University Catholic Center
May 24th, 2009
The Ascension of the Lord
Summer Schedule!! Sundays—10:30 am and 8:00 p.m. This week — Closed. No Daily Mass (St. Austin’s has Masses at 8 am and 5:20 pm, M-Th and at 8 am on Friday). Remainder of Summer: M-F 12:05 pm in the Mother Teresa Rm. Reconciliation: Monday and Tuesday—12:30 pm and by appt The building will be open from 9 am to 5 pm, M-Th.
Bulletin Schedule Due to our slower pace during the summer semester, we will be publishing monthly bulletins. Please submit any announcements for the month of June by June 1st via the online form (see cover). Thanks!
Graduation Mass! Graduates of 2009!
As always, faithful UCC community and staff members were of major support to the two-day effort. They served as presenters, cooks and food servers, food providers, musicians, set-up teams and kid-sitters: Betty & Ricardo Flores, Mary Lea McAnally & Brit Pasloske, Sara & Tom Lucas, Aida & J.P. Regalado, Anne & Steve Gilbert, Patricia Bauer-Slate & Dr. Joseph Slate, Amelia Perry & Nate Erickson (who will wed in December), Cathy & Sam Mihalik, Deena & Denis Kohl, Cynthia & Kris Carter, Janice & Nick Jackson, Amy & Michael Burkhart, Eugene Matir, Rosa Marroquin, Maricar Reyes, Amanda Longoria, Daniel Hawkins, Jimmy Rose, and Brandon Kraft. Fr. Ed Nowak was a guiding presence with Dorothy & Deacon John De La Garza serving as coordinators.
Congrats on all of your hard work and study. From the staff, thank you for allowing us to be a part of your lives during this time of learning, growth and development. May God be with you all!
Wear Red! Next Sunday, May 31, is the Solemnity of Pentecost which marks the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and their being strengthened to spread the Good News of Christ. It is the "birthday of the Church." It also marks the end of the ninety days of the Paschal Season: Lent, Triduum, and Easter. To help celebrate, please wear RED to Mass - the liturgical color of the Holy Spirit and this feast! Do you want to be a KNIGHT ? We are seeking interested men to reactivate our Knight of Columbus Council. Just need to be 18 years old and Catholic. Interest? contact Fr. Ed Nowak at
[email protected] or Kraft at
[email protected] Servant of God Fr. Isaac Hecker, CSP, Founder of the Paulists, pray for us!
Visit www.paulist.org to learn more about the Paulist Fathers. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Mon: Tues: Wed: Thurs: Fri: Sat: Sun:
Acts 19:1-8; Jn 16:29-33 Acts 20:17-27; Jn 17:1-11a Acts 20:28-38; Jn 17:11b-19 Acts 22:30,23:6-11; Jn 17:20-26 Acts 25:13b-21; Jn 21:15-19 Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Jn 21:20-25 Acts 2:1-11; Cor 12:3b-7,12-13; Jn 20:19-23
The Spring 2009 Marriage Preparation Workshop
Our next workshop will be Nov. 13-14, and registration will open in late August.
Calcutta, India Have you ever considered stretching yourself for some very rewarding work? If you are interested in spending several weeks helping the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa's order of nuns) in Calcutta, India, please contact Fr. Ed Koharchik for more information (
[email protected], 512-476-7351, ext. 12). A possible summer mission trip is in the works! The Catholic Channel Sirius 159 XM 117 Check out the Busted Halo Show M-F 6-9pm Check out their website bustedhalo.com
New Parking for 8:00 pm! St. Austin’s is now allowing us to use their new garage at San Antonio and MLK for 8:00 p.m. Mass only! For all other Masses, the only lot for the University Catholic Center is the lot to our west between our building and Dobie Mall. If you are concerned about your own or a loved-one's harmful use of alcohol or drugs, call the diocese Alcohol and Drug Assistance Ministry (ADAM) toll free at 1-866-203-4087 for confidential help.
Our Gifts to God Last week’s collection: $1305.76 Last week’s expected collection from the budget: $2265 Next week’s collection information will be delayed due to the UCC’s offices being closed next week. This summer, we will begin determining how we can better communicate information to you via the bulletin and the UCC website. If you have any ideas, please let Kraft know at
[email protected]. Thanks for your understanding!
Week of May 25
Monday May 25 — Opt Mem of Bede the Venerable;
Gregory VII; Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi
Tuesday May 26 — Memorial of St. Philip Neri * 7 pm — UGAP—Labyrinth E-mail
[email protected] Wednesday May 27—Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury—Patron of St. Austin’s Parish Thursday May 28— Opt Mem of Christopher Magallanes Friday May 29 —Easter Weekday Saturday May 30—Easter Weekday * 10 pm — Wedding Holy Spirit Chapel Sunday May 31 —Pentecost
Masses at 10:30 am, 8 pm Residence Halls Open for Summer Residents
Above, Astrid Jackson, Catherine Burkhart, Chloe Shields. Below, Duce Rosales, Ellie Blankenship, Seung Joh Cho
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10:30 am — Children’s Liturgy of the Word — Mother T 6 pm — RCIA Debrief Mother Teresa 7 pm — Small Group Mtg St. Matthew Room 8 pm — RCIA Dismissal Mother Teresa
See our entire calendar online at utcatholic.org
Congrats to our 1st Communicants! May God continue to walk with you.
The UCC will be closed on Fridays in June and July and daily Mass will not be celebrated. The office will be open M-Th 9 am to 5 p.m.
Weekly Reflection Question: Jesus commands us to spread the Good News. If actions speak louder than words, what are you doing to proclaim the Good News?
University Graduate Students & Professionals- UGAP
Above, Adriana Galindo, Liam Coulston, Natalia Gomez Below, Renee Reyes Zach Sommers, Simms Ehrlich
Vocations Corner If you are interested in talking more about a possible vocation to the priesthood, call Fr. Ed Nowak at 512-476-7351 x17 or Fr. Mike Sis, diocesan vocations director, at 512-949-2405.
invites all grad students and recently gradated young adults to join us on Tuesdays at the UCC. For more info contact Nate at
[email protected]. We gather in the Atrium at 7 pm and move to the Mother Teresa room at 7:30 pm.
Micah 6 Food Pantry UCC participates in the ecumenical Micah 6 food pantry through donation and volunteering on Thursdays and Saturdays. Don’t forget our “neighbors” who have nothing during the summer. Please bring canned goods and packaged dry goods to Sunday Mass for the baskets near the fountain. We ask that you continue to support the Micah 6 Food Pantry with your generous donations. Contact Jim Harrington at
[email protected] for more information.