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

Third Sunday of Advent

December 11, 2011
I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, make straight the way of the Lord. John 1:23 University Catholic Center
Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm Building Hours Monday - Friday 9:00am - 9:00pm 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 5:20pm 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.

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Student Organizations
Catholic Longhorns For Life Catholic Longhorns For Life (CLFL) is the pro-life student organization here at the University Catholic Center. They work to instill respect for human life at all stages of existence through education, activism, spiritual growth, and volunteerism in our community. Issues they discuss include: in-vitro fertilization, natural family planning, euthanasia, the death penalty, and abortion. Feel free to join the group during their meetings at 8pm on Mondays in the Mother Teresa Room. To learn more, email Niki Demkowicz at clfl@utcatholic.org.

3rd Sunday of Advent

News and Announcements
Penance Services for the Austin Central Deanery Cant make it to the penance services at the UCC or at St. Austins? No worries! There are plenty of Penance services available! Here is a list of some that are close by: St. Ignatius on Dec. 15 at 7pm, Cristo Rey on Dec. 15 at 7pm, San Jose on Dec. 19 at 7pm, Dolores on Dec. 20 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, and Dolores again on Dec. 21 from 5pm to 7pm.

Heart of Jesus: Mens Discernment Retreat On the weekend of December 16 - December 18, 2011, the Diocese of Austin will be hosting a mens discernment retreat for Catholic men (high school seniors to age 40) with an openness to UCC Happenings a priestly vocation and at varying stages of discernment. The Christmas Break Schedule weekend will include silence, prayer, meals, and various Starting December 11 (today!), the UCC will switch to Two Mass Sunday, which means well be having Masses at 10:30am encounters such as: School of Prayer, Gods Love and Desire, and 8pm ONLY. The Two Mass Sunday schedule will continue Call to Intimate Discipleship, Icon of Masculine Identity, Subject on December 18, 2011, and January 8, 2012. On January 1, there of Discernment, and Theology of Priesthood. The retreat will be will only be a 10:30am Mass. There will also be a Christmas Eve held at Cedarbrake Retreat Center (5602 State Hwy 317, Belton, Mass at 6pm on December 24. There will be NO Mass on TX 76513) and requires a small registration fee of $35. There December 25. Beginning December 19, the UCC will be closed. are partial scholarships available. For information, contact the We will reopen on January 3, 2012. Vocations office at vocations@austindiocese.org or 512.949.2430. Poinsettia Donations The UCC is in need of poinsettias so that we can decorate the Tasting Advent chapel for Christmas! If you would like to donate some, please Advent. It comes from the Latin Adventus, loosely translated drop them off at the front desk by 10am on December 11. Thank arrival. The season itself has an air of expectation, anticipation. you for your generosity! Get ready is the core phrase. So what are all the trappings Micah 6 Food Pantry The UCC participates in the ecumenical Micah 6 Food Pantry through donation and volunteering on Thursdays and Saturdays. Dont forget our neighbors who have nothing. Please bring canned goods and packaged dry goods to Sunday Mass and place them in the baskets near the baptismal font. We ask that you continue to support the Micah 6 Food Pantry with your generous donations. 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. decorations, presents, wrappings, parties, special foods - all the stuff we spend so much time and energy on; what is all this preparing us for? Why does this season of anticipation still hold such a special place in our minds, our hearts, the very rhythm of our lives? This podcast series, Tasting Advent, will touch upon these and other questions in search of a hint of the true flavor of the season. Produced by St. Austin, these weekday podcasts provide a short reflection on an aspect of this season of anticipation and preparation as we actually celebrate it in modern times. Gift yourself with ten minutes to step back to think about what all of this is really about. To listen to the podcast, visit this site: http://tinyurl.com/cxbz4ap 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 Dec. 7. Email SarahsHopeAustin@gmail.com to sign up!

Events at St. Austin

Communal Reconciliation Service St. Austins Catholic Parish will be holding a communal Reconciliation service on Monday, December 19, at 7pm. All are invited to join us, as there will be several priests available to hear confessions.

Calendar for the Week of December 11 Monday December 12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe * 12:05pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel * 12:35pm Reconciliation Reconciliation Chapel Wednesday December 14 - Saint John of the Cross, priest * 12:05pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel Friday December 16 - Weekday of Advent * 12:05pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel Tuesday December 13 - Saint Lucy, virgin, martyr * 12:30pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel * 1:00pm Reconciliation Reconciliation Chapel Thursday December 15 - Weekday of Advent * 12:30pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel Saturday December 17 - Weekday of Advent * Building and Offices closed

Sunday December 18 - 4th Sunday of Advent Masses at 10:30am and 8pm * 9:30am * 7:00pm Our Gifts to God On Sunday, November 27, you donated: $499.07 at the 9:00am Mass $270.50 at the 11:30am Mass $184.25 at the 5:00pm Mass $393.12 at the 8:00pm Mass The total Sunday Collection was $1,346.94 More on contributing to the UCC? Call Elizabeth Lange at 512.476.7351 x13 Catholic Services Appeal The CSA numbers for the UCC as of November 22: 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! Black Bag Collection for November If you recall, our black bag collection for the month of November went to support our annual spring break mission trip, which will be working with Hand in Hand Ministries in Nicaragua this year. In total, we raised $850.04 to help our missionaries do some great work in another country. We would like to thank you for your generosity towards this ministry, and if you would like to help out more, please contact Lindsay Wilcox. Choir Practice Choir Practice Holy Spirit Chapel Holy Spirit Chapel

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

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READINGSFORTHEWEEK
Zec 2:14-17; Lk 1:26-38 Zep 3:1-2,9-13; Mt 21:28-32 Is 45:6b-8,18,21b-25; Lk 7:18b-23 Is 54:1-10; Lk 7:24-30 Is 56:1-3a,6-8; Jn 5:33-36 Gn 49:2,8-10; Mt 1:1-17 Sm 7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16; Rom16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38

Busted Halo Check out the Busted Halo Show M-F, 6-9pm at Sirius 159/XM 117. Also check out bustedhalo.com! A Christmas Sleigh Ride St. Austins will be hosting the Austin Handbell Ensemble as part of the St. Austin Concert Series. The concert will be on Monday, December 12, at 7:30pm.

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.