ACTS Core Newsletter 2 - Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church

Our Lady of Guadalupe ACTS, Austin, TX
June 2013
ACTS Newsletter
ACTS Core Team/Equipo de
ACTS Core
ACTS Core Team Members
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Mo Renteria: Facilitator and Music Facilitator
Frank Peña: Co-Facilitator
Maly Cisneros: Spiritual Coordinator
Carolina Cisneros: Retreat Supply Coordinator
Juanita Gonzalez: Communications Coordinator
John Mendoza: Communications Coordinator
Terri Espinoza: Financial Coordinator
Mario Briceño: Retreat Supply Coordinator
Maria Ortiz Leonides: Retreat Support Coordinator (Women's)
Albert Banda
Isabel Torres
Available position
Note: All will help serve as Social Coordinator and Spiritual Coordinator.
ACTS Core Team meetings
ACTS Core meets every first and third Tuesday of the month.
Meetings start at 6:30 pm.
ACTS Core se reune cada 1er y 3er martes de cada mes.
Las juntas empiezan a las 6:30pm.
Events/Eventos
August 8-11
ACTS Teens Retreat, Elgin, TX
For more information call Adrian or
Claudia Rodriguez (512) 992-6136 or (512)
689-2327
September 26-29
Women’s Spanish ACTS
Retreat/Retiro de Mujeres en
Español, Elgin, TX
September 14
The 10th year Anniversary /
Aniversario de 10 años
Visit our website:
www.olgaustin.org/acts_index
Like us on Facebook:
facebook.com/OLGACTS
Join our Yahoo! group for prayer
requests and to receive emails from
ACTS Core:
groups.yahoo.com/group/acts_at_olg/
“And every day, the Lord added to their number
those who were being saved.” ACTS 2:47
Our Lady of Guadalupe
ACTS, Austin, TX
Our Lady of Guadalupe ACTS, Austin, TX
June 2013
The History of ACTS at
Guadalupe
In September 2000, Debra Carlisle and Jackie James attended an
ACTS retreat with St. Matthew’s parish in San Antonio. Fr. JC Cain,
OMI was the Spiritual Director for that retreat and he transferred to
Our Lady of Guadalupe (OLG) in 2001. He had seen how powerful
and transformative the ACTS Retreats could be, and was very
enthusiastic about bringing ACTS to OLG. So, in 2002, OLG
approached ACTS Missions and asked for their support. They
located a retreat center and booked their first ACTS Retreat at
Highland Lakes Camp and Conference Center in January 2003. By
that time, several men and women from OLG and the surrounding
area had experienced an ACTS retreat, and these folks banded
together to create the foundation for ACTS at OLG. Angela
Gonzalez, Debra Carlisle, Blanca Montoya, Sue Fowler, Joseph Montoya, Tim Banigan, Bill James and
Jackie James, working with a group of spirit-filled men and women from San Antonio, led the first Men’s and
Women’s ACTS Retreats in 2003.
As is usually the case when a small group of individuals come together with a mission, and surrender to the
Spirit, God’s plan was far greater than anything they could have imagined. Those first ACTS Retreats in
2003 have grown a vibrant ACTS community here at OLG that has in turn carried the ACTS Retreats to
other parishes here in Central Texas, and in far-flung locations like Mexico and South Africa!
Mission has always been a core value at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish and it is our hope that the OLG
family will remain open to mission work, and heed that call to serve God and spread the Gospel through our
actions, our faith and our fellowship.
En septiembre del 2000, Debra Carlisle y Jackie James asistieron a un retiro de ACTS en la parroquia de St.
Matthew en San Antonio. Fr. JC Cain, de la orden OMI, era el Director Espiritual de ese retiro, y después fue
transferido a La Iglesia de Virgen de Guadalupe en el 2001. Él habia visto cuanto poder y transformación se
producía en los Retiros de ACTS y se entusiasmo con la idea de traer ACTS a OLG. Entonces en el 2002, OLG
fue con ACTS Missions y le pidieron su apoyo. Ubicaron un centro de retiro y programaron su primer Retiro de
ACTS en Highland Lakes Camp y Centro de Conferencia en enero del 2003. Para ese tiempo, varios hombres y
mujeres de OLG y otras personas de las áreas cercanas habían experimentado un retiro de ACTS y estas personas
se juntaron para crear una fundación para ACTS en OLG. Angela Gonzalez, Debra Carlisle, Blanca Montoya,
Sue Fowler, Joseph Montoya, Tim Banigan, Bill James y Jackie James, trabajaron con un grupo de mujeres y
hombres llenos del espíritu de San Antonio, y dirigieron sus primeros Retiros de ACTS de Hombres y Mujeres de
ACTS en el 2003.
Como es el caso siempre un grupo pequeño de individuales se acercaron a una misión y se sometieron al Espíritu,
el plan de Dios fue mucho mas grande que cualquiera hubiera imaginado. Esos primeros Retiros de ACTS en el
2003 crecieron en una comunidad vibrante de ACTS en OLG y a cambio llevaron los Retiros de ACTS a otras
parroquias aquí en el Centro de Texas, y en lugares lejanos como México y al Sur de Africa!
Mission siempre ha sido el valor central del la Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y es nuestra esperanza
que la familia de OLG permanecerá abierta al trabajo de misión, y haga el llamado de servirle a Dios y compartir
La Palabra por medio de nuestras acciones, fe, y hermandad.
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