by Sister Guadalupe Maria Cervantes, PCI Contributor
The final event of the Mass is the Communion Rite. The Eucharist celebration is the paschal meal and the faithful who are properly disposed are invited to receive the Lord’s body and blood as he commanded. We begin with the Lord’s Prayer.
The five centuries-old Spanish missions in Texas—newly declared as World Heritage Sites by a U.N. agency–”have helped to shape the face of San Antonio,” Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said.
Sister Mary Caroline Fritter, a sister of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, believes that her congregation’s unique contribution to the Church is that of carrying out its two-fold mission—adoring the Incarnate Word and evangelizing by proclaiming the mystery of the Incarnation.
A lengthy history of administration in both congregation and school settings is part of Sister Agnes Marie Tengler’s legacy. Sister Agnes Marie is celebrating 70 years of service to consecrated life with the sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament.
“By their fruits you will know them (Mt 7:16).” Jesus’ cautionary comment in the Sermon on the Mount offers a yardstick by which all disciples can measure the trustworthiness of those who claim to be about the work of the Lord.
Consecrated life is a vocation just as marriage and priesthood. Both men and women can choose to consecrate their lives to Christ as a way to seek an intimate relationship with him.
Nobody is called to do nothing with his or her life! God calls everyone to a specific vocation. And while discerning our vocation takes time, and can often be difficult, rest assured that God is not calling anyone to perpetual indecision.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with 24 other Senators, have introduced legislation that will protect women and the unborn by defunding Planned Parenthood. The legislation was crafted by a working group of U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA), Rand Paul (R-KY) and James Lankford (R-OK) following the release of video footage depicting Planned Parenthood senior executives discussing the harvesting of the organs of unborn babies.
Our Lady of the Rosary Church, located at 1123 Main Drive in Corpus Christi, is getting ready for Rosary Fest 2015, an annual celebration that provides the faithful an opportunity to express their devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary. The daylong event will open with Mass at 8 a.m. on Oct. 7.
Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman will be the keynote speaker at the Diocese of Corpus Christi’s annual Red Mass to be held at Corpus Christi Cathedral on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m.
Unity is the theme of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference to be held in the Diocese of Corpus Christi on Saturday, Oct. 24, at St. Patrick Parish located at 3350 South Alameda Street in Corpus Christi. The conference will include a “healing service,” praise and worship and alabanza y adoración.
The faithful in the Diocese of Corpus Christi raised $110,031.37 to aid in the efforts of disaster relief resulting from the torrential rains and flooding in the Texas Hill Country community of Wimberley in the Diocese of Austin.
Una de “las señales más críticas y quizá dramáticas” de nuestro tiempo es “el tremendo crecimiento de la población hispana”, dijo Arturo Chávez, presidente ejecutivo del Mexican American Catholic College (MACC) en San Antonio.
El lunes 6 de Julio se inicio un curso de verano atendiendo al llamado del Papa Francisco del “Año de la vida consagrada”. El curso, “Esposas de Cristo hijas de la Iglesia”, fue organizado por el Consejo de Superioras Mayoras de Religiosas en las instalaciones del Centro de Retiro de Pax Christi, en Corpus Christi.
Cindy Garcia says knowledge is power when it comes to understanding and working with her middle school students in the Odem Independent School District. She got to put that knowledge to the test in a hands-on exercise in July during a Youth Mental Health First Aid USA class offered through the Behavioral Health Center of Nueces County.
April 16, 2012 began with rain. As the day progressed, it kept raining. And then it rained some more. Today, parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Gregory call it “The Great Flood.”
Family members, friends, clergy and religious attended Msgr. Celestine Murray’s 60th Anniversary celebration on June 19 at St. John Vianney Chapel. Msgr. Murray concelebrated Mass with Bishop Michael Mulvey, Bishop Emeritus Edmond Carmody and a host of priests.
Robert Reed wants to save the world. “At least as much of it as I can,” he said, brushing tears from his eyes as he spoke with passion about the support group for drug and alcohol addicts he founded five years ago called Broken Chains.
After 75 years, the Holy Trinity still welcomes the faithful to Corpus Christi Cathedral and invites them in to receive the Eucharist. Named after the Body of Christ, the Eucharist is a dominant theme in the Cathedral’s architectural theme.