The missionary image of Our Lady of Guadalupe can be viewed in churches, nursing homes, hospitals, prisons and more in Beeville, Skidmore and Pettus during August.

A grassroots non-profit organization, St. Paul Street Evangelization met with diners at Taqueria Valarta in Mathis on July 1, spreading the Word of God. They set up our table with Church-approved pamphlets on various subjects, such as the Eucharist, confession, the Virgin Mary, saints and many topics related to the Catholic faith.

Adriana Gerhart, former 5th grader at Sacred Heart School, won the Catholic Life Insurance Art Poster Contest, "Heroes Don't Always Wear Capes".

Recently, Sister Joni received a $5,000 scholarship from “Giving Voice” to travel to Mexico to learn more about the language and her heritage. Giving Voice is an organization based in Dubuque, Iowa, for women religious under the age of 50. According to its website, Giving Voice “creates spaces for younger women religious to give voice to their hopes, dreams and challenges in religious life.”

I know many of you ask the reason for the numerous national collections or in many people’s words the special collections. Let me list them for you: Aid to the Church in Central & Eastern Europe; Black and Indian Missions; Catholic Campaign for Human Development; Catholic Communications Campaign; Catholic Relief Services; Catholic University of America; Church in Latin America; Catholic Home Missions Appeal; Disaster Relief; Holy Land; Peter’s Pence; Respect Life; Retired Diocesan Priests Fund; Retirement Fund for Religious; Rice Bowl and World Mission Sunday.

Before I became a sister with the Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration, I felt I needed a super-power within me–the Holy Spirit to heed God’s call. I learned to pray to the Holy Spirit at every turn of event, “Come Holy Spirit.”

Three years ago, Michael Dewar was at a crossroads in his life. A long haul truck driver for the previous 16 years, running one red light and getting a traffic ticket was enough reason for his trucking company to terminate him immediately.

The critical issues facing high school age youth in their daily lives are bullying, drugs and pornography. In most cases, it’s not the schools that are to blame. According to some teenagers, it’s the breakdown of some of their own families.

Ni el sol de Sur de Tejas ni el alto nivel de humedad, detuvieron a la multitud de gente para reunirse en la parroquia “Santa Maria Estrella del Mar” en Aransas Pass el 18 de Mayo. La multitud, buscaba la ayuda de Caridades Católicas de Corpus Christi, quienes llegaron en una camioneta llena de comida, artículos de limpieza, y personal de ayuda. El equipo asistió a los residentes para llenar las solicitudes y para evaluar sus necesidades como respuesta a la destrucción del Huracán el pasado verano.

Baldemar Cardenas ha servido alegremente como ministro de Eucaristía desde que tenia 24 años. Hoy en día tiene 51, y continúa involucrándose con la Iglesia a través de varias actividades voluntarias, incluyendo un concepto que va ganando atracción a través del país, llamado “Small Church Communities” o Comunidades pequeñas de la Iglesia. Lo cual anima a grupos pequeños de feligreses a compartir y crecer en su Fe con otras comunidades católicas.

For Victoria Fuentes to move forward with her dreams of becoming a doctor, without incurring a considerable amount of debt, Del Mar College’s Early College program was an answer to her prayers.

There has been much in the news these days about individuals acting out in violent ways, bringing pain and suffering to many innocent people. School shootings, vehicles deliberately driving into crowds of people, homemade bombs on doorsteps... It seems to just go on and on. How are younger members of the Church expected to deal with so much violence? More importantly, how are you to respond in faith?

Father Joseph Kentenich (1885-1968) founded the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in 1926. The Schoenstatt Sisters, with its motherhouse in Germany, provide inspiration and leadership for the Schoenstatt Movement. Their charism is to be Mary and to work like Mary, in the world so that people may encounter Christ in and through them.

During the Evangelii Gaudium and the Hurricane Harvey Service Recognition ceremony Bishop Michael Mulvey said “we are being called to search out the poor, search out the marginalized, not to push them farther away, not to criticize them, but to be with them. And those of you who have experienced that with a strong involvement after Hurricane Harvey, probably experienced some of that. Your faith has been put into action,” he said. “When we serve each other, when we pull down the barriers–our prejudices, our misunderstandings create–we climb.”

The Office of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Corpus Christi has ramped up its efforts to keep its 18 campuses, 2,953 students, and 312 full and part-time faculty and staff safe from harm with the implementation of a standardized Emergency Operations Plan. The plan, which rolled out in the 2017-2018 school year, outlines actions to mitigate, respond and recover from emergency situations – situations not confined to a disaster like hurricanes, fires and gas leaks, but also includes dangers like shootings, other threats of bodily harm and bullying.

The south Texas sun and high humidity didn’t deter a crowd of people from gathering at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church in Aransas Pass on May 18. They were there seeking help from Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi, who arrived in a van full of food, cleaning supplies and a staff of helpers. The team helped residents’ complete applications for assistance, and assess their needs in the wake of the hurricane last summer.

Baldemar Cardenas has joyfully served as a Eucharistic Minister since he was 24 years old. Today, at 51, he continues his involvement with the Church through various volunteer activities, including a concept called Small Church Communities, which encourages small groups of parishioners to grow and share their faith with others in the Catholic community.

For the good of the People of God in the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Bishop Michael Mulvey has made the following assignments:

Bishop Michael Mulvey told some 180 people who attended a “Mass of Solidarity” to come out of the shadows and be a part of the diocesan community. The bilingual Mass was celebrated at Holy Family Church to a predominantly Hispanic community on June 26.

Knights of Columbus Council #1653 and St. Joseph Parish in Beeville awarded three $1000 scholarships to seniors Lois Downing, Jacob Olivares and Jaime Whitt on June 17.