Bishop Michael Mulvey officiated a special Mass to help families honor lost loved ones at Seaside Memorial Park funeral home chapel on All Souls Day, Nov.2. Participants brought pictures of loved ones and lit candles in their memory and after Mass, several deacons from the Diocese of Corpus Christi prayed with families at the gravesite of their loved ones.

Hudson Byblow gave a series of presentations on a diocesan day of reflection on Oct. 20 at Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds. The event, entitled “Living Love in Truth, included talks about the dignity of the human person.

More than 200 guests enjoyed an evening of good food, fellowship, an exciting live auction, raffle and entertainment at the “Celebration of Charity – Angels Among Us,” honoring retired Executive Director Linda McKamie. The 2018 benefit fundraiser for Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi and Mother Teresa Shelter was held at Catholic Charities on Oct. 25.

Sister Rose Paul Madassery, SABS, Operations Supervisor for Mother Teresa Shelter, has been reassigned by her religious superior to do pastoral work within the Diocese of St. Augustine in Jacksonville, Florida. Sister Rose will leave the shelter in mid-December and Sister Rency Moonjely, SABS will take over as Operations Supervisor.

Incarnate Word Academy High School Level theatre arts students took home fourth place overall with their performance of “The Yellow Boat” at this year’s TAPPS One-Act Play competition held in Pasadena from Oct. 22-23.

St. Pius X Catholic School celebrated Red Ribbon Week by calling attention to the dangers of illegal drug usage, bullying prevention, as well as promoting healthy/positive lifestyles. During the week, which took place from Oct. 23-31.

Sixth-graders of Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School revived the saint of their choice on All Saints Day, Nov. 1. Religion teacher Divina LeGrange organized The Saints Wax Museum. Students were given a task to choose a saint and study their lives for their performance.

The congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Saint-Marc (SJSM) was founded on March 3, 1845, by Father Pierre Paul Blanck (1809-1873) from Saint-Marc, France. Father Blanck had seen the results of wars that crippled 19th century France–utter poverty and unrest. It was during the chaos and turmoil that he learned to live his life according to Scriptures and to understand that every stroke of good and bad fortune is the will of God.

Sister Vimala Joseph, with the Congregation of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (SABS), is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her religious profession this year.

Sister Rose Paul Madassery, a Sister of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of religious profession this year. Born in Kerala, India she grew up in a very tight-knit family of nuns and priests. Her brother was her greatest inspiration. He chose to be a Franciscan Capuchin priest, and like her two aunts, she decided to join the Congregation of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

At night, the path is gently lit, but even during the day there seems to be a glow that comes to those who enter the Marian Prayer Garden at Our Lady of Corpus Christi (OLCC). The garden, a result of great love, hard work, and a bit of divine inspiration, has finally reached its completion. The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT), headquartered at OLCC, has created this garden as part of their mission to lead people to Jesus through Mary. 

We are people of faith. The Holy Spirit is guiding us and we must listen to His inspirations and cooperate with His directions. This conviction motivated me to embark on a journey of discernment together with the “many voices” present in the diocese to form a Pastoral Plan for the diocese. 

When Chris Vega came to the Lord five years ago through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) program, she knew immediately who her confirmation saint would be.

The 2018 Diaconate Congress, held in New Orleans, Louisiana from July 22-26, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the permanent diaconate as an active, permanent order of ministry in the Church in the U.S.

El cardenal Daniel DiNardo, presidente de la Conferencia Nacional de Obispos Católicos, dió la bienvenida a más de 3,200 personas al Quinto Encuentro Nacional del Ministerio Hispano/Latino que se llevó a cabo el 20 de septiembre en Grapevine.  Fue “electrizante, una gran recarga espiritual”, dijo Jaime Reyna, director diocesano de la Oficina del Ministerio Multicultural y Social y Coordinador del V Encuentro.

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, welcomed more than 3,200 people to the Fifth National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry to Grapevine on Sept. 20 that was both “electrifying and spiritually charged,” said Jaime Reyna, diocesan director of the Office of Multicultural and Social Ministry and V Encuentro Coordinator.

At the urging of Monsignor Richard Shirley, the seed was planted back in 2005 for the Schulz family to visit Lourdes, France. Our first daughter, Jenna Schulz, was experiencing idiopathic seizures, that were relentless and which continue today.

Led in prayer by Bishop Michael Mulvey, students, faculty, staff, special dignitaries and friends of Incarnate Word Academy gathered outside of IWA’s new Catherine & Bob Hilliard Montessori Building and Memorial Rosary Garden for a special blessing and dedication ceremony on Sept. 26.