Bulletin - March 11, 2012 - St. Martin de Porres

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
There are NO RE CLASSES for
Life Teen, Edge or elementary on
Sunday, March 11, Wednesday
March 14 th and Sunday March 18 th
during the spring break vacation.
If you have any questions, please
contact Mary Armatta at
dresmdp@austin.rr.com for Life
Teen and Edge or Susan Bonner at
sbonersmdp@austin.rr.com for
elementary RE.
Have a safe and joyous spring
vacation.
Are you a Catholic interested in new
media? If so, join us at the Austin
Catholic New Media meet-up on Sunday,
March 11th from 7:00—9:00 pm at St.
Mary’s Cathedral Bishop’s Hall, 203 E.
10th St., Austin.
The meet-up will focus on networking
and discussing the role of new media
in the new evangelization. For more
information, please visit us at
www.austincnm.com, find us on
facebook at www.facebook.com/
AustinCNM or email us at
feedback@austincnm.com
PRAY FOR:
Mark Fairchild, Katherine Pierantoni,
Joe Botik, Mike Perryman
Please call the church office if
someone needs to be included on this
list. Names will be listed for one week.
ETHICS & INTEGRITY IN MINISTRY
WORKSHOP HELD HERE AT SMdP:
(Please call Diana or Mary G
at 512-858-5667 to RSVP your spot!)
BASIC WORKSHOP
Thursday, March 29th
6:30-9:30 pm—Parish Hall
Birthdays
March 12 Lisa Naumdaik
March 13 Ella Castillo
Natural Family Planning
The Couple to Couple League will help
you discover a natural way to postpone
or achieve pregnancy...a modern method
of Natural Family Planning (NFP) proven
to be 99% effective in postponing
Pregnancy. Benefits to your family
include: 100% natural, 100% safe with no
health risks nominal cost,, more
satisfying marriages and morally
acceptable. An introductory class is being
offered March 18th at St. Catherine of
Siena. Contact Sam and Katrina
Hartsock, TheHartsocks@yahoo.com,
512-899-8294 to reserve your spot. Free
babysitting may be arranged through St.
Martin's Pro-Life & Chaste Living
Ministry; contact Sheila Bosworth 512-
569-8221 for details.
Austin Prayer Vigil is scheduled for
Saturday, March 17, at St. Catherine
of Siena, 4800 Convict Hill Rd., Austin.
Mass will begin at 7 a.m. Following the
Mass, Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament will be in the church and a
car caravan will travel to Planned
Parenthood where the Mysteries of the
Rosary will be prayed at the site from
8:20 – 9:50 a.m. Benediction will follow
at St. Catherine of Siena Parish at 10:30
am. Refreshments will be served at 10:40
a.m. All are invited to attend. Call the
Office of Pro-Life Activities and Chaste
Living for more information at (512)
949-2486.
Project Rachel retreats are conducted
throughout the year at private locations.
This is a safe place to renew, rebuild and
redeem hearts broken by abortion.
Weekend retreats offer you a supportive,
confidential and non-judgmental
environment where women and men can
express, release and reconcile painful post
-abortive emotions to begin the process of
restoration, renewal and healing. Retreats
are led by a priest and our Project Rachel
team. You can confidentially register for
this retreat by calling (877)WeCare2
(1-877-932-2732) or e-mail
project-rachel@austindiocese.org.
Upcoming Retreat: March 16-18, 2012
No One Dies Alone (NODA) volunteer
program offers bedside companions for
patients in the final stages of life who are
alone. The program was initiated in the
Seton Family of Hospitals in April 2009
and is looking to expand through
additional volunteers. Please contact Liz
Powell at (512) 324-7000, ext. 80041 or
efpowell@seton.org.
40 Days for Life
Sixty St. Martin de Porres parishioners
are participating in 40 Days for Life.
This a community-based campaign
that draws attention to the evil of abortion
through the use of a three-point program:
Prayer and fasting, constant vigil, and
community outreach. Go to
http://www.austincoalitionforlife.com/
to sign up to participate this Lent, or contact
Jeff Bosworth 512-569-8221,
mbosworth@austin.rr.com for more
details.
Word of Life Series
This is the fundamental question that
must be asked: who is man? Man is a
being who bears within his heart a thirst
for the infinite, a thirst for truth – a truth
which is not partial but capable of
explaining life’s meaning – since he was
created in the image and likeness of God.
The grateful recognition that life is an
inestimable gift, then, leads to the
discovery of one’s own profound dignity
and the inviolability of every single
person. Hence the first step in education
is learning to recognize the Creator’s
image in man, and consequently learning
to have a profound respect for every
human being and helping others to
live a life consonant with this supreme
dignity.
~Pope Benedict XVI, Message for the
World Day of Peace, January 1, 2012
“Human Dignity at the End of Life”
is the theme for the March 23-24
Converging Roads conference in
San Antonio, jointly sponsored by
Assumption Seminary, CHRISTUS Santa
Rosa Health System, and HLI America.
This event will feature Archbishop
Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Dr. Janet Smith,
and several other distinguished speakers.
Participants will be better prepared to
care for persons at the end of life by
recognizing their dignity as persons;
understanding their unique spiritual,
emotional, physical, and legal needs as
patients; examining and responding to
ethical issues in their treatment; and
becoming aware of resources which can
offer comfort at the end of life.
Continuing education credit is available
for physicians, nurses, catechists, and
other licensed professionals. Learn more
about this important event and register at
www.ConvergingRoads.com or call the
seminary at (210) 734-5137.