Campus Ministry and Young Adults
Newman Grads (Graduate Students)
Young Adult Professionals (YAPs)
Chun Jin Ahm (Korean Student Group)
Student Retreat (Fall and Spring Student Retreats, and Twilight Retreats for New Students, 2nd years, 3rd years, and graduating students)
Social Justice
Prayer & Worship
Volunteer
Want to spend some time assisting at Newman or perhaps doing humanitarian, social justice, educational, or environmental work around the Bay?
We’ve got some resources for you here. Let us know if you learn of some organizations that are seeking volunteer help.
Help with Masses
We’d love to have
Lectors to read a Mass
Eucharistic Ministers to serve Communion
Sacristans to set up for the Mass and clean up afterwards
Slide advancers to make sure that people can read the prayers and sing the lyrics at the right moments
Chapel cleaners to sweep and dust the chapel
Mass Linen preparers to wash and iron the cloths used during the Mass
We’d love to have your help.. these tasks are performed by volunteers.
Have you taken an opportunity to pitch in?
Perhaps now is the time?
Diocese of Oakland
The Diocese is looking for married couples to facilitate their Pre Marriage Preparation Program
If you have been married for at least 2 years and you have a passion to share the good news of the Sacrament of Marriage with other couples, please contact Karen Flores, Coordinator for Marriage and Family Life at the Diocese of Oakland. They are looking to strengthen the Diocesan team. Whether you’ve facilitated Marriage Prep before or not, you are welcome; we just need your passion and love for this Sacrament. We will provide training on the newest methodology declared by The Dicastery of Laity, Family and Life from the Vatican.
Call Karen at 510-267-8392 or email her at kflores@oakdiocese.org
When a billion people go hungry each day, how can we spend another dollar on war?
Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer movement that recovers food that would other wise be discarded, and shares free vegan and vegetarian meals with the hungry in over 1,000 cities around the world in protest towar, poverty, and the destruction of the environment.
We also provide food and supplies to the survivors of natural disasters, and people participating in occupations, strikes,marches and other protests. FoodNotBombs is not a charity but seeks to end the crisis of corporate domination and exploitation through nonviolent direct action so no one is forced to stand in line to eat at a soup kitchen or live in the streets.
We have no formal leaders and strives to include everyone in our consensus decision-making process. Each group recovers food that would otherwise be discarded; prepares fresh hot vegan and vegetarian meals that are shared in visible public spaces to everyone without restriction; and distributes groceries, clothing and other supplies with the community.
https://eastbayfoodnotbombs.org/volunteer-with-us/
Founded in 1935, they serve people living in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, the communities served by the Diocese of Oakland.
Charities of the East Bay keep people housed, support children, youth, seniors, and families in crisis, and help neighbors legally on the path to citizenship. They are a non-profit 501 (c)(3) social services agency. Federal Tax ID# 94-2677202. They help everyone who qualifies for our services regardless of faith. They are an affiliate of Catholic Charities USA, one of the nation’s largest non-profit social services networks. We are also a member of Catholic Charities of California, the largest provider of human services in the State.
LOCAL RESOURCES
Mental Health Resources
Mental health services around Berkeley.
Immigrant Services
Your rights explained: Know your rights.
Download the English or Spanish version of the PDF
Free Meals
Free Meals and Groceries around Berkeley
Family Emergency Shelter Coalition FESCO
Housing Services
If you need a place to sleep, shower, or do laundry
Free Public Showers
Available every night from 7:15 - 8:15pm at The West Campus Pool, 2100 Browning St. in Berkeley. 510-981-5152
Emergency Services
Health Services
Medical Supplies
ReCARES collects donations of clean, gently used medical equipment and supplies,
then redistributes them for free to those in the community who need them.
Contact info: 510) 251-2273, and address is 2619 Broadway, Oakland.
Catholic Charities of the East Bay
Housing, support with children, youth, seniors, and families in crisis, and help neighbors legally on the path to citizenship