All checks should be made out to “Catholic Students at Cal Program Fund.” Please link to the donation card for more information about making a donation or click here to make an online donation.

Recognition and Awards-Newman parishioners, please let me know if you are receiving an award, distinction, or recognition for an achievement this spring. If you are a student it may be that you landed an internship that you are proud of. Perhaps you received a scholarship, won a competition, or were acknowledged by your department. If you are working, it might be that you got a promotion or were recognized for your work. Please let me know so you can be recognized at Newman, through our website and our weekly bulletin. Thanks! Fr. Bill Edens

We have just established a fund through which students that are graduating in 2012 can make a donation to the Catholic Students at Cal Program Fund and be matched by the university 2 to 1.  (A gift from a senior to the fund of $25 will result in $75 receipt by the fund). Recent Alumni (up to 5 years graduated) can donate to the fund and be matched by the university, 1 to 1. Donations from seniors and alums must be received by June 30th, 2012 to be matched by the university. The funds we raise may be broadly applied to programming for Catholic students at UC Berkeley.

All checks should be made out to “Catholic Students at Cal Program Fund.” Please link to the donation card for more information about making a donation or click here to make an online donation.

Sr. Dianne Short, OSC and Sr. Beth Lynn, OSC

“I would love to share with women from our heart  space,” said Beth, OSC,  from the Monastery of St. Clare in Minneapolis. A day later, Dianne, from the Monastery of St. Clare in Cincinnati wrote,  ”Let’s see what the Spirit does among the women.”

For our Conversations Among Women this spring, come, listen to, converse and pray with two most fun-loving Poor Clares, Beth Lynn, OSC, and Dianne Short, OSC.  These women dwell “at the heart of the matter. ”  Over the years, they have developed deep and wise, but quick and attentive perceptions of our shared humanity and of the living God among us.   Within the Church, they embrace the Gospel of Jesus  through contemplative living, penance, and in mutual love for their sisters, their brothers, and all people who seek healing, love and life at their monasteries.

We may find our spirits bolstered, our minds sharpened, our hearts strengthened, as we engage in conversation, prayer and laughter with Beth and Dianne and one one another,  In the tradition of Clare of Assisi, they may show us to be “models and mirrors” for one another, and co-workers in the Church and in the world needing care, mutual respect and reverence.

Saturday morning, May 12th, 9 – noon

Newman Upper Lounge

Please invite  friends, as this is a very unique opportunity, as the sisters don’t often leave their monasteries except for a “reasonable cause.”We are asking, if you can, for an “in-kind” donation for the sisters,  and of course, please bring some baked goods to share.

May 3:Theology on Tap. Yaggies will be attending the Theology on Tap talk at Pyramid Alehouse in Walnut Creek, sponsored by St Mary’s Catholic Church. We will meet at the Downtown Berkeley BART station at 6:10 p.m. and take the train to Walnut Creek.

May 6:  Mass and Munch.  Join us for our monthly dinner to meet new yaggies and catch up with old friends before the end of the semester.  We will attend the 5:00 p.m. mass together, and then walk to a restaurant in the area for dinner.  Plan to meet us in the chapel before mass, or outside the Newman Center at 6:00.

Parish Council Application 2012 Word Version

Parish Council Application 2012 PDF