Creating Smiles and Feeding Souls

by JP Moore on May 8, 2012

A special “Thank You” to all the community members and volunteers who helped the Newman Center out with the Wednesday Night Dinner program this year.

The dinners grew in leaps and bounds and fed many souls.  Many new faces showed up early and throughout the year… came back again and again. By one measure we served over 2,400 meals in the Spring 2012 semester alone!  Great job!!

Our students really appreciated the warmth and welcome your food and presence provided them.  Each and every week, new students remarked and “veterans” reiterated their “thanks” and appreciation for your efforts and the “home away from home” feelings your meals provided for them.

This growing and worthy program has presented all of us with new challenges: logistically and in other ways.  During the summer we will be looking at new ways to improve upon the dinners. One thing is for sure though, the Wednesday Night Dinner program has been and will continue to be a success because of your help.

Please consider signing up to help with a Wednesday Night Dinner again next year.  This has always been one of the students’ favorite events. They are always so grateful for the meals the community provides them.

Cooking is not the only way you can help; we are always looking for volunteers to help with set-up and clean-up.  If you would more information about helping  out with the dinners please contact Liz Papke at ubnc.liz@gmail.com  for more information and watch for our sign up boards as we get closer to the Fall semester.

Thank you for supporting our Wednesday Night Dinner Program!

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The Bridge Lecture Series

by JP Moore on May 14, 2012

2012 UB Newman Center
The Bridge Lecture Series
Wednesday Nights 7:00 p.m.
at the Newman Center
495 Skinnersville Rd.

Free to All.

June 13th, 2012
Jeff Quinn, Head Coach UB Football
“UB Football - 2012”

June 20th, 2012
Hon. Barbara Howe, PhD, J.D. New York State Surrogate Judge for Erie County, NY; adjunct faculty member Law and Sociology, U.B.
“What does Surrogate Court Do?”

June 27th, 2012
Dr. Kenneth D. Anthone, Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UB; President of Anthone Eye Center; Founder of Eye on America; International Cataract Surgeon
“My Life and Work as a Cataract Surgeon”

July 11th, 2012
Dr. Alan Rabideau, PE, Professor of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering
“Protecting West Valley Groundwater from Radioactive Contamination”

July 18th, 2012
Dr. Amanda Nickerson, Director Dr. Jean Alberti Center for the prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence
“The Facts About Bullying”

July 25th, 2012
Ryan McPherson, JD, Chief Sustainability Officer, University at Buffalo
“What Sustains Us? Creating a Better Future Through Sustainability”

August 1st, 2012
Dr. Charles M. Severin, PhD, MD, Associate Dean for Medical Education and Admissions, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
“Developing Good Doctors and How Do You Donate Your Body to UB”

August 8th, 2012
Msgr J. Patrick Keleher, Director UB Newman Center
“The Radicalism of Obedience – The Weak Backbone of the Church”

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Newman Cup Golf Tournament

by JP Moore on May 16, 2012

The Newman Center Men’s Club invites you to…

Newman Cup Golf Tournament

Tuesday, June 19th
1:00pm

Bedrock Golf Course

 4973 North Ayers Road Akron, NY

The tournament will be a
shotgun start, eighteen hole,
best ball contest.

Cost is $30 with cart

or $25 for walkers.

The field is limited to the first 64 players that
sign up and pay entrance fee.

A FREE Newman Center
Family Picnic will follow
the tournament at 5pm.

All Newman Center members and their
friends are invited. Everyone attending the
picnic is requested to register, bring a dish to
pass and provide their refreshments.

For more information please contact:

John Connolly @ 868-1279, Bob Denman @ 308-9953,

Sal Esposito @ 694-5421,

Dick Klenk @ 698-9154 or Bill Pistner @ 691-6347

More Info? See or Print the Full-Color Flyer

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Do You Have a Vision for Campus Ministry?

by JP Moore on February 29, 2012

 Campus Minister.  The Newman Center at the State University of New York at Buffalo seeks an applicant to serve as Campus Minister on the Amherst Campus. This 29,000 student campus located in a suburb of Buffalo is New York State’s largest public university. The Newman Center is a beautiful new 15,000 sq. ft. facility located adjacent to this growing campus. With more than 1000 registered families that support Catholic Campus Ministry in the Newman Center Community, you will find valuable financial and spiritual assets to work with.

Candidate qualifications include:  undergraduate degree in Theology, pastoral ministry, education or other related fields; experience in campus ministry or other ministry fields; a genuine liking and understanding of a major university setting and young adults (18-35) and a willingness to participate in ongoing training. If you are a self- motivated leader with a vision to develop Catholic Ministry programs that encourage more student and administration participation, this is your opportunity. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Send resumes to:

Newman Center   495 Skinnersville Rd. Amherst, NY 14228
Attention: Tom Catanzaro, Business Manager tomc@newmancenteratub.org

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We have the green light!

by admin on October 8, 2011

LEGACY CAMPAIGN UPDATE

Please be generous to our Legacy Campaign for the purchase of the Newman rectory living quarters for our Director Father Pat and all directors who may follow. If you have not had the opportunity to give to date, this is the time we really need your help to reach our goal. No donations or pledges are too small or too big. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Tom Catanzaro-Business Manager

 

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October 2, 2011

Dear Friends:

We have come so far as a community.  Remember the sign, rusted and bent, that declared “Future Home of the Newman Center”?  And the tent to accommodate our growing numbers but only in good weather?  How about standing room only crowds at the Student Center?  And the holidays at the chapel when there was literally no room at the inn?

Look where we are now!  A new home and a new era.  It came to pass through a lot of generous people who shared a vision.  It was approved by a kind bishop who knew the importance of a strong Catholic Campus Ministry presence at a public university with one of the largest number of Catholic students in the nation.  And it came because people sacrificed.

So where are we?  Well, the original debt is almost gone but cost overruns place us a bit short of our goal to fully retire our debt by the end of next year.  In addition, remember Fr. Pat’s house, one of the things that was sacrificed to make room for the center?  Because of wetland issues, we were unable to replace it on the property and so we currently have no rectory for our Director of Campus Ministry, now or in the future.

Back to the bishop.  Bishop Kmiec thought we needed to focus on building the Center before we thought about a rectory, but he did not close the door.  And he let it be known a few months ago that he wanted to take care of that now before his retirement took effect.  And so we come to you today to talk about our future.

To retire our debt, including cost overruns, and to purchase a condo on Skinnersville Rd. to accommodate Fr. Pat and to help attract his replacement when he retires, long in the future we hope, we need to raise $200,000.  Our goal is to accomplish this by the end of 2012.

With this we will be able to finish what we started and leave a legacy – to the students of today and long into the future, and for our entire community as we move forward.

Thank you for all you do and have done to make the Newman Center a home to so many.  And thank you for providing a legacy for those who follow.

 

Dood Forrestal

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Service Opportunities with the Newman Center at UB

January 30, 2012

Newman Center Sandwich Ministry: In February of 2011, the Newman Center at the University at Buffalo bagan a sandwich ministry program to help feed the hungry and homeless of WNY. With your help, we are able to provide over 600 sandwiches a month to the Buffalo City Mission and the Women and Children Shelter of [...]

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Welcome New Community Members!

January 30, 2012

No matter what your present status in the Catholic Church, no matter what current family or marital situation, no matter what your current year, standing, major, research topic, no matter what your current personal history, age, background, race, etc., no matter what your own self-image; you are invited, welcomed, accepted, loved and respected here at [...]

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Parish Registration Form

August 19, 2010

Download the Newman Center parish registration form.

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Faith Sharing Registration Form

August 23, 2010

To participate in faith sharing at the Newman Center, you must complete the Newman Center Faith Sharing Form each year (one per family). Download the Faith Sharing Registration Form for 2011-12

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Confirmation Registration Form

August 23, 2010

To participate in the Confirmation Class at the Newman Center, you must complete the form below. Download the Confirmation Registration form

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