Spring Recess Opening Weekend: Amherst Newman Club Retreat

SPRING BREAK 2014 Retreat with the Newman Catholic Club. WHAT/WHO: The Newman Club is sponsoring an off-campus retreat over the first weekend of Spring Recess 2014. Our retreat leaders will be Sr. Chris Clark, DHM and Fr. Warren Savage. WHERE: Our retreat site is Kennebunkport, Maine, at the St. Anthony Franciscan Friary and St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery Estate. We will be participating in Mass and invited to meet with one or two of the friars while there. Visit http://www.framon.net/entrada.htm for photos and details. WHEN: We will carpool together from campus late Friday afternoon (4 or 5 pm.), enjoy dinner on the road, and settle in with prayer and song on Friday night. Our retreat on Saturday and Sunday will include conferences with Chris and Fr. Warren, time for rest and reflection, Mass on Saturday with the friars, one or two walks along the shoreline (weather permitting). We will carpool back to Amherst late Sunday afternoon. The retreat will culminate in Chapin Chapel with Mass and a blessing at 5 pm. on Sunday. HOW: Would you like to sign up and/or help us plan? Contact the Newman Club at newman@amherst.edu or contact Dresdiana Mavindidze at dmavindidze14@amherst.edu or in person at Sunday Mass.

11/12 "Defending Our Faith" Talks in Westfield

Father Brian McGrath, pastor of St. Mary Church, will lead a series of informal discussions entitled "Defending Our Faith," beginning on Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 7-8 p.m. at the St. Mary Parish Center, 86 Mechanic St. All are welcome. For more information, contact Joanne at 413-568-1127.

11/9 "Show Your Heart Concert in Springfield"

SHOW YOUR HEART CONCERT. The Sixth Annual Show Your Heart Concert will be held on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at St. MIchael's Cathedral. Music will be performed by groups from the Pioneer Valley School for Performing Arts, Bath Path College, the Greater Westfield Choral Association and the Cathedral Choir of Boys and Adults. The concert will benefit the Open Pantry, a local agency that provides emergency food, housing and social services throughout the Pioneer Valley. The suggested donation is $10 for the general public and $5 for students and seniors.

11/3 Catholic Social Teaching - Mount Holyoke College

Sr. Annette McDermott offers Catholic Social Teaching on Sunday11/3,  4:30 - 6:00 pm in the Eliot House Lounge, Mount Holyoke College.

11/1-3. Rachel's Vineyard

RACHEL'S VINEYARD RETREAT. Stockbridge, MA: The next Rachel's Vineyard Retreat, for women and men who are  hurting from an abortion experience, will be held Nov. 1-3 in Stockbridge. For more information or to register for a weekend, call 413-452-0661.

Sat. 9/14/13 "Pink" Mass, Springfield

Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell will be the celebrant of the Pink Mass, held annually for those battling cancer and all those who have passed away following their struggle with the illness. Catholics and people of all faiths from across the Diocese of Springfield and beyond are invited to attend. This third annual Pink Mass will be recorded and broadcast the following morning at 10 a.m. on WWLP-22NEWS as part of the weekly diocesan program “The Chalice of Salvation.” Mass begins at 5 pm. Following the Mass a “Celebration of Hope” gala dinner is to be held at 6 p.m.

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9/20 7:30 pm. , 9/22 3 pm. Garden of Martyrs

See the Amherst College Press Release on the production. https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2013/09-2013 An excerpt: "The opera shows the last three days of the Daley/Halligan case through the eyes of Father Jean Cheverus, a prominent priest based in Boston whose own haunted past—as a refugee from the French Revolution—led him to aid the accused."

Booking information from the Academy of Music webpage:

Show Date/ Time:
Friday, September 20, 2013 at 7:30 PM &
Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 3:00 PM

Ticket Prices:
$50; $40; $30; $20 (Students 50% discount directly through the AOM box office)
Tickets go on sale to the public June 1, 2013 at 3:00 PM

Where/ How Tickets Can be Purchased:
Academy of Music Box Office Open Tuesday- Friday 3:00PM-6:00PM
Call: 413-584-9032 ext.105 (Service fees will apply with purchase)
Online Tickets Click on Show Desired: http://academyofmusictheatre.tix.com

Tags:  opera  local history  Catholic 

7/23-28/2013 WYD Rio

The first promo reminds us of the history of World Youth Day - with the words of Blessed John Paul II. See it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3AE_wWqfko  "The powerful experience that will generate through you: a more just society and a better world." John Paul II. Another powerful promo is by the French pilgrims -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2JrK-aqO5U 

Will you be there in person? In any case, you're invited to join in Spirit "God bless all of you until we meet again" Pope Benedict XVI.

9/11 Memorial Mass in Chicopee, MA

The 7th Annual deanery-wide Memorial Mass honoring the memory of the innocent victims and selfless heroes who perished in the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001 will be offered at 6:30 P.M. on Wednesday, September 11th at St. Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr Basilica, located at 570 Front St. in Chicopee. Come and join your neighbors as, together, we gather to offer our thoughts and prayers, not only for the victims, but also for the families and friends that they have left behind. A reception, including light refreshments, will immediately follow the Mass in the parish hall. A free-will donation will be accepted for the benefit of the hunger ministry at Lorraine’s Soup Kitchen & Pantry. 

4/20/2013: Women's Conference: Diocese of Springfield, MA

Father Leo Patalinghug, author of Grace Before Meals and host of Savoring Our Faith on EWTN. A priest from Baltimore, MD, he was featured on the Food Network when he won a "throwdown" against chef Bobby Flay. He will talk about faith and family life. Also speaking will be Susan Conroy, who worked with Mother Teresa in India and wrote about that experience  She also will talk about caring for an aging parent.And Kathy Tobin, former anchor and news director at WGGB, will speak about her life and her work as development director for Friends of the Homeless. For information and to register: http://www.diospringfield.org/WOMENS%20CONF/womensconfbrochure.htm 

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Note: 5/11-17/13 Study Hours at the Cad

LATE-NIGHT STUDYING AND SNACKS!
When: Begins May 11, 2013 - 4:00 pm
Description:

Papers and exams coming up? Tired of studying in the same old spaces? Need a late-night study area?

Come to the Cadigan Center for quiet and coffee! We'll even have baked goods available. Bring your friends!

Study hours are from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, and Sunday, May 12, and from 9 a.m. Monday, May 13, through 4 a.m. Friday, May 17. Please note that the Cadigan Center will NOT be open between the hours of 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. All rooms are available for quiet or small-group studying.

Location:
Cadigan Center
Additional Info:

Please note that the Cadigan Center will NOT be open between the hours of 4 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Directions:

The Cadigan Center is located at 38 Woodside Ave. You can find us on the Campus Map or:

1. Walk past Newport and take a left onto Woodside. We're the first house on the left (it's a bit down the road!).

2. Walk down the hill behind JChap and cross Route 116. Go down the road in front of you (Walnut St.). Take a right, and we're the first building on the right.

Contact:
Cindy Dumais-Holubowich
413-542-8489
cdumaisholubowich@amherst.edu

4/19-20 Eucharistic Congress:

From Fr. Bruce Teague -- Come join hundreds of your peers from across the City of Boston on April 19th & 20th for the sixth annual Archdiocese of Boston Eucharistic Congress for College Students and Young Adults!

Meet new people, listen to dynamic speakers (Msgr. Moroney and Ms. Susan Conroy who personally served with Bl. Mother Teresa in Calcutta), pray in new ways, get involved in Christian service, celebrate Mass with Cardinal Seán O'Malley, enjoy delicious food catered by the Italian restaurants of the North End, and participate in an evening Eucharistic procession.  All this will be taking place at Sacred Heart and St. Leonard's Churches in the North End of Boston.  For more information please visit the website at www.EucharisticCongress.or

Care, Reaching Out, Prayer. 4/16 Email from Chris Clark

Email to Catholic community mailing list. April 16, 2013.
 
I am writing for several reasons this morning.
  • Though I have many feelings and thoughts about it I would like to share my sense of shock, sadness and anger in the wake of the violence done at the Boston Marathon yesterday. At the same time I was grateful to be able to be in touch, especially through social media, especially as news and rumors spread.
  • I want to encourage each to reach out to the other and to help each one connect with the best resources. We are in an especially stressful time in the semester. We can get overwhelmed and isolated. I am reaching out, for instance, on Facebook, in this email, more importantly in person, and in prayer. I hope you are reaching out, too. 
  • Prayer. Perhaps in terms of prayer there is an aspiration, a breathed brief prayer -- or a Psalm, as Fr. Gawienowski preached about on Sunday -- or the Lord's Prayer -- or a prayer of the heart that you sing out on Memorial Hill.
Whatever form it will take, your prayer and thoughtful connection with others can make a positive response ripple through Creation.
-- Chris Clark, DHM
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Article with Pope Francis's Response to 4/15 Boston

Pope Francis has offered a response to the 4/15 events in Boston. Visit URL for related article.http://catholicism.about.com/b/2013/04/16/pope-francis-on-the-boston-massacre-combat-evil-with-good.htm?nl=1

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