University Catholic Center

A ministry of the Paulist Fathers

2010 University Avenue Austin, TX 78705 Phone: 512.476.7351 Fax: 512.476.7377
www.utcatholic.org

Mary, The Holy Mother of God

January 1, 2012
Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them. - Luke 2:20 University Catholic Center
Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm Building Hours Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday Mass 10:30am 8:00pm Daily Mass MWF 12:05pm TTh 12:30pm Reconciliation Monday 12:35pm Tuesday 1:00pm Or by appointment

St. Austin
2026 Guadalupe St. www.staustin.org Office Hours Monday-Thursday 9:00am - 7:30pm Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm Sunday 8:30am - 1:00pm Sunday Mass Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 7:30am 9:00am 11:30am 5:30pm Daily Mass Monday - Thursday 8:00am Friday 8:15am Reconciliation Saturday 3:30 - 4:30pm Or by appointment

Fr. Ed Nowak, CSP Director, ext. 14 frednowak@utcatholic.org Deacon John De La Garza Pastoral Staff, ext. 16 john@utcatholic.org Lindsay Wilcox Campus Minister, ext. 18 lindsay@utcatholic.org Meghan Vail Business Manager, ext. 11 meghan@utcatholic.org Lauren Garcia FOCUS Team Leader, ext.20 lauren@utcatholic.org

Fr. Jamie Baca, CSP Associate Director, ext. 12 frjamie@utcatholic.org Elizabeth Lange
Development Director, ext.13

elizabeth@utcatholic.org Rosa Marroqun Asst. Dev. Director, ext. 19 rosa@utcatholic.org Daniel Gonzalez Student Intern, ext. 15 daniel@utcatholic.org Jimmy Becker FOCUS Missionary, ext. 21 james@utcatholic.org

For information on: RCIA - Contact Lindsay Wilcox, Fr Ed. Baptism or Marriage - Contact Fr. Jamie, Fr. Ed., or Deacon John Marriage Prep Workshop - Contact Deacon John Confirmation - Contact Deacon John Religious Ed - Aida Regalado (aida@austin.rr.com)

The Paulist Fathers mission for the University Catholic Center 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.

Mary, Holy Mother of God January 1, 2012 Happy New Year to all! We would like to welcome you all back to the UCC and we hope your new year is off to a great start!
UCC Happenings
Christmas Break Schedule In case you missed it, the UCC has moved to the Two Mass Sunday schedule. This means that we will have Masses at 10:30am and 8pm ONLY. This schedule will end AFTER January 8, 2012. Regular office hours and daily Mass schedule will resume on January 3, 2012. 2012 Calendars Still searching for a calendar for the new year? Look no further! The UCC has received plenty of calendars from the Paulist Fathers. The Saints of God calendar not only displays a beautifully drawn picture of some fantastic saints, it also gives a brief description of each saint and a small prayer catered to the saint and the month. This calendar also displays all holy days of obligation and all saint days, so you'll never miss another one again! The calendars are available on the tables in the atrium. Black Bag for January - St. Louise House St. Louise House is an apartment style transitional housing program. Its mission is to provide a safe, nurturing environment for homeless women and their children so that they can heal the emotional, physical, and spiritual wounds of homelessness and develop skills to become self-sufficient and secure stable housing. The program is designed to convey a sense of dignity and respect through which peoples view of themselves can be radically transformed. Families who would otherwise be treated with neglect, harshness, or pity can instead experience the values of respect, trust, and responsibility. For more information, visit saintlouisehouse.org Micah 6 Food Pantry Micah 6, our ecumenical food pantry, needs your help! Most of the student volunteers are gone during the break, so the staff needs more volunteers than ever. Can you spare a few hours of your Saturday morning to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God"? Simply slip on your closed-toe shoes and go to the University Presbyterian Church on Guadalupe and 22nd Street at 9:30am on Saturday. Ring the bell at the fence at the 22nd Street entrance. Thank you for your active work in carrying out social justice!

News and Announcements

GRACE: A Post-Graduate Teaching Program Recently graduated from college? Not sure what you want to do after you graduate? Want to devote yourself to two years of service? Thinking about teaching? Then you should consider the GRACE Program at the University of St. Thomas! The Gulf Region Alliance for Catholic Educators (GRACE) is a two-year service program for single, recently graduated young adults who wish to gain experience teaching in Catholic schools in the Houston area. The GRACE Program centers three pillars: spirituality, community, and professional development. GRACE cohort members are full-time regular classroom teachers who are simultaneously enrolled in graduate courses at the University of St. Thomas. They also live in community with other first and second-year teachers. If you would like to learn more about the program, please visit www.stthom.edu/GRACE. The deadline to apply is February 1, 2012. If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact Sarah McDonald at mcdonase@stthom.edu. Pro-Life Gala Tickets are on sale now for the 2012 Pro-Life Benefit Gala! The benefit gala will take place on April 14 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel and will feature Bishop Joe Vasquez and George Weigel, renowned theologian and author of the best-selling biography of Blessed John Paul II, Witness to Hope. Dinner and a silent auction are included. Become a Pace Setter by getting your individual tickets before February 3! These premium price tickets will get you priority seating, acknowledgement in our event program, and automatic entry into a giveaway* for a $600 Arboretum package including a two-night stay at the Renaissance Austin Hotel. Your purchase or sponsorship will help to build a culture of life and a civilization of love in central Texas. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.centraltexasprolife.org or call 512.949.2486. *No purchase necessary. To enter without purchase, visit www.austindiocese.org/prolifegala. Sarahs Hope - Fertility and Recurrent Miscarriage Support Sarahs Hope is a free spiritual support program through the Vitae Clinic for couples struggling to conceive or with pregnancy loss. Attend a monthly women's support group on the first Wednesday of the month (rosary 6:45pm, discussion 7pm), at the Vitae Clinic in Austin, located at 1600 W. 38th St., suite 115. The next support group is January 4. Email SarahsHopeAustin@gmail.com to sign up! Busted Halo Check out the Busted Halo Show M-F, 6-9pm at Sirius 159/XM 117. Also check out bustedhalo.com!

Events at St. Austin

St. Austins Catholic School 2012-2013 Admissions The 2012-2013 Admission Season is underway. Online applications for admission are available. To learn more about St. Austin Catholic School and the 2012-2013 school year, please contact Leah F. Esparza at admissions@staustinschool.org or 512-477-9471 x 311.

Calendar for the Week of January 1 Monday January 2 - Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops, doctors of the Church * UCC Closed Wednesday January 4 - Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious * 12:05pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel Friday January 6 - Weekday of Christmas * 12:05pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel Tuesday January 3 - Weekday of Christmas * 12:30pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel * 1:00pm Reconciliation Reconciliation Chapel Thursday January 5 - Saint John Neumann, bishop * 12:30pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel Saturday January 7 - Weekday of Christmas * UCC Closed

Sunday January 8 - The Epiphany of the Lord Masses at 10:30am and 8pm * * * * 9:00am 9:30am 2:00pm 7:00pm TOBET Training Choir Rehearsal Polish Mass Choir Rehearsal St. Thomas More Library Holy Spirit Chapel Holy Spirit Chapel, Atrium Holy Spirit Chapel

Catholic Services Appeal The CSA numbers for the UCC as of December 1, 2011: Goal - $4,550; Dollars Pledged - $2,690; Dollars Paid - $1,221; Percentage of Goal Dollars - 59.12%; Percentage Paid - 45.39%; Number of Gifts (Goal) - 27; Number of Gifts (Actual) - 12; Average Pledge: $224.17. We still need YOUR help to reach our goal! Please talk to a UCC staff member if you can help!

Pastors Wish List When it comes to donating to an organization, you might like to know exactly where your money is going. So, to help fill this need, weve created a wish list in which you can view the things the UCC would like to obtain in order to improve, and you can choose which you would like to donate to. Our current list is as follows: Database Plug-In: $6,354 Carpet Replacement: $11,586

Weekly Reflection: The Gospel says the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. Now that you have seen the Christ child, how will you go forth praising and glorifying him?
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READINGSFORTHEWEEK
1 Jn 2:22-28; Jn 1:19-28 1 Jn 2:29-3:6; Jn 1:29-34 1 Jn 3:7-10; Jn 1:35-42 1 Jn 3:11-21; Jn 1:45-51 1 Jn 5:5-13; Mk 1:7-11 1 Jn 5:14-21; Jn 2:1-11 Is 60:1-6; Eph 3:2-3a,5-6; Mt 2:1-12

Paulist Fathers Mission Statement We give the Word of God a voice in pulpits and print, on radio and television, on the Web and the wide screen. We search out those who have no church home, and welcome home those who have been away. We share the passion of St. Paul for unity in faith and solidarity in mission among all the baptized in the body of Christ. We build bridges of respect and collaboration with people of other world religions. We welcome people of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds in our parish, city center and campus worshipping communities. The Gospel we preach calls for all the children of God to be treated with dignity and justice. We claim Isaac Hecker as our founder, the Holy Spirit as our primary guide, St. Paul as our patron and laity as our valued partners in mission. We are the Paulist Fathers. Missionaries to North America.