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 16, 2012
I will baptize you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. - Luke 3:16 University Catholic Center
Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm Building Hours Monday - Friday 9:00am - 9:00pm Sunday 8:00am - 9:00pm Sunday Mass 10:30am 8:00pm Daily Mass MWF 12:05pm TTh 12:30pm Reconciliation Mondays 12:35pm Tuesdays 1:00pm Or by appointment

St. Austin
2026 Guadalupe St. 512.477.9471 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

Campus Ministry Team

Fr. Ed Nowak, CSP Director, ext. 140 frednowak@utcatholic.org Elizabeth Lange
Development Director, ext.130

Fr. Jamie Baca, CSP Associate Director, ext. 120 frjamie@utcatholic.org Meghan Vail Business Manager, ext. 110 meghan@utcatholic.org Rosa Marroqun Asst. Dev. Director, ext. 190 rosa@utcatholic.org Krystle Cagandahan Intern, ext. 150 krystle@utcatholic.org

elizabeth@utcatholic.org Lindsay Wilcox Campus Minister, ext. 180 lindsay@utcatholic.org Daniel Gonzalez Student Intern, ext. 150 daniel@utcatholic.org

FOCUS Team
Lauren Garcia FOCUS Team Leader, ext. 200 lauren@utcatholic.org Sam Kelley FOCUS Missionary, ext. 200 sam@utcatholic.org For information on: RCIA - Lindsay Wilcox, Fr. Ed Baptism or Marriage - Fr. Ed, Fr. Jamie, Lindsay Wilcox Marriage Prep Workshop - Brandon Kraft (kraft@utcatholic.org) Confirmation - Lindsay Wilcox, Fr. Ed, Fr. Jamie Religious Ed - Julie Ulrich (utulrichs@yahoo.com) Matt Melcher FOCUS Missionary, ext. 210 matt@utcatholic.org

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.

December 16, 2012

UCC Happenings

3rd Sunday of Advent

Christmas Pageant The UCC will be celebrating at the 6 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass UCC Winter Break Schedule with a Nativity Pageant. Participants of all ages are welcome! Beginning on Sunday, December 16 (TODAY), the UCC will Costumes are available and no experience is needed. We will hold switch to Two Mass Sunday with Masses taking place at 10:30 a.m. an organizing meeting Dec.16th and a rehearsal Dec. 23rd, both and 8 p.m. Except for Sundays and Christmas Eve, the offices and following the 10:30 a.m. Mass. For more information, contact building will be closed from December 20th until January 5th. Julie Ulrich at utulrichs@yahoo.com There will be one Mass on Christmas Eve at 6 p.m. Daily Mass schedule and regular office hours will resume on Monday, January News and Announcements 7th. Saint Andrew Dinner for the Discernment of Priesthood This dinner is open to all college-age men (both undergrad and Prayer Intentions graduate students) who are interested in exploring life as a Catholic Please keep the following in your prayers priest. This dinner will be held on Monday, January 7, 2013, from -Ricardo Flores 5:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. It will include Holy Hour, a dinner, fel-Richard Gravois -Henry Baca, Fr. Jamies brother, who has been diagnosed lowship, and a presentation on the priesthood. This event will be held at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving, TX (3131 Vince Hagan with stage IV cancer Dr., Irving, TX, 75062). For more information or to register, please Please let us know of any prayer requests so that we, as a send an email to vocations@cathdal.org. community, may keep you in our prayers. Email all requests to Fr. Ed at frednowak@utcatholic.org Paulist Fathers Vocation Retreat If you are discerning the priesthood and a possible call to join the Christmas Blessings and Prayers! Paulist Fathers, the next Paulist Come and See Weekend is For those who will be traveling home for Christmas break this scheduled for February 1 - 3, 2013. This is a weekend discernment week, we pray that you all have safe travels and that you have a spectacular Christmas! Its been a fun semester with all of you, and retreat held at the Paulist house of formation in Washington, DC. we cant wait to see you all back at the UCC in the spring semester. Contact, Fr. Ed Nowak, CSP, or Fr. Jamie Baca, CSP, at the University Catholic Center or Fr. Ren Constanza, CSP, at St. Until then, Merry Christmas and happy New Year! Austin Catholic Parish for more information. To learn more about vocations to the priesthood, religious life or diaconate, please visit Catholic Services Appeal: Update the St. Austin vocation web page. As of Tuesday, December 4, here are our totals for the Catholic Services Appeal campaign: 7 gifts for $700. Our goal for the UCC this year is 27 gifts and a total of $4,550. Theres still plenty of Sarahs Hope - Fertility and Recurrent Miscarriage Support time left for you to help us reach our goal! Donate before the end A free spiritual support program for couples struggling to conceive of the month and all donations will be counted towards our final or with pregnancy loss. Attend a monthly women's support group numbers. Remember, if we reach our goal, the Diocese will give on the first Wednesday of the month (rosary 6:45 p.m., discussion the UCC $75,000, money which would be put to very good use! 7 p.m.) at the Vitae Clinic in Austin, located at 1600 W. 38th St., Envelopes for this appeal can be found at the front desk. suite 115. Join us Nov. 7. Email SarahsHopeAustin@gmail.com or call (512) 736-7334 for more information! Black Bag Totals for 2012 As promised, here are our figures for each black bag taken up every SMCA Thrift Shoppe month in 2012! Thanks for all of your generosity! St. Michaels Academy Thrift Shoppe, located at 5907 Burnet Road, is looking for volunteers willing to share their time and January - Louise House - $719.53 talent Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Help is February - Mission Trip 2012 - $657.56 especially needed on Saturdays. If interested in volunteering, March - Catholic Relief Services - $987.08 please contact Theresa Prado at 512-323-2001 or Toni Van Gompel April - Micah 6 - $768.41 at 512-983-3736 for more information. May - Marywood Children & Family Services - $849.52 June - Mary House Catholic Worker - $824.12 Busted Halo July - Casa Marianella - $877.87 August - Workers Defense Project, Heroic Media, JPII Life Center Check out the Busted Halo Show M-F, 6-9pm at Sirius 159/XM 117. Also check out bustedhalo.com! - $219.94 each (total of $659.82) September - Annunciation Maternity Home - $917.85 Events at St. Austin October - Mission Trip 2013 - $589.81 Tasting Advent November - St. Vincent de Paul Society - $964.28 Advent is for preparing and anticipating in our daily lives the gift December - Sisters of the Sacred Heart - $2,561.96 of Gods love in Christ, which is a gift that is already available to us. The Kingdom of God is in our midst now, today, and always. Total black bag collections for the year: $11,377.81 That is certainly something worth celebrating. St. Austin is bringing back its Advent podcast series, with a new podcast every Monday - Friday of Advent! We encourage you to check out this great opportunity for reflection and meditation. Just visit utcath.us/7s.

Calendar for the Week of December 16 Monday, December 17 - Weekday of Advent * 12:05pm Daily Mass * 12:30pm Reconciliation Holy Spirit Chapel Reconciliation Chapel

Our Gifts to God On Sunday, December 2 you donated: $1,882.60 at the 9:00am Mass $221.80 at the 11:30am Mass $883.30 at the 5:00pm Mass $649.39 at the 8:00pm Mass The total collection was $3,637.09 More on contributing to the UCC? Call Elizabeth Lange. Internal Online Donations for November: $3,735

Tuesday, December 18 - Weekday of Advent * 12:30pm Daily Mass * 1:00pm Reconciliation

Holy Spirit Chapel Reconciliation Chapel

Wednesday, December 19 - Weekday of Advent * 12:05pm Daily Mass Holy Spirit Chapel

Pastors Wish List Would you like to help the UCC? Want to know exactly how your donation is being put to work? We invite you to sponsor one of our upcoming projects or make a special gift which enables us to improve the UCC in ways we would otherwise not be able: Wish List Carpet Replacement $11,500

Thursday, December 20 - Weekday of Advent

UCC CLOSED
Friday, December 21 - Weekday of Advent

Sponsorship Essential Technology Upgrades: $3,692.78

UCC CLOSED
Saturday, December 22 - Weekday of Advent

UCC CLOSED
Sunday, December 23 - Fourth Sunday of Advent Masses at 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. * 9:30am * 7:00pm Choir Rehearsal Choir Rehearsal Holy Spirit Chapel Holy Spirit Chapel

Weekly Reflection: The people ask John the Baptist what they need to do to respond to his message in preparation for the coming of the Messiah. He challenges them to share their possessions with others and to be satisfied with the goods that they have. How does this message guide us as we prepare for the Christmas holidays, buying gifts and wrapping presents?
Mon: Tue: Wed: Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: READINGS FOR THE WEEK Gn 49:2,8-10; Mt 1:1-17 Jer 23:5-8; Mt 1:18-25 Jgs 13:2-7,24-25a; Lk 1:5-25 Is 7:10-14; Lk 1:26-38 Sg 2:8-14; Lk 1:39-45 1 Sm 1:24-28; Lk 1:46-56 Mi 5:1-4a; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45

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. www.paulist.org