Celibacy is not just about “not having sex”. There’s an aspect of celibacy that is more important for a man to consider when discerning the priesthood: the inclination to natural fatherhood.

Mother Teresa, now St. Teresa of Calcutta, once said, "We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." The spirit of Mother Teresa is alive and well in Corpus Christi, where scores of volunteers came together on Sept. 14 to add their drops to the ocean of caring for the homeless.

Incarnate Word Academy Elementary Level students in Sonia Hall’s primary classroom celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Sept.14 with a lesson and activities.  

On Oct. 7, Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in the Diocese of Corpus Christi will hold a Rosary procession at 5 p.m., followed by a Mass and a fellowship dinner. The day will culminate a three-day preparation program consisting of a daily Rosary, Mass, Novena and talk by Msgr. Mark Chamberlin on Oct. 4 and 5 and on Oct. 6 a Spanish presentation by Father Fernando Gámez.

In the next few weeks, citizens of our country will participate in the important civic duty of choosing those who will lead and represent us. As is common during an election year, but particularly over the past few months, Catholics ask "how should I vote, for whom?" Though every election cycle brings its own set of challenges and opportunities. Our current political climate seems to bring unique, difficult questions to be discerned by voters who are committed not only to the well-being of our social and political life and to living out the Gospel in all aspects of life (cf. Mk 16:15).

Marriage can be an unpredictable journey and sometimes a couple may find themselves in a situation they never would have thought possible in their relationship, said Leslie Brown, the director of the Office of Family Life of the Diocese of Corpus Christi. To help married couples communicate better and to give them the tools they need to help heal or to enrich their marriage, the diocese offers two different lay ministries known as Marriage Encounter and Retrouvaille.

Students from Sherri Davis' Health class at St. John Paul II High School cooked, danced and rapped their way through the week long "Cooking Show," from Sept. 23-30.

El jueves 19 de agosto, residentes de la ciudad de Alice y circunvecinas dieron su apoyo a un programa de música llamado J.A.M., cual propósito era recaudar fondos para un proyecto en la comunidad de Alice designado para colectar alimentos para gente necesitada. J.A.M. es un acrónimo de las palabras en ingles para “jubilee, adoration and music” o en español “ jubileo, adoración y música,” y que también se refiere a una sesión improvisada de música.

In light of racially related shootings in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas during the summer months, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops determined that a need existed for the Catholic Church to help these communities. They called for a “Day of Prayer for Peace in Our Communities” to be observed throughout the United States on Sept. 9.

St. Peter Parish in Fulton got its start as a mission of Sacred Heart of Rockport to meet the needs of the faithful of Indochinese ancestry that had moved to the area after the fall of Saigon. Today, it is its own parish with a congregation of mostly Vietnamese immigrants and their offspring but membership is declining as the original members retire and their children move away to pursue their own careers.

This story begins with a little boy's insatiable thirst for God, a thirst that led his parents to a true conversion of faith and spiritual unity as a family. The little boy’s name is Leonard and he is a student at Central Catholic Elementary School in Corpus Christi.