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The UCCAA will sponsor burgers and hotdogs for the UCC Cookout on September 7. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Lap, our President, through email. As always, donations may be made out to the UCC Alumni Association and sent to our Treasurer, Jonathan Bengfort.
Lap Trinh, our President, returned safely from his pilgrimage Down Under, where he visited Auckland and Sydney as part of his World Youth Day experience. We are happy to have him back!
Jonathan Michael Bengfort was born on June 25 in Lindsay, Texas. He graduated from UT Arlington with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in May 2005. He is married to Lisa (featured alum, Nov 2006), works at Teague, Nall & Perkins in Fort Worth, Texas, and is also the Treasurer of the UCCAA. Both he and his wife are pursuing their MBA at UTA and will graduate this year-end. His interests include biking, hiking, roller-blading and basketball.
Among the most famous statements in the whole of Scripture is in John 14:6. There Jesus tells us "I am the way and the truth and the life." Last month, we reflected on Jesus as "the way" that we are called to follow as pilgrims on our earthly journey. This month, we reflect on Jesus as THE life. This reality is at the same time both a comfort and a challenge in today's world.
Let's think for a moment about life in the everyday sense. Each of us has a work life, a social life, a family life, a church community life, etc. The comfort is that we are not defined by any of these aspects of life. In our relationship with Jesus, we find THE life which is fulfilling for our whole being. The challenge is to make THE life visible in all these component aspects of life. Do we treat people with charity whether we encounter them in our work life or our home life? Do we laugh (or not laugh) at the same kinds of jokes in our social life as in our church community life? Is time for prayer welcome in all these areas of our lives?
Consider an examination of conscience to critique how well we conduct ourselves in light of Jesus as THE life. Think of people we interact with, perhaps a random sample of our Facebook or LinkedIn contacts (for those that use such networking tools). Each of those people could claim that they have known us in our living of work life, or social life, or family life … could they also claim to have been touched by us in our living of THE life? Why or why not? And if not, ask the Lord to help us to change that by transforming the way we live.
Next Meeting
Our next alumni meeting will be ? at 7:00 PM at the UCC.
Our Mission
The purpose of the University Catholic Community Alumni Association (UCCAA) is to promote a continuing sense of community based in the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Church among former member of the University Catholic Community (formerly the Newman Club). Also, the UCCAA actively tries to foster deeper concern among its member for the welfare of the University Catholic Community (UCC).
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