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October 7, 2007
Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
— Psalm 95:6
University Catholic Center
Serve Your Neighbor: Father Dave’s Top 10 List Social Justice Movie Screening
Over 10% of people executed in the U.S. have a
1. Bring a can of food for Micah 6 Food Pantry history of mental illness. Why does the killing
2. Attend a Social Justice Committee or Catholic Long- continue? The UCC Social Justice Team & Catholic
horns for Life Meeting Longhorns for Life invite you to a screening of the
3. Make your own Hope Bag* and keep it in your car to documentary "Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott
give to a homeless person Panetti" with a discussion moderated by Texas Coalition
4. Spend a Saturday morning distributing food at Micah 6 Against the Death Penalty's Kristin Houle. It will take place
Food Pantry Mon. Oct. 8, 7:30-9 pm in the UCC Library.
5. Place a donation in the monthly Black Bag collection
Fair trade realizes human dignity, come find out
6. Write a letter to your Congress reps supporting the Jubi- how! The Social Justice Team invites you to two
lee Act H.R. 2634
events presented by the winners of the Catholic Relief
7. Pray for all people on death row, especially Dale Services Fair Trade Contest. "Fair Trade and Ghana," a panel
Scheanette, the next Texas inmate scheduled for execu- presentation, will take place on the UT campus in Burdine
tion on 11/27/07 136 on Tues. Oct. 9 at 5 pm. A screening of the documentary
8. Go to daily Mass once a week "Black Gold" will be held on Thurs. Oct. 18 at 5 pm in Mezes
9. Call someone you haven’t talked to in a while and tell B0.306. Free Fair Trade coffee will be served at both events!
them you love them
10. Practice a random act of kindness
Reflection Question
* Hope Bag is small bag filled with non-perishable food
• Do a good deed for someone this week without
items, toiletries, a beverage, hard candy
them knowing you were behind the action.
and massage of prayer that one gives to
someone who might need help.
Our Gifts to God
Learning to count is good.
Tired of homework? Try assigning it! But learning what counts is better.
Live in community with 11 other single young women and
men for two years while teaching in a Catholic school in the
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. You’ll also complete a $4,500
master’s degree at the University of St. Thomas, become $3,895
$4,000 $3,673
certified as a teacher and work on your personal spiritual
growth. If you’ve considered the Peace Corps or Teach for $3,500 $3,308 $3,249
America but wish to participate in a Catholic ministry, the $2,984
GRACE Program might be for you! Attend any of the Oct. 7 $3,000 $2,717
masses to learn more, or look at www.stthom.edu/grace.
$2,500
$2,000
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Mon: Jon 1:1 — 2:2, 11; Lk 10:25-37 $1,500
Tues: Jon 3:1-10; Lk 10:38-42 $1,000
Wed: Jon 4:1-11; Lk 11:1-4
Thurs: Mal 3:13-20b; Lk 11:5-13 $500
Fri: Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2; Lk 11:15-26
$0
Sat: Jl 4:12-21; Lk 11:27-28
Sun: 2 Kgs 5:14-17; Ps 98; 2 Tm 2:8-13; Lk 17:11-19 8/26 9/2 9/9 9/16 9/23 9/30
Thank you so much for your generosity! The Social
Justice Team made over $330 in their fair trade UCC FUNCTIONS FOR THIS WEEK
coffee, organic baked goods, and t-shirt sales last
weekend. The money will help buy supplies for Hope Bags Week of October 7, 2007
for the homeless and help fund educational events. If you
would like to purchase a t-shirt, the team still has a few left Monday Oct. 8
over! Email sjteam@utcatholic.org for info. • 12:05 pm Mass HSC
• 6:30 pm Social Justice BSMT
Next Step Retreat. • 7 pm RCIA SF
Have you been asking yourself these questions: Should • 7:30 pm CLFL MT
I stay in my major? What's my next life step? What
happens when I graduate? How do I discern God's Tuesday Oct. 9
voice in the decisions I make? If you’re asking yourself these • 12:30 pm Mass HSC
questions, the "Next Step Retreat" may be for you. This three • 7 pm LOA SF
day discernment retreat will be held October 19, 20 & 21. For • 7 pm UGAP MT
more information check out the info folder at the front desk or • 7 pm Catholicism 101 SMk
contact Michelle Goodwin @ michelle@utcatholic.org. • 7:30 pm CIW Victory SMt