Prayer Groups

Eucharistic Adoration is at the core of our prayer ministry. To learn more about Eucharistic Adoration or to sign up to become a weekly adorer, please email adoration@st-william.org.

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Experience the AWE of being in God’s presence and be filled with His grace! Encourage and build a love for spending time with Jesus. Revive and deepen your family’s friendship with our Eucharistic Lord especially during our amazing United States Eucharistic Revival.

Opportunity 1: Verbally Guided Children’s Adoration Hours
2nd Wednesdays Monthly
4:15 pm in the Sacred Heart Chapel

Please join us for an hour of verbally Guided Children’s Adoration. Children of all ages are welcome with a parent or responsible adult.  Children will be guided through a themed Holy Hour with a mixture of age-appropriate prayers, songs, reflections, scripture, times of prayerful silence, and Benediction.
 
There is a transition song around the halfway mark for children who may need a shorter visit with Jesus.

Cookies and Juice immediately following in the courtyard.

Opportunity 2: A Quiet (But Not Silent) Family Adoration Hour
1st Friday Monthly
5 – 6 pm in the Sacred Heart Chapel

Families are welcome to come and go to best meet the needs of their families. Quiet whispering as you assist your child with prayer is welcome.

Guided Children’s Adoration Ministry will provide resources such as: Prayer Materials, Self-Guided Prayer Experiences, Prayer Manipulatives, and books for all ages. Or bring your own.

Opportunity 3: Resources for Traditional Quiet Visits to Adoration

The ministry strives to provide an assortment of Catholic books and prayer material on the bookshelf in the Adoration Chapel for children to borrow while spending time with our Eucharistic Lord.

The Just Jesus and Me page on the website, Guided Children's Adoration, offers a List of Things Children Can Do in Adoration and a variety of downloadable prayer materials.


On any approach, please call or email with any questions: Melissa Kirking 512-426-5017 or mkirking@hotmail.com.

Adults in the community who feel the call to pray for the sick and the devotion to the Eucharistic Adoration are invited to participate in our ministry, the only requirement is to have the Ethics and Integrity in the Ministry (EIM) workshop up to date.

Joining us you have the opportunity to:

• Profess and proclaim the truth of the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist, and promote perpetual adoration to the Blessed Sacrament, offering, as far as possible, the Chaplet to The Divine Mercy every hour for the dying.

• Bring the message of The Divine Mercy and its devotion to a suffering world, according to the revelations granted to the Church through Saint Faustina.​​​​​Bring the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy to the sick in hospitals and homes, promotes the Eucharistic Adoration. We offer home visits every Thursday at 7:00 PM, we pray for any special needs that families have.

As growth and formation in the faith, we form small groups called Cenacles, which meet biweekly in the Church.

Each member is encouraged to put their faith into practice through the spiritual and corporal works of mercy.

For more information contact Jaime and Maria Jimenez at (512) 817-8000 or email jisomex67@yahoo.com.

Come and join us! We are a prayer group that offers an atmosphere of joy and prayer that facilitates a personal pentecost with all its transformation effects, aided by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.

We also offer an annual congress of evangelization, classes of life in the Spirit and spiritual growth courses to have a greater knowledge of your faith as Catholics, as well as an annual vigil of Pentecost. We also offer services for funerals, novenaries and prayers to the sick in their homes when they need it.

We meet every Tuesday in the pavilion of St. William, from 8:00 - 9:30 PM, except the first Tuesday of each month when we meet from 7: 00-9: 30 PM in the chapel of the Sacred Heart for one Holy Hour. Childcare is available.

For more information contact Maria del Carmen Lopez at  512-662-0979

WHAT IS IT?

The Legion of Mary is the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, with well over 3 million active members in almost every country of the world. It has been active in the United States since 1931, has been approved by the last 6 Popes, and was endorsed by the Second Vatican Council. The main purpose of the Legion of Mary is to give glory to God through the sanctification of its members.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

Members become instruments of the Holy Spirit through a balanced program of prayer and service. Works include, Sacred Heart Enthronement, parishioner visitation, visitation of the sick or aged and praying with them, religious education, visiting the newly baptized, and meeting the other spiritual needs of the parish community. Legionaries are under the guidance of a spiritual director named by the pastor. The Legion is, in essence, an extension of the heart and hands of the pastor.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Active Members meet once a week for prayer, planning and discussion in a family setting. Then they do two hours of definite work each week in pairs and under the guidance of their spiritual director, Deacon Richard Kotrola.  Auxiliary members supply the prayer power which is needed for the active works of the Legion.  They recite daily in honor of Our Blessed Lady all the prayers contained in the Legion prayer leaflet called the “Tessera,” which includes the rosary.

WHO CAN BELONG?

The Legion of Mary is open to all Catholics who:

• Faithfully practice their religion;
• Are animated by the desire to participate in the Church's apostolate through membership in the Legion;
• Are prepared to fulfill each and every duty which active membership in the Legion involves

We are a ministry that offers spiritual growth, emotional support, and prayer. More than anything we help people to know more about our Mother Mary.

We invite the community when they need the Rosary to be prayed at their homes for any intention, need, death of a loved one or to enthrone the Sacred Heart of Jesus in their homes.

We are available for these services any day of the week preferably in the afternoon. We are just asking to please notify us with 2-3 days in advance.

For more information contact Maria Ana Urtado at 512-774-0838

The Catholic Church has many devotions, traditions, and spiritual ways of helping people on their faith journey.

One way is to offer a visiting statue of our Blessed Mother for family homes. Our Blessed Mother's role is to help us and intercede for us to her Son Jesus.  St. William has 2 statues of our Lady of Grace that can visit your home for a week each year.

Our pilgrim statue has a beautiful story of her journey and more information can be given by calling Debbie or Blanca for more information. 

Debbie Davis (512)417-9010 (English) | Debdavisjmj@gmail.com