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

Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 23, 2012

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 23, 2012

UCC Happenings

4th 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! Continuing today, December 23, the UCC will be hosting Two Costumes are available and no experience is needed. We will hold Mass Sunday with Masses taking place at 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. a rehearsal on December 23rd, following the 10:30 a.m. Mass. For Except for Sundays and Christmas Eve, the offices and building will be closed from December 20th until January 5th. There will be more information, contact Julie Ulrich at utulrichs@yahoo.com one Mass on Christmas Eve at 6 p.m. Daily Mass schedule and Christmas Blessings and Prayers! regular office hours will resume on Monday, January 7th. Prayer Intentions Please keep the following in your prayers -Ricardo Flores -Richard Gravois -Henry Baca, Fr. Jamies brother, who has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer Please let us know of any prayer requests so that we, as a community, may keep you in our prayers. Email all requests to Fr. Ed at frednowak@utcatholic.org Black Bag for January For the month of January, our black bag collection will be taken up on January 13th instead of January 6th. This black bag will go to benefit the Saint Louise House, and well have more information on that as the black bag collection gets closer. Thank you for all of your generosity! Catholic Services Appeal: Update As of Thurs., Dec. 13, here are our totals for the Catholic Services Appeal campaign: 16 gifts for $2,626.04. Our goal for the UCC this year is 27 gifts and a total of $4,550. Theres still plenty of time left for you to help us reach our goal! Donate before the end of the month and all donations will be counted towards our final numbers. Remember, the Diocese gives the UCC $75,000 from this appeal, but we certainly want to do our part by reaching our goal! Envelopes for this appeal can be found at the front desk. Thank You! We would like to send a big THANK YOU to everybody who helped us decorate our building for the Christmas season. We couldnt have done it without the donation of your time, talent, and treasure. Thanks for all you do!

For those who will be traveling home for Christmas break this 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 we cant wait to see you all back at the UCC in the spring semester. Until then, Merry Christmas and happy New Year from the UCC staff and the Paulist Fathers!

News and Announcements

Paulist Fathers Vocation Retreat If you are discerning the priesthood and a possible call to join the Paulist Fathers, the next Paulist Come and See Weekend is scheduled for February 1 - 3, 2013. This is a weekend discernment retreat held at the Paulist house of formation in Washington, DC. Contact, Fr. Ed Nowak, CSP, or Fr. Jamie Baca, CSP, at the University Catholic Center or Fr. Ren Constanza, CSP, at St. Austin Catholic Parish for more information. To learn more about vocations to the priesthood, religious life or diaconate, please visit the St. Austin vocation web page.

Spoke-N-Word Spoke-N-Word is a series of conversations on the single life and the Blessed Sacrament. These talks will be sponsored by the Austin Catholic Singles and will be held on the first five Mondays of the new year. They will be held at San Jose Church beginning at 7 p.m. each evening. The first session will take place on January 7th: Black Bag Totals for 2012 Holiness and Prayerfulness for Singles. This session will feature As promised, here are our figures for each black bag taken up every guest speaker Fr. Jonathan Raia of St. William Parish. For more month in 2012! Thanks for all of your generosity! information, please call 512-369.3976. Busted Halo Check out the Busted Halo Show M-F, 6-9pm at Sirius 159/XM 117. Also check out bustedhalo.com!

January - Louise House - $719.53 February - Mission Trip 2012 - $657.56 March - Catholic Relief Services - $987.08 April - Micah 6 - $768.41 May - Marywood Children & Family Services - $849.52 June - Mary House Catholic Worker - $824.12 July - Casa Marianella - $877.87 August - Workers Defense Project, Heroic Media, JPII Life Center - $219.94 each (total of $659.82) September - Annunciation Maternity Home - $917.85 October - Mission Trip 2013 - $589.81 November - St. Vincent de Paul Society - $964.28 December - Sisters of the Sacred Heart - $2,561.96 Total black bag collections for the year: $11,377.81

Events at St. Austin

Tasting Advent Advent is for preparing and anticipating in our daily lives the gift 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. 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 23 Monday, December 24 - Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord * 6:00pm Christmas Eve Mass Holy Spirit Chapel

Our Gifts to God On Sunday, December 9 you donated: $704.26 at the 9:00am Mass $1,195.91 at the 11:30am Mass $334.56 at the 5:00pm Mass $731.10 at the 8:00pm Mass The total collection was $2,965.83 More on contributing to the UCC? Call Elizabeth Lange. Internal Online Donations for November: $3,735 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 A volunteer to organize our UCC library Sponsorship Essential Technology Upgrades: $3,692.78

Tuesday, December 25 - The Nativity of the Lord

UCC CLOSED

Wednesday, December 26 - St. Stephen, the first martyr

UCC CLOSED

Thursday, December 27 - St. John, apostle, evangelist

UCC CLOSED
Friday, December 28 - The Holy Innocents, martyrs

UCC CLOSED
Saturday, December 29 - 5th day in the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord

UCC CLOSED
Sunday, December 30 - The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph 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: In Lukes Gospel today, Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth who greets her with the familiar words, Blessed are you among women. Our Catholic faith has a rich tradition of devotion to our Blessed Mother and to the rosary. How do we entrust ourselves to Mary, our Mother, and, like her, have faith in Gods word?
Mon: Tue: Wed: Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: READINGS FOR THE WEEK Is 62:1-5; Acts 13:16-17,22-25; Mt 1:1-25 Is 9:1-6; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Acts 6:8-10,7:54-59; Mt 10:17-22 1 Jn 1:1-4; Jn 20:2-8 1 Jn 1:5-2:2; Mt 2:13-18 1 Jn 2:3-11; Lk 2:22-35 Sir 3:2-6,12-14; Col 3:12-21; Lk 2:41-52

Isaac Hecker Quote Christ has come. Christ is here, now upon earth. Christ ever abides with men, according to His word. What the age promises men is the rending asunder the clouds of error which hinder them from seeing that Christ is here. What the age promises and men most need is the light to enable their eyes to see that the Incarnation involves Christs indwelling presence in His Church acting upon man and society through her agency until the consummation of the world. (The Church and The Age, 1887) 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