St. Paul Catholic Church

Any ministry using the buildings for any function must first call the office to be scheduled on the calendar. No one is allowed to use any of the buildings on the campus without prior approval due to liability purposes. This includes all fundraisers as well. Please call the office for scheduling. Thank you. 

The policy for bulletin submissions has always been by Monday at 5 pm. All that is submitted after 5 pm on Monday will not be included the week of the bulletin. The submission will then be included in the following weekend. We are receiving too many submissions after the deadline delaying submitting the bulletin to the printing company. Thank you for your cooperation. 

Religious Education registration has started.  If you would like to register and pay online please click on the links below for the grade your child is attending.  If you would like to register and pay in person we have setup two dates, August 18th and September 8th from 11 am to 2 pm in Grace Hall. 

You will not be able to register in the parish office this year.

We are looking forward to serving you and your child this year.
 

1-8th grade registration
1-8th grade class schedule in English
1-8th grade class schedule in Spanish

High School registration
High School class schedule

We have a new page on our website for the ACTS community.  If you are intereted in getting to know more about this origization or want contact information follow the link below:

ACTS

Join us on Saturday nights for Bingo at St. Paul Catholic Church.  Doors open at 6:00 pm and Bingo is from 7:17 to 9:00 pm.  For dates and times follow the link below.

Bingo Schedule

Thankful Hearts

"Jesus said to him," How, ten were not purified? The other nine, where are they? No one thanked God again, except this stranger?" Le 17,19 

The key to this Sunday's readings is thanks. There are some questions for us: Am I a grateful person? Do I thank you when you do me a favor? Do I thank God daily? 
We celebrate the Eucharist which means, precisely, thanksgiving. This is the key to the Christian life, our relationship with Christ and with our brothers. Faith leads to awareness that everything is a free gift from God. And there, as the Gospel says, in gratitude is salvation, new life. 

In our culture we thank when they do us a favor or give us something. The more unexpected or free is the gift, the more heartfelt are the graces. Nothing is obvious. Generous hearts understand that life is best appreciated when we are grateful for everything, no matter how small a gift. 

Our relationship with God is a grateful relationship. From Him we have received everything in total gratuitousness. Life, freedom, education, love, nature. There is no measure that can tell what we have received. Those who intend to make their relationship with God a kind of accounting, of taking and giving, of "I go to Mass so that God saves me" or "to forgive me", they are lost in a maze with no way out. 

Those who live in a spirit of gratitude, of "permanent thanksgiving" anticipates salvation. In today's Gospel, Jesus heals the 10 lepers. But only the one who returns, Jesus says that "his faith has saved him." A grateful heart begins here on earth to experience the grace of heaven. 

Our parish of St. Paul has much to be thankful for. We have received a lot and that should lead us to a closer and more grateful relationship with God. Let's search for ways of community growth, of forming family in order to better experience God's grace in our lives. 

October is the month of the Rosary. It is also the month of support for the life of the unborn. We are also committed to the renewal of the parish. There are concrete ways to thank God. May our union with the Blessed Virgin lead us to grow in love and service to others. 

We are in the process of redesigning this website. During this process some links may not work as expected. We apologize in advance for those problems.  If it is an issue that can’t wait please contact the front office and we will do our best to help you.  Please check back often for updates, new pictures and dedicated pages.

As we continue to celebrate St Paul's 30th anniversary, we cordially invite all children and families on a pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine in Austin to celebrate mass on Saturday, October 26th at 11am. It will be a beauti­ful opportunity to come together as a community and receive many bless­ings and graces from the Shrine for our Priests and all parishioners as we end the month of the rosary. The Address for the Shrine is: 225 Addie Roy Road, Austin, TX 78746

Fr Johnson has a great idea for a music night sometime in December. We are looking for Advent songs or Christmas songs from different ethnicities and or cultures. We are looking for Vietnamese, Korean, Philippine, Spanish (Mexican) English or any other culture, that can sing Christmas songs/carols in your native language. Please contact Den. Rey at reygarza48@gmail.com or call the office at 512-280-4460. 

Keep filling those Baby Banks and show your children how important it is to be involved in efforts to help unborn babies, wom­en and families in need by sparing their extra change. Each time you add to your bank, your contribution helps the Gabriel Project, Project Rachel, Sidewalk Ministry, Pro-Life Help Line and much more! 

Religious education is a beautiful way in which children learn about Jesus, the sacraments, and the Catholic Faith. Without your help, we are unable to provide for all the children seeking further formation in their faith. We are in need of volunteers to teach k-8th grade religious education this upcoming year! Please prayerfully consider helping our program by offering your time and talent. English classes meet on Mondays from 6:00-7:00pm and Spanish classes meet Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30pm. For more information contact Kristina Ciria at kciria@saintpaulaustin.org or 512.420.4070. Thank you for your time and consideration!

If you would like more information about specific classes please contact the following people:

Kristina Ciria (K-8 and RCIA): kciria@saintpaulaustin.org  
Bob Dugas (High School): bdugas@saintpaulaustin.org

We are looking forward to having you back or welcoming you to our programs.  

All are invited to join us at 7pm on the 18th of each month to pray the rosary in the chapel and ask Mary to reign as Mother and Queen of our Parish. We hope you can join us on October 18th! 

All parishioners are invited to pray the Rosary to our Virgin on Monday and Wednesday in front of the statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe during the month of October. The first rosary will be on October 2, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. The Family that Prays Together, Stays Together. Come join us. 

Come and join us the weekend October 26-27. We will celebrate Priesthood Sunday dedicating our priests to the Blessed Mary. More information to come! 

World Mission Sunday, October 20, is a day set aside for Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the Church's missionary activi­ty through prayer and sacrifice. World Mission Sunday is celebrated annually and is the main way to collect funds for the Propagation of the Faith. 
As described by Pope John Paul II, World Mission Sunday is "an important day in the life of the Church because it teaches how to give: as an offering made to God, in the Eucharistic celebration and for all the missions of the world".

Your ongoing support of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith is vital to the missionaries in dioceses around the globe.