JANUARY 31, 2016 FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

1615 East 2nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85719; 520.327.4665; Fax 520.327.6559; Newman@UACatholic.org; www.UACatholic.org

LITURGY SCHEDULE

SATURDAY VIGIL MASS 5:15 PM

SUNDAY MASSES 8:00, 9:30 AM, 11:15 AM, 5:00 PM & 7:00PM

MONDAY—FRIDAY Morning Prayer: 7:30 AM Evening Prayer: 5:00 PM Daily Mass: 5:15 PM

RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:00-5:00 PM Sunday 4:00-4:45 PM (or by appointment with a priest)

Office Hours Mon-Friday 9:30-4:00 PM

SAVE THE DATE-

Bond, Bubbles & Bling Fundraising Event

Skyline Country Club Saturday, April 2

Sponsored by the Sustaining Board

KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS LENTEN

FOOD DRIVE Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10—

Palm Sunday, March 20

LENTEN FISH FRY Friday, February 12 Friday, February 26

Friday, March 4

6PM, Green Hall Sponsored by the UA Knights of Columbus

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1/31 8:00 AM Arluvene Thompson+ 9:30 AM 11:15 AM Luke Hamilton 5:00 PM Hamilton Family 7:00 PM Pro Populo Monday, Weekday 2/1 5:15 PM Tuesday, Presentation of the Lord 2/2 5:15 PM Wednesday, St. Blaise/St. Ansgar 2/3 5:15 PM Thursday, Weekday 2/4 5:15PM Friday, St. Agatha, Virgin/Martyr 2/5 5:15PM

Saturday, St. Paul Miki & Companions 2/6 5:15 PM

A NOTE FROM FR. ALBERT

Bishop Kicanas is asking for support from local parishioners for the Cathedral Square plan. The plan includes the renovation of Our Lady's Chapel by John Alan, the tearing down of Cathedral Hall, replacing it with a four story building that would include a state of the art education and pastoral center that would accommodate 500 people plus offices for the Cathedral and Bishop Moreno Pastoral Center, the beautification of Ochoa Street and the restoration of the Cathedral rectory. We have a copy of the letter that Bishop would like every parishioner to send to our Councilmember Steve Kozachik. Please pickup a copy of the letter from our office, sign it and mail it to the Councilmember. Please support this project.

I would like to thank Pat Kambourin for speaking at all the weekend Masses. It is important that you will be informed of the financial status of your faith community. Thanks Pat. I also want to thank Matt Ellis our bookkeeper for preparing the 2014-15 financial report.

Next weekend our Dominican Novices and their Novice Master will be with us from February 5th to the 8th. Please welcome them. The Novices will share their vocation story.

SUPER BOWL PARTY Sunday, Feb 7

4PM, Green Hall Refreshments will be available

Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus (Bring a can of soup for the food bank)

FEBRUARY 10- ASH WEDNESDAY MASS SCHEDULE

8AM—Chapel 12PM—Mall 5PM—Chapel 7PM—Mall

WHERE IS THE CHURCH GOING? A CONVERSATION WITH AMERICAN

MAGAZINE February 2, 7:30PM—Green Hall

January 29, 2016 Dear parishioners, Greetings. According to Church canon law and Diocesan policy, the Pastor must publish an annual report to the congregation. Our books are open to anyone who wants to see a detailed financial statement. Why do we publish this report? After all, in secular terms, you are the shareholders of the St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center. I believe that you have the right to know where the money comes from and where the money is spent. Not all the income comes from the Sunday offerings. We have benefactors who believe in our ministry and contribute towards our financial needs. Recently I enrolled all our benefactors to the Apostolate of St. Jude Thaddeus Shrine in San Francisco as Perpetual Family Members. As a benefactor, you will be remembered daily in the Dominican Order’s prayers and good works and also in the solemn Novenas and Novena Masses throughout the years. This year the Dominicans are celebrating the 800th anniversary since its foundation. St. Dominic, the founder of our Order, from the very beginning wanted the Dominicans to be close to major universities in Europe. St. Dominic sent friars to the Universities of Bologna, Cologne, Paris, Oxford and others to teach and to learn. We continue the tradition of the Order to minister to the universities’ communities. A few years ago, our Western Dominican Province made a commitment to campus ministry – today we serve nine campuses. In order to have a successful ministry, we need your support. Unfortunately our Sunday offerings went down by al-most $50,000 from the previous year. However, the total net operating loss was $31,345 for the fiscal year 2014-15 due to the generosity of our benefactors. We will continue to address the $29,658 outstanding debt to the Diocese. This report does not reflect the critical financial decisions that were made for the current budget year. If you have any questions about the financial report, please feel free to call our bookkeeper Matt Ellis at 327-4665, ext. 108. During the fiscal year 2014-2015, we had one baptism, 27 confirmations, two marriages and 17 First Communions, all aided by your support for pastoral ministries. Let us pull our resources together in order to put our faith community on solid financial grounds. Pray about increas-ing your Sunday offering by two, three, or five dollars each Sunday. Let’s try to make it easier for the new pastor who will lead this faith community in the coming years. I am happy that I am able to help this community. In the Acts of the Apostles 20:24 St. Paul says, “My only aim is to fin-ish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying the good news of God’s grace.” Personally, it is rewarding to serve you until June, when I will go back to enjoy my retirement. May God bless you and many thanks for your support and generosity. As I am writing this letter, I received the year-end report of the 2015 Annual Catholic Appeal. Our goal was $47,520.00 and the total fulfilled was $38,295.00. I would like to thank all those who have contributed to this appeal in order to help the work of the Diocese. I want to remind you that the Newman community benefits from this appeal, such as last year’s $10,000 grant for the student housing renovation project. Before I close, I want to thank the Newman Sustaining Board and the Newman Foundation for their financial support. They have supported us in maintaining our 53 year old building. Blessings on you and all your endeavors. Love and Peace, Fr. Albert Felice-Pace, O.P.

A request for help... StandUp For Kids Tucson is looking for a few volunteers that can commit to street outreach with homeless and at-risk youth and young adults either Sunday evening or Wednesday even-ing each week. Volunteers must be over 18, be able to walk, carry supplies and have the ability to listen and serve without judgment. Training is provided and background investigation is done prior to starting. For more information please contact Kim Sisson (602) 677-3074 or kim.sisson@comcast.net

LITURGICAL MINISTERS TRAINING SESSION We invite you to please consider serving as Lectors, Eucha-ristic Ministers, and Sacristans. There will be two sessions for training: Sunday, January 31 at 12:15PM and Wednes-day, February 3 at 7PM. Please contact Manny Guzman at 241-6611 or mguzman5@msn.com

STEWARDSHIP REPORT For January 17, 2016

2016 2015

Offertory $2,279 $4,124

Financial Report to the Community of

Saint Thomas More Roman Catholic Newman Parish - Tucson For Fiscal Years Ending June 2015 and June 2014

Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Fund Balance

ASSETS LIABILITIES

6/30/2015 6/30/2014 6/30/2015 6/30/2014

1 Cash in Banks and Dio-cese of Tucson 48,806 34,536 * Accounts Payable 51,062 53,035

7 Endowment Funds 348,216 323,991 ** Custodial Funds 54,039 37,391

Receivables 0 4,109 2 Deferred for Ministry Programs 13,633 17,218

Prepaid & Other Assets 0 2,463

Land, Buildings, Equip-ment & Vehicles

1,245,177 1,245,177 1 Total Liabilities

118,733 107,644

Fund Balance & Net Assets 1,523,465 1,502,632

Total Assets 1,642,198 1,610,276 Total Liabilities & Net Assets 1,642,198 1,610,276

Notes to Financial Statements

Comments (apply to 2015 only) * Accounts Payable 1 While Cash in banks and with the Diocese of Tucson has increased, it is offset by an increase in Total Liabilities. Cash also includes a $10,000 grant from the Catholic Foundation.

Payroll Payable 1,036 7,492 2 Deferred for Ministry Programs includes a $10,000 grant from the Catholic Foundation. 3, 4 Unpaid Diocesan Assessments 29,658 39,448 3 In December 2014 an anonymous donor paid the total un-paid Assessments to the Diocese 6 Vendors 15,368 6,095 4 During the ensuing year the parish has accrued an addi-tional $29,658.

5 Tucson Dominican Community and Do-minican Sisters

5,000 5 Another item of note is the unpaid living allowance to the Tucson Dominican Community and Dominican Sisters. Total Accounts Payable 51,062 53,035 6 Likewise, accounts payable to vendors has increased be-cause of unpaid invoices at June 30th were paid in early July from cash balances.

7 Endowment Funds: ** Custodial Funds Catholic Foundation 244,514 240,987 Newman Sustaining Board 53,351 35,503 Fr Albert Felice-Pace Scholar-ship Fund

50,351 47,500 Just Coffee 489 1,783

Newman Sustaining Board 53,351 35,503 Mass Offerings 198 105 Total Endowment Funds 348,216 323,991 Total Custodial Funds 54,039 37,391

YEAR-END DONOR CONTRIBUTION

As last year, the Newman Center will prepare tax contribution statements for donors who have made at least one single donation in excess of $250, or for those who request a 2015 contribution statement. You may send your request to bookkeeper@uacatholic.org or by leaving a request at the front desk. Forms are available at the church entrances and at the front desk. Please indicate your current contact information (if changed in the past year), and return your request by Monday, February 1, 2016.

Statement of Income and Expenses

Fiscal Year Ending June

30, 2015 2014-2015

Budget

Fiscal Year Ending June

30, 2014

OPERATING REVENUE

Sunday Offertory 261,076 301,500 311,034

Other Unrestricted Contributions 19,587 0 10,939

Restricted Contributions & Grants 25,404 9,500 5,028

Newman Sustaining Board 21,000 30,000 25,000

Ministry Revenues 9,659 17,300 17,846

Fundraising Revenues 7,486 70,000 16,922

Interest & Other Investments 156 0 8

Other Revenues: Rent 37,977 37,400 33,611

Total Operating Revenue 382,346 465,700 420,389

OPERATING EXPENSES

Compensation 190,771 212,776 209,468

Benefits 40,911 77,614 61,969

Residency 10,875 9,200 7,200

Office Administration & Transportation 26,995 25,000 23,449

Maintenance & Property Support 90,141 74,300 81,221

Programs & Fundraising 30,442 60,250 57,815

Diocesan Assessments (Accrued) 23,555 3,600 3,356

Total Operating Expenses 413,691 462,740 444,479

Gross Gain or Loss of Operating

Revenues less Operating Expenses -31,345 2,960 -24,090

NON-OPERATING REVENUE

Unrealized Gains/Losses 6,377 0 32,135

Anonymous Donation to DOT for Par-ish Payables 40,000 0

Dividends and Rebates 5,801 0 16,887

Net Gain/Loss on Net Revenues less Total Expenses

20,833 2,960 24,932