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| Emmaus Enquirer A weekly publication of the Emmaus E_Group |
Volume 8 # 03 01.25.12 Remember: And with your spirit... And with your spirit... And with your spirit... | |
| In this Issue: Latest News This Week: In The Church: Volunteer Corner: In the Parish: Stewardship In Action: Respect Life: In The Narthex Help Wanted: Quotes of Interest: “Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon…everything’s different.” ~ Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes |
Latest News This Week:
This coming Friday, January 27th, the parish office will be closed from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM. Our staff will be participating in a community outreach project, visiting a local non-profit Mary Catholic Worker House and serving lunch to residents. Ask the City of Austin to end unconstitutional discrimination against pregnancy resource centers. Read more...  Reminder: Great Adventure Bible Timeline Quick Study is this
Wednesday evening, January 25th, at 6:30P.M. ! Also, LAST CHANCE to register for our Sunday mornings, 8-week series on the Bible Timeline Quick Study, starting January 29, 8:30AM. We are just a couple of registrants short of making this course offering a reality, so don't delay! For more information click here. Join us this Thursday, January 26th, at 7:00P.M. in the Paish Life Center, Room Multi-B/C to celebrate our new series on the Second Vatican Council. This week we will learn about the Lumen Gentium: The Dogmatic Constitution On The Church. Our speaker will be Pastor, Rev. Samual Hose and Director of Adult Catechesis, Sharon K. Perkins, both from Emmaus Catholic Parish. For more information click here. BINGO: Become a bingo fan this Friday, January 27th, at 6:30 PM in the Parish Great Hall! Doors open at 6:30pm and Bingo begins at 7:00pm 15 Exciting Bingo Games with CASH prizes Snacks, Beer & Wine, & Sodas Included! $25 donation/adult & $5 donation/child. Register Online at Emmausfaith.org For additional details and fun, visit here. Remember: Financial Peace Classes Started: Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University is a 13 week program. Join us Monday nights in the PLC Youth Space from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Our next lesson is on January 30th! Come check it out. Cost for materials is $100. Contact Mary Voll Miller for more information at maryvoll@austin.rr.com. This Saturday, January 28th, Texas Catholic Pro-Life Day with Mass celebrated by Bishop Vasquez and a Rally for Life takes place. Several opportunitites are available to help support this event, if you are interested please contact Marie Seale at (512) 949-2487 or email marie-seale@austindiocese.org. Help needed for (a) Two trained readers for the 10:30 a.m. Mass with Bishop Joe Vásquez, (b) 8-10 volunteers who will distribute roses to the congregation from the altar after the 10:30 a.m. Mass (c) 3-4 volunteers to promote the work of the Office of Pro-Life Activities and Chaste Living from our table at the Capitol at the Texas Rally for Life. Coming Soon: We will be holding our next CareGiver classes at St. Catherine's (4800 Convict Hill Rd Austin, Texas 78749) beginning Feb. 2 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for six weeks. If you have any questions, please contact Esther at Esther.Quintanilla@stcatherine-austin.org or call me at 892-2433. Emmaus Kitchen Training and Ministry meeting coming February 9th, look here for details. Our Next Gala meeting to be held on Thursday, February 9th, look here for details. |
In the Church:  Is
it really all or nothing?In his continuing presentation on the Mass, Father Samuel spoke about the Liturgy of the Eucharist and how belief in the Real Presence, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist was at the core of our identity as Catholic Christians. Do we really have to believe that? Can we be half Catholic? Can we just do our Catholic thing for an hour or so on Sunday and live as we like the rest of the week thinking we can become "better" one day in the future? Short answer: NO. The Baltimore Catechism that many of us took our first instruction from was pretty simplistic. Q "Why did God make me?" A: God made me to know Him, to love Him and to serve Him in this world and to be happy with Him in the next. Now that we are older we like to fool ourselves that the world is more complex than that. |
Stewardship In Action:
What is Stewardship? Stewardship means being good managers of the resources that we have earned and that life has given us. As good stewards we know that when we choose to spend our time or money there are always opportunities foregone. We consider our choices and we use our resources in keeping with our values and life mission. Stewardship means that we weigh not only our own needs and desires but those of other people and future generations. We realize that none of us is a self-made person and that part of what we own is wealth that flows from others through us. We appreciate the natural resources, societal resources and financial resources that have been handed down to us by our ancestors and we are conscious of our own legacy. Share with us your recent and/or ongoing stewardship actions! We would love to hear from you! Please send to enquirer@emmauslakeway.com, with subject heading: Stewardship In Action. |
| In The Parish and
Community The next Gabriel Project Training is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, from 9am-4:30pm at St John the Evangelist in Marble Falls. Lunch and all materials provided. Register by Monday, Jan. 30. Contact Rebecca Niemerg for questions or more information at 512 949-2488 or Rebecca-niemerg@austindiocese.org. We have an active Gabriel Project at Emmaus, with one mom already being helped. There are so many different ways to be a part of this important ministry. Attend this training to find out where you can be most helpful. |
Angels Among us
Hands that Serve, Hearts that Love We are always in need of adorer's to fill open spots throughout the week. If you have an hour in your week that you want to share and enjoy with Jesus, please come by our beautiful Adoration Chapel and relax.We have the following hours available for someone like you to join us: Sunday 1 AM to 2 AM Monday 11 AM to 12 PM Wednesday 6 AM to 7 AM Thursday 1 PM to 2 PM Friday 2 PM to 3 PM Saturday 11 PM to 12 AM Do you know of someone that has warmed your heart or has been inspirational to you or someone that you know? Send us a short story and picture, and let us know about your angel!!! Please send to enquirer@emmauslakeway.com, with subject heading: Angel Among Us. |
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| News about our Parish Family: THANKS FOR ALL
THE WONDERFUL PHOTOS SENT IN FOR OUR PARISH OFFICE DATABASE ! Don't forget to share with us when wonderful things happen in your family. You can email us at emmaus@emmauslakeway.com |
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| Respect
Life: History: On April 8, 2010 the Austin City Council passed an ordinance that requires pregnancy resource centers, such as our Gabriel Project Life Center in Austin, to post signs that state, “This center does not provide abortions or refer to abortion providers. This center does not provide or refer to providers of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved birth control drugs and medical devices.” Failure to comply is a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by fines of up to $450 per offense. In 2011, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin, Catholic Charities of Central Texas, the Austin Pregnancy Resource Center, and the South Austin Pregnancy Resource Center filed a lawsuit in federal court, challenging the constitutionality of this ordinance. The City of Austin Council will discuss two agenda items relating to this matter at their meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Agenda item number 17 recommends a repeal of the ordinance. Agenda item number 45 is a recommendation by Council Members William Spelman and Mike Martinez for a new ordinance that, though different, is still unconstitutional compelled speech and discriminates on the basis of the viewpoint of pregnancy resource centers. Action Needed! Contact City of Austin Council Members today and tell them that you are in favor of Item No. 17, but oppose Item No. 45 on the Agenda for Jan. 26 because it discriminates against pregnancy resource centers that are pro-life. The concept of government-compelled speech runs contrary to our notions of fundamental liberties. Pregnancy Resource Centers have the right to explain truthfully what services they offer and do not offer. Call, write, fax and e-mail all Council Members • P. O. Box 1088; Austin, TX 78767 • Phone: (512) 974-2250 • Fax: (512) 974-2337 Attend the Council Meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m at City Hall, 301 W. Second Street, Austin, TX to support the experts who will offer testimony. More information and the agenda can be found here: https://austin.siretechnologies.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=186&doctype=agenda • You can register your opinion at the kiosk at City Hall at any time before this agenda item is discussed, which may not be in the order listed. To find more information about these and other diocesan Respect Life initiatives, see the Respect Life website at www.emmauslakeway.com/respectlife or contact Sophie Jones at 512 261-3090 or jones_sophia_t@lilly.com or Becky Theisen at 512 266-0182 or btheisen@austin.rr.com. |
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