Responding to the Mexican bishops' conference impassioned plea for peace and an end to the bloodshed in Mexico, the Christian faithful in Corpus Christi gathered for an ecumenical prayer service for peace on Sunday, Nov. 23. Several hundred turned out to the Cole Park Amphitheater to pray for the 43 teacher trainees allegedly captured by crooked cops, killed by organized crime and burned.

"El que no vive para servir, no sirve para vivir." Estas palabras de Beata Madre Teresa de Calcuta encapsulan una de las premisas y características mas importantes de todo aquél que se haga llamar Católico: el espíritu de servicio. Existe una gran diferencia entre ser Católico y ser un "buen Católico".

"Failure to Launch" was the title of a popular movie a few years ago about a shiftless young man with no direction in life. Psychologists use the term "launch" to describe the period when a young person is trying to make a life for himself outside of the care of parents.

Orphaned at an early age, Sister Amor Vigare, OP found a family with the Religious Missionaries of St. Dominic.

"Our mission is not only to welcome and serve the immigrants and refugees in our midst, but it is also to educate and advocate for the immigrant and refugee community," Catholic Charities' immigration and refugee lawyer, Carrie Thompson said.

Laura Esparza believes the Catholic education her 11-year-old daughter Teresa is receiving at Incarnate Word Academy, Middle Level is unmatched, anywhere. A sixth grader at IWA, Teresa is excelling at school, during a time which can often mark a difficult change from elementary to middle school.

Lupe Ruiz was just five-years-old when his newly single mother moved her family to Kingsville from the Rio Grande Valley. A long-time parishioner at St. Martin of Tours in Kingsville, Ruiz recalls how the church has played a central role in his life for as far back as he can remember.

Helping ill or disabled Catholics who cannot be at Mass in person because they are homebound, living in a nursing home or in prison is a mission those responsible for the weekly Cathedral Sunday Mass TV broadcast take very seriously. And they will celebrate their 30th year of continuous Sunday broadcasts in 2015.