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University Catholic Center June 1, 2008 9th Sunday of OT

New UCC Director Announced!


Father John Duffy, CSP, president of the Paulist Fathers, recently announced the Paulist who will succeed
Father Dave Farnum, CSP as director of the University Catholic Center. Father Ed Nowak (pronounced
'Novak") will take the helm effective August 1, 2008. Father Nowak is currently serving the Paulists as
Director of Vocations, a position he has held for six years. His previous assignments include campus ministry
positions at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis.
Father Nowak is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is 47 years old and has been a priest for 19 years.

Today's Black Bag Collection


UCC SUMMER HOURS
We are open during the summer Down Home Ranch is a country place for kids and adults
10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. with special needs, seeking to build a rural, self-reliant
community for adults with mental retardation, offering
Daily Mass: 12:05 pm training, housing, recreation, and dignified employment, as
in the Mother Teresa Room. well as opportunities for growth in mind, body, and spirit.
Down Home Ranch seeks to be faithful to the Christian
mission to provide for those in need. Volunteers always
Reconciliation after Mass
needed: downhomeranch.org
on Mondays and Tuesdays
Sunday Masses: 10:30 am and 8:00 pm Compass Bible Study During the Summer!
Meeting on Tuesday nights from 7-8 pm in the St.
Francis Room during the Summer, Compass is a
fun and laid-back way to read scripture and get a
Congrats to Austin’s Newest Priests!
little more out of Mass. Every week we spend an hour dis-
Congrats to Frs. Bradford Arriaga, Daniel Liu and Nock cussing the next Sunday’s readings and sharing our faith. We
are student run, student led, and totally low time commitment,
Russell who were ordained yesterday by Bishop Aymond!
so drop by whenever you can. Come hang out with us this
Tuesday!
Want to lose weight, get in shape, have fun, make new
friends? Missionaries Travel to Slidell

Sound too good to be true? It has to be true if it’s in the Nineteen


Parish Bulletin! The St. Austin’s Adult Volleyball would like student
to invite UCC parishioners to join them any Thursday missionaries
evening at 7:30 pm in the Parish Center/Gym at 21st Street & and three staff
San Antonio. Anyone, 18 years or older, regardless of skill members
level is welcome to join us for pick-up volleyball. You are traveled to
not joining a team – whoever shows, plays. Come late, leave Slidell, LA
early, skip a month – but whenever you can, join this fun last week to
loving community! For more information, contact Mark assist those
Landers, 472-9663 or mark@landersstudio.com. who are still
homeless
three years
after Hurricane Katrina. Thank you to all of our missionaries
READINGS FOR THE WEEK 
  who shared their time and talents for this cause and to our
Mon: 2 Pt 1:2-7; Mk 12:1-12 community for their prayful support: Allison Owens, Amy
Tues: 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18; Mk 12:13-17 Scholze, Ashley Haustein, Bernice Medellin, Carlos
Wed: 2 Tm 1:1-3,6-12; Mk 12:18-27 Martinez, Chelsea Griffo, Chris Babb, Eric Uniacke, Felicia
Thurs: 2 Tm 2:8-15; Mk 12:28-34 Travieso, Jaquelyn Sugianto, Jenna Saldana, Joshua Avelar,
Fri: 2 Tm 3:10-17; Mk 12:35-37 Keith Epley, Laura Schultz, Leah Kolar, Ly Pham, Marianne
Sat: 2 Tm 4:1-8; Mk 12:38-44 Santoso, Michelle Goodwin, Nancy Ngo, Nicholas Jimenez,
Sun: Hos 6:3-6; Rom 4:18-25; Mt 9:9-13 Raul Guiterrez and Vidia Paramita.
More pictures are online at utcatholic.org/pictures
Our Gifts to God UCC FUNCTIONS FOR THIS WEEK

The Numbers:
$4,000 $3,553
Week of June 1, 2008
10:30 am Mass:
$3,000 $2,473 Monday June 2
$2,187 $807 ∗ 12:05 pm—Mass Mother Teresa
$2,000 $1,466
8:00 pm Mass:
Tuesday June 3
$1,000 $659 ∗ 12:05 pm—Mass Mother Teresa
Other Income: ∗ 6:30 pm—Theology on Tap Pluckers on S. Lamar
$0
∗ 7 pm — UGAP Mother Teresa
5/4 5/11 5/18 5/25 $5,095
∗ 7 pm — Compass Bible Study St. Francis Room

As we have a chance to catch our breathes over the summer, look Wednesday June 4
forward to more information in this section to help keep you ∗ 12:05 pm—Mass Mother Teresa
aware of the stewardship happening in our community.
Thursday June 5
∗ First Day of Classes for the 1st Summer Session
St. Austin has openings for 2008-2009 ∗ 12:05 pm—Mass Mother Teresa
St. Austin Catholic School has been sharing the Catholic faith
with the children of Austin for 90 years. Located in the heart Friday June 6
of Austin, our students reflect the diverse population of our ∗ 12:05 pm—Mass Mother Teresa
city. Our families represent nine area parishes and 41 ZIP
codes within the diocese. At St. Austin, the rigorous K-8 cur- Saturday June 7
riculum reflects the integration of our faith values in all con-
tent areas. We were the first private school in the Austin area Sunday June 8
to be awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award and are ∗ 10:30 am Mass Holy Spirit Chapel
dually accredited by TCCED and SACS. For more informa- ∗ 8 pm RCIA Dismissal Mother Teresa
tion visit www.staustinschool.org or call Donna Woodard at ∗ 8 pm Mass Holy Spirit Chapel
(512) 477-3751.
Looking Ahead:
∗ We’ll return to four Mass Sundays on August 24
Give a Stimulus to the Economy — and the UCC! ∗ Our Welcome Dinner is tentatively scheduled for Sept 12
Over the next several weeks, many of us will be receiving View the master calendar online at utcatholic.org
“Economic Stimulus” checks from the federal government.
This “extra” money is an excellent opportunity to practice the Weekly Reflection Question:
discipline of good stewardship by using the money for pur- If the "balance" of your life was compared to the
poses beyond our own personal desires. Prayerfully consider houses built on sand and rock, which one of your
using all or part of the economic stimulus money for the houses would be biggest?
benefit of others, as we should with everything we receive.
All or a portion could be given as an extra gift back to God Micah 6 Food Pantry
through the Sunday collection, or to another charity. Each UCC participates in the ecumenical Micah 6
time we place God first by sharing all that we have been food pantry. We donate food at Mass and UCC
given -- our time, talent and treasure -- we are taking another members volunteer at the pantry on Thursday
step toward becoming a disciple of Christ and following in evenings and Saturday mornings. Many of the people we
his footsteps. If you have any questions about this, please serve are homeless. Don’t forget our “neighbors” who have
contact Amber at amber@utcatholic.org or 476-7351 x13. nothing during the summer months. Please continue to bring
canned goods and packaged dry goods to Sunday Mass for
the baskets near the fountain. We ask that you continue to
support the Micah 6 Food Pantry with your generous
donations. Thanks to all for your help.
University Graduate Students & Professionals-
UGAP is a group of post-college age people who Paulist Fun Fact of the Week:
share and live the love of Christ in community The oldest living and longest serving Paulist is Father
through worship, faith formation, social service, spiritual Edward J. McDonald, C.S.P., at age 93. He served St.
development and fellowship. We meet on Tuesdays at 7 pm in Austin’s from 1946-1948 and again 1953-1955. (Our
the Mother Teresa Room throughout the Summer. Fr. Bob is the 5th oldest Paulist, but the oldest in “active duty”!)

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