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I attended my first border patrol meeting with my fellow volunteer and director of the South Texas Human Rights Center, Eddie Canales. I had no idea what to expect, but it was a great way to be introduced to the ranchers and to associate names with faces.

Incoming high school freshmen are often faced with an array of new relationships as they make the transition from middle school to high school. To help to deal with these new challenges, the Youth Ministry Office of the Diocese of Corpus Christi is putting together retreats to help the teenage boys and girls make the transition easier.

Bishop Michael Mulvey will celebrate the annual Blue Mass on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Mathis at 6 p.m. The Mass honors St. Michael the Archangel, patron saint of those employed in public safety.

On Thursday, Aug. 21, I had the privilege of visiting La Posada Providencia located in San Benito, Texas near the Brownsville. There I met Sister Zeta Telkamp, a Sister of Divine Providence from St. Louis, Missouri, who is the director of the 25-year-old house of hospitality.

The Diocesan Telecommunications Corporation recently honored board members Kim Seger and Msgr. Michael Howell for serving nine and 12 years, respectively.

Incarnate Word Academy students from the elementary, middle and high school levels are collecting toiletry items, gently used backpacks, tote bags and cash donations as part of the school’s “Whoever Welcomes a Child” service project.

CFRE International has named Charles D Imbergamo as a Certified Fund Raising Executive. Imbergamo is President for Incarnate Word Academy in Corpus Christi and joins more than 5,300 professionals around the world who hold the CFRE designation.

We have continued to look for the missing young man, Julio, with no success. His father calls Eddie Canales every day to check about the search. The second place that we looked was under a roadway bridge. It was evident that persons had been there at one point because of the rusted out food cans and a very trampled and weather-beaten cell phone.

Sister Pam Buganski with the Sisters of Notre Dame has been in Falfurrias for three weeks as part of her new assignment with the South Texas Human Rights Center. She will contribute periodic reports for the readers of the South Texas Catholic Web site.

Parishioners at Most Precious Blood joined Bishop Michael Mulvey in the dedication and blessing of the parish's new St. Maria Goretti Youth Center on Monday. Aug. 25.

Nearly 700 students filled the Corpus Christi Cathedral on Tuesday morning, Aug. 26, for the "Liturgy to Begin the School Year," with Bishop Michael Mulvey as celebrant. It was the 15th annual celebration of the Mass.

Bishop Michael Mulvey met with new members of the 2014-15 Legati Circle in the Immanuel Chapel at St. John Paul II High School on Aug. 20. The 12 seniors (six girls and six boys) were chosen by faculty and staff to work as student ambassadors by promoting community awareness and engaging people in meaningful involvement for St. John Paul II High School.

A Mass of Thanksgiving was held on Aug. 23 in honor of Sister Celia Hernández, MJMJ who celebrated 50 years of service to the Church in El Paso and Corpus Christi. The ceremony was held in the chapel at Mount Tabor Convent, home to the Missionary Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Mass was concelebrated by Msgr. Roger Smith and Msgr. Michael Howell

Chancery staff at the Diocese of Corpus Christi celebrated Bishop Michael Mulvey's 65th birthday with a luncheon and a cake on Friday, Aug. 22. The bishop's 90-year-old mother Marjorie was present, as she was on Aug. 23, 1949.

The Youth Ministry Office of the Diocese of Corps Christi is putting on a Link Retreat for incoming high school freshman on Aug. 23 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Alice. Students will be asked to consider, "Who are you in Christ?"

CCN Radio 89.5HD-2 will carry the Special Mass to Open the School Year live from Corpus Christi Cathedral with Bishop Michael Mulvey, Tuesday Aug. 26 beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Bishop Michael Mulvey has asked all parishes in the Diocese of Corpus Christi to take up a special collection to provide humanitarian relief and pastoral support for Christians in the Middle East that are under attack for practicing their faith. The collection will be taken up at all Masses on the weekend of Sept. 6-7.

Bishop Michael Mulvey told students returning for the new school year that they should focus on preparing themselves to be leaders who will serve others. He said that they should concentrate on service not on self-gratifying notions of accumulating wealth and material goods.