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: Isaiah 62: 1-5. The Lord delights in you, Jerusalem, and makes your land His spouse.

Psalm 96. Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit.

Gospel: John 2:1-11. Mary, his mother, said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”

January 17, 2010, 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Welcome Back to Amherst Rev. John James Gawienowski On behalf of the Newman Community I would like to welcome Father John Gawienowski back. Father John joined us this week as an Associate Director. Fr. John and I spend a good deal of time together, many years ago, as stu-dents at UMass and we spent four years together as classmates at the Semi-nary. John and I are good friends and he is a great friend of Newman. I am grateful to Bishop McDonnell for supporting this ministry by allowing Fr. John to join us. I am confident that you will all find Fr. John’s wealth of knowledge and personality to be a significant gift to Newman as we move forward. Please introduce yourself to Fr. John and make him feel welcome. Fr. Doug Father John Gawienowski has deep routes in the Amherst community. He is lifelong Amherst resident who graduated from Amherst High School in 1976. He received his BS in 1980 from UMass with a concentration in Chemistry. From 1980-1983, John studied for and received his Masters Degree in Chemistry at the University of Illinois. Studying for the priesthood at Pope John XXII Seminary in Weston, MA he was ordained a deacon in January 2000 and as a priest in the diocese of Springfield on June 3, 2000 at Saint Michael’s Cathedral in Springfield MA. Fr. John served at Saint Cecilia Parish Wilbraham as Asso-ciate Pastor. He was then Administrator at Our Lady of the Assumption in Florence. Now he is assigned as Associate Director of the Newman.

Father Gawienowski has other University of Mass / Newman connections. Anthony M Gawienowski, PhD, John’s father, is Prof. Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Massachusetts. Anthony Gawienowski was on the Newman Board through the 1980s and 1990s. His mother, Clo Gawienowski is the retired and dedicated past Newman Catholic Center librarian.

WELCOME BACK UMASS

STUDENTS, FACULTY & STAFF

NEW DAILY MASS

SCHEDULE

Daily Mass will be offered every-day Monday—Friday at 12:15 pm

“The devastating earthquake that ravaged Haiti yesterday has had its impact among people here in the Diocese of Springfield. For a long time there have been special ties between Haiti and Western Massachusetts. From North Ad-ams and Chicopee and Holyoke and Wilbraham, bonds have been forged with individuals and com-munities in Haiti. Our hearts, our hands, our prayers and our offer-ings go out to help the people of Haiti recover from this terrible tragedy." Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell, Jan. 13, 2010

The Newman Catholic Center will be taking up a second spe-cial collection at all masses the weekend of January 23-24. Please make your check payable to the Newman Catholic Center and the MEMO line should read Haiti Earthquake.

The Offertory for January 10 was $2027.23

Recent expenses include: $1723.58 for electricity

$427.33 for elevator maintenance.

Thank you for your generosity!

MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, January 16, Blessed Virgin Mary

9:00 am Intentions of Newman Benefactors

4:30 pm

SUNDAY, January 17, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am

10:30 am Intentions of Newman Community

7:00 pm Intentions of Students

MONDAY, January 18, Weekday Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Begins Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

12:15 pm The healing and recovery of Catherine Judith Nadeau (L) req. Chona Lauyan

TUESDAY, January 19, Weekday

12:15 pm The healing and recovery of Donna O’Brien (L) req. Chona Lauyan

WEDNESDAY, January 20, Saint Fabian, pope and martyr

12:15 pm Dr. John Jemsek (d) req. Jack Jemsek

THRUSDAY, January 21, Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr

12:15 pm

5:15 pm Vocations

FRIDAY, January 22, Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr

12:15 pm

SATURDAY, January 23, Blessed Virgin Mary

9:00 am Intentions of Benefactors

4:30 pm Intentions of Newman Community

SUNDAY, January 24, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am Intentions of Dottie Clark req. Newman Community and staff

10:30 am Luzniminda Lauyan (d) req. Ofelia Mata

7:00 pm Intentions of Students & Faculty for a suc-cessful semester

RECONCILIATION

Sat., 3:30-4 pm Sun., 6 –6:30 pm

First Fridays —before and after First Friday Mass

and by appointment

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Wed. 4 - 5:30 pm Thurs. 7—8 pm Fri. 4—5:15 pm

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

Bus Trip to Washington, D.C. Catholics for Life at Most Holy Redeemer Church in Hadley is organizing a bus trip again this year to the Annual March for Life in Wash-ington, D.C. Please join us! The bus leaves

MHR parking lot on Thursday, January 21st at 10:00 p.m. We will spend Friday, January 22nd, in Washington, D.C. We will leave around 4:00 p.m., arriving back in Hadley very late Friday night. The cost of the trip is $40/person, though scholarships are pro-vided to all students. For additional information, please contact the office at Most Holy Redeemer at 584-1326 or contact Mary Michalak at 584-4889. God bless you

FROM THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE:

Because of the University winter break schedule, REY classes will resume on January 24th rather than on the scheduled date. Many of our catechists are students and we’d like to give them a chance to return and get settled. Winter Weather is bound to come sometime. If the weather outside is frightful, please check our website www.newmanumass.org to see if classes have been can-celled.

BRICKS, BRICKS, BRICKS, BRICKS!

The first installment of memorial bricks for the “Wrap Newman in Memories” campaign will be installed be-fore the end of January. We have a little time left for anyone who would like to have a brick included in this installation. Please go to our website and order your personalized brick TODAY.

RCIA (The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)

MEETS IN THE QUIGLEY ROOM ON SUNDAYS FROM 5—6:45 PM

Anyone wishing to make confirmation on April 25, 2010 can join RCIA at this time. The spring session will begin Sunday January 24.

For info. Contact Deacon Richard Talbot E-mail: rjtalbot@library.umass.edu

MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT SESSION

The next Pre-Cana day is Saturday January 23, 2010 from 9:00 am until 4 pm. Sign up now by registering online.

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

On Saturday, Saturday January 23, 2010 the G. K. Chesterton Group meets at 7 - 9pm in the Fr. Quigley Room to discuss the thoughts and writings of the English apologist, writer and jour-nalist, G. K. Chesterton. All are welcome.

The Spirituality of St. Teresa of Avila

Wednesdays 7-8 pm: beginning January 27th "I don't find anything comparable to the mag-nificent beauty of a soul and its marvelous ca-pacity..." - St. Teresa of Avila Join Dr. Elizabeth Carr, spiritual director at Smith & Amherst Colleges, for a weekly discus-sion exploring the spiritual teachings of the great Catholic mystic and Doctor of the Church, St. Teresa of Avila. Find out how you can enter into a deeper and more profound relationship with God. All are welcome to join in these dis-cussions each Wednesday evening, 7-8p, in the Fr Quigley Room. We will be using St. Teresa's famous book, Interior Castle, as the jumping off point for our conversations.

Dr. Elizabeth Carr is the Catholic Reli-gious Advisor, at Amherst College. “She earned her Ph.d in theology and Christian spirituality, with a sub-focus on Jewish mysticism, at the Graduate Theological Union at UC Berkeley in 1987. In 2004, Liz was awarded the Via Verita-tis Medal by Our Lady of the Elms College in Chicopee, Ma.” —www.amherst.edu/campuslife/religiouslife/staff/Carr

The Vocations Group will gather Thurs., January 21st at 5:15 with Mass followed by a Dinner Meeting in the library. This meeting will be held from 6—7 pm. The evening will conclude with Adoration, Rosary and Benediction in the chapel, starting at 7:15 pm

The Newman Center Book Club Reading Books by Authors with Catholic Sensibilities.

7:30pm Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 Fr. Quigley Room , Newman Center

“A Morbid Taste for Bones” by Ellis Peters Brother Cadfael travels to the remote Welsh moun-tain village of Gwytherin in order to acquire the relics of St. Winifred and finds himself in the middle of a bizarre mystery when the leading opponent to moving the bones is murdered. This is the first book in the Brother Cadfael series.

All are welcome!! Join Father Doug & Friends for Coffee and Chatter on the First Wednesdays of the month.

Grab your friends and come on over to the Burke Lounge at Newman for Saturday Night Life (SNL) and check out our 110 inch Thea-ter System with Digital Surround Sound! Good food and more. Doors open fol-lowing the 4:30 Mass & Vespers. January 16 Movie: The Bourne Identity

Greetings from St. Anne Church The St. Anne Church Sodality-Guild presents Peggy Weber of the Catholic Observer who will talk about “Communicating Our Faith,” On Monday, Febru-ary 1, at &;15 p.m. in the parish hall at St. Anne’s Church, 30 College Street, Chicopee. This program is open to all with refreshments following the talk. Free will offerings will be gratefully accepted.

This year’s Annual Catholic Appeal theme is “Neighbor Helping Neighbor.” There are more than 35 agencies within the diocese that benefit from your donation, no matter what the amount. It is imperative that we support the Appeal in any way that we are able so that our brothers and sisters in need will have a warm bed, a hot meal, clothing and so much more. While dollars are important to this campaign, a a parish, participation is key. The goal for this year’s campaign is an increase in par-ish participation. Your donation will bring us closer to our goal of 100% participation from the community of the Newman Catholic Center.

Please keep the good health and recovery of Dottie Clark in your prayers.

Esselen Peer Ministers 2009 – 2010 John Costello (jpcostel@student.umass.edu)

Nicholas Li (kentpaul45102@gmail.com) Katie O’Gara (kogara@student.umass.edu

Harrison Searles (hsearles@student.umass.edu)

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)

Lauren Noonan (lnoonan@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 *Position TBD

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

DIRECTORY

Chaplain and Director

Rev. Douglas McGonagle ’87, ’95 549-0300, ext. 34 (fr.mcgonagle@gmail.com)

Chaplain and Associate Director Rev. John Gawienowski, BS ‘80

549-0300 ext. 28 (fr.gawienowski@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. 14 (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

THE NEWMAN CATHOLIC CENTER SPRING SEMESTER SCHEDULE

Building Hours: Sunday-Thursday 7am– 10:30 pm ; Friday 7am –5: 30 pm, Saturday 8 am— Close of SNL

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

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

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

Confessions: Sat 3:30pm - 4:00pm, Sunday 6– 6:30pm; before and after First Friday Mass, and by appointment 413-549-0300 x34 or 413 549-0300 x28

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

Other Resources: Chapel/Study Lounges /Computer Lounge / Wi-Fi/Library /Café/ Classrooms/ Ministerial Staff/ Student & Extended Community Members

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