Communitas Newman Catholic Center

472 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01002

Tel. 413-549-0300/Fax 413-548-9182 www.newmanumass.org

April 8, 2007

First Reading: Acts 10:34-43. He commissioned us to preach to the people that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.

Psalm 118. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-4. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.

Gospel: John 20:1-9. Then the other disciple also went in to the tomb, and he saw and believed.

Alleluia! Alleluia! He Is Risen!

MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, APRIL 7 - EASTER VIGIL 8:00 pm For the People of the Newman Community

SUNDAY, APRIL 8 - EASTER SUNDAY 8:00 am Patrick Brennan, req. by Charles Bradshaw

10:30 am Cynthia Schloss, req. by Pat Schloss 7:00 pm Intentions of the Newman Community

MONDAY, APRIL 9 12:15 pm Communion Service

TUESDAY, APRIL 10 12:15 pm Communion Service

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 12:15 pm Rev. Joseph Massaro (d)

THURSDAY, APRIL 12 12:15 pm Rev. Joseph Massaro (d)

FRIDAY, APRIL 13 12:15 pm Rev. Joseph Massaro (d)

SATURDAY, APRIL 14

4:30 pm GYSP Group SUNDAY, APRIL15 - DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

8:00 am Intentions of the Newman Community 10:30 am Gertrude Lough, req. by Nell Brewster 7:00 pm

9:00 am Intentions of the Benefactors

5:15 pm Vocations

Some recent expenses :

$2700.00 $196.75

plumbing repairs palms

Collection for the week of: April 1, 2007

$3966.33 — Weekly Support $440.00 — Easter Flowers

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Lose the Beard Fund (February 4 - May 6, 2007)

$7768.00 - Total to Date

ADORATION

Wednesday, April 11, 4:00 - 8:00 pm

VESPERS Daily at 5:15 pm in the Chapel.

HELP SUPPORT NEWMAN!

Checkout the Newman Center Store, powered by Amazon.com. A percentage of your purchase goes to support Newman! Simply go to the Newman Web site (www.newmanumass.org) and click on the Amazon.com or Newman Store link. A percentage of any purchase you make will go directly to the Newman Catholic Cen-ter! If you shop online anyway, this is a great way to support Newman. BONUS: Earned percentages will benefit the “Lose the Beard Fund”!

SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS What is the source and summit of the Catholic Faith? The Eucharist! Come learn more about this great “Sacrament of Charity” as Pat Schloss leads a three-part discussion on Pope Benedict’s recent Apostolic Exhortation, Sacramentum Caritatis.

You can find a link to the document on the Newman Center website (www.newmanumass.org). We will meet again at Noon on April 15 and 29 in the Bartley Room located next to the Café.

Please give a warm Newman welcome and thank you to Fr. Gary Dailey, Vocations Director for the Dio-cese of Springfield. Fr. Dailey will preside over all the Masses the weekend of April 14/15. I appreciate his willingness to share his time with the Newman Center. Fr. Doug

50/50 RAFFLE! Newman has inaugurated a 50/50 Raffle! Tickets will be $1.00 and will be sold by the Newman Café cashiers. Each Wednesday during the school year there will

be a drawing from the tickets sold the week before. The winner will receive 50% of the monies collected while the other proceeds will be used to support Newman activities. Ques-tions? Please contact David Rondina at drondina.newman@gmail.com.

The Elms College chapter of STAND invites members of the Newman Center community to join them for a RALLY AGAINST GENOCIDE IN DARFUR. The Rally begins at 3 pm. on April 12 on the front lawn, Berchmans Hall, Elms College. A full-size model of a

refugee camp will serve as backdrop to speakers on Darfur. (STAND, a student anti-genocide coalition, is an organization of more than 600 high school and col-lege chapters dedicated to putting an end to genocide, specifically in Darfur, Sudan.) For info on STAND's April 12 event or to register a small group, email Meg Marshall at STAND@elms.edu. Plan ahead to visit with on Saturday, April 14 for SATURDAY NIGHT LIFE (SNL). GYSP be the hosts and will start the evening off with The Ninth Day at 6:15 pm followed by Just Like Heaven. Doors open after the 4:30 pm Mass for Food, Fun and Flicks. Please remember to use the front door!

VOCATIONS GROUP

Join us on Thursday, April 12! We begin with Mass at 5:15 pm, enjoy dinner and discussion in the Li-brary from 6:00-7:00 pm and close the evening with the Rosary and Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-

ment until 8:00 pm. Come for any or all of the events. ATTENTION: Fr. Doug is sponsoring a Vocations Retreat on April 13, 14, 15 at St. Benedict Abbey in Harvard, MA, contact him ASAP if you plan to attend!

THE TRUTH ABOUT CATHOLICISM

Fellowship of Catholic University Students welcomes Monsignor Stuart Swetland to the Newman Catholic Center to speak about the Catholic Church. He has spoken many times at confer-ences and engagements throughout the country. He has appeared on national tele-vision and has also contrib-uted to various articles and books. He was Elected a Rho-des Scholar and has a BA and MA in politics, philoso-phy, and economics from Oxford. He currently resides in Maryland where he serves as the director of the Pre-Theology program at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg. Please join us for the evening and there will be a question and answer session. Everyone is welcome on Wednesday, April 25, from 7 - 8:00 pm in the Burke Lounge. Any questions: Email FOCUS at umass@focusonline.org or ask one of the FOCUS

Easter Flower Offering

David Bearse Walter Bearse, Sr. Ms. Donna Brunelle Mr. & Mrs. Massabory Camara Grandma Dorothy VanDalsem Dr. Marie Cleary

Brian & Nancy Clifford Rita & Frank Clifford, Rita Lazarczyk

The Como Family Cornelia Como Ms. Camille Davis Viola C. Birmingham Ms. Estelle Dugas Mom & Dad Mr. & Mrs. Richard Eckart Mrs. Janina Esselen William Esselen Mrs. Elizabeth Hyers Thomas Beauchamp Ms. Megan Johnson Albert Rappl Mr. Peter Krotkov & Mrs. Roberta Szala

Joseph E. Szala

Mr. & Mrs. William Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lynch Dr. & Mrs. William Lynch Ms. Laurie McDermott Francis P. McDermott, Jr. Ms. Anne O'Flaherty Karl Franz Ms. Elizabeth Perry Hannah C. Perry Hoang Pham Dr. & Mrs. Pierre Rouzier Wendi Graves Mrs. Joan Slocombe Patricia Scoville,

Priscilla Slocombe Robert Van Order

Mrs. Lucia Spiro George W. Spiro, Fr. Joe Mrs. Leona Thomas Leopold Emanuel Michael Walunas & Maryanne Laukaitis

William & Ann Laukaitis

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Zimmerman The Zimmerman & King Families

Millie Zweir David & Florence Quinn Rev. Brian Boland

LADIES AFTERNOON TEA Monday, April 9

2:00-4:00 pm in the Fr. Quigley Room The FOCUS Women cordially invite all ladies to come

celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord! Relax and take a break from your busy schedule-- enjoy a warm cup of tea, snacks and crocheting & knitting! Don't know how? We'll teach you! Come for the whole time or whatever your schedule permits. Bring a friend and meet new friends. Look forward to seeing you there! Questions: Contacts: MarySusan (mschwartz@focusonline.org) or Megan (mmead@focusonline.org).

BOOK CLUB The Newman Book Club’s next book selec-tion will be the non-fiction, With God in Russia by Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J. We will meet this Tuesday, April 10 at 7:30 pm in the Library. All are welcome to join us!

Religious Education will meet again on April 22. Have a safe school vacation!

SUPPORT MEETINGS (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

Building Hours: Sun - Thu 7am-10:30pm, Fri 7am-5pm / Sat 8am-Close of SNL

Newman Café: Mon - Thu 7am-8pm, Fri 7am - 5pm / Saturday - Closed / Sunday 8-Noon /

Weekend Mass: Sat 4:30 pm, Sun 8:00am, 10:30am and 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 or by appointment

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

THE NEWMAN CATHOLIC CENTER Semester Schedule and Building Hours

THE NEWMAN TEAM (413- 549-0300)

Fr. Douglas McGonagle ’87, ’95, Director, x34/dougmcg2@netscape.net Deacon Richard J. Talbot, Associate Director for Administration, x39/rjtalbot@library.umass.edu Deacon Lucien Miller, Campus Minister, x28/lmiller@complit.umass.edu Chris Clark ‘82, Campus Minister/Dir. of Religious Ed./Child Safety Advocate, x14/chrisclark@external.umass.edu Mark Callahan, Campus Minister/Dir. of Undergrad Programs/Dir. of Music, x36/mcallahan@external.umass.edu David Rondina, Business/Property Manager, x27/drondina.newman@gmail.com Terri Duval, Database Manager/Communitas Editor, x24/tduval.newman@gmail.com Jason Wonsey, Operating Manager of Newman Café, x18 FOCUS MISSIONARIES Drew, Keegan, MarySusan & Megan at umass@focusonline.org GRAD STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS Janet Maegerlein - NewmanGSYP@gmail.com NEWMAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION (NSA) Visit us! Mon-Thu 11am-7pm, Fri 11am-5pm, Sun 3pm-7pm Cathy Pixton - President, cpixton@student.umass.edu Tim Moriarty - Vice President, timothym@student.umass.edu Jen Fill - Secretary, jfill@student.umass.edu Mike D'Anello - Treasurer, mdanello@student.umass.edu Kate Lupien, Publicity Manager, klupien@student.umass.edu Kristina DeRoy & Ben Casiello - Spiritual Co-Chairs, kderoy@student.umass.edu, bencasiello@gmail.com Pam Cohen & Tom Protasewich - Service Co-Chairs, pacohen@student.umass.edu, tprotase@student.umass.edu Mike Munger - Interfaith Chair, jmunger@student.umass.edu Kelly Goodwin - New Students Chair, kagoodwi@student.umass.edu Matt LaRiviere, Nik Finneran & Drew Morrison - Social Tri-Chairs, mlarivie@student.umass.edu, nfinnera@student.umass.edu, ajmorris@student.umass.edu

FAITH 101, FORGOTTEN BI-BLE, will meet on Tuesday, April 10 in the Fr. Quigley Room, 7:30-8:30 pm. Acts of the Apostles with Deacon Lucien Miller. All are wel-come to one or all sessions. Inquir-ies : Chris Clark a t chr is-clark@external.umass.edu.

YOM HASHOAH (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

Yom HaShoah is a day set aside each year to remember the victims of the Holocaust during World War II. The Jewish Community invites all who oppose hatred and genocide to show their solidarity by joining a demon-stration on the Amherst Town Common at 11:00 am on Sunday, April 15.