REDHAWKCATHOLIC.COM • 10.06.19 • A CLASS I ORGANIZATION OF THE SGA AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY • ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK Visit us The Newman Center is locat- ed at 894 Valley Road, Mont- clair, NJ 07043. You can reach the center by walking down the 82 steps right behind Moorehead Hall on the South- East end of Campus. FALKNER page 3 SAINT QUOTE "Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustra- tions, but about your unfulfilled potential. Con- cern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do." Saint Pope John XXIII feast day, Friday, October 11 Mass schedule Sun ........ 6 p.m. Mon... 5:30 p.m. Tue ... 5:30 p.m. Wed .. 5:30 p.m. Thu ... 8:30 p.m. Fri ........... Noon See calendar on page 2 for locations and more details By Sean Falkner CatholicPsych T here are many ways that we as humans see ourselves. By what we do: The professor, the doctor, the counselor, the student, the minister etc. By what we like: The sports fan, the foodie, the pet lover, the wine connoisseur etc. By our vices: The addict, the greedy or selfish, the mean guy/ girl etc. By our personality styles: the go-getter, the peacemaker, the leader, the extrovert or introvert. There are a myriad of other labels we can assign to ourselves and to others. But the question remains, at the core of our identities, who are we most fundamentally? Do any of these titles or labels actually tell us who we are? Where are we getting our identity from currently? Who has the authority to tell us who we really are? Catholic teaching tells us that human beings, created in the image and likeness of God, have by our very existence an inherent value, worth, and distinction. God is actually present in every person. Think about that. The creator of the universe who is LOVE, and made us out of love for love is with us and in us - regardless of our race, nation, sex, origin, orientation, ability, vocation, culture, economic standing, or any other characteristic, trait, or label. Our dignity is the great equalizer - because all people have the same fundamental value, and the price tag is enormous. All human persons are both a reflection of God and a mirror of themselves, and thus we must honor and respect this dignity of human life as a divine gift. YOU are a DIVINE GIFT! Your life is a divine gift! This is what Saint Irenaeus wanted to emphasize in his celebrated definition of humanity; “Man, living man (which includes men and women), is the glory of God”. Man has been given a sublime dignity, based on the intimate bond which unites him to his Creator: in man there shines forth a reflection of God himself. YOU are a REFLECTION of GOD! Not because of anything you can do, accomplish, or achieve. Not once you get your life ordered properly and can present yourself as flawless, holy, clean, and perfect will you then have earned your dignity. But right now, as you are, simply by being you: warts, flaws, imperfections and all - existing as a human person, you have infinite, everlasting value, worth, and dignity as a child of the most high God. That’s who you really are! That’s the identity that
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REDHAWKCATHOLIC.COM • 10.06.19 • A CLASS I ORGANIZATION OF THE SGA AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY • ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK
Visit us
The Newman Center is locat-ed at 894 Valley Road, Mont-clair, NJ 07043. You can reach the center by walking down the 82 steps right behind Moorehead Hall on the South-East end of Campus.
FALKNER page 3
SAINT QUOTE
"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustra-tions, but about your unfulfilled potential. Con-cern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do." Saint Pope John XXIII feast day, Friday, October 11
See calendar on page 2 for locations and more details
By Sean FalknerCatholicPsych
There are many ways that we as humans see ourselves. By what we do: The professor, the doctor, the counselor, the student, the minister etc. By what we like: The sports fan, the foodie, the pet lover, the wine connoisseur etc. By our vices: The addict, the greedy or selfish, the mean guy/
girl etc. By our personality styles: the go-getter, the peacemaker, the leader, the extrovert or introvert. There are a myriad of other labels we can assign to ourselves and to others. But the question remains, at the core of our identities, who are we most fundamentally? Do any of these titles or labels actually tell us who we are? Where are we getting our identity from currently? Who has the authority to tell us who we really are?
Catholic teaching tells us that human beings, created in the image and likeness of God, have by our very existence an inherent value, worth, and distinction. God is actually present in every person. Think about that. The
creator of the universe who is LOVE, and made us out of love for love is with us and in us - regardless of our race, nation, sex, origin, orientation, ability, vocation, culture, economic standing, or any other characteristic, trait, or label. Our dignity is the great equalizer - because all people have the same fundamental value, and the price tag is enormous. All human persons are both a reflection of God and a mirror of themselves, and thus we must honor and respect this dignity of human life as a divine gift. YOU are a DIVINE GIFT! Your life is a divine gift!
This is what Saint Irenaeus wanted to emphasize in his celebrated definition of humanity; “Man, living man (which includes men and women), is the glory of God”. Man has been given a sublime dignity, based on the intimate bond which unites him to his Creator: in man there shines forth a reflection of God himself. YOU are a REFLECTION of GOD! Not because of anything you can do, accomplish, or achieve. Not once you get your life ordered properly and can present yourself as flawless, holy, clean, and perfect will you then have earned your dignity. But right now, as you are, simply by being you: warts, flaws, imperfections and all - existing as a human person, you have infinite, everlasting value, worth, and dignity as a child of the most high God. That’s who you really are! That’s the identity that
SUNDAY, OCTOBEr 6, 201927th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM - Sacrament of Reconcili-ation - Fr. Jim is available to hear confessions - Student Center Café B & C5:00 PM - MUSIC MINISTRY - Do you sing? Play an instrument? Join us as we rehearse for this evening’s Mass - Student Center Café B & C6:00 PM - CATHOLIC SUNDAY MASS - Café B & C
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019 5:30 PM - Daily Mass - Newman Center Chapel
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 20195:30 PM - Daily Mass - Newman Center Chapel7:00 PM - 8:30 PM - NEWMAN NIGHT - Join us for the weekly gathering of Newman Catholic for a free meal, and presentation. This week’s theme “Who Are You?” presented by one of the therapists from Catholic Psych who works here at Newman, SEAN FALKNER
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 20193:00 PM Newman Catholic Executive Board (Eboard) meeting - Newman II5:30 PM - Daily Mass - Newman Center Chapel 6:00 PM - FOCUS MEN’S BIBLE STUDY - Stu-dent Center - Contact our FOCUS missionaries Darin and Dan for information
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 20197:00 PM - FOCUS WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY - Newman II - Contact our FOCUS missionaries Megan or Catherine for information8:30 PM - Daily Mass - Newman Center Chapel (our weekly “later night” Mass, followed by:)9:00 PM - 10:00 PM - EUCHARISTIC HOLY HOUR - Spend time with Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament with Eucharistic Adoration... Con-fessions available as well during this time
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 201912:00 p.m. - Daily Mass - Newman Center Chapel
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019 MSU HOMECOMING WEEKEND
Look for Red Hawk Catholic at the campus wide Homecoming celebration prior to the Football game
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 201928th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM - Sacrament of Reconcili-ation - Fr. Jim is available to hear confessions - Student Center Café B & C5:00 PM - MUSIC MINISTRY - Do you sing? Play an instrument? Join us as we rehearse for this evening’s Mass - Student Center Café B & C6:00 PM - CATHOLIC SUNDAY MASS - Café B & C
To celebrate the Canonization of John Hen-ry Newman, who our ministry and center are named after - join us back at the Newman Center after Mass for deserts and a screening of a compelling documentary on his life entitled Lead Kindly Light
WHO IS JOHN HENRY NEWMAN? We are named after (soon to be
SAINT) JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. Living in the 19th Century, John Henry Newman is considered a giant in the fields of Theology, Philosophy and Education
who’s lectures and writings on those topics were considered significant contributions to both the Church and the academic world. Of particular importance were his essays “The Idea of the University” in which he observed that the Church and Institutions of Higher Education were driven by the same goal - the search for universal truth. His influence spread very quickly that shortly after his death, “Newman societies” started at Universities around the world to support and encourage Catholic students at secular institutions to see the link between their studies and their faith.
WHAT IS REDHAWK CATHOLIC?REDHAWK CATHOLIC is the short form of saying: the NEWMAN CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY. Our “Newman Club” was first chartered as a club by the Student
Government Association at Montclair State University in 1950. In 1967, the Archdiocese of Newark bought the first house (894 Valley Road) which became the Newman Center - and expanded in 2014 with the purchase of the house next door (890 Valley Road) which has been dubbed “Newman II.” Both houses are open every day for prayer in our chapel; meetings and gathering spaces for our various programs; pastoral and psychological counseling and just as a place to hang out. Our mission is to help students grow in their faith through spiritual, social and community outreach programs. We do this through helping each other deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church which he founded. We are sponsored, funded and operated by the ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK. We are chartered as a CLASS I ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION and are a recognized active partners with the University on many committees and initiatives. We have been named “Organization of the Year” by the MSU SGA twice in the last decade as well as being ranked #3 in a Nationwide survey of the top 50 Newman Centers.
ABOUT US
Today’s Mass: Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7b, 7c-9; 2 Tim 1:6-8, 13-14; 1 Peter 1:25; Luke 17:5-10Monday: Jonah 1:1—2:2, 11; Jonah 2:3, 4, 5, 8; John 13:34; Luke 10:25-37Tuesday: Jonah 3:1-10; Ps 130:1b-2, 3-4ab, 7-8; Luke 11:28; Luke 10:38-42Wednesday: Jonah 4:1-11; Ps 86:3-4, 5-6, 9-10; Rom
8:15bc; Luke 11:1-4Thursday: Mal 3:13-20b; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; See Acts 16:14b; Luke 11:5-13Friday: Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2; Ps 9:2-3, 6+16, 8-9; John 12:31b-32; Luke 11:15-26Saturday: Joel 4:12-21; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Luke 11:28; Luke 11:27-28
Daily Mass Readings
Catholic Psych InstituteThe Newman Center is blessed to have Therapists who integrate Catholic Philosophy and Theology with sound, em-pirically validated psychology available on site every week to meet students for therapy for a nominal fee:To contact Marlen Baiza - [email protected] contact Sean Faulkner - sean @catholicpsych.com
Who am I?
7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 8Free meal followed by presentation and
fellowship by Sean Faulkner of the CatholicPsych Institute
encapsulates the core of your being. Our Catholic faith has much to say on this topic of our human identity and dignity. Please come to Newman Night on Tuesday, Oct. 8th to learn more about how God sees you. The implications of knowing your true identity in Him will make a remarkable difference in how you see yourself.
“There is a cacophony of voices calling out to you; there are a thousand influences pulling you this way and that. What’s the one necessary thing? It is to listen to the voice of Jesus as he tells you of his love and as he tells you who you are.” – Bishop Robert Barron.
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St John Henry NewmanNext Sunday - October 13 - our patron, Car-dinal John Henry Newman will be canonized a Saint at the Vatican. Plan to join us after Sunday Mass (6PM) for a special celebration down at the Newman Center with a screening on our patrons life and refreshments.
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What made you choose MSU? MSU chose me! It was the school where the Newman Catho-
lic Center was located and that was where I was asked to serve on staff. I have been here since February 2007.
What do you think you could improve on when it comes to practicing your faith life?I can always improve on seeing
the face of Christ in each person, regardless of how I feel about them.
What did you want to be when you were a kid? I wanted to be an artist.
Where do you see yourself in five years?I hope to be spending my days with family and friends, doing some traveling and leading a simpler life.
What is the best thing about Catholicism? The best thing is knowing that I can receive Jesus fully (Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity) in the Eucharist. Food and sustenance for my difficult journey here on earth.
What is something unexpected that hap-
pened to you over the summer?I finally realized I have little control over my life or the lives of others.
What is your favorite Sports team? The New York Giants
Least favorite?The New England Patriots
What is your favorite Halloween candy?Dark Chocolate with almonds
What inspired you to choose your major/mi-nor/career?After college I was excited to work in the retail and wholesale fashion business. It was challeng-ing, great money and prestigious. I did that for 13 years. Then I was home raising my daughter for 13 years. For me, being a Mom was the most fulfilling of all. This was also a time when I came back to my faith after being away for a long time. I was searching for truth and meaning in my life. Later on, I became involved in working as a vol-unteer in a healing ministry. I eventually accepted a job at the Newman Catholic Center serving MSU. It will actually be 13 years this coming spring! I have had both experiences of work-ing for self-gratification and acquiring material
things to working for others, often with little or no financial reward. The most joy has come from the last two… being a Mom, helping others and also working with the staff and students over the years at MSU. Giving of yourself changes you in ways you would never expect!
Was there a time you felt God let you down? Of course, many times. Often when I experienced loss or things didn’t work out the way I had want-ed them to go, I felt abandoned. This happened especially when I was not in relationship with God or in touch with my Catholic faith.
How did you get through it?I felt lost during these times and would often get angry at God. Sadly I would move further away from him. It was not until I had made the decision to seek him out on a more personal level that I realized he had never left me. He was just waiting for me to come back. Today I don’t hesitate to reach out as he is always there. Things may not turn out the way I hope, but I know he is right by my side to get me through it.
What is your favorite event at Newman?I love seeing everyone for our Sunday Mass on campus and socially I will have to say our infamous BBQ’s are the best!
