+++Please join us in praying the Rosary in the Holy Spirit Chapel Sunday at 10:00 a.m.+++

Thank you, Fr. Mike Kallock, CSP for being with us these last two weeks and for your
willingness to assist us as Father Ruben is in treatment.    Have a safe trip home to New York.
 
Fr. Tom Hall CSP.
Welcome Fr. Tom Hall CSP, a retired military chaplain, having served as a Naval Chaplain.  He now resides in the west coast.  Fr Tom will arrive on Monday, September 23th. and will be with us until mid October.
 
Helping Center Collection  
The Knights of Columbus collected 52 Brown Bags and lots of HEB cards, cash and checks in the amount of $1,514.  The Helping Center appreciates all that you do for families in our area.  God bless you for your generosity.
 
Did You See ???
St. Paul the Apostle was in the spotlight of Catholic Spirit.  The article is posted in Hecker Hall.
 
Basic Teachings of the Catholic Faith Series
The Diocese of Austin, in partnership with Holy Trinity Parish in Llano, will be offering The Basic Teachings of the Catholic Faith on Saturdays from 9:30 to 3:30, following the schedule below.  You can participate in the entire five class series for a cost of $50, OR take only the classes you’re most interested in for a charge of $10 each; payable in advance or at the door.  To enroll, please complete a registration form (available in our church office or at  https://www.austindioese.org/classes); mailing the completed form to the address listed on it.  You will also need to bring your bible to the class.  If you have any questions, please contact Janet Pedersen @ 325.247.2060.

• “Sacred Scripture”on September 21
• “The Creed” on October 19
• “Liturgy and Sacraments” on November 16
• “Christian Morality” on January 18
• “Prayer and Spirituality” on February 15

 
First Friday Adoration and St. Francis of Assisi Obligatory Memorial
First Friday Adoration and St. Francis of Assisi Obligatory Memorial will be held Friday, October 4th,  beginning at 8:30 a.m. and will close with Benediction.  Father Rubén will anoint the sick at the 8:00 a.m. Mass on that day. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed in the Holy Spirit Chapel. Sign-up sheets are available at each entrance to the church.  There is ample room in the chapel for several adorers at any given time. For additional information, please contact : Angela Cook (801)633-1242       Indeed, Our Lord will be waiting for you!
 
First Saturday Social and First Sunday Donuts
Our monthly First Saturday Social, sponsored by our WWIC's group, will take place Saturday, October 5th, in the Finn Family Life Center after 5:30 pm Mass. Come join us! On Sunday, October 6th, the Knights of Columbus will serve a variety of donuts, fruit, and juice and coffee. See you there!
 
***  Next Weekends second collection will be for our building fund ***
 
Essay Contest
2019 Maryknoll Student Essay Contest 1 ^st place in each division is $1,000.00 .   Please take a form located in Hecker hall for details .  Pope Francis challenges young people: “Learn to swim against the tide, learn how to share Jesus and the Faith he has given you.”
 
 200 years, Servant of God Isaac Hecker, Founder of the Paulist Fathers
 December 18, 1819 – December 18, 2019
 
  St. Paul’s to Host Internationally Known Singer and Songwriter David Kauffman
 Tickets are now on sale for a luncheon and musical performance by internationally known singer and songwriter David Kauffman. Sponsored by St. Paul's women's group, WWICS, the October 19 event will begin at 11 a.m. with a luncheon in the Family Life Center. Mr. Kauffman’s performance will begin at 1 p.m. in the church. Cost of tickets for both the luncheon and the musical performance is $30. Cost of tickets for Mr. Kauffman’s performance only is $20. Mr. Kauffman began performing music some 30 years ago at Sunday night youth services in San Antonio area churches. Eventually, he decided to leave a successful career in banking and real estate and devote his life to writing, producing and performing music that helps people experience God’s embrace in everyday life. He has written and produced award-winning music and performed across the nation and the world, singing over 1,500 concerts and missions. In 1997, he was invited to perform before Pope John Paul II and 1.5 million Catholic youth at World Youth Day in Paris, France. Tickets are available before and after weekend Masses and at the St. Paul’s parish office. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday. 
 
The Pivotal Players
Mark your calendars for the next edition of The Pivotal Players, which will begin in mid-October.   The Pivotal Players is a multipart series by Bishop Barron that illumines a handful of saints, artists, mystics and scholars who not only shaped the life of the church but changed the course of western civilization.  The next study focuses on two incredible saints from the fourth and fifth centuries:  St. Augustine of Hippo and St. Benedict of Nursia.  Specific dates and time will be announced later. 

Caring Bridge
A detailed account of Father Ruben’s Cancer journey is on the website  www.caringbridge.org.  If you would like to follow, please send an email to the office and you will be invited.
“Well folks, I have now had eleven infusions with one more scheduled for October 3rd.  All looks good for that treatment to be my last session. Two weeks later, October 17th or there about, i will have a PET Scan to verify if all cancer has been eradicated. I am truly hopeful that an affirmative result will be had. Please keep up with the prayers.  This coming week is my “off week” but as in the past experiences, I may be dealing with side effects during that week.
Thank you for your support, prayers and friendship.
Fr. Ruben
 
Bible Study
Bible study: I have been approached by parishioners to provide a bible study besides the Women’s Bible study. Some have asked for a Men’s group and others have asked for a group that would also include men and women.  I would like to meet with interested individuals; please contact the office and you will be advised of the next step. 
Fr. Ruben

St John Fall Festival
St. John’s Catholic Church in Marble Falls will have a fall festival on October 20 ^th.  from 9 am to 6:30 pm.  Food, music and games.  To purchase raffle tickets for a new Jeep plus many other great prizes you may contact:  Nubia Reeves 731.826.0679 or nubiareeves@gmail.com. More information listed in Hecker Hall.
                                                            
# Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which will be highlighted throughout the month of October.
 
* RUAH every Tuesday at 11:00 am in the FLC.
* St. Paul Bible Study continues on Monday’s at 2:30 pm in the FLC.
                   
  Thank you for your generous contributions totaling $5,752.00

 

 

The Bicentennial Year theme for August is The Holy Spirit and the World: the Renewal of the Age
As a young man, Hecker had briefly gravitated to politics as the agent of societal renewal. The mature Hecker, however, came to envision a social renewal in which individuals - converted to Catholicism as the answer to their deepest human aspirations - would thus be individually open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and to the fullest appropriation of the Holy Spirit’s gifts in all aspects of their lives.
 One of Isaac Hecker’s perennial preoccupations was the relationship between Roman Catholicism and American culture. He believed that the evangelization of American society through missionary action - aimed at the conversion of individuals and the consequent transformation of a culture - would benefit both Church and civil society. Challenging Catholics to a higher standard of moral and spiritual behavior would contribute, Hecker hoped, to improving the overall quality of Catholic life in the United States, which in turn should make the Church more attractive to non-Catholics.         
“But the discerning mind will not fail to see that the republic and the Catholic Church are working together under the same divine guidance, forming the various races of men and nationalities into a homogeneous people, and by their united action giving a bright promise of a broader and higher development of man than has been heretofore accomplished.”                           [The Church and the Age, 1887]                                                                                                                                                  
If you have asked Father Hecker to pray for you or another person who is ill, and you believe something miraculous has happened, please phone Father Paul Robichaud, CSP, at 202-269-2519 and tell him your story.