Over 600 people filled St. Pius X church at the 2013 Annual Jazz Mass concelebrated by Father Paul Hesse and Father Yul Ibay on Oct. 20 with Deacon David Hanson of Holy Cross Parish assisting.

Several hundred people joined Bishop Michael Mulvey for Mass at Sacred Heart parish in Three Rivers on Oct. 20 to give thanksgiving for this year’s harvest. This is the third year Bishop Mulvey has celebrated the Mass of Thanksgiving for the Harvest.

American Catholics have a unique opportunity next month to support Catholic ministry in the U.S. military and Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers by giving to a first-ever, special collection at Sunday Mass. Parishes across the country will take up the special collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS) the weekend of Nov. 9-10. The collection is timed to coincide with Veterans Day, which follows on Monday.

La Catedral de Corpus Christi ha anunciado que su Misa de 11 a.m. el domingo será una Misa Mariachi en cada otro domingo.

For the 12th year, the International Relay Run of the Antorcha Guadalupana will be passing through the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Bishop Michael Mulvey will celebrate Mass for the runners at Sacred Heart in Corpus Christi at 7 p.m. on Oct. 31.

The IWA Girls’ Cross-Country Team placed third at the state meet, which was hosted by Connally High School in Waco on Oct. 26.

The Incarnate Word Academy’s Boys’ Cross-Country Team defended its TAPPS 4A State Championship title by placing first at the state meet in Waco on Saturday, Oct. 26.

Dr. Brad Wilcox, a nationally recognized speaker from the University of Virginia, will make two presentations in the Diocese of Corpus Christi on the topics of fatherhood and marriage. The public is invited to both presentations.

“We are as servant leaders to all of you brothers and sisters. We are here to serve,” Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey said at a blessing on the 10th anniversary of the Mother Teresa Shelter on Oct. 14. “We are working for you and with you; in your walk of faith. We are in a sense God’s own coworkers.”

As the month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary, Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level students prayed a living rosary on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students prayer the living rosary in the school’s James R. Dougherty Center.

Incarnate Word Academy announces Middle Level Science Fair Winners

Incarnate Word Academy is recognizing the week of Oct. 21-25 as National Bullying Prevention Week to encourage everyone to take an active role in the bullying prevention movement. October is National Bullying Prevention Month.

Incarnate Word Academy’s cross-country teams swept the TAPPS 3-4A district meet held, Saturday, Oct. 19, in San Antonio.

Parishioners use crane to paint church tower and cross at Our Lady of Pilar.

Twenty parishes answered the 12-hour call to prayer at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Corpus Christi, which hosted the inaugural Rosary Fest on Oct. 7.

At the conclusion of the Red Mass on Oct. 3 in Corpus Christi Cathedral,Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott thanked lawyers, judges and elected officials for their service and commitment to God.

Helping the church get the Gospel message out to the digital world depends more on a loving passion for reaching out to others than being tech savvy or a verbal warrior, Pope Francis told Catholic communicators.

In a Sept. 17 letter to U.S. bishops, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops continues to study the legal and moral implications of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act.

Tom Leopold is a very funny guy. He’s also a Catholic.

Sister Mary Anne Pagano observed her 25th anniversary in religious life on Jan. 23, 1988 when she made her first profession of vows. On Oct. 17, 1992 she made her perpetual profession of vows.