• Obama administration drops fight to limit age restrictions on Plan B
    July 1, 2013
    by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service
    U.S. Catholic officials expressed disappointment with the June 10 announcement that the federal government will comply with a judge’s ruling to allow girls of any age to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription.
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  • People long for spiritual home, an inviting parish, says Franciscan nun
    July 1, 2013
    by Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service
    People long for a spiritual home and Catholics expect to find it at their parish, with a pastor who provides a rich diet of spiritual food and “meets people where they are,” Franciscan Sister Katarina Schuth told a New York audience June 7.
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  • “Dad, I want to be a priest”
    July 1, 2013
    by Father Joseph Lopez, JCL Contributor
    Imagine that you ask your son–or grandson–what he wants to be when he grows up, and he answers, “I want to be a priest!”
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  • Sister Puri “filled by gratitude for the abundance of God’s blessing”
    July 1, 2013
    by Alfredo E. Cardenas, South Texas Catholic
    "This is a day of gratitude to God, to Sister Puri, to her sisters, to her family, to all religious that take consecrated vows,” Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey said to Sister María Purificación Palis, OP at the Jubilee Mass commemorating her 50th year in service to the Church.
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  • IWBS taught Sister Raquel to grow and mature in the Lord
    July 1, 2013
    by Sister Julianne Kuntscher, IWBS Contributor
    Sister Maria Raquel Newman entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament on Feb. 11, 1986, desiring to fulfill a life of total giving of herself to God and to the service of the people of God.
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  • Gaining peace through prayer: How to pray About Your vocation
    July 1, 2013
    by Father Joseph Lopez, JCL Contributor
    As you contemplate what to do with your life, be confident that God has a specific plan for you, and that you can discover it through prayer.
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  • Consoling the Heart of Jesus through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
    July 1, 2013
    by Timothy Hatch, Contributor
    For more than 50 years, and with the encouragement of Blessed Pope John Paul II, a devotion to the Divine Mercy as revealed to St. Faustina Kowalska by Jesus has spread among faithful Catholics worldwide.
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  • Six SOLT brothers will be ordained transitional deacons
    July 1, 2013
    Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey will ordain six brothers of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) to the transitional diaconate at Corpus Christi Cathedral on July 16 at 10 a.m. The SOLT brothers to be ordained are Brother Tristan Abbott, Brother Michael Mary Wight, Brother Al Abainza, Brother Michael Slovak, Brother Patrick Prajzner and Brother Juan Villagomez.
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  • Our Lady of Corpus Christi holds benefit banquet and ‘Dome Fest’
    July 1, 2013
    The benefit banquet for the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) was sold out at Our Lady of Corpus Christi Campus on June 7. Ireland’s own Dana Scallon was the headline attraction.
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  • Movimiento “cursillo” es un encuentro hacia Dios
    July 1, 2013
    by Luisa Scolari, Corresponsal
    El movimiento “cursillo” nace en Majorca, España en 1949, cuando su fundador, el Obispo Juan Hervas, observó la necesidad de crear un nuevo camino para renovar la fe y desarrolla este método de renovación espiritual, que consiste en un retiro de fin de semana que se complementa con un seguimiento que dura toda la vida.
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  • A story in image: The coat of arms of the bishops of Corpus Christi (Part 2)
    July 1, 2013
    by Msgr. Michael Howell, Contributor
    This the second in a three-part series of stories on the coat of arms of each bishop of Corpus Christi.
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  • Sister Jude remembers Youth Spectaculars of yesteryears
    July 1, 2013
    by Jaime Reyna, Contributor
    In 1985, the average rent was $375, the average price for a car $9,005, a gallon of gasoline was $1.09 and a stamp cost 22 cents. The song “We are the World” was raising money for famine relief in Africa.
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  • The students and the Cardinal for whom they prayed during the conclave
    July 1, 2013
    by Rebecca Esparza, Correspondent
    Diana Sanchez never imagined a simple project to celebrate the history-making event of selecting a new pope would inspire an entire school.
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  • 900 attend Despedida for Dominican Fathers
    July 1, 2013
    by Alfredo E. Cardenas, South Texas Catholic
    Corpus Christi Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey celebrated a Mass before some 900 people at St. Francis de Paula Church in San Diego on June 16 to say farewell to the community’s two longtime Dominican priests.
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  • Father Christopher Becerra, Newest Diocesan Priest
    July 1, 2013
    by Alfredo E. Cardenas, South Texas Catholic
    Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey welcomed the newest priest to the Diocese of Corpus Christi at the Corpus Christi Cathedral on June 8.
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  • Sister María de los Ángeles professes final vows
    July 1, 2013
    by Mary Cottingham, South Texas Catholic
    Sister Maria de los Angeles Zepeda, PCI made her perpetual or final vows as a Pax Christi Sister at St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church on June 7.
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  • New deacons ready to serve: Looking forward to becoming priests
    July 1, 2013
    by Mary Cottingham, South Texas Catholic
    In some ways Deacons David Bayardo and Alfredo Villarreal’s lives have been similar, both men are striving to do God’s will in their lives and will be ordained priests next year...
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  • Sister Puri celebrates 50-year jubillee
    July 1, 2013
    by Alfredo Cardenas
    "This is a day of gratitude to God, to Sister Puri, to her sisters, to her family, to all religious that take consecrated vows,” Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey said to Sister María Purificación Palis, OP at the Jubilee Mass commemorating her 50th year in service to the Church.
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  • Stephens declares candidacy to pursue the priesthood
    July 1, 2013
    by Alfredo Cardenas, South Texas Catholic
    Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey formally accepted Joshua Stephens as a candidate for the priesthood at a Mass in his home parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Portland on Sunday, May 26.
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