Imagine a post-apocalyptic world, which has been decimated by the unleashing of tremendous forces of destruction. Imagine this world inhabited by wounded and traumatized survivors who face innumerable challenges, including the need to protect themselves from evil, mutated creatures actively seeking their annihilation. Visualize the landscape and atmosphere, heavy with unknowns and potential dangers.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the study of the sacred pages of Scripture “should be the very soul of sacred theology (CCC 132).” Scripture is central to our spiritual growth; we, therefore, need to be most attentive to its content and unity.
by Sister Guadalupe Maria Cervantes, PCI Contributor
In the procession, the priest, deacons, servers and other ministers enter, preferably while a hymn is being sung. The act of processing can serve as a symbol of gathering together to worship God.
One of the essential elements to consecrated life is the vows that each member makes. In fact, it is the making of these vows that suggests the term “consecrated life” and designates someone as a recognized member of a religious order.
by Bishop Michael Mulvey, STL, DD South Texas Catholic
The vocation of marriage is critical to healthy families, the Church and society. The Church has realized for centuries that the basic relationship in the life of the Church is the covenant relationship between a man and a woman called marriage.
El respeto a los padres es algo fundamental contenido en uno de los mandamientos de Dios: “Honrarás a tu padre y a tu madre.” Ellos cuidaron y protegieron a su familia con el amor y cariño que existe de los padres hacia los hijos, ahora les toca a los hijos corresponder de la misma forma.
On Sunday, Feb. 8, Father Jesus Francisco Lopez of Immaculate Conception Parish in Taft celebrated a Mass in memory of Blessed Jose Sanchez Del Rio. The Mass included a procession with a first class relic of Blessed Jose that is encased at the parish.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Alice will present a parish mission entitled “Seven Capital Virtues: Overcoming the Seven Capital Sins” over five consecutive days from March 1–5, at 7 p.m., at the parish. The mission will be followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and confession.
Three seminarians from the Diocese of Corpus Christi were installed in the Ministry of Reader at Assumption Seminary in San Antonio on Saturday, Feb. 14. The Ministry of Reader is a step along the way to priestly ordination.
Religious Life can be shrouded in mystery, making the religious life seem almost like another-worldly state of being. And in some sense it is. This discussion of some important aspects of discerning the religious life will hopefully dispel some of the mists for clearer understanding and discernment.
Today’s grandparents are taking on increasing roles of responsibility, from volunteering several days a week at their grandchildren’s schools, to paying Catholic school tuition or even raising their grandchildren in the absence of biological parents.
Eleven-year-old Danny Puebla is like most boys his age. He loves football, basketball, swimming and his dog, Bella. But the two most important loves in this fifth-grader’s life are his grandparents, Joey and Margaret Diaz Mitchell.
Margaret Horseman cannot imagine living somewhere other than Villa Maria Senior Citizen Community. “There’s no place like Villa Maria. The staff is amazing and my fellow residents are a joy to be around. Being here is a blessing,” she said.
For 50 years Sister M. Amalia Mata, ISSM has been serving Texas with love, as expressed through the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary whose mission is “to renew the world from within.”
Residents at Mount Carmel Home have been through wars, the Great Depression and raised families. “They are our living history, a first hand account. You get that in so many different encounters,” said Sister Ann Elizabeth Cronin, DCJ, LVN, executive director of Mount Carmel Home.
Campaign 2014, the annual on-air fundraiser benefiting 89.5HD KLUX will take to the air on Monday morning, March 2. The five-day event is the primary fundraiser for the local non-commercial station licensed to Diocesan Telecommunications Corporation.
South Texas Gentle Men of Steel – Los Padres, a production of Pluma Pictures, Inc., has won two prestigious awards from the IndieFEST Film Awards. The feature documentary, which documents to contributions of Dominican priests to Duval and Jim Wells counties in the Diocese of Corpus Christi, won the Award of Excellence: History/Biographical and Award of Merit Special Mention: Christian.
In the wake of the brutal murders of twenty one Coptic Christians at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Libya, increased support to protect religious minorities and civilians should be combined with adequate humanitarian assistance and other assets, said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the chairman of the USCCB Committee on International Justice and Peace.
An interim final rule published by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services risks harmful effects on unaccompanied children resettled by the United States, according to comments filed by Catholic and Evangelical organizations and relief agencies. At issue is whether the rule adequately accounts for the religious and moral concerns of faith-based organizations. Regulations that may force those agencies to restrict their work could create an unmanageable backlog for services.