St. Paul Catholic Church

St. Paul Mornings With Jesus (MWJ) Catholic Early Education is currently enrolling for the 2018-2019 school year! Children must be age 2 on September 1, 2018 to enroll for the new school year. For more information please contact Jen­nifer Monaco, Director of Children & Family Ministry at 512-420-4071, jmonaco@saintpaulaustin.org.

This area will be used for Mornings With Jesus updates and links.  The first link will be an online payment link.  Click below if you wish to pay tuition online.

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Are you new to St. Paul parish?  Do you want to know more about us?  If so then send an email to our welcome ministry and we will be happy to help you anyway we can.

Our new email address is:
welcomeministry@saintpaulaustin.org

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

At its core, tithing is an acknowledgement that the gifts or talents we have were entrusted to us by God, and are intended to be used for His glory and to spread the gospel. Tithing allows parishes to meet day-to-day needs, allocate funds for emergencies and fund future projects. It is understood, that as a community of faith, we are to provide for the needs of the Church. Fr. Hector Vega recommends that we fulfill the needs by tithing 5% of our income to the parish, 4% to charities of our choice, and 1% to the Diocese.

Listed below are tithing guidelines that may help you in deciding your recommended weekly sacrifice to the parish.
 

Silent Prayer at Mass 

Last week at the Summer Gathering of the Priests of our Diocese we heard much about the emphasis on silent prayer during Holy Mass. I would like to share some of those insights with all of you for our common growth in active participation at the Holy Eucharist. 

The celebration of Holy Mass is intended to be a balanced offer between communal and personal prayer, between praying and singing. But nowadays this aspect gets lost so easily. There is hardly any room left for quiet reflection amidst all the singing and praying out loud together. As many of you still remember, at the Latin mass there was a lot more per­sonal, quiet prayer time left for the individual. 

So, we need to pay attention to the fact that all of us need to be able to recollect ourselves, to be still with the Lord in the quiet chamber of our heart and mind in order to bring who we are "to the feast" and into the real presence of Jesus during Mass, at least at the given times foreseen in the Liturgy. 

What are those times offered and suggested? First off, be still for a while after you have arrived ON TIME! Then, the priest invites all of us to an examination of conscience before the penitential act. Next is the moment of silent prayer BY ALL before the "collect", the opening prayer which is meant to summarize the prayers of the whole congregation. 

In connection with the readings and the sermon there should be some short reflec­tion time; but especially at the Offertory when we bring ourselves to the altar to offer our gifts with the priest to the Eternal Father. Our choirs could easily offer some instrumental music or even allow some time of silence. It would encourage the individual to become still and prayerful for a few moments!!! The same holds true for the prayer of thanksgiving after receiving Holy Communion. Music may be a common expression of prayer, adoration and thanksgiving, but it can also just be an encouraging background sound for my own reflection time. 

Let us conquer together to joy of participating fully in our liturgical celebrations by giving each other the right to share and the right to be alone with the Lord and our dear Blessed Mother. Remember, active participation is also listening , listening to the voice of Jesus within! 

The following students attended the Graduation Mass on June 3rd.  Our prayers go with you in your future ventures.
 

Alyssa Arellano - Crockett High School 
Abrana Avalos - Crockett High School 
Lori Blewett - Harvard University 
Allison Cardoso - Akins High School 
Kayleigh Rose Contreras - Crockett High School
Ferdinand Frias - Texas State University 
Briana Fusilier - Akins High School 
Allison Garcia - Texas State University 
Michael Garza - Austin High School 
Yelenna James - Bowie High School 
Sebastian Lee - Bowie High School 
Marcus Medina - Bowie High School 
Antonio Eric Paz - St.Micheal's Catholic Academy
Daniella Paneso - Akins High School 
Colleen Rivera - Akins High School 
Alexandra Rivera - Bowie High School 
Christian Salinas - LASA 
lzabella Segura - Bowie High School 

The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a family bus trip to see the World Champion Houston Astros play the Detroit Tigers on July 15th, 2018. Bus will depart St. Paul at 9am for the afternoon game in Houston and return about 9pm. Transportation, snacks, and game ticket is included in the $60 price. Reserve your spot and find out more at: http://www.signupgenius. com/go/30e044Badab2faa8-2018. We hope you decide to join us! Contact Sean McGee at 512-680-0367 for more information.

Thanks go out to all of our wonderful parishioner's on picking up and even returning your Raffle Tickets. This is really important to our success for the Fall Festival. Our first Early Bird Drawing will be at the 5 PM Mass on June 30th. If you have sold tickets please turn them in for a chance at the Early Bird Drawing. We are now accepting donations for our Raffle Prizes. See the Raffle Ticket and see where you can help. Doesn't matter the amount, all donations will help. We have a need for two Chairperson posi­tions. Secretary and Games Coordinator, both critical to our suc­cess. Please consider accepting one of these positions. We would like to add Committee members as well. Stop by after Mass to discuss. On June 13th, we will have a Dining out at Chili's in South Park Meadows, please try to come out between 4-9PM. A portion of the proceeds will help offset cost of our Fall Festival. Thank you!! Fall Festival Committee 

Join St. Paul Parish!

Our Welcome Ministry encourages you to join our parish.  What does parish membership offer?

Parish membership allows us to encounter Jesus.  Jesus promised us he would join us when we gather together - “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matt 18:20

Parish membership offers us a spiritual family where we encounter fellowship and community..  St. Paul said “Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you do.” 1 Thes 5:11

Registration forms are available in the foyer.  We are blessed to have you join our St. Paul Family.