When we first married, my wife, Misty, and I were the typical secular couple. We relied on hormonal contraception. Due to bad side effects, that didn’t last long. Misty found out about Natural Family Planning (NFP) through a Catholic friend. Admittedly, I was suspicious of all the “hocus pocus” involving thermometers at o’ dark-thirty in the morning and observations written down in cryptic symbols on the NFP chart. That would all change in surprising ways once we got into living the NFP lifestyle.

To have … To hold … To honor, Natural Family Planning, Supporting God’s gifts of love and life in marriage” is the theme of this year’s national Natural Family Planning Awareness Week (July 25–31, 2021), an educational campaign of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to celebrate God’s design for married love and the gift of life and to raise awareness of Natural Family Planning (NFP) methods.

These twelve proposals are just some possible ways we can commit to the pastoral care of the family in light of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia. Each ecclesial reality is invited to consider which of these proposals can be developed or implemented at a local level, according to its own conditions and needs.

12 propuestas y sugerencias para una pastoral familiar a la luz de la exhortación apostólica "Amoris Laetitia". Se invita a cada realidad eclesial a tomar en consideración aquellas que crea posible poner en práctica o implementar a nivel local, según sus propias condiciones y necesidades.

The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life announces the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly under the theme “I am with you always”. 

On July 16, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to be unlawful. DACA allows certain undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children—known as Dreamers—to remain in the country.

Several organizations offered their services to the area homeless at a resource fair held recently at the Mother Teresa Shelter. The combined efforts from representatives of the city of Corpus Christi and the staff at the Mother Teresa Shelter made the day’s events a success.

Does it seem strange, at a time when we are called to the weighty task of being “intensely Eucharistic,” that Dominicans should look back almost seven centuries to consider the example of a nine-year-old little girl? Not so strange, really; in fact, not at all! For wasn’t it Jesus Himself who loved to hold children up as the best example of what He was trying to teach us all to become?

Venerable Carlo Acutis, an Italian teen whose beatification Pope Francis approved in 2020, is known for his gift for computer programming, but how he used those skills is what makes him an example of holiness, according to the postulator of his sainthood cause.

“PLEDGEFEST 2021”, the annual On-Air fundraiser benefiting 89.5HD KLUX, will take to the air on Monday morning, Aug. 30. The 5-day event is one of the primary fundraisers for the local non-commercial station. Local dignitaries, guests, station personalities and volunteers will be making appeals and manning the phones, taking pledges from listeners during each of the three daily segments during the fundraiser. 

Corpus Christi Hope House and The Gabriel Project is hosting an evening of inspirational guest speakers, fine dining, and Christian fellowship. The 32nd Annual Celebration for Life Fundraising Banquet will be on Thursday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Mansion Royal at 8001 South Padre Island Drive in Corpus Christi.

Sharon Longoria wishes the world would get  excited about the Holy Eucharist, especially young people. 

Each hour you spend with Jesus will deepen his divine peace in your heart. “Come to me all of you who are weary and find life burdensome and I will refresh you...” “Cast all of you anxieties upon the one w

This is a love story seen through the lens of a camera – the love story of a people united by the Eucharist. These photographs tell a story of a faithful people coming together to adore and celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi (Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ).  

Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo, who is also a parishioner at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, presents Bishop Michael Mulvey with the city proclamation for the feast day. Bishop Mulvey accepts the proclamation and thanked Mayor Guajardo for her presence and for personally delivering the City’s Proclamation: naming June 3, 2021, as “Feast of Corpus Christi Day.”

As the week of June 3 approached, the diocesan celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi coincided with a potentially crucial schedule change due to inclement weather. Thunderstorms threatened to cancel the Eucharistic Procession, which guaranteed the attendance of many parishes, ministry groups, and individuals who had planned to participate.

Director Jaime Reyna and Administrative Assistant Heath Garcia from the Office of Youth Ministry in the Diocese of Corpus Christi held two youth ministry meetings to determine the present needs of leaders involved in youth ministry in their parish.

For the past 66 years, Richard Quijas has been a faithful parishioner at Our Lady Star of the Sea on North Beach. During a recent Holy Hour Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at his church in May, he became emotional.

Con gran amor, alegría y devoción, nos reunimos como familia diocesana para celebrar la Fiesta de Corpus Christi el pasado mes de junio. Juntos dimos honor y alabanza al “ALMA” de la Iglesia. Gracias por sus contribuciones y participación.

Catholic dioceses that are struggling to recover from decades of communist persecution will receive $3.56 million for ministry and outreach thanks to the generosity of American Catholics to the annual collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe that is taken up in most dioceses each winter.