University

C at h o l i c
Center
2010 University Ave. | Austin, TX 78705
Phone: 512.476.7351 | Fax: 512.476.7377
www.utcatholic.org

Close to Campus, Close to Christ

UCC WINTER SCHEDULE

SEE INSIDE FOR DETAILS ON CLOSURES

December 7, 2014 | 2nd Sunday of Advent

AND OTHER SCHEDULE CHANGES

Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. Mark 1:3

Office Hours

Monday - Friday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday Mass

10:30 am
8:00 pm

Daily Mass

MWF 12:05 pm TTh 12:30 pm

In the Holy Spirit Chapel
Reconciliation

Monday 12:30 pm Tuesday 1:00 pm

Or by appointment
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Your Ministry Team

A ministry of the Paulist Fathers

Fr. Ed Nowak, CSP

Danielle Castillo
Director
Business Manager
frednowak@utcatholic.org danielle@utcatholic.org

Elizabeth Bertrand
Director of Development
elizabethb@utcatholic.org

Fr. Jamie Baca, CSP

Associate Director
frjamie@utcatholic.org

Matthew Anderson
Administrative Assistant
matthewa@utcatholic.org

Carol Filip
Development Associate
carol@utcatholic.org

Dorothy Harper
Campus Minister
dorothy@utcatholic.org

Michael Gonzalez
Sacristan
michael@utcatholic.org

Natalie Ross
Sacristan
natalie@utcatholic.org

Other sacraments
Baptism or Marriage
Fr. Ed | frednowak@utcatholic.org
Fr. Jamie | frjamie@utcatholic.org
Confirmation
Dorothy Harper | dorothy@staustin.org
Becoming Catholic
Dorothy Harper | dorothy@utcatholic.org

Christina Sanchez
Team Leader
tina@utcatholic.org
Madelin West
Missionary
madelin@utcatholic.org

Margaret Beasley
Missionary
margaret@utcatholic.org

Ben Domingue
Missionary
ben@utcatholic.org
Geoffrey Calvert
Missionary
geoffrey@utcatholic.org

Connect with Us!

Marriage Prep Workshop

Brandon Kraft | kraft@utcatholic.org
Religious Education
Julie Ulrich | re@utcatholic.org

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Our mission is to provide pastoral care to the Roman Catholic community at The University of Texas at Austin
and to advance the spiritual, intellectual, and social life of the students, faculty, staff, and administration.

December 7, 2014

2nd Sunday of Advent

Reection & Weekly Readings

News and Announcements

Black bag collection TODAY!

Benefitting Mobile Loaves & Fishes, a social outreach

ministry committed to providing permanent,
sustainable solutions for the chronically homeless,
with compassion, love, and dignity. For more
information, visit mlf.org.

In what concrete ways are you living your faith

through service to others?

Todays Gospel tells the story of Jesus baptism. From pictures and
stories what do you know about your own baptism? Mark the date
of your baptism on your calendar to celebrate in the coming year.

Pick up your free copy in the Atrium at the

University Catholic Center or request a free
copy! To request a copy online, visit
paulist.org and click on the Request a 2015
wall calendar button on the top right
corner of the screen.

Fr. Ed & Carol away this week

Father Ed and Carol Filip are giving a

parish mission in Kearney, Nebraska
this week. Please keep them and the
Prince of Peace parish in your prayers
for a successful mission!

IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGES

2-Masses only next Sunday!

2-Mass Sundays (10:30am, 8pm) Dec. 14 - Jan. 11.

4-Mass Sundays will resume again January 18, 2015.
UCC Weekday Closures

Closed weekdays Dec 22 - Jan 3. The UCC will reopen with

normal hours beginning January 5, 2015.
URGENT APPEAL to liturgical ministers!

If you are a liturgical minister and will be around for

the Christmas break, please sign up to assist at the
Masses over break. We will have guest presiders
helping out at some of the Masses and we need to
have ministers committed to being at our Masses. So
please commit TODAY to assisting us with our liturgical needs! If
you have any questions, email Fr. Ed at frednowak@utcatholic.org.
Poinsettia donations needed!

If you would like to donate poinsettias to the UCC

for our Christmas decorations, please drop them
off in the Holy Spirit Chapel anytime during our
open hours. Questions? Contact Fr. Jamie at
frjamie@utcatholic.org! THANK YOU!
Support the UCC with your wishlist!

If you shop on Amazon, then make this link your

first stop! When you shop through this link, Amazon
will donate a portion of your AmazonSmile-eligible
purchases to the UCC! Thank you!

http://smile.amazon.com/ch/74-1237327
Christmas EVE mass Dec. 24, 5:00 pm
Please join us to celebrate the birth of Our Lord at
the UCCs Christmas Eve Mass, held in the Holy
Spirit Chapel on December 24th at 5:00 pm!

Readings for the week

Paulists in action 2015 calendars are here!

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY

Gn 3:9-15,20; Eph 1:3-6,11-12;

Lk 1:26-38
Is 40:1-11; Mt 18:12-14
Is 40:25-31; Mt 11:28-30
Is 41:13-20; Mt 11:11-15
Zec 2:14-17; Lk 1:26-38
Sir 48:1-4,9-11; Mt 17:9a,10-13
Is 61:1-2,10-11; 1 Thes 5:16-24;
Jn 1:6-8.19-28

Our Gifts to God

TOTAL SUNDAY COLLECTION
Sunday, NOVEMBER 23: $1,801.98
Sunday, NOVEMBER 30: $1,521.22
OCTOBER ONLINE GIVING
(~$2,104.13/weekly)
Living Faith Society: $7,554.50
$20 for $20k: $862.00
MATCHING GIFT WEEKEND
MGW Fall 2014: $73,853! Thank you!
Weekly Expenses at the UCC: approx. $11,000
Building Debt: $72,038.35
More on contributing to the UCC?
Contact Elizabeth at elizabethb@utcatholic.org

UCCs 2014 Wish List

Want to contribute to a specific need?
Please take a look at our wish list!

50 New Monthly Donors ($50/month)

New Carpet & Installation ($11,500)
Carbos for Christ weekly spaghetti lunch ($100)
Semester of ministry activities for one student ($250)
Speaker Series event ($500)
Any gift you make to our ministry will help us bring the light of
Christ to more students at the University of Texas. Want to
make a difference? Contact Elizabeth Bertrand at:
elizabethb@utcatholic.org Thank you!

December 7, 2014

2nd Sunday of Advent

Week At A Glance
| Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
Reconciliation
St. Paul Reconciliation Chapel

Monday, Dec 8

12:05 pm
12:35 pm

| Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Advent

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
Reconciliation
St. Paul Reconciliation Chapel

Tuesday, Dec 9

12:30 pm
1:00 pm

Wednesday, Dec 10

12:05 pm

Mass

Thursday, Dec 11

12:30 pm

Mass

| Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Advent

Holy Spirit Chapel

| Thursday of the 2nd Week of Advent

Holy Spirit Chapel

| Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel

Friday, Dec 12

12:05 pm

Choir rehearsal schedule

Sundays 8 am, 10:30 am, 4 pm, 7 pm Holy Spirit Chapel

Vocations
Vocation Border immersion Jan. 3-8, 2015

Travel with us January 3-8, 2015 to the border

at El Paso, Texas and see consecrated life in
action as you discern a vocation as a woman
religious. We invite you to serve and pray
alongside us for this opportunity to reach those
in need. For single Catholic women ages 18-40.
Sponsored by the Daughters of Charity. January 3rd and 8th will be
travel days. For more information, contact Sister Denise LaRock,
D.C., at dcvoc@doc.org or (410) 646-2074. Register online on
the Retreats page at daughters-of-charity.com or directly at
called2.be/DCnewsSept14

Fr. Isaac Hecker Quote

FR. ISAAC HECKER QUOTE
Christianity once more will be perfect in one,
and, uniting its forces for the conversion of the
world, will direct humanity as one man to its
divine destination.
[The Church and the Age, 1887]
If you have asked Fr. Hecker to pray for you or Fr. Isaac Hecker, Founder
for another person who was ill, and you believe
of the Paulist Fathers
something miraculous has happened, please call
Fr. Paul Robichaud, CSP, at (202) 269-2519 and tell him your story.

Prayer Intentions
Please pray for:

Pope Francis & Bishop Joe;

Fr. Pat Hensy, CSP;
Diane Key;
Denali Huff;
Robert Schneider;
Mary & John Connolly;
and Maria De Jesus Palacios.

St. Austin Parish

2026 Guadalupe St. Austin, TX 78705 512.477.9471
Mass Times
Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 7:30 am | 9:00 am | 11:30 am| 5:30 pm
Daily MonFri 8:00 am | Mon-Thu 5:20 pm
Reconciliation
Saturday 3:30-4:30 pm or by appointment

Holy Day of Obligation Monday, December 8th

The Solemnity of the Immaculate

Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
is a Holy Day of Obligation. Masses at
St. Austin will be at 8:00 am & 6:00 pm.
For additional Mass times around the
Diocese, visit austindiocese.org.
ADVENT RECONCILIATION SERVICE Dec. 13, 3 pm

Prepare for the coming of Our Lord at our Advent

Reconciliation Service on Saturday, December 13th,
at 3:00 pm in the Church. There will be opportunities
for individual reconciliation.

CHRISTMAS MASSES

CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES:

5:00 pm at the UCC and St. Austin
9:00 pm at St. Austin
CHRISTMAS DAY:
10:00 am at St. Austin
Masculine Spirituality Tuesdays, 7:30 pm

An ongoing weekly opportunity to talk with

other men in an attempt to balance a spiritual
identity with the demands and rewards of work
and home. The starting point is a reading shared
at the beginning of the session. The group meets
year-round and men join in when they can.
Meets Tuesdays at 7:30 pm in the Sts. Joan &
Raymond room at St. Austin. To learn more,
email Michael Flahive at mflahive@staustin.org.

Around the Diocese

Help wanted Parish Relations Coordinator, CCCTX

Catholic Charities of Central Texas

(CCCTX) is seeking a Parish
Relations Coordinator to manage
and promote the relationship
between Catholic Charities and the
Catholic Community (leadership, parish groups, and parishioners)
through outreach and education. The position is formally
supervised by the Director of Advancement and has wide latitude
for the use of independent judgment and initiative. Catholic
Charities of Central Texas only accepts online applications. To
apply, please visit our website:

http://ccctx.iapplicants.com/searchjobs.php