WELCOME TO 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

Rev. Ivan Tou, CSP (Pastor) itou@calnewman.org

Rev. Paul Rospond, CSP (Assistant Pastor) prospond@calnewman.org

Rev. Steve Bossi, CSP (Assistant Pastor) sbossi@calnewman.org

Colleen Lenord (Music & Liturgy) ColleenLenord@gmail.com

Frances Rojek (Faith Formation) FaithFormation@calnewman.org

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

Mass Schedule Sunday Saturday: 5:00pm (Vigil) Sunday: 7:30am, 10:00am, 5:00pm, 10:00pm (candlelight) Weekdays Mon-Sat: 12:10pm

*Winter Building Hours* Monday-Friday: Closed (except for daily Mass) Saturday: 3:30pm-6:00pm Sunday: Open for Sunday Mass only

Reconciliation Saturday 3:30-4:30pm, or by appointment Eucharistic Adoration Resumes January 16, 2018 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

January 7, 2018 – The Epiphany of the Lord

As we start a new year, it’s useful to look back and see where we’ve been. Notice how God’s grace has been manifested in us and through us. This propels into 2018 with greater love, greater hope, and greater joy. We have had an amazing vibrant and full Fall 2017…

2017 FALL EVENTS (Permanent Parishioner events in italics)

August 8/21-25 – Welcome Week

8/22 (7pm) – Ice Cream Social 8/23 (7pm) – SEEKERS Bible Study 8/24 (8pm) – Rosary Group 8/25 (8pm) – Adoration/Confession/Candlelight Mass 8/26 (7pm) – Graduate Student Retreat: Gifts 8/26 (8pm) – Light Up the Night Party/Dance 8/28 (6pm) – Student Dinner 9/4 (5pm) – Labor Day Luau

8/22 (6pm) – First SMT Meeting & BBQ 8/23 – Classes Starts 8/25 – Tabling at Calapalooza (2-7pm)

September 9/1-3 – Fall SMT Retreat 9/4 – Labor Dinner for the Homeless

(Newman parking lot) 9/4 – Labor Day Luau (FOCUS) 9/8 – New Student Twilight Retreat (6pm-12am) 9/9 – 4th Habitat for Newmanity 9/9-10- Introduce FOCUS Missionaries & SMT 9/10 – Catholic Charities Transforming Lives Tour 9/11 – Fr. Al’s Anniversary – rosary after Noon Mass 9/11 - Fr. Steve Bossi, CSP arrives 9/14 – RCIA Starts 9/15 – Liturgy: Clash of the Conscience 9/16-17 – Catechetical Sunday (blessings at 10am Mass) 9/17 – Newman Forum: Holy Mud – Dan Cawthon 9/17 – Faith Formation Kick-off Gathering & BBQ 9/20 & 27: Fall Lector Training Workshop 9/23 – 5th Habitat for Newmanity 9/23-24 – Registration Sunday 9/24 – Eucharistic Ministry Training 9/24 – SMT & ACM Meeting 9/27 – EFD: Donuts & Doubt Panel 9/29 – Newman Grads Retreat: Friendship 9/30 – 50th Anniversary Mass & Celebration

October 10/1 – Sundaes Sundays with Fr. Mike Schmitz 10/6 – Campus Ministry Leaders: Cookout

– Outreach: Game Night 10/8 – 10am Mass – Blessing of the Animals 10/12 – SMT Meeting 10/14 – Rosary Rallies 10/15 – Newman Forum: Tom Massaro, SJ on Social

Justice Teachings of Pope Francis

10/17 – The Stones Cry Out (Nonviolent Peacemaking movie)

10/20-22 – Fall Student Retreat: Friendship w/ Jesus 10/21 – Brian Konzman, SJ – Diaconate Ordination 10/27 – Newman Grads: Finding One’s Path: Discernment

and Action 10/27 – SMT & ACM Meeting 10/27 – Student Halloween Party (8pm) 10/27-28 – Marriage Prep Workshop 10/28 – Service: Berkeley Project 10/29 – Fall Student Retreat Reunion (3:30pm)

November 11/2 – Dia de los Muertos Spanish Mass (9pm) 11/3 – Service: Laudato Si’ Presentation (7pm) 11/5 – Student Dinner with Adopt-a-Student Parishioners

- FOCUS Mission Fiesta (7pm) 11/11 – Women in Conversation:

Muslim Women Dialogue 11/12 – SMT Meeting 11/14 – Faculty Dinner-Discussion: Marika Kuzma 11/14 – Cal Interfaith Night: Who is our Neighbor? (7pm) 11/17 – EFD: Catholic Jeopardy & Cookies (7pm) 11/18 - Outreach: Game & Karaoke Night (7pm) 11/19 – Newman Forum: Tom Bonacci, CP on 500th

Anniversary of the Reformation 11/19 – Sundaes with Fr. Schmitz (7pm) 11/21 – Seeker’s Thanksgiving Potluck 11/27 – Advent Wreath Making (6:30-8pm)

December 12/1 – Advent Reconciliation & 1st Reconciliation

(Frances presides, Lucas preaches) 12/1 – SMT Outreach visit Oakland Catholic Worker &

CeaseFire Oakland 12/3 – Rite of Welcome and Acceptance (10am Mass) (5

catechumens & 8 candidates) 12/3 – 1st Sunday of Advent 12/3-5 – Community: Posadas 12/5 – Rosary Group - praying for Robert Paylor 12/4-9 – Liturgy: Advent Walk 12/5 – SMT Social 12/ 6-12 (Wed-Tue) – Study Hall 12/9 – Newman Alumni Christmas Tea 12/12 (12am) – Community: Our Lady of Guadalupe

Celebration 12/14 – Caroling at Alta Bates 12/16 –Decorating Chapel for Christmas

REGULAR NEWMAN EVENTS

[ (M) – monthly, (B) – biweekly ] Sunday:

Name Tag Sunday & Birthday Blessing (2nd Sun) Choir Rehearsal (9am, 4pm) Children & Youth Faith Formation (K-12) (2x month) Little Church / Daycare Newman Forum (M) Student Dinner (6pm) SMT (Student Ministry Team) Meeting (B)

Monday: Food Not Bombs OA Writing Group Christian Meditation Non-violence Peacemaking (M) Finance Council (M) Parish Council (2nd Mon)

Tuesday: Tuesday Theology 10am Mass Choir Rehearsal Newman Fiction (1st Tues) Alameda County FoodBank (M) Loaves & Fishes Steering Committee (M) Student Knitting Group Seekers Bible Study

Wednesday: Family Choir Rehearsal (12/6, 13,20) Catholicism WOW! Student & Young Adult LGBTQ (B) Tabling at Cal Rosary Group

Thursday: Men’s Spirituality (1st Thu) Emmaus RCIA Young Adult AA Confession/Adoration Candlelight Mass

Friday: 1st Friday Adoration OA Young Adult AA Taizé (2nd Friday) ChunJinAhm

Saturday: Women in Conversation (M) Catholic Bible Life Movement (B) Chinese Bible Study (2nd Sat) Al-Anon Loaves & Fishes Dinner (1st Sat – serving ~100)

FOCUS Missionaries: 12 weekly Bible Studies (64 students participating) 20 one-on-one discipling of students M-W 9am Adoration Weekly outreach to encounter students on campus Monthly Upper Room Meetings Organizing students to attend Student Leadership Summit in Chicago (1/2-6) Organizing Spring Break Mission Trips

Other Fall Events & Projects

• 50th Anniversary Celebration & Events - 5 Habitat for Newmanity clean up days - $64,000+ raised (see next column for how much of the money has been spent) - 400+ attended the Anniversary Celebration - 5 decades of pastors who attended the Celebration: Fr. Ted (’70-76), Fr. George (’80-86), Fr. Mike (’93-99), Fr. Bernie (’07-14), Fr. Ivan (’14-present)

• Continue to support our refugee family (Zainab, Wisam, Tabarek, & Abdullah) - $30,000+ rasised

• Donation of sleeping bags for Catholic Worker and food for the Community Food Bank (in 2016, we donated 889 pounds of food)

• 2017 Diocesan Appeal had 49 parishioners supporting our diocese with pledges of $13,418

• Fr. George Fitzgerald, CSP moves from Boston to Berkeley – 6/20

• Evan Cummings, CSP returns to the seminary – 7/31 • Fr. Steve Bossi, CSP joins Newman Hall-Holy Spirit

Staff – 9/11

• Ministry Interns: Deacon Brian Konzman, SJ, Marselys Lucero

• Clean clogged roof drains • Fix several church doors • Replace electric stove with gas • Add a fire suppression system to kitchen stove • Replace safe with a modern one • Paint Fr. Steve’s bedroom • Clean lounge and rectory chimneys • Start installation of LED lights in chapel • Clean pew seats • Install new rug welcome mats • Replace 2 rectory toilet seats, install shower bars • Fix clogged bedroom sink in rectory • Fix electrical wiring in Fr. Paul’s bathroom • Replace hot water heater for the church • Habitat for Newmanity Projects: clean inside and out-

side church, power wash patios, fix fountain tiles, • Fix clogged sewer line in rectory • Fix leaky rectory kitchen sink pipe

As we bring our 50th Anniversary to a close with the end of 2017, thanks to everyone who participated in our pledge drive, our Habitat for Newmanity clean up events, and our Sept. 30th Anniversary Mass & Celebration. After 50 years, Newman is still alive and vibrant. We did not make our ambitious goal of $125,000, but we did raise a decent amount to

do some major building upgrades. It is still never too late to give to the 50th Anniversary Fund because we have lots more to do with our aging building. Newman would be a worthy charity to give before the new tax bill goes into effect.

UNDECORATING CHRISTMAS- Your help is invited next Saturday morning, January 13 from 9am, to “un-decorate Christmas”. Help is especially needed in packing away our lovely new tree, as well as putting away the crèche, and other decorations, and returning the plants to the Chapel. Thank you. -Colleen Lenord.

WOMEN IN CONVERSATION-Saturday, January 13, 9:00am to 12:00Noon. Sr. Maureen Duignan, Executive Director of East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, will be speaking about what it’s like to live in our country as a refugee. She will also tell us how refugees are assisted through this organization, which provides sanctuary, advocacy and legal services to people escaping war, terror, political persecution and other expressions of violence. EBSC staff and a refugee will join Sr. Maureen. Come, bring a friend, a cup and a snack to share. For more info, contact Susan Grant at sgrant@seniorhelpers.com or Peg Bogle at pegbogle@gmail.com.

THE BUSY PERSON’S RETREAT-Feb 11-March 2, 2018. Taking part in the Busy Person’s Retreat you will commit to a serious daily prayer time and meet each week with a spiritual director, for the three week retreat. There is no cost for this retreat. Look for more info and sign-ups in January. Any questions? Call Roberta Gannon at 510-601-6805.  

GRIEF MINISTRY–For those who have responded to me with interest, please note the following event. A training series, free of cost, on starting a grief program, will be held at the San Damiano Retreat Center. This 4 week series is offered

every Thursday in January with both morning and evening sessions to accommodate schedules. Space is limited. Register by calling Kate Neal, Outreach Manager at 510-267-8339 or by email at katen@cfcsoakland.org. - Mary Lanigan ENVELOPE DONORS – Donor envelopes for 2018 are available at the Reception Desk. Statements for 2017 will be mailed by the end of January 2018. Cancelled checks will serve as receipts for those not using the envelope system. Online donors will receive 2017 statements directly from FaithDirect by the end of January 2018. For more information, contact Peg McGowan at (510) 848-7812 or newmanadmin@earthlink.net

As we bring 2017 to a close, we cannot leave the year without a moment of deep gratitude. The blessings of the year would be amiss if we fail to wrap them and preserve them in the warm embrace of gratitude. It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes a

community to cultivate a parish. Thanks to everyone who has joined us in celebration at Mass or other sacraments or any of our multitudes of events. Every day, something is happening at Newman. There is always found laughter or music, silent reflection or songful prayer, quiet meditation or deep conversations. The Spirit of God is alive here because of the people of God. Thanks to our choir and musicians throughout the year, Sunday after Sunday providing music to praise God and lift up our spirits. Thanks to the Chapel Cleaners who keep out chapel so clean and the Sacristans who set up and clean up after Mass. Thanks to our Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers who help proclaim the Word and serve the Table. Thanks to our Children’s catechists and RCIA Dismissal Catechists who help break open the Word for our children and RCIA catechumens. Special thanks for volunteers who made our Christmas celebrations so powerful. Thanks to the 16 folks who came on a Saturday morning to decorate, especially putting together a 15’ tree and untangling stars. Thanks to the choir members who put in all the extra time to provide music throughout our Christmas Masses. Thanks to all the ministry group leaders who week after week minister to the parishioners in their groups. We have too many groups to list here, but look at the blue Directory of Groups and Activities to see how amazingly abundant our parish is. For those of you who mistakenly think Newman only supports students, look at all the bold entries of ministry beyond students. Thanks to our paid support staff that keep Newman a welcoming place – Max, Christine, Elizabeth, Peg, Claire and a number of receptionists. Thanks to our ministerial staff – Colleen, Frances, Grace, Fr. Paul, Fr. Steve, Fr. George, FOCUS Missionaries, Student Ministers, – who provide extraordinary leadership to make Newman alive with ministry. And above all thanks to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, whom we serve, whom we adore, whom we love. The reason for all seasons is Christ – Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Fr. Ivan