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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

Office Hours

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

Sunday Mass
9:00 am

11:30 am

5:00 pm

8:00 pm

Spanish 2:00pm Every first Sunday

Daily Mass

Daily
MWF 12:05
pm Mass
TTh 12:30 pm
MWFIn12:05
pmSpirit
TThChapel
12:30 pm
the Holy
In theMass
Holy
Chapelsee page 3
For alternative
timesSpirit
at St. Austins

February 22, 2015 | 1st Sunday of Lent

Repent, and believe in the gospel. Mark 1: 15

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

MondayReconciliation
12:30 pm Tuesday 1:00 pm
Monday 12:30
Tuesday 1:00 pm
Or bypm
appointment
Or by appointment

Fr. Jamie Baca, CSP

Associate Director
frjamie@utcatholic.org

Matthew Anderson
Administrative Assistant
matthewa@utcatholic.org

Carol Filip
Development Associate
carol@utcatholic.org

Adoration
Monday-Friday
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Monday-Friday
9:00 am -Chapel
9:00 pm
In the Blessed Sacrament
In the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
_________________________________

Dorothy Harper
Campus Minister
dorothy@utcatholic.org

Michael Gonzalez
Sacristan
michael@utcatholic.org

Natalie Ross
Sacristan
natalie@utcatholic.org

For alternative Mass times at St. Austins see page 3

Reconciliation

Adoration

Other sacraments
_________________________________
Baptism or Marriage
sacraments
Fr. Ed Other
| frednowak@utcatholic.org
Baptism
Marriage
Fr. Jamie |orfrjamie@utcatholic.org
Fr. Ed | frednowak@utcatholic.org
Confirmation
Fr.
Jamie | frjamie@utcatholic.org
Michael Flahive | mflahive@staustin.org
Confirmation
Becoming
Catholic
Dorothy Harper
| dorothy@staustin.org
Dorothy Harper | dorothy@utcatholic.org
Becoming Catholic
Marriage
Prep|Workshop
Dorothy Harper
dorothy@utcatholic.org
Brandon Kraft | kraft@utcatholic.org
Marriage Prep Workshop
Religious
Education
Brandon Kraft
| kraft@utcatholic.org
Julie Ulrich | re@utcatholic.org
Religious Education
Julie Ulrich | re@utcatholic.org

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

In fellowship with

Margaret Beasley
Missionary
margaret@utcatholic.org

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

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and to advance the spiritual, intellectual, and social life of the students, faculty, staff, and administration.

February 22, 2015

1st Sunday of Lent

Reection & Weekly Readings

UCC News and Events

Please pray for those in rcia!

From Ashes to Easter

Ashes to Easter annual Lenten Mission

project has begun! Each family is
invited to pick up a special Mission
box. You may keep it on or near the
dining table in your home. Put in some
coins each day during Lent and pray for missions worldwide.
Return your Lent box to the UCC on Easter. Money collected will
help local missionaries and missionary projects from our diocese.

In what concrete ways are you living your faith

through service to others?

Today, Jesus tells us to Repent, and believe in the gospel. How

long has it been since your last Confession? Lent is the perfect time
to seek out this Sacrament. Why not make plans to go before Holy
Week?
Readings for the week

Please pray for those going through RCIA who are

attending the Rite of Election TODAY, Sunday,
February 22 at St. John Vianney Parish in Round
Rock with Bishop Vsquez. Those who will be
receiving the Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist, and
Confirmation at Easter are: Mike Weiss, Briana
Brewster, Kirsty Brewster, Irma Rubio,
Morgan Starr, and Darcy Myers. Those who will be receiving
the Sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation at Easter are: Elissa
Lee and Katharine Dean.

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY

Our Gifts to God

Commit to fast with other UT ministries!

Join your fellow UCC parishioners and 16

other UT ministries and churches in fasting this
Lent. To participate and to learn more, please
visit http://texasunited.org/prayer/2015lenten-fast/

UCC 50th anniversary celebration March 1

February 28th marks the 50th Anniversary of the

dedication of the original campus ministry building, the foundation of which our current building
is built upon. Our celebrations on Sunday, March
1st will mark this anniversary especially at our
11:30 am Mass at which an alumnus from our
center will preach and preside (Fr. Jonathan Raia)
and another alumnus will serve as deacon
(Deacon John De La Garza) at the Mass. Photos of the past 50
years of ministry will also be on display in the atrium all day.

Tax receipts mailed

Tax Receipts for all 2014 donations have been

mailed. If you have any questions or note any
discrepancies with your donation records, please
contact our Development Office for an amended
statement at: elizabethb@utcatholic.org or carol@utcatholic.org!
Busy student retreat March 9-11

Make a big difference in your spiritual life this

Lent. Plan on participating in the Busy Student
Retreat March 9-11. The retreat only requires a
commitment of a half hour of prayer and a half
hour with an assigned Spiritual Director each
day of the retreat. Other prayer opportunities
will also be available. Sign-up details are coming soon!

Lv 19:1-2,11-18; Mt 25:31-46
Is 55:10-11; Mt 6:7-15
Jon 3:1-10; Lk 11:29-32
Est C:12,14-16,23-25; Mt 7:7-12
Ez 18:21-28; Mt 5:20-26
Dt 26:16-19; Mt 5:43-48
Gn 22:1-2,9a,10-13,15-18;
Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10

TOTAL SUNDAY COLLECTION

Sunday, FEBRUARY 15: $1,857.26
DECEMBER ONLINE GIVING
Living Faith Society: $8,392.00
$20 for $20k:
$847.00
Weekly Expenses approx. $11,000;
Building Debt: $70,876.74

UCCs Wish List

Want to contribute to a specific need?

Please take a look at our wish list!

Second TV monitor for Atrium ads ($700)

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!

Busted Halo

Check out the Busted Halo Show, M-F,

from 6-9pm at Sirius 159/XM117. Also
check out bustedhalo.com!

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February 22, 2015

Week At A Glance
| Monday of the 1st Week of Lent
Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
Reconciliation
St. Paul Reconciliation Chapel

Monday, Feb 23

12:05 pm
12:35 pm

| Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
Reconciliation
St. Paul Reconciliation Chapel

Tuesday, Feb 24

12:30 pm
1:00 pm

| Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
Carbos for Christ
Atrium

Wednesday, Feb 25

12:05 pm
12:30 pm

| Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
SUM Holy Hour
Holy Spirit Chapel

Thursday, Feb 26

12:30 pm
8:00 pm

| Friday of the 1st Week of Lent

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel

Friday, Feb 27

12:05 pm

A Word from Our Ministry Team

Reflection for the first Sunday of lent

This past Wednesday our foreheads were

marked with ashes as a sign of our faith and a
reminder to us that we are dust and to dust
we shall return. This reminder of our
mortality at the beginning of Lent calls us to
reflect on the lives we are leading and to
discern how we can improve upon our
relationship with God and with each other. God invites us to search
our hearts and discern what Lenten disciplines will help us to be
better followers of Jesus. Our call to fast, pray, and give alms
during this season of Lent works best when the three disciplines are
connected to each other. Ideally what we fast from should free us
to spend more time in prayer, spiritual reading, or service of
others. The money we may save from fasting from buying certain
things can be given to charities. Whatever we choose to do to mark
this time of Lent should help us arrive at our Easter goal of being
more aware of Gods love and mercy in our lives and better able to
love and forgive others. As St. Paul proclaimed to the Corinthians
in our Ash Wednesday reading, now is the acceptable time. May
we continue to pray for each other as we journey through this
season of Lent together.
God bless,
Fr. Ed Nowak, CSP
Director

Prayer Intentions
Please pray for:

Pope Francis & Bishop Joe

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

Prayer intentions can be submitted

at: bulletin@utcatholic.org.
Please note if you would like to
remain anonymous.

1st Sunday of Lent

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

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.

Volleyball & Fellowship Thursdays, 7:30 pm

St. Austins Adult Volleyball extends an open

invitation to join them for volleyball and fellowship
any Thursday evening from 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm in
the Parish Center/Gym at 21st & San Antonio.
Anyone 18 years or older, regardless of skill level,
is welcome to play. You are not joining a teamwhoever shows,
plays. To learn more, please contact Mark Landers, 512-472-9663
or mark@landersstudio.com!

Fr. Isaac Hecker Quote

FR. ISAAC HECKER QUOTE
The devout Christian who has learned to know
the Redeemer, comprehends the glory and
happiness of Christs love for us. Every feast in
Christs honor is celebrated with unspeakable
spiritual joy and devotion Every mystery of
Christ, every mercy, every title of honor,
every benefit, every effort of divine love
Fr. Isaac Hecker, Founder
which we adore forms a whole sequence of
of the Paulist Fathers
our redemption and justification. The
sacred name of Jesus presents to our minds the majesty and glory
of his divinity while at the same time we are aware of the
endearing charms of his sacred humanity. His name is the title of
his supreme majesty and dominion, his glorious victory over sin
while at the same time it is to us the expression of all graces and
blessings of which he is the inexhaustible source.
[Sermon on the Most Holy Name of Jesus]
If you have asked Fr. Hecker to pray for you or for another
person who was ill, and you believe something miraculous has
happened, please call Fr. Paul Robichaud, CSP, at
(202) 269-2519 and tell him your story.