First Sunday of Lent

February 10, 2008

“The Lord, your God, shall you worship
and him alone shall you serve.”
— Matthew 4:10

University Catholic Center

We, the UCC staff would like to

THANK YOU take the opportunity to thank READINGS FOR THE WEEK 
 

STRONG and all the UCC groups for the wonderful Mon:  Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Mt 25:31-46
job they did for the Date auction. We most especially Tues: Is 55:10-11; Mt 6:7-15
like to thank Adam Henry and Amy Fujarski for their Wed: Jon 3:1-10; Lk 11:29-32
leadership and hard work coordinating the night. We Thurs: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Mt 7:7-12
want to thank the committees, the cooks, the Emcees Fri: Ez 18:21-28; Mt 5:20-26
and all who worked so hard to make it a Mardi Gras Sat: Dt 26:16-19; Mt 5:43-48
night to remember with a wrestler, a princess and a Sun: Gn 12:1-4a; Ps 33; 2 Tm 1:8b-10; Mt 17:1-9
marriage proposal. It was a magical night.
STRONG would like to thank everyone who came out
to the Date Auction last weekend! The evening was a Our Gifts to God
wonderful success, bringing in a grand total of
$5733.96 for the UCC! This money will be used to $4,000
buy new furniture for the Atrium and to help pay the
$3,502
UCC electric bill. THANK YOU to all of the students, $3,500
staff, and community members who contributed
money to buy a date with our lovely contestants. Also, $3,000 $2,835
congratulations to our raffle winner, Kelli Sullivan,
who will receive a Visa gift card worth $212.50! $2,500 $2,318
$2,158

$2,000 $1,811

Fr. Hecker Quote of the Week: $1,500

Paradise is not lost, it still exists upon the earth. The $883
$1,000
lily is as sweet, the rose as beautiful and the sun as
bright as they were before Adam sinned. The earth
$500
is still God’s earth and His creation is still very
good, but man has lost the vision of Paradise by rea- $0
son of sin. We have eyes and cannot see. 12/30 01/06/08 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3

Commit to Fair Trade this Lent
The Social Justice Team will be selling fair trade
coffee, chocolate, and flowers for Valentine's Day
after all Masses today. Stop by to learn more about
fair trade, Catholic Social Teaching, and to make a purchase
for that special someone.
El Salvador Spring Break Trip Bake Sale at St. Austin
The Spring Break delegates will have a bake sale and adopt-a-
missionary opportunity after all Masses at St. Austin today. If
you missed the chance to give, please stop by, or drop off
donations of any amount to the UCC front desk.

Everyone is invited to the UCC Lenten Soup Suppers

HELP! Volunteer Receptionists are 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 476-7351or
frontdesk@utcatholic.org. This is a great way to meet your
fellow students, study and see what goes on at the UCC in the
evenings.
which will be held from 6:30-7:30 pm Fridays during
Lent. Come join us for a simple meal, a social justice
message and wonderful fellowship. Please bring a bowl and a
spoon, and some bread to share. We are in need of 3 or 4 cooks
each week to make a meatless soup, to serve about 20-30. If
you are interested in preparing a soup for one of the Fridays,
please contact Michael Burkhart at tarazan_fox@yahoo.com.
 35.5 million people in the
United States,
including 12.6 million children,
live in households that experience
hunger or the risk of hunger.
Household Food Security in the United
States, 2005
Want to learn more?
Make a difference?
Mark your calendar for:
2008 Hunger Banquet
Sat., Feb. 16 6:30-8 pm
St. Austin Catholic Parish,
Hecker Hall
For more info please contact
Karen Ranus at 512.477.9471 or
kranus@staustin.org
Guys--you want to exercise your
spiritual muscle?
All men are invited to join us as we
look at what it means to be Men of
Virtue on Wednesdays at 7 pm in the
St Matthew Room. As Men of Virtue,
we're called not just to do the "right
thing" but to really develop an attitude
of the Gospels. What? You're not
perfect yet? Good. Come and work out
with us. Men of Virtue, Wednesdays, 7
pm St. Matthew Room.
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!
Jesus was tempted three
times. What are the three
most-tempting things in your
life?
Catholicism 101 is back!
The next session of Catholicism 101
meets to study the sacraments and how
we celebrate our Catholic faith.
Everyone is welcome to join us on
Tuesday nights at 7 pm in the St.
Mark's Room upstairs. For more info
contact Kraft at kraft@utcatholic.org .
CLFL will be hosting it's second UCC FUNCTIONS FOR THIS
annual Prayer Vigil for Life on WEEK
Saturday February 16th at the UCC.
We will be meeting for mass at 7:00 Week of February 10, 2008
am, then car pooling to Austin PHONATHON 6-8:45 PM
Women's Health Center where we will
be peacefully gathering to pray the •Monday Feb. 11
rosary for mothers considering ∗ 12:05 pm Mass HSC
abortion, their babies, as well as the ∗ 6:30 pm Social Justice MT
abortion facility workers. Adoration ∗ 7 pm RCIA BSMT
will be offered at the UCC in place of ∗ 7:30 pm CLFL MT
praying at the facility for those who Tuesday Feb. 12
cannot come with us to the abortion ∗ 12:30 pm Mass HSC
facility following mass. Please come ∗ 7 pm UGAP MT
join us as we peacefully give witness to ∗ 7 pm Catholicism 101 SMk
God's love and mercy for all affected
Wednesday Feb. 13
by this tragic procedure.
∗ 12:05 pm Mass HSC
∗ 7 pm Men of Virtue (MOV) SMt
LA-44! Join us for a weekend retreat ∗ 7 pm STRONG Officers SMk
filled with fellowship, faith, and good ∗ 8 pm STRONG SF
times. Awakening, which will be on Thursday Feb. 14
February 22-24, is open to all students, ∗ 12:30 pm Mass HSC
and costs $35 for the entire weekend. ∗ 7 pm Compass MT
Applications are available now at the ∗ 7 pm LA-44 HSC
UCC front desk, and will be due on * 8 pm Adoration HSC
Monday February 18 at 5 pm in the
folder labeled Longhorn Awakening. Friday Feb. 15
E-mail Co-Coordinators Anthony ∗ 12:05 pm Mass HSC
(Bacon) Ortiz or Felicia Ramos at ∗ 5:30 pm Rosary HSC
* 6 pm Stations of the Cross HSC
awakening@utcatholic.org for more
* 6:30 pm Soup Supper ATRM;
information. Hope to see you there!
KT
∗ 7 pm LA-44 SMk, SF
∗ 7 pm SB Mission Trip Retreat STML,
UCC Marriage Prep
BSMT; HSC; ATRM
Workshop
The Spring UCC Marriage Preparation Saturday Feb. 16
* 8 am CLFL Prayer Vigil HSC
Workshop will be held March 28-29.
∗ 8 am SJ/Mission Trip Retreat STML;
Volunteers are needed for hospitality
BSMT; KT, ATRM
and food preparation (lasagnas, salad
and bread for Friday evening dinner Sunday Feb. 17 2nd Sunday of Lent
and continental breakfast items, along * 9 am CIW Eggroll Fundraiser KT;
with juice and fruit for Saturday ATRM
morning). A sign-up sheet can be ∗ 9 am RE Classes MT, SF
found at the front desk. Welcoming SMt; SMk, BSMT; STML
letters for the participating couples ∗ 4 pm Women of Grace MT
from “established” married couples are * 7 pm RCIA Dismissal MT
also needed. To assist, please contact
Dorothy and Deacon John De La
Garza; john@utcatholic.org. University Graduate
Students & Professionals
Carbos for Christ UGAP is a group of post-
All are invited for food and college age people. We share and live
fellowship at 12:30 pm on the love of Christ in community
Wednesdays in the Atrium. $3.00 sug- through worship, faith formation, social
gested donation. This is such a wonder- service, spiritual development and
ful meal, it was written up in the Daily fellowship. We meet at 7 pm on
Texan! You don’t want to miss out. Tuesdays in the Mother Teresa Room.