University Catholic Center September 14th, 2008
From the Director
Wow! I can’t believe the Texas-sized “Welcome” everyone gave
me, Jimmy Rose & all the new members of our community this
weekend at our Welcome Dinner and Dance. I am blessed to be
serving such an awesome community. Please keep me in your
prayers as I continue to settle in to this role and be assured that
you are in my prayers. May God continue to bless the UCC! —
Fr. Ed Nowak, CSP
Now is the time to join the Living Faith Society!
The Living Faith Society is a generous group of individuals and
families who contribute monthly to the UCC. We rely on this
committed income to fund this ministry on a daily basis. We've
recently experienced about a 10% decline in monthly giving
through the Living Faith Society, which represents about $1,000
a month.
We need your monthly support now more than ever! Now is the
time to join the Living Faith Society! You can do so by visiting
utcatholic.org/donate.php or by filling out a form that can be
found next to the bulletins and placing it in the collection basket.
If you have questions about monthly giving, please contact
Amber Fogarty at amber@utcatholic.org or 476-7351 x13.
Our 100th Anniversary Weekend Celebration!
The 100th Anniversary Weekend is quickly approaching! The
UCC will be celebrating 100 years of Paulist ministry with a
weekend of events on Saturday, Nov. 1st and Sunday, Nov.
2nd. Included in this special weekend will be 2 Masses of
Thanksgiving (5:00 pm, Sat. celebrated by Cardinal Daniel
DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and Bishop Greg Aymond of
Austin; and 10:30 am on Sun. celebrated by Bishop Emeritus
John McCarthy), a Cocktail Reception and Gala on Nov. 1st, and
a family-friendly picnic on Nov. 2nd! It's going to be a very
special weekend in the UCC's history! Flyers with more
information can be found at the Front Desk. For more
information, please call or email Amber Fogarty at 476-7351 x13
or amber@utcatholic.org.
Have you bought your Gala table or tickets yet? Act soon, as the
tables and tickets are selling quickly! You can buy tickets online
at http://utcatholic.org/anniversary.php or by placing a check in
the collection basket (!!!write Gala tickets in the memo line!!!).
Tickets are $150 each, and tables of eight are $2,000. Only 22
tables remain. Don't miss your chance!
READINGS FOR THE WEEK  Mother Teresa's nuns - the
Mon: 1 Cor 11:17-26,33; Jn 19:25-27
Tues: 1 Cor 12:12-14,27-31a; Lk 7:11-17
Wed: 1 Cor 12:31-13:13; Lk 7:31-35
Thurs: 1 Cor 15:1-11; Lk 7:36-50
Fri: 1 Cor 15:12-20; Lk 8:1-3
Sat: 1 Cor 15:35-37,42-49; Lk 8:4-15
Sun: Is 55:6-9; Phil 1:20c-24,27a; Mt 20:1-16a
Exultation of the Cross
Religious Education Classes for Children
We are now forming RE classes for grades PreK through 12 for
the 2008-09 school year.
For more information regarding the program or to be added to
the online community for Children’s RE, contact Michael
Burkhart at tarazan_fox@yahoo.com or Anne Gilbert at
annemgilbert@hotmail.com.
Our classes meet in the UCC on Sundays immediately following
the 9:00 am Mass. As always, we need participation from many
parents! We have a small group with small classes and the UCC
has no Director of RE, so we ask all parents to seek The Spirit's
guidance to contribute to our program. We encourage team or
group teaching. If you have any questions, please call Anne
Gilbert at 301-4312 or Mary Beck at 502-1225.
Children’s Social Justice Program
The UCC will be working with the social justice team at St.
Austin’s to provide a social justice program this Fall for
Religious Education age children. Join us at St. Austin’s Hecker
Hall for The Parable of the Cocoa Farmer and the Good
Samaritan at 10:15 am on Sunday, Sept. 28th. Sign up for our 6
week email-based program to learn more about Fair Trade,
where chocolate comes from, the Catholic Social Teachings, and
how to live in Solidarity: 5minutesperweek.org
Contact Michael Burkhart(tarazan_fox@yahoo.com) or Nick
Jackson(najjackson@yahoo.com) for more information.
Ministry Training
Training for new liturgical ministers - Lectors, Extraordinary
Ministers of Holy Communion, Mass Coordinators - will be held
this Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, September 16 and 17, as
well as Tuesday and Wednesday, September 23 and 24 at 7:00 in
the Holy Spirit Chapel. Current ministers also may attend for
updating and refreshing.
Fr. Ed’s Mission in Calcutta
Fr. Ed K. will lead a presentation and show slides from his recent
mission trip to Calutta, India after all Masses next Sunday,
September 21. He and UT
student (and newly
baptized Catholic!) Adam
Shendelman spent several
weeks working with
Missionaries of Charity - at
"Kalighat," the home for
the dying and the destitute.
Pictured: Adam Shendelman, Edward Alonzo, Michelle
Thibodeaux, Fr. Ed K. and Sister Karina, MC standing at Mother
Teresa's tomb in the motherhouse of the Missionaries of Charity
following the Mass Fr. Ed celebrated at the tomb (there's an altar
nearby - we didn't do Mass on the tomb itself!)
 Our Gifts to God Week of September 15th
Monday Sep 15 — Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
The Numbers: * 12:05 pm—Mass Holy Spirit Chapel
$4,000 $3,562
9 am Mass: * 12:30 pm—Reconciliation St. Paul Rec. Chapel
$3,500
$3,000
$2,883
$1,538 * 6 pm — SJ Council Mtg Mother Teresa Room
$2,379
$2,500 $1,936 11:30 am Mass: * 6:30 pm — Social Justice Mtg Mother Teresa Room
$2,000 $937 * 7 pm — RCIA Catacombs
$1,500
5 pm Mass: * 7 pm — CFC Youth Mtg St. Francis Room
$1,000
$500 $426 * 7 pm — MEO Bid Night Offsite
$0 8 pm Mass: * 8 pm — Longhorns for Life Mother Teresa Room
8/17 8/24 8/31 9/7
$661
Tuesday Sep 16—Memorial of St. Cornelius
Other Income:
* 12:30 pm—Mass Holy Spirit Chapel
$10607
* 1 pm—Reconciliation St. Paul Rec. Chapel
Thank you for supporting last week’s Black Bag collection. At * 2 pm — Staff Meeting Conference Room
Mass last week, you gave $716 with more coming in through * 7 pm — Ministry Training Holy Spirit Chapel
monthly giving! Thank you! * 7 pm — LOA Pledge Mtg St. Francis Room
* 7 pm — UGAP Mtg Mother Teresa Room
Thank You! * 7 pm — CIW Meeting St. Matthew Room
A big THANK YOU to * 8 pm — LOA Active Mtg St. Francis Room
everyone who volunteered or * 8 pm — MEO Info Session St. Matthew Room
* 9 pm — Night Prayer by LOA Blessed Sacrament Chapel
wanted more information on the
various ministries we have at
Wednesday Sep 17—Opt. Mem: St. Robert Bellarmine
the UCC.
∗ 12:05 pm—Mass Holy Spirit Chapel
If you signed up, you should be * 12:30 pm — Carbos for Christ Atrium
hearing from someone soon. * 2 pm — UT Project Mtg St. Thomas More Library
* 7 pm — Ministry Training Holy Spirit Chapel
If you haven’t signed up yet, * 7 pm — MEO Telete Catacombs
you still can after all the Masses * 7 pm — STRONG Officers St. Francis Room
this week! * 8 pm — STRONG Meeting St. Francis Room

Thursday Sep 18—24th Week of Ordinary Time

Make Someone’s Day Staff Retreat Day
Come join a group of volunteers who make people happy! On ∗ 12:30 pm—Communion Svc Holy Spirit Chapel
Sunday mornings we carpool to our sister community at the * 7 pm — Compass Bible Study Mother Teresa Room
Austin State School for the Mentally Retarded. We accompany * 7 pm — Social Justice Movie Catacombs
residents to a Catholic prayer service we hold in the * 8 pm — Adoration Holy Spirit Chapel
Chapel. Many of these folks are in wheelchairs and could not
come to church without us. For more information, please sign
Friday Sep 19 —Opt. Mem: St. Januarius
up at the front counter; call Kathy Hackett, 512.928.1776: or
email stateschool@utcatholic.org ∗ 12:05 pm—Mass Holy Spirit Chapel
∗ 5 pm — Korean ACM Mtg Mother Teresa Room
∗ 7 pm — LA 45 Staff Mtg Multiple Rooms
Weekly Reflection Question:
What stirs in your heart when you see the cross? In
which ways does the cross transform your daily Saturday Sep 20—Memorial: Sts. Andrew Taegon, et al.
life? * TBA — LOA Tailgate Contact loa@utcatholic.org

Sunday Sep 21—25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Micah 6 Food Pantry
UCC participates in the ecumenical Micah 6 food Masses at 9 am, 11:30 am, 5 pm and 8 pm
pantry through donation and volunteering on * 1 pm — Faithful Citizenship St. Thomas More Library
Thursdays and Saturdays. Many of the people we * 6:15 pm—MEO Meeting St. Francis Room
serve are homeless. Don’t forget our “neighbors” who have * 6:30 pm — Schoenstatt Info Mother Teresa & Library
nothing during the fall. Please bring canned goods and packaged * 7 pm — Small Group St. Matthew Room
dry goods to Sunday Mass for the baskets near the fountain. We * 8 pm — RCIA Dismissal Mother Teresa Room
ask that you continue to support the Micah 6 Food Pantry with
your generous donations. Contact Jim Harrington at View the master calendar online at utcatholic.org
jch@mail.utexas.edu for more information.
The Exultation of the Cross is one of the few feast days that “trump” a Sunday celebration. This celebration
is always held on September 14th and just happens to fall on Sunday this year.