Find Your Home At Newman
Find Your Home At Newman
Join us for Mass on Christmas Eve, when we’ll have choirs at both the 5pm and 9pm Masses.
Come at 8:30pm for caroling and stay for the Mass at 9. We’d love to see you!
NEWMAN HALL, A HOME FOR ALL
Whether you are new to Berkeley or have lived here for years, you are welcome here…
Newman Hall-Holy Spirit Parish is a spiritual home to undergrad and grad students at UC Berkeley, and to adults and families from the Berkeley/Oakland area and beyond. This special combination of student and resident parishioners has created a unique community of faith that invites all to the love of Christ.
In particular, we are about serving the students at UC Berkeley as they delve into and take ownership of their faith as young adults.
Students, get the latest news and events on our Slack Channel:
newmanvillage.slack.com
Newman Hall welcomes the Dominican Fathers
Our pastor, Fr. Xavier Lavagetto, OP, arrived July 1st from his post as pastor and director of the Catholic Community at Stanford University. He has made the Imogene Simpson Room (just inside the front doors) his office. Stop by for a visit, or contact him via email at Xavier Lavagetto, (xavierop@calnewman.org ) or cell phone, (650) 291-4590. To make an appointment with Fr. Xavier, you may do so by clicking here: xavierop.youcanbook.me .
Fr. Pius Youn
Associate pastor, Fr. Pius Youn, OP has returned to Berkeley where he undertook his seminary studies at the GTU’s Dominican School of Theology and Philosophy. Ordained in 2018, Fr. Pius most recently served in a parish in Anchorage with ministry also to a parish in Dutch Harbor on Amaknak Island, AK. Click here for a bio. You can make an appointment with him via email at piusop@calnewman.org
Help! We need more students and year-round community members to serve as Liturgical Ministers — -Eucharistic Ministers
-Lectors
-Altar Servers,
-Producers for our livestreamed 10 am Mass, and
-weekday Sacristans
We also need people to advance the overhead sides at Mass, help decorate the church, as well as people who’ll wash and iron the altar linens, and people who’ll clean the chapel.
Do you feel called to help in any of these ways? Sign up here or just come to a training.
Lector trainings are offered at 10am on the first Saturday of the month.
The next Eucharistic Minister Training will be in February.
FOCUS Missionaries for 2024-2025
Click here to check out our 2024-2025 FOCUS Missionaries.
Beware of Internet Scams
Please be aware of scams on the internet with folks pretending to be the pastor or someone you trust. They will be asking for a favor that typically is getting them gift cards and sending the codes over the internet. Before getting the gift cards or sending any info, please verify by using your usually way to talk to the person. It is most likely a scam.
If you choose to interact with the person, you may want to be kind to the person, maybe let them know you’ll be praying for them. They are trying to take advantage of our kindness, so be true to your kindness and be kind and wise. NYTimes had a front page article about people in the FarEast being scammed with the promise of a high paying tech job only to be shipped to a foreign country, locked away, and forced to run internet scams all day long. That would explain how these scams keep on going and keep on changing.
Newman Grads
If you’re a graduate student or young adult, come join Newman Grads. Contact us at grads@calnewman.org for more info or look out for us in front of the church after the 10am Sunday Mass. Here are our regular events:
Sun (11am) - Sunday Social
Thu (7pm) - Women’s Group
Thu (7pm) - Men’s Group
We thank all the donors, volunteers, musicians, and guests who helped make the Christmas Dinner on December 7th a joyful occasion. Thank you for your generosity and good will.
Our next take-away dinner is on Saturday, January 4th, 2025. Service will run from 2:00-4:30 pm. Join us on the patio for the festivities.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: If you’d like to help out with the Loaves & Fishes dinner contact Joe Burns at lf.newman.hall@gmail.com
Events & News Outside NEWMAN
Funeral Mass
Bishop Emeritus John Cummins
Saturday, December 21st at 11 am at the Cathedral of Christ the Light. See below for details and parking/transit information.
FUNERAL: Our beloved Bishop Emeritus John Cummins entered eternal life the morning of December 3rd. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 21st at 11 am at the Cathedral of Christ the Light.
Viewing will be held at the Cathedral on Friday, December 20th from 10am - noon and from 1pm until 6pm followed immediately by vigil service at 6pm.
All will be livestreamed on https://www.youtube.com/@ctlcathedral.
for details review the flyer here.
Transportation: Transportation Information
For the Funeral Mass on Dec. 21 the Cathedral parking garage is completely reserved.
There is additional parking at the the Kaiser Plaza lot at 325 22nd St. Go to the ACE Parking app/website link below to prepay and get the best rate:
APP Store
Google Play
Website
Parking is also available at the Lake Merritt Tower Garage,155 Grand Avenue, Oakland
Public Transportation
BART: The 19th Street BART station is located approximately six blocks from the Cathedral of Christ the Light. Weekend schedules are often different than weekday schedules. For route maps and schedules, visit BART.gov.
BUS: AC Transit lines 11 and 12 stop at the corner of Grand Avenue and Harrison Street. Weekend schedules are often different from weekday schedules. For route maps and schedules, go to ACTransit.org. ARRIVING BY BUS: Buses may disembark passengers in front of The Cathedral Conference Center on Harrison Street.
Driving Directions
FROM DOWNTOWN OAKLAND, go north on Broadway and turn right at Grand Avenue. Proceed three blocks. The Cathedral is on your right at Grand Avenue and Harrison Street.
FROM I-80 OR THE BAY BRIDGE, take I-580 Eastbound to the Harrison Street/Oakland Avenue exit. Bear right onto the Harrison Street ramp. Turn right onto Harrison Street and continue approximately one mile to the Cathedral at the intersection of Harrison Street and Grand Avenue.
FROM I-880 NORTHBOUND, take the Oak Street exit toward Lakeside Drive. Turn right onto Oak Street. After one-half mile, Oak Street becomes Lakeside Drive. Continue on Lakeside Drive along Lake Merritt. As you cross 21st Street, Lakeside Drive becomes Harrison Street. The Cathedral Center is on your left.
FROM I-580 WESTBOUND, take the Grand Avenue exit. Turn right onto Grand Avenue and continue for approximately one mile to the Cathedral at Grand Avenue and Harrison Street.
FROM CA-24 WESTBOUND, merge onto I-580 Eastbound toward Hayward. Take the Harrison Street/Oakland Avenue exit. Bear right onto the Harrison Street ramp. Turn right onto Harrison Street and continue approximately one mile to the Cathedral at the intersection of Harrison Street and Grand Avenue.
The vigil service and the funeral Mass will be livestreamed. Click here to view.
Please pray for Parishioners & Loved ones who passed away in 2024.
Zygmunt (Zyg) Deutschman (9/2/24)
David Gleason (6/3/24)
Daniel Scuiry (6/10/24)
Tom McCarthy (6/2/24)
Philip Catterton - brother of a parishioner
Wanda Luisi - (3/06/24)
“Fitz” John Joseph Fitzgerald
Madeline Jay Chu (2/15/24)
Current Issue of the Diocesan magazine, The Catholic Voice
WINGS, a women’s group at St. Theresa Parish in Oakland, welcomes all women to their weekly meetings and speaker programs. Information coming soon.
Grief Support: An Evening with Sandy (7-8pm, Tue) - peer ministry and drop in session, so come any time and join a group of people sharing our experience of grief along with each other. Sandy Heinisch is a grief trainer with the Diocese of Oakland.
2022 Gallagher Talk: Three Fates of Toxic Polarization and How We Can Deal With Them - Fr. Steven Bell, CSP
Click on the title to watch a presentation
After 117 years of service to the Diocese of Oakland at UC Berkeley, the Paulist Fathers left Newman on July 1st. Because of the decline in numbers due to aging and other circumstances, the Paulists made the tough decision to close some national offices and depart from two ministry locations.
Paulist VOICE Newsletter - Quarterly newsletter from the Paulist Fathers and the latest news.
Where are the Paulists who left Berkeley in July?
Fr. Ivan is pastor at Old St. Mary’s in San Francisco. You can reach him at
660 California St., San Francisco, CA 94108Fr. Ryan is Parochial Vicar at Cathedral of St. Andrew.
You can reach him at 267 Sheldon SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(https://grdiocese.org/parishes-location/cathedral-of-saint-andrew/Fr. Ken is also at the Cathedral of St. Andrew serving in Senior Ministry.
His address is 267 Sheldon SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503Zach Turner has returned to the seminary to continue his studies. You can reach him at 3001 4th St NE, Washington, DC 20017
