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December 24, 2017-4th Sunday of Advent December 25, 2017-Christmas
SCHEDULES
SATURDAY VIGIL MASS 5:15 PM SUNDAY MASSES 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, & 5:00PM (7PM Mass resumes Jan 21st) MONDAY—FRIDAY Morning Prayer: 8:30 AM Evening Prayer: 5:00 PM Daily Mass: 5:15 PM RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:00-5:00 PM Sunday 4:00-4:45 PM (or by appointment) OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday 9:00AM-4:00PM Sunday 8:00AM-12:30PM
NEWMAN CENTER STAFF
This Newman Center is served by the Friars of the Western Dominican Province and the
Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose
Fr. John Paul Forté, OP, Pastor [email protected] Fr. Thomas Saucier, OP, Associate Pastor [email protected] Sr. Angelica Velez, OP, Pastoral Associate [email protected] Sr. Mary Virginia Leach, OP, Pastoral Associate [email protected] Jane Furet, Religious Education Coordinator [email protected] Manny Guzman, Liturgy & Communications [email protected] Chris Woolf, Music Coordinator [email protected] Johnny Granillo, Custodian Anthony Peña, Maintenance Technician In Residence: Fr. Tom DeMan, OP Fr. Nathan Castle, OP
MASS INTENTIONS
FOR THE WEEK
Fourth Sunday of Advent 12/24 9:00AM Our Newman Community 11:00AM (Available) Christmas Eve 5:00PM Gabusi Family 8:00PM (Available) The Nativity of the Lord - Christmas 12/25 9:00AM Julissa Rose Garcia+ 11:00AM (Available) 12/26 5:15 PM No Daily Mass 12/27 5:15 PM No Daily Mass
12/28 5:15PM No Daily Mass 12/29 5:15PM No Daily Mass Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity
of the Lord 12/30 5:15PM Oren Elow
Mass Intentions can be requested at the office for Memorials, Birthdays or Special Intentions. $10 is the suggested donation
SAINT THOMAS MORECATHOLIC NEWMAN CENTER
Yearly Theme: “Lord, I Do Believe. Help My Unbelief!” - Mark 9:24
User ID: UACATHOLIC
Fr. John Paul’s Spiritual Brew
I t began with the courage to say yes... Yes, to life, to love, and to the adventure that God called her to... She is a young Jewish girl living in a small community..
embracing the traditions and practices of her local surroundings... Her country’s under the control of the Romans, and she is trying to simply live her life. Into this ordinary life comes a stranger with an unusual request... “You will conceive a child, by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, and become the mother of the promised messiah, and Light of the World. An overwhelming request.. But, Mary, grounded in faith, prayer, and in the ‘concrete love’ of her experience of God in her life.. responds, Yes, “Be it done to me as you have said”. Her experience of God has been that of accompaniment, or Emmanuel! So, she agrees to become the vessel of cooperation for the Living Word to become flesh. Christmas celebrates this reality.. God in the flesh... born into the chaos of our world... Not complaining, nor resisting... Just coming.. He is the light that shatters the darkness... the hope which blows compression into hearts and lives that are flat... He is the Love that we are longing for, and the balm that heals ‘deeply’... when embraced and rubbed in.... May we rub in “The Christ” this Christmas, and into our New Year.... May the blessings of this season, take guard over our minds and hearts. Blessed Advent, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
THIS WEEK AT NEWMAN
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT MASSES Vigil Mass: Saturday, 12/23 at 5:15PM Sunday Masses: 12/24 at 9AM & 11AM
FINALIZING OF CHAPEL ENVIRONMENT
FOR CHRISTMAS Sunday, 12/24 at 1PM - see Fr. Thomas for details
CHRISTMAS EVE & CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES Sunday, 12/24 at 5:00PM & 8:00PM
Monday, 12/25 at 9:00AM & 11:00AM
WINTER BREAK OFFICE CLOSURE Tuesday, 12/26 through Friday, 12/29 - no daily Masses
Monday, 1/1 through 1/5 - no daily Masses
View the full calendar at: www.UACatholic.org/Calendar
STEWARDSHIP REPORT Our Lady of Guadalupe Special Collection - $409.67
December 16 & 17 Collection - $2,800.17
Online Giving available at: https://uacatholic.churchgiving.com/
Annual Catholic Appeal Progress Report as of December 20, 2017
68 donors - $44,139 pledged of $46,300 goal - 95% Fulfilled to date: $42,779 or 92% of total goal
We’re almost to our goal! To donate on behalf of St Thomas More Newman Center, please visit: https://www.cathfnd.org/AnnualCatholicAppeal
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FEAST DAY
A special note of thanks to Roger & Raquel Canchola, Tom Pelosi from Arizona Flowers & Mariachi Herencia El Cuco
del Cid for making our liturgy on December 12th a beautiful celebration of community and faithfulness.
GIVING TREE PROJECT Thank you for your generosity and support of the Giving
Tree for children of Pio Decimo.
SPRING SEMESTER PARKING PERMITS We have two parking spaces available for the spring
semester available. The amount is $170.00, applications are available at the front desk.
PARISH CORPORATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Congratulations to Cliff Bowman, who will continue a second term on the Corporate Matters Board. Cliff will
serve as Corporate Secretary and will begin his term in January 2018
GRADUATE STUDENT/YOUNG ADULT GROUP (Meetings will resume in January)
At 7:30pm on Thursdays our Young Adult/Graduate Student Group meets with a different focus each week
hosted by our core teams: Team Spirit (Prayer/Liturgical Opportunities; Service/Outreach (Social Justice and Service
to Newman Community/Tucson); and Growth & Faith (Faith Formation and Education). Please email
[email protected] for more information.
READING THEOLOGY GROUP (Sessions will resume on Wednesday, January 10th)
Reading “Introduction to Christianity” by Pope Benedict XVI
We’ll discuss Part Two, Chapter 1, Section B when the group resumes next semester
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS If you have an announcement for the Bulletin or Weekly Email Listserv, please TYPE up a 75-word or less blurb and turn it in to the office or email [email protected] with “Bulletin Submission” in the subject line. Bulletin deadline is Wednesday at Noon prior to the weekend you want the announcement to run.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES THIS WEEK TO Veronica Perkins & Victor Hruby
PRAY FOR OUR RCIA PARTICIPANTS Catechumens Seeking Baptism at the Easter Vigil:
Jared Brock, Yasmine Dana, & Diane Kostuk
Candidates Seeking Full Initiation at the Easter Vigil: Travis Atwood, Devin Michael Garcia, Matthew Hufford, Adan Sotelo, Niley Sanders, Alyssa Sotelo, Irene Sotelo,
Lizette Varela, Samantha Sotelo, Sandra Sotelo
ADULT CONFIRMATION PROGRAM Registration is open for the Spring Semester Confirmation Program. Sessions begin on February 5th and will be each Monday from 7PM-9PM through April 2nd. Confirmation
Mass is Sunday, April 8th at 5PM The fee is $30 for materials. Download an application at:
www.UACatholic.org/Confirmation
CATHOLIC TUITION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION Your contribution to CTSO makes an outstanding Catholic
education possible. Arizona now allows contributions up to $2177 for a couple filing jointly and $1,089 for an
individual. Envelopes in support of the program are
Merry Christmas from the
Dominican Friars & Sisters
KINO BORDER INITIATIVE Kino Border Initiative is a bi-national ministry of the Society of Jesus and Sisters of the Eucharist which
provides support for migrants who have been deported from the United States and are on their way back
to their homes in Latin America. Newman provides breakfast to migrants on the first and third Saturday of the month. Volunteers prepare food on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings, leaving Newman at 6:45AM to drive to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico to serve
breakfast to migrants. If you are interested in participating in the KBI Project, please Joji Maes at
VOLUNTEER WITH LEND-A-HAND Lend A Hand (501 c3) needs you! Volunteers will partner with senior neighbors in 13 mid-town neighborhoods—
north of the University of Arizona. Drivers are needed for transportation, errands, and produce delivery. Good conversationalists and caring listeners are needed for
social activities and friendly calls and visits. Handypersons are needed for simple home maintenance and yard work. It takes a village to care for our community’s elders. You
tell us how much or how little time you can give. Our senior neighbors need you! Call: Michele Brubaker
at 520-248-6882
HEARTLAND HOSPICE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Volunteers will be fully-trained to understand Hospice. One visit per week for a 1 – 2 hour period is common. Please have your own transportation as patients are in
their own homes or an assisted living home. Our veteran patients need a veteran volunteer to visit who
understands the military. For more information please contact: Heartland Hospice
Volunteer Coordinator at 520-325-2790
MINISTRY WITH ELDERS TRAINING Saturday, February 3rd from 9AM to 3PM at St. Cyril Parish
in Tucson – both English and Spanish available. Please RSVP with Manny Guzman at (520) 345-3841 or by
email: [email protected] This is a free training for new Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and
seasoned volunteers with Homebound, Hospice, Hospital, Nursing Home and other Elder Care Ministries. Lunch will be provided. Deadline to register is
Wednesday, January 31st.
CASA MARIA CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE The Young Adult Group is organizing Newman volunteers
to go and serve together. Please email [email protected] for more information
Casa Maria’s mission, as part of the lay catholic
worker movement founded in 1930 in New York City by Dorothy Day
and Peter Maurin, is to practice daily the love and compassion of Jesus and to
implement the teachings of his Gospel and the social doctrine of our church. The Sermon on the Mount and
the call to solidarity with the poor are the heart of these teachings
PASCUA YAQUI YOUTH CENACLE The Youth Cenacle of San Jose Luis Sanchez del Rio,
located at the Old Pacua Yaqui Community in Tucson at Grant Road & I-10 is seeking volunteers on
Wednesdays from 5PM to 7PM. Volunteer activities may include: teaching guitar,
interaction through Ping-Pong/Billiards, games such as Uno, Chess, Checkers, etc., Art & Painting with
watercolors, basketball on the court, life skills discussions centered around selected films. Youth attending are
between the ages of 13 to 17 years old. For more information, contact Rosario Caputo at (520) 272-9659 or
Caroline Doyle at (516) 238-8836.
DO TWICE THE GOOD THE AZ CHARITABLE TAX CREDIT DOUBLED
Married couples filing jointly claim a credit up to $800 Individual filers claim a credit up to $400
Donate to Catholic Community Services, claim the credit when you file your Arizona state income tax, and reduce your state taxes dollar for dollar.
Instead of giving your dollars to the state, help children, families, seniors and people with disabilities - right here in our community. Completely separate from CTSO credit!
Donate online at www.ccs-soaz.org,, or take a CCS tax credit mailer from the Newman lobby.
Social Justice Ministry
