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

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

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
Adoration

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

In the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
behind the UCC Front Desk

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2014 | the Feast of Christ the King

Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least
brothers of mine, you did for me. Matthew 25:40
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

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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November 23, 2014

The Feast of Christ the King

Reection & Weekly Readings

News and Announcements

THANKSGIVING WEEK

In what concrete ways are you living your faith

Note also that St. Austin Parish will offer a Thanksgiving Mass on
Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 6:00 pm.
ADVENT RECONCILIATION SERVICE Dec. 2, 7:00 pm

Join us in preparing for the coming of Our Lord

at our Advent Reconciliation Service on
Tuesday, December 2nd, at 7:00 pm in the
Holy Spirit Chapel. There will be opportunities
for individual reconciliation.

UCC Semi-Formal Friday, Dec. 5, Texas Union

Are you looking for a way to celebrate the end

of the semester? Come join us for the UCC
Semi-Formal Friday, December 5th at the
Texas Unions Santa Rita Room. This Night at
the Cinema will be filled with friends, fun,
snacks, and dancing. The dance is from 8:30
pm to midnight. Ticket sales begin November 23rd. To learn
more, contact lccmarketing@utcatholic.org.
th

Switch to 2-Mass Sundays December 14

2-Mass Sundays (10:30am, 8pm) Dec. 14 - Jan. 5.

4-Mass Sundays will resume again beginning January
12, 2014.
Support the UCC with your wishlist!

If you choose to do your shopping on Amazon,

we ask that you make this link your first stop!
When you shop through this link, Amazon will
donate a portion of your AmazonSmile eligible
purchases to the University Catholic Center.
Thank you!

Link: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/74-1237327
Prayer Intentions
Please pray for:

Pope Francis & Bishop Joe

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

Readings for the week

Blessings and prayers for safe travel to

through service to others?
everyone for this coming Thanksgiving Week!
Please note that the UCC will be CLOSED This reading from Matthew gives us a to-do list on how to care for
the poor. How do you care for the poor? Is there more you can do?
Wednesday, Nov. 26 - Friday, Nov. 28.
There will not be Mass or any activities on
those days.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY

Rv 14:1-3,4b-5; Lk 21:1-4
Rv 14:14-19; Lk 21:5-11
Rv 15:1-4; Lk 21:12-19
Rv 18:1-2,21-23;19:1-3,9a;
Lk 21:20-28
Rv 20:1-4,11-21:2; Lk 21:29-33
Rv 22:1-7; Lk 21:34-36
Is 63:16b-17,19b;64:2-7;
1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37

Our Gifts to God

TOTAL SUNDAY COLLECTION
Sunday, November 9: $2,354.41
OCTOBER ONLINE GIVING
(~$2,104.13/weekly)
Living Faith Society: $7,554.50
$20 for $20k: $862.00
Weekly Expenses at the UCC: approx. $11,000
Building Debt: $73,014.67
More on contributing to the UCC?
Contact Elizabeth at elizabethb@utcatholic.org
Matching gift weekend totals

Check back here in the coming weeks to see the totals for our Fall
2014 Matching Gift Weekend!

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)
Prayer intentions can be submitted
at: bulletin@utcatholic.org.
Please note if you would like to
remain anonymous.

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!

November 23, 2014

The Feast of Christ the King

Week At A Glance
ADORATION Mon-Fri, 9 am - 9 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel

| Mem. of St. Andrew Dung-Lac & Companions

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
Reconciliation
St. Paul Reconciliation Chapel

Monday, NOV 24

12:05 pm
12:35 pm

| Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
Reconciliation
St. Paul Reconciliation Chapel
Chaplet
Blessed Sacrament Chapel

Tuesday, Nov 25

12:30 pm
1:00 pm
7:30 pm

| Wednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time

UCC CLOSED for Thanksgivingno Mass or activities

Wednesday, Nov 26

Thursday, Nov 27 | Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time

UCC CLOSED for Thanksgivingno Mass or activities
Friday, Nov 28 | Friday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
UCC CLOSED for Thanksgivingno Mass or activities
Choir rehearsal schedule

Sundays 9:30 am, 7:00 pm

Holy Spirit Chapel

A Word from Our Ministry Team

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

Job Opportunity: immediate hire

St. Austin Catholic School is looking for a new

team member for our after school program,
Eagles Nest. Job duties: supervising 12-15
students in small age group setting 3:30-6:00
pm each school day; coordinate homework
help, tutor students; oversee snack/recreation time; communicate
with parents and school staff. Job requirements: high school
diploma or equivalent; Ethics and Integrity in Ministry (EIM)
compliance; background check; and love of children!
Compensation: $10/hour. Please email resume and references
to Tiffany Sims at: tsims@staustinschool.org.

Its almost Thanksgiving! Most of you will travel

home, but if any of you brave students are staying
THANKSGIVING MASS Wednesday, Nov. 26, 6:00 pm
here over Thanksgiving, my heart goes out to you Join us for Thanksgiving Mass on Wednesday,
especially if you live out of state. Most of the details November 26 at 6:00 pm. (There will be no
should be kept for a short story some time, but one 8:00 am Mass that day.)
of the most memorable Thanksgivings Ive had was when I was in
No Masses on Thursday, November 27.
grad school in Ohio and couldnt travel home due to financial
There will be one Mass on Friday, November
constraints. I am not a good cook, but my apartment became the
28 at 8:00 am. Office closed from 6:00 pm
place for people who had nowhere else to go. Flames shot out of
on Wednesday, November 26 through
the oven when I was cooking the turkey, I couldnt make gravy to
Sunday, November 30.
save my life, and my $3 carving knife from Big Lots didnt quite do
the trick for that less-than-amazing turkey.
Advent online discernment retreat
Meet with us December 7-11 on Skype, email,
Yet we gave God thanks that Thanksgiving and I have even more
or phone to reflect and ask questions about
reason to give thanks this year. Praise and thanksgiving is our
discerning religious life. Walk through tools and
highest form of prayer. In good times and bad, we can rejoice for
materials with a retreat director and pray with
Our Good Lord looks after us in all we do in this world. I was
us. Were here to meet you where you are, on
grateful for that $3 knife then and it makes a great story now. To
your time. For single Catholic women ages 18this day, no one ever expects me to make gravy. As for the one
year I cooked the turkey upside down? Yes, even in that I gave God 40. Sponsored by the Daughters of Charity. Contact Sister Virginia
Ann Brooks, D.C., at sistervirginiaann.brooks@doc.org or
thanks. I wouldnt recommend hiring me to cook your
(812) 963-7559. Register online on the Retreats page at
Thanksgiving dinner, but I do recommend thanking and blessing
the hands that will make yours. Lets also in a special way pray for daughters-of-charity.com or directly at called2.be/OADRDec14
those to whom the holidays bring struggle, and lets be kind to all
Vocation Border immersion Jan. 3-8, 2015
our family members this year . yes, even the ones who get on
Travel with us January 3-8, 2015 to the border
our nerves the most. Perhaps it is they who need the most love.
at El Paso, Texas and see consecrated life in
As for me, I will be at the TCU game with my family rooting for
action as you discern a vocation as a woman
our beloved Horns and thankfully not cooking a thing. Im sure my
religious. We invite you to serve and pray
family is thankful for that as well.
alongside us for this opportunity to reach those
in need. For single Catholic women ages 18-40.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sponsored
by
the
Daughters
of Charity. January 3rd and 8th will be
Remember, my door is always open for whatever you may need.
travel
days.
For
more
information,
contact Sister Denise LaRock,
God bless yall & Hook em Horns!
D.C., at dcvoc@doc.org or (410) 646-2074. Register online on
Dorothy Harper
the Retreats page at daughters-of-charity.com or directly at
Campus Minister
called2.be/DCnewsSept14