Mariah Sauceda recalls being a freshman at Texas State University at San Marcos and feeling terribly alone. As a first-generation college student who was raised in Beeville, the culture shock was intense.

The Incarnate Word Academy varsity volleyball team will head to Sugar Land on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to face Fort Bend Christian Academy at 5 p.m. for an area match playoff game. The Lady Angels won the bi-district playoff game 3-1 on Oct. 29 against St. John XXIII College Preparatory of Katy, Texas.

El sábado 10 de Octubre, y como seguimiento a lo que el Papa Francisco pidió en el Congreso Mundial de las Familias, la parroquia de Our Lady of Perpetiual Help ofreció un retiro de sanación para familias. El retiro empezó con el Obispo Michael Mulvey celebrando una misa en español y siguió con una serie de conferencias.

The decoration of the cathedral stresses the role of the Blessed Sacrament in the entire life of the Mystical Body of Christ. To begin the tour, Msgr. James Harris—in the pamphlet “Corpus Christi Cathedral: History and Tour Guide,”—suggests that one advance through the nave of the church toward the sanctuary, stopping at the communion rail. As you walk to the sanctuary, one notices 12 Corinthian columns in the Cathedral, six on each side, which represent the Apostles, to whom the bishops of the church are direct successors.

The Office of Divine Worship presented three workshops in the Deaneries of Alice, Corpus Christi and Kingsville to 120 parish musicians, including directors of music, organists, pianists, choir members, cantors and guitarists. Twenty parishes participated in the workshops.

On Oct. 8, 1925, the first sisters of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus arrived at their new home on Alameda St. in Corpus Christi. They had been invited to come to the Diocese of Corpus Christi by Bishop Emmanuel Ledvina. The sisters set up a day nursery and by 1945 began to consider the possibility of establishing an additional foundation in the area to serve the aging.

A healthy reverence for the priesthood in the parish goes a long way in encouraging priestly vocations, for obvious reasons. When the priesthood is revered and admired, young men notice. “That could be me,” becomes a welcomed thought.