• Calendar of Events
      • Jun 20-22, 2013
        SWLC Hispanic Pastoral Musicians Conference
        The Southwest Liturgical Conference's Eighth Bi-Annual Hispanic Pastoral Musicians Conference will be held in McAllen, Texas. Sing to the Lord, and praise without borders! The event is hosted by the Office of Liturgy & Worship in the Diocese of Brownsville. See contact information and printable flyer here.
      • Jun 20, 2013
        6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
        Voting Catholic
        Matthew Moore, philosophy instructor at Del Mar College and doctoral candidate, has been asked to teach a course on voting. Join us on June 20 at Holy Family Parish from 6 - 8 p.m. as we learn what the Catholic Church teaches concerning contemporary social and moral issues. For more information, please contact Deacon Stephen Nolte at (361) 693-6638.
      • Jun 20, 2013
        7:00 PM
        Safe Environment Training
        CORE Class
        St. Joseph, Beeville
        Conference Room
        Please call 358-3239 to register.
      • Jun 20, 2013
        7:00 PM
        Safe Environment Training
        Recertification Class
        St. Joseph, Beeville
        Conference Room
        Please call 358-3239 to register.
      • Jun 21, 2013
        6:30 PM
        Fortnight for Freedom Opening Mass
        The Fortnight for Freedom, which Catholics celebrated for the first time last year, takes place from June 21 to July 4 this year. The Fortnight will begin in the Diocese of Corpus Christi with a Mass at the Cathedral on June 21, celebrated by Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey. The Mass is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Corpus Christi Cathedral.
      • Jun 22, 2013
        9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
        Diocesan Youth Council Meeting
        There will be a Diocesan Youth Council Meeting with Bishop Mulvey on June 22 from 9-11 a.m. at the Chancery. For more information, please call the Youth Ministry office at (361) 882-6191.
      • Jun 22, 2013
        10:00 AM
        Safe Environment Training
        Recertification Class
        Corpus Christi Cathedral
        Classroom 4
        Please call 883-4213, ext 21 to register.
      • Jun 22, 2013
        11:00 AM
        Safe Environment Training
        CORE Class
        Corpus Christi Cathedral
        Classroom 4
        Please call 883-4213, ext. 21 to register.
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    • News
      • Sister Maria Purificacion Palis of the Blessed Sacrament says Thank You
        June 12, 2013
        In this video, Sister Maria Purificacion Palis of the Blessed Sacrament, OP says "Thank You" at the conclusion of her Mass of Thanksgiving, marking 50 years of service to the Church.
      • Culture of waste treats persons as if they were garbage
        June 5, 2013
        Pope Francis dedicated the catechesis of today's Wednesday morning general audience to the environment, noting that today marks the World Environment Day promoted by the United Nations.
      • State legislators organizing to respond to religious freedom challenges
        June 4, 2013 | by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service
        WASHINGTON (CNS) -- State legislatures, rather than the federal courts, are becoming the new battlegrounds over religious freedom, two state legislators acknowledged at the 2013 National Religious Freedom Conference.
      • Equating HHS mandate, union health benefits is wrong, says spokesman
        June 4, 2013 | by Catholic News Service
        NEW YORK (CNS) -- A New York Times article May 27 said the New York Archdiocese "has quietly been paying" for birth control coverage for its unionized employees while New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan has been spearheading efforts to fight the federal health care law requiring employers to cover birth control in employee health plans.
      • Pope Francis: the Church is God's call to be part of his family
        May 29, 2013
        The mystery of the Church will be the theme of Pope Francis' new cycle of catechesis during the Wednesday general audiences. “A mystery,” he said, “that we all live and in which we all take part.” The Pope, who will discuss this topic in light of Vatican Council II texts, began from the parable of the prodigal son that illustrates God's plan for humanity.
      • Pope: Be courageous witnesses of the Gospel
        May 22, 2013
        Pope Francis dedicated his Wednesday general audience catechesis to the Holy Spirit, without whom, “the Church could not live or carry out the mission that Jesus has entrusted us with, of going out and making disciples of all nations.
      • Holy Spirit teaches us to see with Christ’s eyes
        May 8, 2013
        VATICAN CITY (VIS) – Eastertide, which culminates with the Solemnity of Pentecost when the Church relives the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, is the perfect time of the Holy Spirit,” the Pope explained to the 75,000 persons present in St. Peter's Square to attend his Wednesday general audience.
      • Prayer and blue balloons ends abuse awareness month
        May 1, 2013
        CCD students from St. Mary Mission in Robstown released several blue balloons up into the gray sky on the morning of April 28. The event concluded National Child Abuse Awareness Month in honor of all children who die of abuse every year. All CCD students from pre-kinder to High School gathered outside of the small mission church for a prayer led by their pastor, Father Anthony Blount, before they released the balloons.
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