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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Coming soon to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline is a neuro-interventional biplane hybrid suite, offering neurologists a better way to treat stroke patients. The purchase was made possible by many donations, including a $1 million donation from the Hughes family in Beeville.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - About 40 students in the “Voices That Care Club” at Blessed John Paul II High School organized and hosted the “Heart Prom” dance for disabled participants served by the Office for Persons with a Disability ministry of Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi. The prom was held at the high school on Sunday, Feb. 19.

The Church equips its members to address political and social questions by helping them to develop a well-formed conscience. Catholics have a serious and lifelong obligation to form their consciences in accord with human reason and the teaching of the Church.

A few years ago, I spoke with a young man preparing to get married. His aunt told him that she thought he and his fiancée were too financially strapped to have a child, and that it would not be fair to bring up a baby in poverty. Keenly aware of his joblessness and his minuscule bank account, he concluded she was probably right.

Jesus, in His public life, healed many sick people, thus revealing that what God wants for man is life, life in abundance.

As the Catholic people of our diocese strive to live lives of holiness, their obvious leaders in maturing in the life of faith are our bishop and priests. At the time of their ordination, our priests consecrate their lives totally to God, serving Him through these consecrated lives as they try to lead others to holiness. To do so, they have to be striving for personal holiness in their own lives.

March 19, in the Church’s liturgical calendar, marks the Feast of St. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary. This feast has been celebrated continuously on this date since the end of the tenth century.

Lent is a tremendous opportunity for all of us to take time in silence; to learn to be quiet; to pray, as Jesus did, to our Father in solitude.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI created 22 new cardinals from 13 countries -- including three from the United States and Canada -- placing red hats on their heads and calling them to lives of even greater love and service to the church.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic bishops across the country have expressed their disapproval of President Barack Obama’s newly announced revision to the contraceptive mandate in the health reform law, saying it does nothing to change what they and other religious leaders and organizations consider an intrusion on religious liberty.

ROBSTOWN, Texas - Students at St. Anthony School in Robstown took a novel approach to National Catholic Schools Week, combining the event with the Centennial Jubilee of the Diocese to promote learning in the classroom. To cap their celebration they invited Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey to join them for the occasion.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - On Feb. 8, more than half the students and the entire staff at Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School committed themselves to a program of exercise of mind and body. The staff and students took on the moniker “3H Club” and adopted the motto “healthy, holy and happy.”

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy (IWA) Regina Salinas, the 2011 TAPPS State Cross Country Individuals Champion, signed a letter of intent with Texas A&M—Corpus Christi on Feb. 8. 

José Ángel y Ana Rosa Martínez han estado casados ??13 años y tienen tres hijos, una niña y dos niños. Son feligreses de Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos, Madre de la Iglesia en Corpus Christi.

La vida en los rancho de el sur de Texas incluye varios elementos interesantes de cómo la población rural utiliza la cultura y las costumbres para ayudar a enseñar la fe católica. Se lleva un poco de trabajo, pero vale la pena, imprimiendo grandes lecciones de fe con lo que esta disponible. El nopalito humilde es un buen ejemplo.

ROCKPORT, Texas – Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey reminded youth ministers, in retreat at the Lighthouse Inn in Rockport on Feb. 3-4, of Jesus’ parable in Luke’s Gospel on the lost sheep. “Our work does not end with the youth in our groups, but that one that is still lost and does not know Jesus. How do we reach those youth?”

Irish recording artist Dana, who has performed for popes, will present a Lenten Retreat at St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Parish in Corpus Christi on Saturday, March 24, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Theme of the Retreat is “Remember, Rejoice and Renew,” which reflects the theme of the Centennial Jubilee of the Diocese of Corpus Christi.

The dioceses of Corpus Christi and Brownsville hosted the kick-off celebration of the 95th anniversary of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Texas State Court held at the Port Isabel Court #2569 on Jan. 14.

Noted Catholic historian Carlos Castañeda observed about the Vicariate of Brownsville, “Compared with the other Texas dioceses, the Vicariate was poorer in wealth, but richer in souls to save.”