1 Samuel 3:10. Home of the. Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Women s Book Club pg 4. Experiencia Cristo #30 pg 5. Vatican II and Beyond pg 7

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1 catholicgators.org 1738 W. University Ave, Gainesville, Fl (352) Fax (352) Sunday Mon-Fri. Saturday Mon, Th, Fri Tue, Wed MASS TIMES 9:00am Family Mass 11:30am 1:30pm (Spanish) 7:30pm 12:00pm Vigil OFFICE HOURS 10:00am-5:00pm 9:00am-5:00pm Second Sunday in Ordinary Time RECONCILIATION M-F 4:30pm 5:20pm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Monday Wednesday Friday 6:00-7:00pm 4:30-5:20pm 8:15-9:15am FIRST FRIDAY Mass of the Sacred Heart and Eucharistic Adoration ROSARY Monday-Friday 11:25am Home of the Women s Book Club pg 4 Experiencia Cristo #30 pg 5 Vatican II and Beyond pg 7 1 Samuel 3:10

2 Information Clergy & Staff Members St. Augustine Church Pastor Father David Ruchinski Parochial Vicar Father Philip Timlin Administrative Assistant to the Pastor Gail Fitzsimmons RCIA and Young Adult Ministry Coordinator Vincent Herzog Liturgy Coordinator Melissa Likamwa Music Coordinator Lindsey Tran Religious Education Coordinator Elena Melendez Facilities & Operations Manager Mary T. Wise Bookkeeper Lee Ann Andrewskiewicz Parish Secretaries Brian Gulig Cecile Sands Communications Liaison Itzel Guzman The Catholic Student Center Director of the Catholic Student Center Father David Ruchinski Assistant Director Ashley Hemingway Campus Minister Sandy DeTeresa Director of Development Mel Rio Campus Ministry Assistant Sr. Ana-Luisa Galvan Alumni Outreach Coordinator Lauren Troncoso Parish Evangelization Team Coordinator Natalie Molina Seminarian Clay Ludwig FOCUS Missionaries Andrew Collins Drew Decker Kassandra Leal Hayley Tomilson Chloe Page Date Intentions Events Sunday, January 14 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, Jn 1:35-42 Monday, January 15 1 Sm 15:16-26 Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday, January 16 1 Sm 16:1-13 Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday, January 17 Saint Anthony, Abbot 1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, Mk 3:1-6 Thursday, January 18 1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7 Mk 3:7-12 Friday, January 19 1 Sm 24:3-24 Mk 3:13-19 Saturday, January 20 2 Sm 1:1-14, 11-12, 19, Mk 3:20-21 The Tabernacle Candle is being sponsored this week in memory of Margaret J. Cruise by Maria Ignacia Cruz 9:00am For the Parish 11:30am Brittany Franz 1:30pm 7:30pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm Harold Wise by Mary Wise 12:00pm birthdays & anniversaries for staff, clergy & friends 12:00pm Rosa Rabell by Paco Rabell 9:4am Religious Ed 12:30pm Life Teen/Edge 3:00pm Spanish RCIA 7:00pm RCIA 4:30pm Music Ministry Rehearsal 6:00pm Knights of Columbus Meeting 6:15pm Newman 7:30pm Spanish Choir Rehearsal 7:00pm Cursillo 9:15pm Ministry Formation 6:00pm Men s Night 6:00pm Parish Council 6:00pm Upper Room 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal Vigil Mass RCIA Sacramental Preparation Sacrament of Marriage Sacrament of Baptism Contact Vincent Herzog at vincent@catholicgators.org Call the office for information on First Reconciliation, First Communion, High School Confirmation, & Adult Confirmation preparation. Couples should meet with a priest at least eight months prior to the wedding. The wedding date should not be set before talking with a priest. Contact Gail Fitzsimmons at gail@catholicgators.org for an orientation session. Parents and prospective godparents needing to attend a baptism class should complete the Baptism Registration or Sponsor/Godparent Eligibility at catholicgators.org. Fr Philip Timlin, will contact you when we receive your registrations. Please call the parish office ( ) with questions. 2

3 Parish Stewardship STEWARDSHIP Masses on December 31, 2017 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Offertory $7, Student Center $10, E-Giving Student Center $1, E-Giving Offertory $14, Sanctuary Renovations $ nd Collection $2, Total $35, STEWARDSHIP Masses on January 7, 2018 The Epiphany of the Lord Offertory $7, E-Giving Student Center $ E-Giving Offertory $2, Sanctuary Renovations $5.00 2nd Collection $1, Advent $25.00 Poor Box $ Mercedarian Sisters $5.00 Total $11, Stewardship Spotlight - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 14, 2018 We kept our house decorated in line with Catholic tradition through the Epiphany. As I write this, our home is almost back to normal (i.e., ordinary time). We are coming off a couple of weeks of serious holiday festivities, and for students time out of class. Now it s time to get back to business either teaching (for me and my faculty colleagues) or taking (for the students) courses. Today s readings are excellent for motivating us to get into gear with our spiritual lives, too. The first reading from 1 Samuel reminds us that God is constantly calling us. This is not a historical story without relevance to us. We were all baptized to be priest, prophet, and king. But God does not force His will on us. Like Samuel, we must answer, Speak, for your servant is listening. Then our psalm says, "In the written scroll it is prescribed for me, to do your will, O my God, is my delight, and your law is within my heart!" Do we find delight in doing God s will, or do we see it as a burden? Then St. Paul gives us an extremely high standard for our actions. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body. In our society, we are made to feel that we are our own self-made people with sovereignty over ourselves. However, Jesus died for us, and so we are His. Finally, in the gospel, two disciples of John the Baptist followed Jesus based solely on John s testimony. One of them, Andrew, immediately got his brother, Simon Peter, to also follow Jesus. Two things strike me about this. One is the immediate faith of the earliest disciples and the other is their evangelization. We have 2,000 years of Christian faith and teaching, yet how little or poorly do we follow Jesus, instead creating our own personal version of Christianity to suit our desires. Are we so fervent in our faith that we draw anyone else into it? If we really believe that we have found the True Faith of the True God as revealed by Jesus the Christ, do we keep it to ourselves? We are stewards of the Church of Jesus and its Faith. Do we listen for God s call in our lives like Samuel did? Do we receive God s will with joy? Do we treat ourselves as sacred, since we were purchased by the Blood of Christ? Do we place our faith in Jesus, follow Him, and lead others to follow Him? Paul Gulig Member, Stewardship Committee and Chair, Parish Council 3

4 Around the parish, greater Gainesville and the Diocese Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Holy Spirit, and the doorway to the other sacraments. The Council of Florence called Baptism, the sacrament of regeneration through water and in the word. (CCC#1213) Pope Francis Joy of the Gospel Mercy & Mary Retreat February 16 and 23 During the annual evening lenten bread and soup supper. Join our seminarian Clay Ludwig for a discussion of Pope Francis Joy of the Gospel. Copies will be available in the office for those who would like to read in advance. Women s Book Club The Women s Book Group will resume meeting on January 28th at 9:15 in the downstairs conference room. This month we will be reading James Martin s book The Jesuit Guide to (almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life. All women are welcome. Retreat & Lock-In When: 11:00AM Saturday, January 27th until 1:30PM Sunday, January 28th Where: St. Augustine Catholic Church/Hurley Hall There will be: Food Crafts Speakers Games Adoration Prayer Movies Mass Music $10/ family to help pay for food/other retreat costs Please plan to have your teen attend! Invite friends! Everyone must register For Registration Information please contact Kelly Quintana at lifeteen@catholicgators.org or at or visit catholicgators.org 4

5 Catholic Student Center and Young Adult Ministries Saint Vincent de Paul Society Saint Vincent de Paul (St. Patrick- Gainesville Conference) meets weekly to discuss and plan to help those less fortunate. If you would like to volunteer in Gainesville, please call We are starting a SVdP in Newberry, (St. Francis-Newberry Conference) 17 miles from Gainesville. If you'd like to help us get started in Newberry, please call Come join the Upper Room! A Catholic group of graduate students and young professionals. vincent@catholicgators.org for more information. Experiencia Cristo #30 Youth Retreat for those years of age. January 19-21st at North Florida Christian Camp Deadline for Registration is the 19th, cost is $60 but financial assistance may be provided. Contact Sister Ana or one of the Nueva Alianza officers for more information. Time 5

6 Ministerio Hispano El santo Bautismo es el fundamento de toda la vida cristiana, el pórtico de la vida en el espíritu y la puerta que abre el acceso a los otros sacramentos. El Concilio de Florencia definió el bautismo como el sacramento del nuevo nacimiento por el agua y la palabra (CIC #1213) 6

7 Greater Gainesville, catholic schools, the Diocese and The parish 2017 ADVENT-CHRISTMAS APPEAL Gifts to the appeal will fund sanctuary furnishings which will enhance our worship and the celebrations of the sacraments. They will support our music ministry in its innovative and long-awaited move to the choir loft. Work in the sacristy will include building cabinets for albs and chasubles for our priests, as well as for altar server albs. Donations may be made on-line at catholicgators.org or by check or cash. Please note Advent-Christmas Appeal on the memo line of your check. Donations are tax deductible. SANCTUARY AND CHURCH FURNISHINGS *Altar Server Chairs (Nine chairs at $ each) Thank you for your generosity, the chairs are funded! *Wedding kneeler sets and carpet (Two kneeler sets and one carpet, $1, ) Thank you for your generosity, the wedding kneelers are funded! *Microphones for choir loft (Four at $ each.) Thank you for your generosity, the mics are funded! *Mic stands for choir loft (Four at $ each.) Thank you for your generosity, the mic stands are funded! *Lighting for choir loft (Two torchieres at $ each.) Thank you for your generosity, the lighting for the choir loft is funded! SACRISTY AND CONFESSIONALS *Priest s Sacristy (Repair existing cabinetry and create new cabinetry, $4, ) *Refurbish Confessionals (New lighting and chairs, $1, each Confessional.) Thank you for your generosity, the confessionals are funded! Vatican II and Beyond Saturday January 27 10am-2pm The adult learning committee of the parish has invited 3 exciting speakers to help us learn more about Vatican II and what has been happening since Pope Francis was elected. This seminar will take place in the lounge. 9:30-10:00 coffee and social 10:00-11:00 Principles of the Sacred Liturgy from Vatican II Rev. Thomas Willis 11-11:15 break 11:15-12:15 Dei Verbum: Word of God Inviting Us Into Relationship Marijka Ulanowicz 12:15-1:00 lunch 1:00-2:00 Vatican II Takes Wing Under Pope Francis- Tom Rinkoski Come and start the new year by learning more about your church! Time 7