Holy Week Schedule
Palm Sunday
April 5 – 8pm
*Mass begins outside the chapel.
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Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
April 9 – 8pm
*Please bring in your Operation Rice Bowls--our gifts to Catholic Relief Services are gathered for the poor at this Mass. The Mass includes a procession of the Eucharist around the chapel, and concludes with silent prayer. Feel free to stay as late as 10pm.
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Good Friday Liturgy
April 10 – 3pm
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Holy Saturday
April 11 – 8pm
*This is a true vigil--a night of watching and waiting. Expect a long liturgy; taking a water or bathroom break is understandable! It begins across Pacific Avenue in the back yard of Central United Methodist Church. Their community graciously allows us to use their fire pit for the great fire of the Easter Vigil. After the brief service of light which begins the Vigil, we'll follow the priest and the Easter Candle back to Morris Chapel in solemn procession.
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Help Wanted: We will need someone to arrange the Easter Vigil fire. Talk to Greg if you would like to volunteer!
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There will be no Mass on Easter Sunday.
Newman News
Community Service Event - St. Mary's Dining Hall
Newman House will be hosting a community service event at St. Mary’s Dining Hall. We will be serving food and helping with other accommodations. Lend your helping hand to our community.
What Has Your Faith Demanded of You?
Newman House offers a special panel discussion that explores the faith commitments of three inspiring panelists. Their stories will describe the various vocational experiences of Catholicism. The event will conclude with the audience offering their questions to the panelist. R.S.V.P via Facebook, newmanhouse@pacific.edu, or call us at (209) 951-0881.
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In reality, the name for that deep amazement at man's worth and dignity is the Gospel, that is to say: the Good News. It is also called Christianity. This amazement determines the Church's mission in the world and, perhaps even more so,"in the modern world".
John Paul II (Redemptor hominis)