BACCALAUREATE MASS May 12, 2020 | St. Mary’s Cathedral, Austin

Honoring the Graduates of:

MINISTERS OF THE LITURGY

Presider Most Reverend Joe S. Vásquez Master of Ceremonies Kevin Farris

Deacon of the Altar Deacon Ron Walker Chancellor

Lector Misty Poe Superintendent of Catholic Schools

Cantor Andrea Ramos

Organist Brooks Whitmore

HE IS OUR HOPE, AND IN A WONDERFUL

WAY HE BRINGS YOUTH TO OUR WORLD,

AND EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES BECOMES

YOUTH, NEW, FULL OF LIFE. THE VERY FIRST

WORDS THEN, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY

TO EVERY YOUNG CHRISTIAN ARE THESE:

Christ is alive!

Christ is alive, and he wants you to be alive!

CHRISTUS VIVIT, POPE FRANCIS

INTRODUCTORY RITES Entrance Hymn

Sign of the Cross and Greeting Penitential Rite

LAUDATE, LAUDATE DOMINUM

LITURGY OF THE WORD Reading I Acts 14:19-28 In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconiumarrived and won over the crowds.They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city,supposing that he was dead.But when the disciples gathered around him,he got up and entered the city.On the following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

After they had proclaimed the good news to that cityand made a considerable number of disciples,they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch.They strengthened the spirits of the disciplesand exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying,“It is necessary for us to undergo many hardshipsto enter the Kingdom of God.”They appointed presbyters for them in each Church and,with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lordin whom they had put their faith.Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia.After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia.From there they sailed to Antioch,where they had been commended to the grace of Godfor the work they had now accomplished.And when they arrived, they called the Church togetherand reported what God had done with themand how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.Then they spent no little time with the disciples.

Responsorial Psalm 66: 1-3A, 4-5, 6-7A, 16 & 20

Cry out with joy to God, all the earth; O sing to the glory of his name.O render him glorious praise. Say to God, “How awesome you deeds!”

“Before you all the earth shall bow down, shall sing to you, sing to your name!”Come and see the works of God: awesome his deeds among the children on men.

He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot.Let our joy, then, be in him; he rules forever by his might.

Come and hear, all who fear God; I will tell what he did for my soul.Blest be God, who did not reject my prayer, nor withhold from me his merciful love.

Gospel Acclamation

“Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and so enter into his glory.”

Gospel John 14:27-31A

Jesus said to his disciples:“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.Not as the world gives do I give it to you.Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.You heard me tell you,‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’If you loved me,you would rejoice that I am going to the Father;for the Father is greater than I.And now I have told you this before it happens,so that when it happens you may believe.I will no longer speak much with you,for the ruler of the world is coming.He has no power over me,but the world must know that I love the Fatherand that I do just as the Father has commanded me.” Homily

CELTIC ALLELUIA

LITURGY OF THE WORD Preparation of the Gifts

Eucharistic Prayer

THE SUMMONS

Holy, Holy, Holy

Memorial Acclamation

Great Amen

Lord’s Prayer Lamb of God

Communion Hymns

AS THE BREAD OF LIFE IS BROKEN

BREAD FOR THE WORLD

Prayer after Communion Graduation Blessing Before you were even formed, God knew you.While in your Mother’s womb, God named you.At your birth, God’s breath f illed you with life.

Today we celebrate what you have becomeat this moment in time.And so we pray,

God of our beginnings,We thank you for the gifts of these graduates;their excitement, their awesome wonder and curiosity,their open speech and encouraging words.Their contributions have blessed and challenged us,and we have become a richerand more diverse community because of them.

As they step forward into the world that awaits,comfort their fears with the full knowledge of your divine presence.

Strengthen their resolve to walk in the footsteps of Jesusas modern-day disciples in a world that needs their spirit.

Guide their feet as they move through life,protecting them from the pitfalls of darknesswhile they help to lead future generationsinto the warmth and promise of your light.

May almighy God bless you and all participating virtually,The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.Amen.

~ from the National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministry. http://www.nfcym.org/

Final Blessing Closing Hymn

GO TO THE WORLD!

BISHOP REICHER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, WACO

Abel, Kassidy NicoleAli, Inaara AkberBayer, Jackson WalkerBerry, Ryleigh JoBrewton, Charley JoBridgeford, Ashley GailEller, Kaylee MadisonFetsch, Madison Brooke

Fuentes, Ethan BeauGammel, Zachary JosephHutyra, Natalie ChristineMagelssen, Peter HansMartinez, JohnAnthony GregoryMorales, Abram JeremiahOuellette, Christopher BenedictPlsek, Noah Blaine

Rice, Megan KathleenRobinson, Sheridan GraceRocha, Jaelin TaylorTonkin, Bryce StewartWeber, Grace Ann

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, TEMPLE

Belbeck, Spencer RaymondLizama, Jaclynn PaulinaMojica-DeLaCruz, Yaquelin  Blackwood, Ziri AlbertMosmeyer, Samuel AugustineBoone, Ann Marie ElizabethBoone, Stormy MarieMunoz, Jonas AbramButler, James David

Cruz-Panting, Anamaria  Dent, Wesley RichardEnriquez, Linda CatherineFlores Hernandez, Jose Alfredo Gonzalez, Jackellene AnnJolly, Sydney MarieLeurs, Christian GustaveLinz, Margaret Clare JosephineNikolaidis, Constadina Chrysa

Olivos Erribarren, Ashley Lucia

Ramsey, Reagan DaleSmith, Reagan MarieStevenson, Andrew Christopher

Torres-Amaya, Jewel  Turner, Savannah AustinWeisbruch, Dominique Grace

Wilson, Tyler Marie

SAN JUAN DIEGO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, AUSTIN

Amaro-Villa, LitzyAnderson, Aidan GarrettAvila-Martinez, AbrahamAviles Jaimes, OyukiBaez-Hernandez, StephanieCalte, JulianaCarbajal Romero, AileenCastillo, Victor AlonzoDanze, Augustine AngelDegante, Shahain IsabelDelgado Garza, Oscar

Diaz-Arzate, Destiny ViridianaFritzinger, Nathaniel AlvaradoGalindo, Axel LuisGarcia, Emily MarieGorostieta Lopez, JaysonGutierrez Lopez, CynthiaHurtado-Guerrero, Christopher EstefanoKarl, Tirzah CharmagneLópez-Solano, José SantiagoMartinez Lara, Kevin AntonioMartinez, Karla Andrea

Mullen, Alyssa AneveyNevarez, Ariel AnnaNicasio, Juan, Jr. Nyadiyama, ChristelleOlguin Cruz, Zayda IselaOrozco-Escamilla, Jonathan MiguelRodriguez Hernandez, Roberto CarlosRojas Condado, MariolquiTovar, Cesar AbranValencia Castillo, Ana Laura

Congratulations Class of 2020!

Gauna, JackGilbert, ReillyGiron, JanieGonzales, AdrianGrice, MikaylaGrieshop, JackGrohs, Jonthan JamesGutierrez, Ali GutierrezHallum, JadeHenry, GraceHermansen, CatHerridge, AngelaHogenmiller, MatthewHong, YejiHughes, SarahHurtado, Cecilia Janak, ChrisJanecka, EthanJohns, DavidJones, NatalieKelemen, KelsyKlein, ReillyLarmeu, EmilyLeasure, SethMaia, MartaMarshall, QuinMason, JusticeMazzurana, BrendanMcHugh, William McKenna, ZachMcKinstry, RyanMedina, JuliaMiles, Brendan

Miller, AbbyMurphy, CaitlinMyrick, MaddieNguyen, LinhNusbaum, GagePan, Siyi Pojman, VictoriaPrice, JulieRodriguez, AnaLisaRodriguez, AndreaSalas, IsaacSerrano-Ayala, IsaSherman, Kyra Smylie, ColeStaebel, AbigailUntalan, FrancesUong, JoanneUrquiza, AlysiahVeenis, GarrettVera-Tudela, CamilaWagner, LukeWalsh, KylaWang, Mengmeng Wang, VicWebster, MilesWedge, CameronWeir, IsabelWilliams, LenciZapata, NaniZhang, JoeZhou, JamesZhou, Yi

ST. DOMINIC SAVIO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, AUSTIN

Alvarez, FrankieAziz, NoahBartholomew, ElleéBowen, AdamBreed, LukeBrouse, TanyaBrown, CollinBuchanan, Connor Burns, BrennaBuzad, MarietteCallas, Carson Camarena, ElizabethCarabajal, KatherineCarpenter, GraceCarrano, AnnaCarvallo-Roy, JulioChalil, MayamChauvin, MadiChen, HarryCook, AinsleyDavison, AlinaDemarest, NoahDietrich, EmilyDiTeresa, MatthewFalch, SashaFlack, AnnabelFoster, TroyFrasier, Britney French, NathanGaona, JosephGarcia, MasonGarcia, MorganGarcia, Trinity

Phillips, Collette Michelle Pierce, Luc DavidPrince, Ian AshbrookPulsifer, Race MercuryRadhakrishnan, Ryan NathanRios, Carlos AlejandroRogers, Hunter WillmsRome, Avery Diane Shen, WenquanSherwood, Jack TaylorShields, Derrick Carter Sicuro, Caroline GraceSolano, Alyssa MarieStoicoviciu, Julian VictorThomas, Lachlan DilatushThurman, Major HuntingtonUrry, Garrett JamesVilas, Allison ElizabethViniegra, Lucia MWei, YueWesner, Hanna GardnerWhite, Oliver StaytonYang, ZhonglinZeller, Alexcia May

ST. MICHAEL’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY, AUSTIN

Anderson, Reece RobertBernecker, Mia LaureenBerrios, Larissa GabrielaBusceme, Alec JosephCannata, Alexander JamesCarrigee, Mary FrancesCarter, Grant MatthewChen, Xiaojie (Alice)Coffman, Annika TaylorCurtis, Casey MaeveDaboub, Johnston RyanDolce, Virginia Kathaleene Eby, Caroline Elizabeth Elledge, Helena LaurenEsparza, Joshua BrazosEsparza IV, ManuelFlores, Emily MarieFlores, Drew AdanFrancis, Halle ElizabethFranklin, Camille GraceGallinghouse, Michael MontezGermond, William SmithersHagy, Jack PeltonHanley, Connor DanielHenson, Meredith Lucie

Hernandez, Kolby Adam House, Reagan LangstonJandrell, Easton Kent Jehl, Jaxon CarlJones, Aaliyah NicoleKappmeyer, Cristina DawnKenyon, McLain A.Layne, Cassidy KenleyLogan, William ScottLong, Jackson GlenLucero, Taylor ElizabethLynch, Avery JoaquinMa, HuiMartinez, Theresa MarieMartinez, Isabel MaureenMcCarthy, Thomas JosephMeigs, ElenaMelvin, Matthew FrancaisMikell, Jessica TaylorMontano, Eric R.Morton, Kathryn GeorgiaMuth, Olivia LucilleNorton, Mary OwensOballo, Isabella LorenOrtegon, Raul Anthony

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, BRYAN

Bellott, KaitlynBienski, RebeccaBoyle, EleanorDavila, ElisaFernandes, RohiniGarcia, JasmineGeorge, Roland

Healing, ChristopherLabowitz, AdamMillhollon, ReghanNajvar, JamesNelson, MatthewOpersteny, JosephQuan, Wei

Reynosa, HannahSeago, SamuelSong, YangStratta, OliviaWoodard, SydneyYu, Qian