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Sister Mary Louise Mount, IWBS, 87, died peacefully at Incarnate Word Convent on Monday, Sept. 29. She was born Mary Louise Jackson on Oct. 31, 1926 in Houston to the late Francis Harold Jackson and Edna Emaline Wilson Jackson.

Approximately 20-30 Incarnate Word Academy High School Level students participated in the 28th Annual General Land Office Adopt-A-Beach Fall Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 27.

Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament held a celebration in honor of their Mother Provincial, Sister Leo Puthussery, SABS, who celebrated her golden jubilee of religious profession this year.

Keynote speaker Paul J. Kim had about 600 youth from 33 parishes from the Diocese of Corpus Christi laughing and dancing at the 2014 High School Youth Spectacular on Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Richard Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown.

Bishop Michael Mulvey is urging the faithful in the Diocese of Corpus Christi to join the Texas Catholic Network in order to fulfill their obligations of faithful citizenship. The Texas Catholic Network keeps Catholics up to date on policy issues.

Bishop Michael Mulvey celebrated a Blue Mass in honor of first responders on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Sacred Heart Church in Mathis. The parish hosts the Mass annually and Bishop Mulvey designated it as a diocesan Mass in which the entire Diocese of Corpus Christi would participate in recognizing police, firefighters, EMS personnel and other first responders.

Bishop Michael Mulvey celebrated Mass at Holy Cross Parish on Sept. 21. The Mass was the culmination of year-long celebrations of the parish's centennial year. Bishop Mulvey visited with parishioners after the Mass. Brunch was served in the parish hall after the Mass.

The Red Mass celebrated annually at the Corpus Christi Cathedral has been set for Thursday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. This year's keynote speaker is Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor Michigan. Thompson's address will immediately follow the Mass.

The founders of Fazenda da Esperança, the Farm of Hope, from Brazil told their story of helping drug addicted youngsters recover from their addiction to some 500 guests at the Corpus Christi Catholic Charities' bi-annual "Dinner & Dialogue with Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey" on Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Solomon P. Ortiz International Center. The event raised $219,404 for the agency, which assists the poor and homeless in the Coastal Bend.

The Ark Assessment Center and Emergency Shelter for Youth in Calallen has received a $6,000 grant from the Coastal Bend Community Foundation.

“Trailblazers in Habits,” a new documentary about the pioneer work of Maryknoll Sisters, the first U.S.-based congregation of Catholic women religious dedicated to foreign mission, will air on ABC-TV affiliates across the nation, beginning Sunday, Sept. 28. In Corpus Christi is will show on KIII this Sunday at 2 p.m.

The call for entries has been announced for the 2015 “Try Prayer! It Works!” Contest. In this national competition sponsored by Family Rosary, children participate in an inspiring faith experience as they express their faith through art, poetry and prose.

Irondale, AL, Sept. 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When EWTN decided to produce a new docu-drama on the Crusades two years ago, most Americans had never heard of ISIS; no journalists had been beheaded in Iraq; and no Christian women and girls had been abducted or enslaved. Yet the Lord, with His perfect timing, knew that a mini-series on "The Crusades" needed to be ready to air in October - and so it is. (The mini-series airs 10 p.m. ET from Wednesday, Oct. 8 through Saturday, Oct. 11.)

Although Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich was personally unassuming, the spiritual impact she had on other Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth was so unmistakable that they began the effort to have her canonized soon after her May 8, 1927, death in Paterson.

Incarnate Word Academy held a memorial Mass on Dr. Hector P. Garcia day, Wednesday, Sept. 17 in the convent chapel of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament.

As a general principle of living, one simply never knows how simple, everyday moments in one's life will become something quite seminal in God's communication with us. This was the hope that was expressed in "Explore", the week-long discernment retreat for young men held during the week of July 28-Aug. 1 at Camp Zephyr in Sandia.

More than 600 young people excited about their faith took part in the Middle School Youth Spectacular 2014 on Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Richard Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown. The theme of the gathering was "Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive."

On Sunday, Sept. 21, Parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Taft joined Catholics in Oklahoma and throughout the country in prayer to offset a black mass organized by a small group of self-avowed Satan worshipers in Oklahoma City. Immaculate Conception held an hour-long Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after their 10 a.m. Mass.