5:1-9. Led away on foot by their enemies, your children left you; but God will bring them back to you.
Psalm 126. The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Second Reading: Philippians 1:4-11. May you be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
Gospel: Luke 3:1-6. John preached: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight the paths.”
Communitas Newman Catholic Center
472 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01002
Tel. 413-549-0300/Fax 413-548-9182 www.newmanumass.org
Lessons & Carols Please join us on Wednesday, December 13 at 7:00 pm in the Chapel for the Cen-ter’s ANNUAL LESSONS & CAROLS! A reception will follow in the Fr. Quigley Room.
For your studying convenience… beginning on Mon., Dec. 11 the Newman Center will remain open until Midnight in support of those who are searching for a
space in which to study. Coffee will be available in the main lobby after 8:00 pm. (The Center will still close on Friday at 5:00 pm). Good luck to all!
Regular Weekend Mass Sat., December 23 - 4:30 pm Sun., December 24 - 8:00 am & 10:30 am
Christmas Mass * Sun., December 24 - 4:30 pm - Vigil Mass & Children’s Christmas Pageant - 12:00 am - Midnight Mass Mon., December 25 - 8:00 am & 10:30 am *Please note that there is no 7:00 pm Mass.
Christmas Mass Schedule
MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS
SAT December 9
9:00 am Intentions of the Benefactors
4:30 pm Intentions of the GSYP Group
SUN December 10 - Second Sunday of Advent
8:00 am
10:30 am Intentions of the Newman Community
7:00 pm MON December 11 - Damascus I, pope
12:15 pm Communion Service 6:00 pm Legatus
TUE December 12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe 12:15 pm Communion Service
WED December 13 - Lucy, virgin, martyr 12:15 pm Special Intention
THU December 14 - John of the Cross, priest, doctor
12:15 pm Special Intention FRI December 15
12:15 pm SAT December 16
9:00 am Intentions of the Benefactors 4:30 pm Intentions of the GSYP Group
SUN December 17 - Third Sunday of Advent 8:00 am George Spiro (d)
10:30 am Hilda & Orlando Puente (d) 7:00 pm Intentions of the Newman Community
Collection for the week of December 3, 2006
$3666.61 — Weekly Support Some recent expenses : Telephone - $226.18 Water - $224.01 Cleaning Supplies - $274.99
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Rosary: Daily after Mass or Communion Service. Contact: Kristina at [email protected]
Adoration: Each Tuesday from 8:00 - 9:00 pm Wednesday, December 13, from 4:00—5:00 pm
Eucharist to the Elderly: Weds. at 6:00 pm. Contact: Dave at [email protected]
Mass is held at Amherst College each Sunday at 5:15 pm in Chapin Hall.
THE GIVING TREE In the Chapel you will find the Annual Giving Tree covered with name tag orna-ments. Please consider taking an ornament and fulfilling a wish this season. Each ornament has a child's name, size and clothing wish. Instructions are right next to the tree. Gifts* are due back no later than December 17. This annual project supplies clothing to about 600 children! Please contact Jo-Ann Konieczny at [email protected] or 586-6719 with any questions. *One big change this year: Please use a gift bag for the gift and leave it un-wrapped in the gift bag.
HATS AND MITTENS As part of the Giving Tree Pro-ject we collect child and youth sized hats and gloves/mittens. Please consider knitting or buy-
ing some winter warmth for a child. Col-lection bins are outside of the Chapel.
ARTWORK RECEPTION Come to the Newman Café on Tuesday, December 12 at 5:30 pm and help us celebrate and thank the students who created the artwork tiles on the columns in the Newman Café. The students were from the class of Professors Frank Ozereko and Pat Lash. We are most grateful to them for sharing their talents on behalf of the Center!
Looking for the perfect gift this Christmas? Why not give a super durable 32 oz. NEWMAN CENTER WA-TER BOTTLE? It will make a great gift for anyone on your list! Cost is $10 each or 3 for $25 and they are avail-able in smoke or cherry red. Sign up in the hall-way after the Sat. 4:30 pm or Sun. 8:00 am Masses or visit the NSA Leaders following the Sun. 10:30 am and 7:00 pm Masses. Get ’em be-fore they’re gone! (Priest not included). Contact: Mike at [email protected]. The FOCUS Women cordially invite all ladies to a Ladies Afternoon Tea on Monday, December 11 from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Father Quigley Room. Come and en-joy a warm cup of tea, snacks and crocheting. Don't know how to crochet? We'll teach you! Come for the whole time or whatever your schedule permits. Questions? Ask or email MarySusan [email protected] or Megan [email protected].
NEWMAN SERVICE TRIP UPDATE
We need help supporting (meals, transportation and lodging) for the 50 students participating in Newman’s service trips this year! Please prayer-fully consider how you might assist this year’s service trips! For more information or to make a dona-tion, please contact Katie Anderson/[email protected] or Brian Koslowski/ [email protected].
CANDLELIGHT ROSARY, on Sunday, December 10 at 8:00 pm in the Fr. Quigley Room. We light candles together instead of count-ing beads. Join us! Contact: Nicole at [email protected].
Donation Given By In Memory of
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Baecher
Mr. David Bearse Walter Bearse, Sr.
Ms. Donna Brunelle
Dr. & Mrs. John Conlon For their Parents
Mr. Claude Curtis Silvano Gallo
Ms. Elaine Donoghue Joseph Janik
Ms. Estelle Dugas
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Dumond Corban
Mrs. Ellen Eagan Zip & Florence Bruers
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Eckart Dennis Callahan
Mrs. Janina Esselen William B. Esselen
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Freeman
Nancy Gilbert The Guider Schultz Family
Fran Freeman Marie & Walter Carmody
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Gustafson Sophie Mish
Mr. John Jemsek Gina Jemsek
Ms. Megan Johnson Albert Rappl
Mr. Thomas Lynch Fr. Joe Quigley
The Mercaitis Family Daniel M Fajardo and Charlotte C. Mercaitis
Mr. Joseph Nowicki
Drs. Jesse & Judith Ortiz
Mrs. Alice Patton
Dr. & Mrs. Pierre Rouzier
Mrs. Joan Slocombe Patricia Scoville, Priscilla Slocombe and Robert Van Order
Mr. & Mrs. Chester Watroba Todd Watroba
Ms. Mildred Zweir Dave & Florence Quinn and Rev. Brian Boland
$585.00 — Collected 11/26 and 12/3
Christmas Flower Offering
THE NEWMAN CATHOLIC CENTER Academic Year Schedule and Building Hours
Newman Café: Mon - Thu 7am-8pm, Fri 7am-5pm, Sat/Sun 8am-2pm (see chart at bottom of page) Building Hours: Sun - Thu 7am-10:30pm, Fri 7am-5:00pm, Sat 8 am-Midnight Weekend Mass Schedule: Sat 4:30 pm, Sun 8:00am, 10:30am & 7:00pm Daily Mass: Wed 12:15pm, Thu 12:15 & 5:15PM, Fri 12:15pm & Sat 9:00am Communion Service: Mon - Tue 12:15pm Confessions: Sat 3:30-4:00pm/Sun 6:00-6:30pm and by appointment Other Resources: Chapel/Study Lounges/Computer Lounge/Wi-Fi/Library/Café/ Classrooms/Ministerial Staff/Student & Extended Community Members
MEETINGS (held in the classroom next to the Fr. Quigley Room) Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Mon - Fri 11:15am and Sun 1 - 2:30pm/Open Meeting 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
FAITH 101:FORGOTTEN BIBILE is an easy-going guided explora-tion of short books of the Bible. Join us on Tuesday, December 12 from 7:30—8:30 pm in the Fr. Quigley Room for the book I Co-rinthians, which will be co-facilitated by Campus Minister Chris Clark and FOCUS missioner MarySusan Schwartz.
The GSYP Group is sponsor-ing this weekend’s SATUR-DAY NIGHT LIFE (SNL) this Saturday, 12/9. Come and
enjoy Batman Begins in surround-sound! The movie begins at 6:15pm followed by a second feature film . Ping-pong in the Café or board games in the Fr. Quigley Room are always an option. Please use the front door for SNL!
CONTACT THE NEWMAN TEAM (413- 549-0300) Fr. Douglas McGonagle ’87, ’95, Director, x34/[email protected] Deacon Richard J. Talbot, Associate Director for Administration, x39/[email protected] Deacon Lucien Miller, Campus Minister, x28/[email protected] Chris Clark ‘82, Campus Minister/Dir. of Religious Ed./Child Safety Advocate, x14/[email protected] Mark Callahan, Campus Minister/Dir. of Undergraduate Programs./Dir. of Music. x36/[email protected] David Rondina, Business/Property Manager, x27/[email protected]. Terri Duval, Database Manager, Communitas Editor x24/[email protected] Jason Wonsey, Operating Manager of Newman Food Services/413-549-0401 FOCUS MISSIONARIES: Drew, MarySusan, Thomas & Megan at [email protected] GRAD STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Janet or Jackie at [email protected] NSA: Cathy Pixton - President, [email protected], Tim Moriarty - VP, [email protected]
You are invited to attend an ADVENT JOURNEY CLASS with Deacon Lucien on December 10 and 17 in the Burke Lounge from 9:15-10:15 am. He will use the book by Joan Chittister, The Ten Command-ments: Laws of the Heart, Orbis, 2006.
END-OF-SEMESTER CAFÉ CLOSING HOURS
Closing Time
Closing Time
Mon. 12/11 8pm Mon. 12/18 7pm
Tue. 12/12 8pm Tue. 12/19 7pm
Wed. 12/13 8pm Wed. 12/20 7pm
Thu. 12/14 7pm Thu. 12/21 4pm
Fri. 12/15 5pm Fri. 12/22 4pm
Sat. 12/16 2pm Sat. 12/23 Closed
Sun. 12/17 2pm Sun. 12/24 Closed
Christmas Day Closed
