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C at h o l i c
Center
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Phone: 512.476.7351 | Fax: 512.476.7377
www.utcatholic.org

Close to Campus, Close to Christ

UCC WINTER SCHEDULE

SEE INSIDE FOR DETAILS ON CLOSURES

AND OTHER SCHEDULE CHANGES

Office Hours

Monday - Friday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday Mass

10:30 am
8:00 pm

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
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December 14, 2014 | 3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)

Make straight the way of the Lord. John 1:23

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

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

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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December 14, 2014

3rd Sunday of Advent

News and Announcements

Reection & Weekly Readings

Paulists in action 2015 calendars are here!

In what concrete ways are you living your faith

through service to others?

Pick up your free copy in the Atrium at the

University Catholic Center or request a free
copy! To request a copy online, visit
paulist.org and click on the Request a 2015
wall calendar button on the top right
corner of the screen.

In todays Gospel the people press John the Baptist for an answer.
Who are you? Are you the Prophet? John answers that he is
not but that the Messiah was there and people did not recognize
him. What outward signs or actions show others clearly that you
follow Jesus, the Messiah?

IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGES

2-Mass Sundays (10:30am, 8pm) Dec. 14 - Jan. 11.

4-Mass Sundays will resume again January 18, 2015.
UCC Weekday Closures

Closed weekdays Dec 22 - Jan 3. The UCC will reopen with

normal hours beginning January 5, 2015.
URGENT APPEAL to liturgical ministers!

If you are a liturgical minister and will be around for

the Christmas break, please sign up to assist at the
Masses over break. We will have guest presiders
helping out at some of the Masses and we need to
have ministers committed to being at our Masses. So
please commit TODAY to assisting us with our liturgical needs! If
you have any questions, email Fr. Ed at frednowak@utcatholic.org.
Poinsettia donations needed!

If you would like to donate poinsettias to the UCC

for our Christmas decorations, please drop them
off in the Holy Spirit Chapel anytime during our
open hours. Questions? Contact Fr. Jamie at
frjamie@utcatholic.org! THANK YOU!
Support the UCC with your wishlist!

If you shop on Amazon, then make this link your

first stop! When you shop through this link, Amazon
will donate a portion of your AmazonSmile-eligible
purchases to the UCC! Thank you!

Readings for the week

2-Mass Sundays

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY

Nm 24:2-7,15-17a; Mt 21:23-27
Zep 3:1-2,9-13; Mt 21:28-32
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
2 Sm 7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16;
Rom 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38

Our Gifts to God

TOTAL SUNDAY COLLECTION
Sunday, DECEMBER 7: $2,723.74
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: $72,038.35
More on contributing to the UCC?
Contact Elizabeth at elizabethb@utcatholic.org

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Christmas EVE mass Dec. 24, 5:00 pm

Please join us to celebrate the birth of Our Lord at

the UCCs Christmas Eve Mass, held in the Holy
Spirit Chapel on December 24th at 5:00 pm!
New smart phone app for Paulist vocations!

The Paulist Fathers have a new smart phone app

for vocational discernment! The app pulls
together Paulist content from many online
sources, and puts them together in one
convenient place. Its free to download for
iPhones/iOS and Android phones.
Scan the QR Code to the left to start your download!

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)
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!

December 14, 2014

3rd Sunday of Advent

Week At A Glance
| Monday of the 3rd Week of Advent
Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
Reconciliation
St. Paul Reconciliation Chapel

Monday, Dec 15

12:05 pm
12:35 pm

| Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Advent

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel
Reconciliation
St. Paul Reconciliation Chapel

Tuesday, Dec 16

12:30 pm
1:00 pm

Wednesday, Dec 17

12:05 pm

Mass

Thursday, Dec 18

12:30 pm

Mass

| Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Advent

Holy Spirit Chapel

| Thursday of the 3rd Week of Advent

Holy Spirit Chapel

| Friday of the 3rd Week of Advent

Mass
Holy Spirit Chapel

Friday, Dec 19

12:05 pm

A Word from Our Ministry Team

Reflection for Gaudete Sunday

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

CHRISTMAS MASSES

CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES:

5:00 pm at the UCC and St. Austin
9:00 pm at St. Austin
CHRISTMAS DAY:
10:00 am at St. Austin
Masculine Spirituality Tuesdays, 7:30 pm

An ongoing weekly opportunity to talk with

The third Sunday in Advent is known for its
other men in an attempt to balance a spiritual
unusual pink candle and is often referred to as
identity with the demands and rewards of work
Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is a word from which
and home. The starting point is a reading shared
we derive our word gaudy. While I think of
at the beginning of the session. The group meets
something thats gaudy as tacky, Gaudete Sunday
year-round and men join in when they can.
reminds me of something truly profoundthe
Meets Tuesdays at 7:30 pm in the Sts. Joan &
deeper meaning of joy, hence the pink candle. The day takes its
Raymond room at St. Austin. To learn more,
name from the Latin for rejoice which is the first word of Gaudete
email Michael Flahive at mflahive@staustin.org.
Sundays introit in Latin: Gaudete in Domino semper It comes from
Philippians 4:4-6: Rejoice in the Lord always and it comes at a
Ethics & Integrity in Ministry (EIM)
perfect time for me. With two weeks to go before Christmas it is
easy for us to panic about gift-giving and go overboard in trying to Serving in ministry at the UCC?
make sure that everything this Christmas is perfect and everyones
By order of the Bishop, anyone serving in a
measure of joy exceeds expectations.
ministry that works with children or vulnerable
But joy isnt an extrinsic purchase! Its the difference between joy
and happiness. We wait for the Lords advent with joyous
expectation by commemorating the first and anticipating the
second! So, whether well-fed or hungry, employed or
unemployed, laid aside or ranked with whomeverjoy is a gift of
God independent of pomp and circumstance.
Fr. Jamie Baca, CSP
Associate Director

Prayer Intentions
Please pray for:

Pope Francis & Bishop Joe;

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

adults must be certified by the office for Ethics and

Integrity in Ministry (EIM). To be certified,
you must submit an online application to the
Diocese and attend a 3-hour Basic workshop.
Those who have already been certified must also
attend a 1.5 hour Refresher workshop every three years in order
to maintain their certification. Please note that the UCC will host
one of each type of workshop early in the Spring Semester.

To register and to learn more, visit the Diocese of Austin

webpage and click on EIM Workshops under the Quick Links
tab. You may attend ANY available workshop in the Dioceseyou
do not need to attend those offered by the UCC. If you have any
questions, please contact Matthew at matthewa@utcatholic.org.
Upcoming workshops in Austin:
REFRESHER (1.5-hour) St. Louis Church, Jan. 22, 7:15 pm
Check back here in the bulletin for updates on available
workshops in Austin!