Response video from Fr. Dusty Burns, pastor of Holy Spirit Catholic Church south of UE:

There will be NO Masses on campus on the Wednesday or Sunday of Thanksgiving break.

If you will remain on campus and are interested in a Wednesday evening Mass, Holy Spirit Catholic Church southwest of campus (1800 Lodge Ave.) has a 6:00 p.m. Mass on Wednesdays. Tomorrow (Thanksgiving Day), Saint Benedict Cathedral will have its regular 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. daily Masses. The cluster of parishes (Christ the King, Holy Rosary, Holy Spirit, and Nativity) on the east side of Evansville will have one Mass at Holy Rosary at 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Masses at St. Benedict Cathedral are at 6:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., and 10:30 a.m., with the Saturday evening Mass at 4:30 p.m. You can check out the Mass times for other area parishes at the diocesan website.

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We are now only five weeks from fully implementing the new translation of the Roman Missal into English, so it’s time to really step up our preparations! Here at UE in the coming weeks, we will have presentations on the new translation each week just before Sunday Mass begins. We will also have a session at our Monday Night Dinner & Discussion on November 14th to further discuss and answer any questions you have about the coming changes.

One of the biggest questions about this new missal is about the music: the texts of the Gloria and Eucharistic acclamations (the Sanctus and the Memorial Acclamation) will be changing, so our Mass settings will have to change as well. This represents a great chance to both re-energize our musical participation at Mass and enhance the beauty of our celebration. There has been an artistic explosion with the new Mass translation, and there are several dozen new settings from which to choose.

Our plan at UE is to first learn a simple plainchant setting that will help us to learn the new words without worrying too much about the music. This will also gel well with the Church’s preference for simpler music during the seasons of Advent and Lent. We have already begun testing some simple settings at our Wednesday night Masses, and will be introducing the setting we choose on Sundays in the coming weeks. By this time next year, we hope to have learned a couple more settings as well, though the whole English-speaking Church must be open to continuing change and adaptation as we try different things to see what catches on.

Let us all pray that we are open to these changes, and that they will ultimately help us to pray better the same reality of the Mass that we always have.

Here are some good online resources for learning about the new Mass translation:

US Catholic Bishops Roman Missal website
New Roman Missal video by Life Teen - a humorous look at the reasons behind the new Missal
The New Roman Missal: An Opportunity in Sacred Music - co-written by Newman Center director Mike Roesch
Series of bulletin handouts - from the Eastern Province Dominican friars
Series of bulletin handouts - from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
Tutorial videos on the chants of the new Missal - from the Church Music Association of America
Videos on the new translation - from the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy
Catholic Answers Youtube channel on the Mass revision

Newman Promo Video from UIUC Newman on Vimeo.

Congratulations to the Newman Center’s Peer Ministry Team for next year:

Seniors:
Fatima Chan
Annie Rose Martin

Juniors:
Cat Albers
Melanie Bacaling
Sandra Dunn
Marianne Marcotte
Chris Matlak

Sophomores:
Kaitlin Emmert
Nicolette Fonseca
Lesley Nash
Shelby Phelps
Jon Robson

Newman Club @ UE’s Neu Chapel

• “Spy” Wednesday - 9:30 p.m. (Fr. Alex)
• Holy Thursday Tenebrae service - 11:00 p.m.

St. Benedict Cathedral (530 S. Harlan)

• Palm Sunday Vespers - 5:30 p.m.
• Chrism Mass, Tuesday, April 19 - 5:30 p.m.
• Holy Thursday - 7:00 p.m.
• Good Friday Morning Prayer - 9:00 a.m.
• Good Friday Liturgy - 12:30 p.m.
• Good Friday Burial Service - 7:00 p.m.
• Holy Saturday Morning Prayer - 9:00 a.m.
• Easter Vigil - 8:30 p.m.
• Easter Sunday - 6 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (with Bishop)

Little Sisters of the Poor (1236 Lincoln)

• Living Stations of the Cross, Monday - 2:30 p.m.
• Holy Thursday - 4:30 p.m. (adoration until midnight)
• Good Friday - 3:00 p.m.
• Easter Vigil - 7:30 p.m.
• Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.

Christ the King Catholic Church (3010 E. Chandler)

• Holy Thursday - 5:30 p.m.
• Good Friday - 5:30 p.m.
• Easter Vigil - 8:00 p.m.
• Easter Sunday - 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

Holy Spirit Catholic Church (1800 S. Lodge)

• Holy Thursday - 6:00 p.m.
• Good Friday Rosary - 12:00 p.m.
• Good Friday Chaplet of Divine Mercy - 3:00 p.m.
• Good Friday Liturgy - 6:00 p.m.
• Good Friday Tenebrae - 8:00 p.m.
• Easter Vigil - 7:30 p.m.
• Easter Sunday - 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

Holy Rosary Catholic Church (1301 S. Green River)

• Holy Thursday - 7:00 p.m.
• Good Friday - 7:00 p.m.
• Easter Vigil - 8:30 p.m.
• Easter Sunday - 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

“Let us fix our attention on the blood of Christ and recognize how precious it is to God his Father, since it was shed for our salvation and brought the grace of repentance to all the world.” - St. Clement of Rome, pope and martyr

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Planned opportunities for spiritual retreat and renewal this spring include:

Jan. 22-25: Diocese of Evansville Pilgrimage for Life
Destination: March for Life, Washington, DC
Cost: $160

Feb. 25-26: “Pathways to Prayer” joint retreat with USI & Vincennes
Location: Harmonie State Park
Retreat master: Dr. Mark Ginter
Cost: $20

March 6-11: Alternative Spring Break service retreat - flood relief
Location: Nashville, TN
Cost: $125

April 1-3: Diocese of Evansville Source + Summit Youth & Young Adult Retreat
Location: Memorial High School (two blocks west of UE!)
Cost: $30

Scholarships are available to help with the funding for any retreat. Contact the Newman Center if you are interested!

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If you look to the right at the pages on our site, you’ll see two new sections: a history of the Newman Center as well as a section with various prayers for students, to which we’ll be adding more as we find them. These prayers are especially helpful during this time leading up to final exams, so have a look!