The Office of Religious Education of the Diocese of Corpus Christi will present three workshops in September on “Teaching about God’s Gift of Forgiveness.” Robert McCarty, doctor of ministry and executive director of the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, will be the keynote speaker.

Vietnamese liturgical song and offertory dance were interspersed with the Liturgy of Religious Profession on June 28 at the Incarnate Word Chapel as Sister Theresa Nguyen, IWBS made her final profession of vows. Bishop Michael Mulvey celebrated Mass and Superior General Michelle Marie Kuntscher, IWBS, received Sister Theresa's perpetual commitment.

New high school students from Incarnate Word Academy met in the Mother M. Patricia Gunning Gymnasium for orientation on July 29.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) -- As the death toll in Gaza surpasses 1,000, violent demonstrations in the West Bank leave dead and wounded, and an entire Christian community is exiled from the Iraqi city of Mosul by Islamic extremists, Christians in the Holy Land find themselves facing harsh realities.

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) -- Asian Youth Day, scheduled Aug. 13-17 in South Korea, is a smaller event that the international World Youth Day celebrations, said the Bangladeshi priest organizing the event.

The Texas Catholic Conference today issued a letter to all members of the Texas Congressional delegation urging them to reach a policy consensus that compassionately and effectively addresses the humanitarian crisis along the southern border.

WASHINGTON—Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, today called upon President Obama and the Central American presidents to protect and care for children and families fleeing violence in the region.

Seven young boys have joined the group of 30 altar boys at St Anthony of Padua in Robstown under the guidance of Father Michael Crump, SOLT. The boys assisted Father Crump for the first time at the noon Mass on Sunday, July 20. See photos here.

Our Lady of the Rosary is having “Movie Nights” once a month in which they will feature faith-based entertainment, education and fellowship for families, pastor Father Gabriel Coelho said.Movie Nights

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President Barack Obama's executive order of July 21 has installed workplace rules forbidding the firing of gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people by the federal government and federal contractors -- a key provision in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act languishing in Congress.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As the last Iraqi Christians in Mosul fled the city, Pope Francis urgently called for prayers, dialogue and peace.

Diaconate candidates with the Diocese of Corpus Christi delivered an abundant of supplies for migrant children in McAllen this weekend. Many of them stayed and volunteered their time. See photos here.

SOLT Sister Mary of the Incarnation (Anna) Kiernan, who joined the SOLT Sisters in their very first group in 1958, turned 99 on Saturday, July 19.

Over the course of two weekends, approximately 7,400 teens, youth ministers, chaperones and volunteers will attend the Steubenville St. Louis Mid-America youth conferences on the campus of Missouri State University. The first conference will be held July 11-13, and the second conference the following weekend July 18-20.

Catholic Charities’ Office of Ministry and Life Enrichment for the Disabled held their Walsh’s Annual Summer Camp for persons with special needs at Our Lady of Corpus Christi on July 8 and 9. See more on this event in the August edition of the South Texas Catholic.

Sister Theresa Nguyen, IWBS, professed perpetual vows in the congregation of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament in a profession ceremony and Mass on June 28. See more on this event in the August issue of the South Texas Catholic.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Asking for forgiveness, Pope Francis told abuse survivors that "despicable actions" caused by clergy have been hidden for too long and had been "camouflaged with a complicity that cannot be explained."

The tragic deaths of thousands of men, women and children who die while searching for a better future should trigger compassion and action, not indifference, Pope Francis said.