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Incarnate Word Academy kicked off the “Year of Faith” with a campus-wide service project to deliver more than 330 care packets to area social service agencies.

As the Second Vatican Council concluded in 1965, the Diocese of Corpus Christi faced a new era. The implementation of the reforms of Vatican II preoccupied the next decades of the Church in south Texas under the administration of Bishop Thomas J. Drury.

In his keynote address to the Diocesan Catholic Educators Conference on Nov. 16, Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey told teachers they were an integral part of his mission to teach the faith. The bishop’s presentation focused on, “The Church Calls the Faithful to a Year of Faith.”

The Christmas Masses at Corpus Christi Cathedral are some of the most well attended events year-round in the Diocese of Corpus Christi. People need to show up a half hour before the Masses, because the Cathedral fills up quickly, Father Pete Elizardo, rector of Cathedral, said.

In addition to the Christmas Masses, the Cathedral choirs will perform their annual pageant entitled “A Cathedral Holiday New Year’s Spectacular! A Touch of Frost.” The production will have two showings, one on Friday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m. and the second on Saturday, Dec. 22, at 2 p.m.

In his 12 years at St. Elizabeth, Msgr. Pivonka has introduced many practices and ministries that seek to build up the faith. He is very pleased with Pope Benedict XVI’s proclamation of the Year of Faith, which Msgr. Pivonka sees as another incentive for Catholics to grow in faith.

St. Mary Mission in Calallen broke ground on the Mother Teresa CCD Hall on Sunday, Nov. 4. The $712,000 hall will be used for meetings, religious education, Vacation Bible School and other Mission events, and is expected to open in 10 months.

As we prepare for Christmas, many might wonder, “Are my traditions honoring the true meaning of Christmas?” We asked around for answers to some common questions and found some great ideas. So before you buy that battery-operated Feliz Navidad-singing reindeer, you may want to consider what some clergy and religious in our diocese have to say about some Christmas customs for the holidays, and how to include religious symbolism in your celebrations.

Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey ordained 23 men as Permanent Deacons on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Corpus Christi Cathedral, capping a five-year program discernment and preparation.

Following the recommendations of the Second Vatican Council, in 1967 Pope Paul VI restored the ancient practice of ordaining to the diaconate men who were not candidates for priestly ordination.

La Misión Santa María en Calallen comenzó la construcción de el Salón CCD Madre Teresa el domingo, 4 de noviembre.

Sacred music can bolster people’s faith and help lapsed Catholics redis-cover the beauty of God, Pope Benedict XVI said.

During their annual fall general assembly in Baltimore Nov. 12-15, the U.S. bishops voted down a document on the troubled U.S. economy, passed documents on penance and better preaching, approved a reorganization of their Communications Department and endorsed the sainthood cause of Dorothy Day.

With the hurricane winds, massive tides and driving rain now more than three weeks behind them, Long Islanders continue to help rebuild their community, homes and lives.

President Barack Obama has been re-elected. We pray for him. We also need to pray for all our legislatures that they will seek to pursue the common good, and protect life, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness.

The Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods founded in Indiana to honor Divine Providence and further God’s loving plans by devoting itself to works of love, mercy and justice in service to God’s people.