Sunday, January 29, 2012:No 10:45am Mass, but join us for Mass at 7pm. Next week and the weeks following we will have both Masses.
Newman Center will be open Monday-Friday 8:00am-10:00pm
This week
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 We will be having soup and Imelda will be making her amazing egg rolls! From 4pm-6pm. Bring your friends and join us! If you are free before 4pm feel free to help out and learn how to make them!
Also on Tuesday, January 31 we will have women’s small group from 7:15pm-8:15pm.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Holly Rutcihk will be joining us for spiritual direction from 11am to 3:30pm.
Up and Coming
Women’s Retreat
February 11th and 12th. Sign up today in the Newman Center! We will be leaving on Saturday February 11th. Have girl talk, and Holly and Joseph will be there with a question and answer session, and many more fun activities! On Sunday, February 12th we will have Mass and end around 2pm. Come join us!
If you’re looking for a chance to get away for the weekend, want to grow in your faith, or have never been on a retreat before but want to now, well here is exactly what you need!
Located in Bailey’s Harbor in Dorr County, a one of a kind retreat filled with community, outdoor adventure and prayer!
Oct 14th-16th
Oct 21st-23rd
Dec 20th-22nd
Jan 8th-10th
Life in the Spirit Week! Oct 31st- Nov 4th replacing the Busy Person’s retreat we used to do every year at the Newman Center, and a week later so you it doesn’t conflict with studying for mid-terms. Each day there will be different activities including spiritual direction, prayer groups, bible studies, meals, Spritual gifts intake and much more, stay posted for further news.
Held at Lourdes High School in Oshkosh (2mins from campus) and led by Fransicans from New York and Brothers of the Community of St John in IL. Experience a retreat where you are in the presence of Christ throughout the entire time! Open to ages 13-30 so invite your family or friends to come too! I guarantee that you will have never been on a retreat such as this and won’t be disapointed in going, hope to see you there.
*for anymore information regarding any of these retreats please contact us at the Newman Center or or check out their websites posted on this link. And if money is a factor for any of them don’t let that stop you, help can be provided if you ask for it *
Today marks the 37th anniversary of the historic Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion which has resulted in the death of over 50 million pre-born babies. The victims are not only the innocent children whose lives have been ended even before they came to see the light of day, but the mothers and fathers of these children who live with the emotional and spiritual wounds which are the consequences of the decision to abort.
A further consequence of this legal decision is the continued unraveling of respect for human life and the dignity of the human person. When the most innocent and the most vulnerable are left without legal protection we have taken the decisive step on a slippery slope leading inevitably to further violations of human dignity and even more widespread disregard for the sacredness of human life.
There are people in our parishes, in our communities, perhaps in our families and even fellow UW Oshkosh classmates who carry the burden of their own participation in an abortion. They need our compassion and understanding. Rachel’s Vineyard is a weekend retreat experience offered in a confidential setting whose entire focus is healing and reconciliation. We encourage those who are bearing the wounds of abortion, or those who may know somebody who is carrying these deep hurts to consider this opportunity to heal. http://www.rachelsvineyard.org/
Do not continue to live in the shame, fear or numbness – call Rachel’s Vineyard toll-free on their national hotline: 877 HOPE 4 ME (877-467-3463)
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has established January 22 as a day of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through abortion and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life. Through prayer and penance, let us further build a culture of life in which the dignity of every human person is valued and every human life is protected from conception to natural death.
Most Blessed Sacrament Parish
St. Mary’s Site (605 Merritt Ave. Oshkosh)
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
January 22nd 7am – 7pm
HELP is Out There!
Labor of Love
204 Church Ave.
Oshkosh, WI
920-231-6006
Pregnancy Counseling Center
10 Fourth Street Ct.
Fond du Lac, WI 54935
920-923-5299
Pregnancy Counseling Center
539 S. Webster Ave.
Green Bay, WI 54302
920-433-9955
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2
Patrick and his burnt finger
We are open ALL day and ALL night, ALL WEEK!!! We are here to serve you! Come for lunch, dinner, a quiet place to study, a place to pray, a place to have good conversation or to even watch Patrick burn his finger on a candle (yes, it is true…that acutally happened this morning…and he says it still hurts). What is it with college students being pyros? Isn’t it funny how we are naturally drawn to the curiosity of Light? After all, it is what we were created for…for God and God alone! I am not endorsing pyro behavior, but maybe there is a connection…
Christmas Caroling Dec. 12th
A Prayer for Finals Week Now I lay me down to study
I pray the Lord I won’t go nutty,
I can’t remember all this junk
So please dear Lord don’t let me funk.
Now I lay be down to rest
I pray I’ll pass tomorrow’s test.
If I should die before I wake–
That’s one less test I’ll have to take.
AMEN.
Our LAST MASS of the semester is this THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17th 9:30pm. Come for some time of Adoration and an opportunity to go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation at 8:30 (hurry, there’s only a week before Jesus comes and the greatest gift we can give Him is a clean heart for Him to rest His head on…I don’t know about you but I don’t know if I would be quick to put my own head on a dirty diaper of sin!) So come on over, it’s FREE, it’s HOT, everyone’s doing it…WE LOVE CONFESSION!!!!
Interim Mass Schedule
7pm Sunday, January 3rd
7pm Sunday, January 10th
7pm Sunday, January 17th
December 9th, 1531, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Juan Diego, a recent convert to the Catholic faith, was walking to attend the early morning Mass in Mexico City. Passing by Tepeyac Hill he heard the beautiful singing of birds, seemingly from heaven. Looking to see where the celestial music was coming from, he suddenly heard a young woman’s voice affectionately calling his name, “Juanito.” Reaching the top of the hill, he saw a radiant woman clothed in splendid light – the Ever Virgin Holy Mary, Mother of God. She told Juan that she desired him to be her special messenger to the Bishop of Mexico City. Juan was to tell the bishop that Our Lady wanted a church to be built where she could manifest her Son and hear the petitions of her spiritual children.
After being put off by the bishop’s servants, Juan was finally granted an audience with Franciscan Bishop Fray Juan Zumarraga. The bishop didn’t initially believe Juan Diego and asked him to return another day. Secretly, the bishop had been invoking the intercession of the Mother of God for help. The Spaniards had recently conquered the native Aztec people and were treating them harshly. Very few were willing to abandon their pagan gods and embrace the religion of their new dictators. All of this weighed heavy on the heart of Bishop Zumarraga, whom history now knows as the “Protector of the Native People.” He wondered if Juan Diego’s story was the answer to his prayers.
Dejected, Juan returned to Tepeyac and asked Our Lady to use someone else more worthy than himself. She assured him that he was personally chosen to be her ambassador. The next day he returned to plead with the bishop. Though impressed by Juan’s persistence, he was still unsure. He sent Juan to tell the Lady he needed a sign in order to know if it was truly her.
Upon hearing the bishop’s request, Our Lady told Juan to return the next day and she would give him the sign he needed. Returning home, Juan found his uncle ill and close to death. Instead of returning the next day, Juan stayed home and took care of his ailing uncle. Early on December 12th, Juan rushed to Mexico City in order to get a priest to administer the last rites to his dying uncle. On his way he went around the back of Tepeyac Hill in order to avoid Our Lady whom he knew would surely understand.
But Our Lady met him anyway telling him not to worry, his uncle was already healed. He was to learn later that at that moment Our Lady had appeared to his uncle, who was restored to health. She urged Juan to go to the top of the hill were he would find flowers miraculously growing. Juan was astonished to see so many vibrant flowers during the frosty time of the year. He cut them and gathered them in his tilma (cloak). Our Lady arranged the flowers with her own hands, rolled up the tilma and ordered Juan not to unfurl his tilma until he was in the presence of the bishop.
After being harassed by the bishop’s servants, Juan was finally brought in to see him. After recounting every detail of his conversation with Our Lady, he let down his tilma and the flowers fell to the floor. Juan was surprised when everyone in the room also fell to the floor on their knees. The image of Our Lady had miraculously appeared on Juan’s tilma! Repenting for his unbelief with abundant tears, Bishop Juan Zumarraga promised to build the shrine that Our Lady had requested.
Soon the church was built and the holy image transferred. The story spread like wildfire and people began to stream in to see the heavenly image and hear the story from Juan Diego. Many miracles starting happening and in the following years some 10 million were baptized and converted to the Jesus Christ! Pope John Paul II declared Blessed Juan Diego the greatest evangelist of all times.
Do you remember that show Unsolved Mysteries? With that creepy host? Well, when I was growing up, his voice was super creepy and I would always turn the channel. Get this…so I was on youtube to see if there were any videos on Our Lady of Guadalupe and they did an Unsolved Mysteries episode on Marian Apparitions. Check this clip out…this is the 3rd of a 3 part series!
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comes and the greatest gift we can give Him is a clean heart for Him to rest His head on…I don’t know about you but I don’t know if I would be quick to put my own head on a dirty diaper of sin!) So come on over, it’s FREE, it’s HOT, everyone’s doing it…WE LOVE CONFESSION!!!!
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