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Dinner at Hallinan and Mass at Holy Rosary

Cannolis and Morals

Regression

Summer Sign-Up Sheet

Springfest Volunteers

Disposal of Palms

Next Year’s Newman Leadership

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Hey Newman,

 

I hope you had a nice start this weekend to the Easter season!  We have a shorter newsletter for now, but there’s more to come at the end of the week.

 

·         Dinner this weekend will be at 6:30pm at Hallinan followed by Mass at Holy Rosary at 8pm.  We will be having sloppy joes, chips, soup, and more.  This will happen next weekend as well, for our last dinner and Mass of the semester.

·         Cannolis and Morals is still slated for next Friday, April 23rd at 7pm at Hallinan.  Come join us to watch The Godfather, eat food, and have a discussion afterwards.

·         The Inter-Religious Council is having an end of the semester barbeque on Monday, April 26th at the Interfaith Plaza (between Hallinan and Hillel).  The time hasn’t been set yet, but it will be around dinner time.  More details on that in the next newsletter.

·         Ever wish you could be a kid again?  Then come to Regression at Hallinan on Monday, April 26th at 7pm!  We’ll have grilled cheese, Hi-C, Nintendo, and other fun things to do to celebrate the end of the semester.  If you have any games (Chutes and Ladders, Candyland, etc) bring them along!

·         If you’ll be in the Cleveland area this summer and would like to stay in contact with other Newmanites in the area, please talk to Kirsten.  She has a sign-up sheet so you can stay in contact via e-mail.  Nothing has been planned yet, but some ideas include a summer LIFT group or social events.

·         Springfest is next Saturday, April 24th on Freiberger field and Newman will have a booth featuring face painting and candy.  We could use volunteers to help man the booth, so if you’re interested please let us know!

·         Also, if you’re not sure what to do with your palms from Palm Sunday, please bring them to Hallinan during one of our events, or stop by during the week.  We are collecting them so that they can be properly disposed of.

·         Please welcome our new Newman leaders for next school year: Dan Weick and Melissa Olenik.  Also, returning next year to our leadership team are Phil Koshute, Jenny Engle, and me.  On behalf of the whole team, we are excited about next year’s new opportunities and challenges and look forward to continuing to grow in faith with you.  If there is ever anything we can do to help serve you better, please don’t hesitate to let us know!

·         And, as always:

 

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Patristic Quote of the Week

 

St. Basil the Great: “Faith, therefore, is unhesitating assent, in the fullest conviction of the truth, to the things heard in what is, by God’s grace, proclaimed…  Plainly it is a falling away from faith and an offense chargeable to pride, either to reject any of those things that are written [in Scripture] or to introduce things that are not written [in Scripture].”  (Faith 1 [inter A.D. 370/378]).

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Prayer Requests

 

Please pray for

·         All men and women being called to serve the church as a sister, brother, priest, or deacon

·         Those preparing for marriage

·         All students, as we near the end of the semester and start to prepare for exams

·         The sick and the dying, for comfort for them and their families

·         Those experiencing job loss or financial difficulties, for relief

·         And for peace in the world and in our own hearts.

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Saint of the Day (for 4/17/04) from AmericanCatholic.org

St. Benedict Joseph Labre

(d. 1783)

 

Benedict Joseph Labre was truly eccentric, one of God's special little ones. Born in France and the eldest of 18 children, he studied under his uncle, a parish priest. Because of poor health and a lack of suitable academic preparation he was unsuccessful in his attempts to enter the religious life. Then, at 16 years of age, a profound change took place. Benedict lost his desire to study and gave up all thoughts of the priesthood, much to the consternation of his relatives.

 

He became a pilgrim, traveling from one great shrine to another, living off alms. He wore the rags of a beggar and shared his food with the poor. Filled with the love of God and neighbor, Benedict had special devotion to the Blessed Mother and to the Blessed Sacrament. In Rome, where he lived in the Colosseum for a time, he was called "the poor man of the Forty Hours Devotion" and "the beggar of Rome." The people accepted his ragged appearance better than he did. His excuse to himself was that "our comfort is not in this world."

 

On the last day of his life, April 16, 1783, Benedict Joseph dragged himself to a church in Rome and prayed there for two hours before he collapsed, dying peacefully in a nearby house. Immediately after his death the people proclaimed him a saint.

 

He was officially proclaimed a saint by Pope Leo XIII at canonization ceremonies in 1883.

 

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Thanks for reading, have a wonderful weekend!

 

In Him,

Cheryl

 

“Be faithful in the little practices of love which will build in you the life of holiness and make you Christlike.”

- Mother Teresa