Second Sunday of Lent

February 17, 2008

Christ Jesus . . . destroyed death
and brought life and immortality
to light through the gospel.
— 2 Timothy 1:10b
University Catholic Center

Where’s Father Dave? READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

He’s in Chicago this weekend celebrating the 175th  

Anniversary of Old St. Mary Catholic Church, the Mon: Dn 9:4b-10; Lk 6:36-38
oldest Catholic faith community in Chicago, served Tues: Is 1:10, 16-20; Mt 23:1-12
by the Paulist Fathers since 1903. Barring any Wed: Jer 18:18-20; Mt 20:17-28
blizzards, he’ll be back in time to preside at the 8 pm Mass on Thurs: Jer 17:5-10; Lk 16:19-31
Sunday. Fri: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Mt 16:13-19
Sat: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
Sun: Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42

Our Gifts to God

$4,000
$3,502
$3,500

$3,000 $2,835
Our prayers are with the eight members of the RCIA process ASH
WEDNESDAY $2,473
who celebrated the Rite of Sending at the 11:30 am Mass last
$2,500 $2,318
Sunday, and the Rite of Election with Bishop Aymond last $2,166
Sunday afternoon. Now known as the Elect, Aliya Baig, Chi $1,811
$2,000
Elliott, Jaime Fink, Andrew Hui, Nancy, Ngo, Femi Olasupo,
Adam Shendelman and Vivian Xue will celebrate the Sacra- $1,500
ments of Initiation - Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist, at
the Easter Vigil on March 22. $1,000
Also celebrating last Sunday in their recognition by Bishop
Aymond were candidates Juan Camarillo and Nicholas Chu. $500
Already baptized, they will be celebrating their full commun-
ion in the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil through the Sac- $0
raments of Confirmation and Eucharist. 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3 2/6 2/10

The Social Justice Team would like to thank

Fr. Hecker Quote of the Week:
everyone for their generosity in the Fair Trade
chocolate and coffee sale. You contributed Keep your heart free for God and let Him have un-
$288.05. To learn more about fair trade products, visit bounded freedom within it.
Catholic Relief Services at crsfairtrade.org.

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 476-7351 or
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 are 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.
 Thanks to Fr. Paul Ro-
bichaud, CSP and his
informative and comfort-
able lecture style, the Renewal Retreat
was very well attended. Fr. Paul did a
wonderful job of giving history as well
as informing us about Fr. Hecker and
the founding of the Paulist Fathers Re-
ligious Order. All in all it was a very
good retreat! Thanks to Michael and
Amy Burkhart on Friday night for get-
ting all the food and tables going and
to JP and Aida Regalado for the great
food on Saturday; thanks to Michelle
Goodwin for ALL the details she han-
dled. To Fr. Dave for the many behind
the scenes things he did (and great mop
work!) To Rachel Gardner and
Rodolfo Barniol Duran for helping me
with registration and being so suppor-
tive and thoughtful. Special thanks to
Beth Boren who handled all the money
and helped out in many, many ways! -
Kathy Hackett
Lord, let your mercy be upon us,
as we place our trust in you.
LA-44! Join us for a weekend retreat
filled with fellowship, faith, and good
times. Awakening, which will be on
February 22-24, is open to all students,
and costs $35 for the entire weekend.
Applications are available now at the
UCC front desk, and will be due on
Monday February 18 at 5 pm in the
folder labeled Longhorn Awakening.
E-mail Co-Coordinators Anthony
(Bacon) Ortiz or Felicia Ramos at
awakening@utcatholic.org for more
information. Hope to see you there!
Catholicism 101 is back!
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. For more info
contact Kraft at kraft@utcatholic.org .
Carbos for Christ
All are invited for food and
fellowship at 12:30 pm on
Wednesdays in the Atrium. $3.00 sug-
gested donation. This is such a wonder-
ful meal, it was written up in the Daily
Texan! You don’t want to miss out.
Celebrate with the Paulist UCC FUNCTIONS FOR
Fathers! THIS WEEK
The Paulists invite you to join
them as they celebrate 150 Week of February 17, 2008
years of ministry June 19-21 in Wash- PHONATHON 6-8:45 PM
ington, D.C. The Paulist 150th Anniver-
sary Convocation will feature exciting •Monday Feb. 18
guest speakers, the 150th Anniversary ∗ 12:05 pm Mass HSC
liturgy at the Basilica of the National ∗ 6:30 pm Social Justice MT
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception ∗ 7 pm RCIA BSMT
and a gala dinner. Don’t miss it! To ∗ 7:30 pm CLFL MT
register, log on to www.paulist.org/ Tuesday Feb. 19
convocation or call 202-269-2512. ∗ 12:30 pm Mass HSC
∗ 7 pm Confirmation BSMT
∗ 7 pm UGAP MT
UCC Marriage ∗ 7 pm Catholicism 101 SMk
Prep Workshop Wednesday Feb. 20
The Spring UCC Marriage Preparation ∗ 12:05 pm Mass HSC
Workshop will be held March 28-29. ∗ 7 pm Men of Virtue (MOV) SMt
Volunteers are needed for hospitality ∗ 7 pm STRONG Officers SMk
and food preparation (lasagnas, salad ∗ 8 pm STRONG SF
and bread for Friday evening dinner
and continental breakfast items, along Thursday Feb. 21
with juice and fruit for Saturday ∗ 12:30 pm Mass HSC
morning). A sign-up sheet can be ∗ 7 pm Compass MT
found at the front desk. Welcoming ∗ 7 pm LA-44 HSC
* 7:30 pm LA-44 BSMT
letters for the participating couples
from “established” married couples are ∗ 8 pm Adoration HSC
also needed. To assist, please contact Friday Feb. 22
Dorothy and Deacon John De La ∗ 12:05 pm Mass HSC
Garza at john@utcatholic.org. ∗ 5:30 pm Rosary HSC
* 6 pm Stations of the Cross HSC
* 6:30 pm Soup Supper ATRM;
Compass Bible Study! KT
Meeting on Thursday nights Saturday Feb. 23
from 7-8 pm in the Mother * 11 am RCIA - St Austin’s HSC,
Teresa Room, Compass is a fun BSMT, RECON. , STML
and laid-back way to read scripture and
Sunday Feb. 24 3rd Sunday of Lent
get a little more out of Mass. Every
∗ 9 am RE Classes MT, SF
week we spend an hour discussing the SMt; SMk, BSMT; STML
next Sunday’s readings and sharing our
∗ 4 pm Women of Grace MT
faith. We are student run, student led, * 7 pm RCIA Dismissal MT
and totally low time commitment, so
drop by whenever you can. Come hang
out with us this Thursday! To see Christ transfigured
was to see the glory of God.
When have you glimpsed
Guys--you want to exercise your God's glory?
spiritual muscle?
All men are invited to join us as we
look at what it means to be Men of University Graduate
Virtue on Wednesdays at 7 pm in the Students & Professionals
St Matthew Room. As Men of Virtue, UGAP is a group of post-
we're called not just to do the "right college age people who share and live
thing" but to really develop an attitude the love of Christ in community
of the Gospels. What? You're not through worship, faith formation, social
perfect yet? Good. Come and work out service, spiritual development and
with us. Men of Virtue, Wednesdays, 7 fellowship. We meet on Tuesdays at 7
pm St. Matthew Room. pm in the Mother Teresa Room.