Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 18, 2007

Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song.
— Psalm 98:5
University Catholic Center

Fr. Hecker Quote of the Week:

UCC will be closed Thursday
“The essential aim of Christianity is to commu-
November 22, and Friday nicate to the soul, a higher, nobler and more di-
November 23 in honor of vine life than that in which it was born.”
Thanksgiving Day. There will be no
Mass on these days. Today is our annual diocesan Catholic
Services Appeal which is being taken up
throughout the Diocese of Austin. The
1st Annual UCC Raffle! Catholic Services Appeal gives us the
The UCC wants to put you into a new car or opportunity to act together as a diocesan
give you a $15,000 scholarship! On December family and support programs and services no
6th, one lucky winner will receive their choice single individual or parish can offer. Every gift, regardless of
of a new 2008 Volkswagen Beetle or a $15,000 scholarship the size, is vital to the success of the Catholic Services
usable at any post-high school educational institution, student Appeal. Our goal this year is to have 100% participation. In
loans, college savings for you or anyone you'd like to help. order to achieve this, each of you is asked to give in
Tickets are on sale 24 hours a day at utcatholic.org/raffle or at accordance with your means. Your gift to the Catholic
the Front Desk during the week or after Mass. Students - if Services Appeal supports the ministries and services in this
you're interested in selling tickets, the student who sells the diocese from which you and the UCC benefit. Simply fill out
most tickets will earn a parking space in the UCC lot for the a pledge envelope and place it in the offertory basket or drop
entire Spring semester! Contact Kraft at kraft@utcatholic.org it in the mail. Pledge envelopes are located in the chairs.
for more information. Thank you for your generosity and your support of the
Catholic Services Appeal.
Advent Family Workshop
Start your Advent season right! All families are
welcome to the UCC Advent Family workshop on Our Gifts to God
Sunday, Dec. 2 immediately following the 9:00 am Learning to count is good.
Mass. This is hosted by the High School RE Class But learning what counts is better.
and we request everyone coming to bring a breakfast treat to
share. There will be Advent crafts and activities plus an
opportunity to purchase (at cost - around $10-12) an excellent $18,000
quality Advent wreath for your family's table! If you're $15,940
interested in reserving a wreath, please contact Mary Beck at $16,000
becks@austin.rr.com or 501-1225. Hope to see you there! Matching
$14,000
Sunday
$12,000
READINGS FOR THE WEEK 
  $10,000
Mon: 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63;
$8,000
Lk 18:35-43
Tues: 2 Mc 6:18-31; Lk 19:1-10 $6,000
$4,515
Wed: 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31; Lk 19:11-28 $3,545
$4,000 $2,739 $2,333
Thurs: 1 Mc 2:15-29; Lk 19:41-44 Thanksgiving Day– $2,528
Suggested: Sir 50:22-24; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 $2,000
Fri: 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59; Lk 19:45-48
$0
Sat: 1 Mc 6:1-13; Lk 20:27-40
10/7 10/14/ 10/21 10/28 11/04 11/11
Sun: 2 Sm 5:1-3; Ps 122; Col 1:12-20; Lk 23:35-43
 Matching Gift Sunday A Success!
You’ve done it again – you’re generosity UCC FUNCTIONS FOR THIS WEEK
resulted in a total contribution to the November
11 collection of $15,939.80. Combined with Week of November 18, 2007
$15,500 from four benefactors, $31,439.80 was realized to
further the mission of ministry of the University Catholic Monday Nov. 19
Center. May God bless you abundently for your sacrificial • 12:05 pm Mass HSC
giving. - Fr. Dave • 6:30 pm Social Justice BSMT
• 7 pm RCIA SF
• 7:30 pm CLFL MT
Micah 6 Food Pantry
Please don’t forget our neighbors during this Tuesday Nov. 20
Holiday Season. Please continue to support the • 12:30 pm Mass HSC
Micah 6 Food Pantry with your generous dona- • 7 pm LOA SF
tions so that all may have a wonderful Thanksgiving! • 7 pm UGAP MT
• 7 pm Catholicism 101 SMk
• 7:30 pm CIW Victory SMt
Jesuit Discernment Retreat
Wednesday Nov. 21 The Presentation of the Blessed
The Jesuit Vocation Office will sponsor two Discernment
Virgin Mary (M)
Retreats this Fall, Nov. 21-Nov. 25 and Dec. 15-19. These
retreats are for men high school senior age and older, and will • 12:05 pm Mass HSC
take place at St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, Louisiana. • 12:30 pm Carbos ATRM
Part of the time will be spent with the Jesuit Novices who are Thursday Nov. 22 Thanksgiving Day- St Cecilia (M)
studying there, and the remainder of the time is spent with a
Jesuit director in a silent, privately directed retreat. • UCC CLOSED
If you have been giving some thought about a possible Friday Nov. 23
vocation to the Jesuit Priesthood or Brothers, you are invited
to take part in one of these free retreats. For more information • UCC CLOSED
about these retreats or about Jesuit life in general, please Saturday Nov. 24 St Andrew Dung-Lac & Comp. (M)
contact Fr. Marvin Kitten, S.J., Vocation Director at 504-571-
1055 or email mkitten@norprov.org Sunday Nov. 25 Christ the King
Website: www.norprov.org/vocations/ • 10 am RE BSMT; MT; SMt;
SMk
• 4 pm MET Pledge SMk
Reflection Question • 6 pm MET SF
• Think about a time when you were in pain or felt • 7 pm RCIA Dismissal MT
“your world” was ending. Who brought you to the
realization that all was not lost?

Save the Date

Please mark your calendars for the UCC's St. Nicholas
Party on Thursday, December 6th! At the party, we
will draw the winner of our first annual raffle and
celebrate the holiday season with yummy desserts and
hot cocoa! More details coming soon!
HELP! Volunteer Receptionists are still needed to
greet people at the UCC, weeknights from 5-7 and
7- 9 pm. If you can help with one of these two-hour
shifts, please contact Beth at frontdesk@utcatholic.org or
476-7351. This is a great way to meet your fellow students,
study and see what goes on at the UCC in the evenings.

Join the Paulists for Hecker Week in Rome!

Compass Bible Study!
Meeting on Thursday nights from 7-8 pm in the
Mother Teresa Room, Compass is a fun and laid-
back way to read scripture and get a little more out
of Mass. Every week we spend an hour discussing the next
Sunday’s readings and sharing our faith. We are student run,
student led, and totally low time commitment, so drop by
whenever you can. Come hang out with us this Thursday!
The Paulist Fathers Office for the 150th Anniversary
is proud to offer you Hecker Week in Rome March 1-
7, 2008. This land-only package ($1,499 per person,
double) includes attending 150th anniversary celebrations at
Santa Susanna, the Paulist-run American church in Rome, a
papal audience and more. Walk where Father Hecker walked;
pray where he prayed during his trip to Rome! For more
information, log on to www.paulist.org or call 202-269-2521.