Thanks to all of you and your generosity, we have exceeded our parish goal of $19,000 for the annual Catholic Services Appeal. We are at a total pledged amount of $22,257.00 and have reached 117% of our goal.
With your support, you have made a difference in the lives of those most in need in the diocese. If you are still prayerfully considering making a gift to the Catholic Services Appeal, you may complete and return your pledge card to the collection basket or make a secure gift online at austindiocese.org/give
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Thanks to all of you and your generosity, we have exceeded our parish goal of $19,000 for the annual Catholic Services Appeal. We are at a total pledged amount of $22,257.00 and have reached 117% of our goal.
With your support, you have made a difference in the lives of those most in need in the diocese. If you are still prayerfully considering making a gift to the Catholic Services Appeal, you may complete and return your pledge card to the collection basket or make a secure gift online at austindiocese.org/giveaustindiocese.org/give_blank
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Rural Life MassFather James Misko, diocesan administrator, and Father Stephen Nesrsta, together with the Austin Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, presented Anton & Carolyn Klecka the Rural Life Award and presented Father Jim Chamberlain with the Rural life Clergy award, given to a pastor whose work supports and blesses those who labor in the field. https://austindiocese.org/photos_blank
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Austin Vocations
The first vocation, or calling, that we all have is to holiness: “This is the will of God, your holiness” (1 Thessalonians 4:3).
Holiness is life to the full and the complete joy that will bring our hearts to rest (see John 10:10, John 15:11, and Matthew 11:30).
Part of answering this first calling to holiness is discerning our vocation- the particular way that God wants us to be holy.
Priesthood, consecrated life, and marriage are three ways of following the Lord in holiness. From all eternity, God has planned one of these vocations for you: “I know well the plans I have for you… plans for your welfare, not for your woe, plans to give you a future full of hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).
Another part of answering the first calling to holiness is praying for and promoting vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life.
Jesus felt compassion in His Sacred Heart when he saw that the crowds were like sheep without a shepherd, and then he told his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest” (Matthew 9:37-38).
In a letter to the Church in America, St. John Paul II wrote, “The entire People of God is responsible for promoting vocations, and does so chiefly by persistent and humble prayer for vocations.”
The resources below from the Diocesan Office of Vocations will help you to discern your vocation, pray for vocations, and follow wherever God leads.
It is common to enter dry spells in one’s marriage. Those warm and fuzzy feelings during the honeymoon phase sometimes come and go, affected by hormones, fatigue, and various stages of life. Even...
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Christ said, “by their fruits you shall know them” (Matthew 7:16). The Catholic Church, founded by Christ, possesses many fruits proving its lineage. Among these are miraculous signs that give hope...