Forty men attended the inquiry meeting for prospective aspirants diaconate on Aug. 28. The Office for the Permanent Diaconate of the Diocese of Corpus Christi sponsored the gathering.

As the Corpus Christi Hooks players warmed up on the green Whataburger Field before their game on Aug. 31, the sound of praise and worship music could be heard coming from first base area.

“‘Counterfeit!’ that’s what I tell the kids they have been given, when it comes to information on sex,” Sue Bernsen, executive director of Refuge of Hope, said.

“We are all connected by faith—it doesn’t matter if you are deaf, blind or not able to fully understand everything, faith resides in the heart,” Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey said at the Day of Celebrations Mass held to reach out to the deaf and disabled community in the Diocese of Corpus Christi.

Texas’ Catholic bishops are disappointed at the federal district court’s recent ruling that the state’s sonogram law is unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Los directores de los comités de política internacional y nacional pidieron al Comité Conjunto Selecto Sobre Reducción del Déficit, popularmente conocido como el “supercomité”, recordar a los pobres y vulnerables mientras diseñan un plan para atender el déficit financiero de la nación.

Our group’s WYD 2011 experience was full of adventures. It had its many ups and downs. The week leading up to the actual vigil and Mass with the Pope was spent going to talks, catechetical instructions, church visits and meeting with fellow pilgrims.

A few parishioners from St. Patrick Parish experienced spiritual renewal during a summer pilgrimage to holy sites in Italy, Bosnia and Croatia. The highlight of the 12-day pilgrimage was the Papal Mass celebrated on June 29, the Feast day of St. Peter and St. Paul and the sixtieth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s ordination to the priesthood.

Sacred Heart Parish in Mathis will celebrate a Blue Mass in honor of fist responders on Saturday, Sept. 24, at 6 p.m. The Mass will be held at the Parish Hall due to construction at the church.

Homework September 1-7

VATICAN CITY -- The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States horrified the pope and Vatican officials, who unequivocally condemned terrorism and offered prayers for the dead, the survivors and the rescue workers.

DETROIT (CNS) -- Strengthening the 270 parishes of the Archdiocese of Detroit is the No. 1 priority of the $135 million stewardship campaign officially launched Sept. 6.

CORPUS CHRISTI – Now in its 27th Season, the Cathedral Music Ministry of Corpus Christi Cathedral announces openings for new members in six Cathedral choirs. 

When Pope Pius X issued his papal bull erecting the Diocese of Corpus Christi in 1912, he was affirming the reality of the church in south Texas, which had grown from the seeds of faith planted and nurtured over many years.

Cuando el Papa Pío X publicó la bula papal para la erección de la diócesis de Corpus Christi en 1912, fue la afirmación de la realidad de la iglesia en el sur de Texas, que había crecido de las semillas de la fe plantada y cultivada durante muchos años.