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September 11, 2018Brief summary on the progress since Hurricane Harvey
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September 5, 2018Catholic Elementary School Feasibility Study: Catholic schools are a gift of our Church to local communities throughout our Diocese. Our Catholic schools are blessed with committed parents and families, visionary leadership, and the prayerful support of many friends and benefactors. The future of our Church lies with our youth and it is vital that we stay true to the mission of forming and educating them in faith, spirit, mind and body. -
August 31, 2018Thursday evening, I visited the Border Patrol Office in Falfurrias. The monthly meeting with the local ranchers and community offered great insights to their difficult work in dealing with human and drug trafficking. I was moved by the traumatic accounts of people being mistreated by the traffickers and their personal accounts of treating the people they pick-up with humane treatment and dignity. Thanks to all of you for a great visit. -
August 29, 2018Dear Brothers and sisters, I want to continue to address the current situation of sexual abuse, the abuse of silence and the unacceptable coverup by bishops and chancery personnel. The alarming revelations surrounding Archbishop McCarrick’s behavior of abuse are more than disgusting; and the fact that accusations of negligence in his case reach to the highest level of the Church make it more alarming. I have read the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report and the profiles of many of the clergy involved. I have also read the eleven-page testimony of Archbishop Viganò and I cringe. I assure you that every report I read and hear saddens me and profoundly touches the core of my being.
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August 27, 2018Corpus Christi Cathedral is pleased to announce Mr. Scott Powell as the new Director of Sacred Music. Scott comes to us from Washington state where he has served in various musical positions. Most recently he has served as the Director of Music & Liturgy and Principal Organist at the historic Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater in Vancouver, WA, where he was the founder and director of the St. James Collegium Musicum, a professional choir and music ensemble that provides music for the Masses, Vespers & Compline services, and sacred music concerts at the Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater. -
August 20, 2018“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26). These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons. Crimes that inflict deep wounds of pain and powerlessness, primarily among the victims, but also in their family members and in the larger community of believers and nonbelievers alike. Looking back to the past, no effort to beg pardon and to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient... -
August 9, 2018My dear brothers and sisters, I write to you today as pastor and bishop of our local Church of Corpus Christi. The news of allegations over the past few weeks of sexual misconduct involving Archbishop Theodore McCarrick has sent shock waves throughout the Church in our country and around the world. We have been more than troubled and humiliated with too many incidents of abuse. The faithful are rightfully scandalized and angered...
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July 27, 2018In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Blessed Paul VI's papal encyclical, Humanae Vitae, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has issued the following statement. Originally published in 1968, Blessed Paul VI's letter promotes the whole human person in the context of marital love that respects both the spiritual and physical dimensions of man and woman, which is faithful, generous, and life-giving. -
July 23, 2018For many high school football players, playing at the collegiate level is a dream. That was the dream for Veteran’s Memorial running back, Aaron Lugo. Austin College offered him a scholarship, but Lugo felt something stronger in his heart. He felt the call to the priesthood. Mary Martinez, Lugo’s mother, said that he used to always talk about becoming a priest.... click to read full story -
June 20, 2018"As bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi and as a citizen of this great country, I express my consternation and bewilderment over the separation of children from their parents at the U.S./Mexico border. Regardless of whether a person is legal or illegal, an immigrant or a person seeking asylum, it is inhumane to detain and more so to separate children from their loved ones...
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June 13, 2018"All human life is to be respected. I join Cardinal Di Nardo in calling for a profound respect for every human life and for families. The separation of children and parents is another attack on families. As brothers and sisters in Christ, let us do what we can support immigrant families and all those who seek a more dignified life.”-Bishop Michael Mulvey
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May 30, 2018Volunteers are still needed to help victims of Hurricane Harvey in the Diocese of Corpus Christi. The storm has disrupted lives and damaged property throughout the South Texas coastal regions. Charitable acts by parish organizations and youth groups can make a difference in helping our diocesan community recover from devastation brought by Harvey. -
April 9, 2018Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman calendar. This liturgical celebration will be celebrated annually as an Obligatory Memorial on the day after Pentecost (for 2018, the date is May 21st). -
April 4, 2018April 4th marks 50 years since the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. On this day, as we reflect on his life and work, we need to ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to build the culture of love, respect and peace to which the Gospel calls us. What are we being asked to do for the sake of our brother or sister who still suffers under the weight of racism? Where could God use our efforts to help change the hearts of those who harbor racist thoughts or engage in racist actions? This anniversary gives us an important moment to draw inspiration from the way in which Dr. King remained undeterred in his principle of non-violent resistance, even in the face of years of ridicule, threats and violence for the cause of justice. Dr. King came to Memphis to support underpaid and exploited African-American sanitation workers, and arrived on a plane that was under a bomb threat. He felt God had called him to solidarity with his brothers and sisters in need. In his final speech on the night before he died, Dr. King openly referenced the many threats against him, and made clear that he would love a long life. But more important to him, he said, was his desire to simply do the will of God. -
March 14, 2018On Saturday, March 10 Bishop Michael Mulvey celebrated a Mass held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church to welcome members of the Focolare Movement, who have relocated to the Diocese of Corpus Christi. They will be working to assist the spiritual and ministerial needs of the diocese. The men and women who are coming will work in parish and campus ministry. This is th first time in the movement's history to relocate to a diocese. -
March 12, 2018
The pastoral planning process for the Diocese of Corpus Christi is now in full listening mode. Listening sessions were conducted throughout the diocese in late February. At six parish sites, over 300 participants came to offer their input about their hopes and dreams for the future of the diocese based on the vision laid out by Bishop Mulvey. The sessions were held in both English and Spanish. Significant input was given, all of which will be analyzed, summarized and shared in future updates.
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March 8, 2018Linda lived by the words of Jesus in Matthew 25 “Whatever you do to the least, you do it to me”. This, for her is her guiding principle and truth – to seek out and see the face of Jesus in every person. Her witness will remain now and into the future.I am grateful to Linda McKamie for her passion for serving the poor and the joy with which she did so every day. She was always available and always present…not just physically. Linda will be greatly missed on the day-to-day, but I count on her prayers and wisdom as we continue to follow her lead. Thank you, Linda,”
-Bishop Michael Mulvey.
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March 4, 2016The National Council of Catholic Women, founded on March 4, 1920 by the U.S. Catholic bishops, will celebrate its 96th year with a project called A Million Works of Mercy. Beginning on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3, 2016 and ending on the Feast of Christ the King, Nov. 20, women are asked to engage in the corporal and spiritual works of mercy across the nation to reach the ambitious goal of one million Works of Mercy. -
February 5, 2016The Diocese of Corpus Christi will observe the occasion with their annual Silver and Golden Anniversary Mass to be celebrated by Bishop Michael Mulvey at the Corpus Christi Cathedral at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 14. Bishop Mulvey will honor 75 couples commemorating 25 or 50 years of Sacramental Marriage. A certificate reception and light refreshments in St. Joseph’s Hall will follow the Mass. -
February 5, 2016Nearly all of the religious men and women who professed perpetual vows in 2015 had a strong, active parish life or participated in a vocation program or experience prior to entering their religious institute, according to the annual survey on men and women religious conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University. The report comes as the Catholic Church completes the global observance of the Year for Consecrated Life.