News from the Diocese

This time of year, we can quite easily get caught up in the many preparations for Christmas. Whether it is readying your home for the arrival of family and friends, making sure all the decorations are in place, or ensuring you have all the ingredients to prepare that big meal, there is indeed much to do as the Nativity of our Lord draws near. 

Bishop Michael Mulvey broke ground with the sisters of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) at the site of their first Motherhouse on Dec. 2. 

Rudy Jr. Ortiz said, “I feel my family —my son Rudy, my wife Bertha and I have been chosen. We’re on a mission, and that’s to help as many people as we can and help wherever we are needed and be there for whatever He puts in our way,” he said. “I love to help people. And I guess it’s because of the love in our family —we want to share that everywhere we go.”

One of my favorite Christmas memories was from when I was eleven. The summer before, my dad, mom and I had been wandering around an antique shop, and mom showed me a doll she had loved as a little girl. She still had the original trunk, but the doll had disappeared over time. 

How can a young person understand anything about life? They have not yet lived. What can they possibly share that is not known to anyone older? Perhaps that is why devotion to Saint Lucy (Santa Lucia) spread immediately following her death in 304 A.D. Sometimes, a young person’s witness can teach anyone about a fearless love for God.

The National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) announces that on Dec. 10-11, 2022, the Diocese of Corpus Christi will hold the annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection in parishes throughout the diocese.