In this current modern age where Catholic Christians find their faith challenged on every front, we are in fact, encountering nothing new except that it is now happening to us.

In the month of October, you might notice people taking their animals and pets to the churchyards–dogs, cats, hamsters, birds and fish–for a special ceremony called the Blessing of Pets or animals.

The Religious Missionaries of St. Dominic consider the beginning of their apostolate in the United States to be a highlighting of God’s love and wisdom, granted to them through His Divine Providence.

Pope Benedict XVI resumed his general audiences in the Vatican, having held them at Castelgandolfo during the month of August. Meeting with faithful in the Paul VI Hall he turned his attention to prayer in the Book of Revelation, which he explained "presents us with the living breathing prayer of the Christian assembly, gathered together 'on the Lord's day'."

We have reflected upon the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament–a contemplative order of sisters, and the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament–a contemplative/apostolic order, both founded in France.

The furor surrounding the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate affords us an opportunity to reexamine the Church’s teaching on contraception.

My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, as we wind down our “Fortnight for Freedom” and approach our country’s Independence Day, we need to take time to reflect on the task we are engaged in to preserve our religious liberty.

History plays a part in the development of religious communities and that is often through acts of obedience to the Church.

Pentecost concludes the Paschal Mystery; the mystery of Christ’s death, resurrection and ascension. This is the treasured mystery we carry within us and forms us as Christians.

The celebration of Fathers’ Day is foremost a continuation of the celebration of Mothers’ Day, for in a certain sense, as a celebration, it is a response to the gift of woman to man, of Eve to Adam by which God blesses mankind with the nuptial blessing.

Currently on sabbatical from the Diocese of Ossory, Ireland and residing at the Corpus Christi Cathedral rectory, Father Norris has spent the past year researching, writing and publishing this book.

Dear Brother and Sisters, as we continue through the Easter season we give thanks for Christ risen from the dead. He is our hope; He is the highest expression of God’s mercy for every human being.

From antiquity, from the ancient Egyptians to the Greeks and Romans, mankind has honored motherhood in some form. Early Christians celebrated a Mother’s Day of sorts on the fourth Sunday of Lent in honor of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ.

Decisions about political life are complex and require the exercise of a well-formed conscience aided by prudence. This exercise of conscience begins with outright opposition to laws and other policies that violate human life or weaken its protection. Those who knowingly, willingly, and directly support public policies or legislation that undermine fundamental moral principles cooperate with evil.

Among the many congregations and orders of religious in the Diocese of Corpus Christi we find the congregation known as the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters who came to the diocese in 1970. These are sisters the main thrust of whose life is a life of prayer.

VATICAN CITY, (VIS) - During his general audience March 7 Benedict XVI concluded a series of catechesis dedicated to the prayer of Jesus. He turned his attention to the theme of alternating words and silence which characterized Christ's earthly life, above all on the Cross, and which is also significant in two aspects of our own lives.

Jesus, in His public life, healed many sick people, thus revealing that what God wants for man is life, life in abundance.

As the Catholic people of our diocese strive to live lives of holiness, their obvious leaders in maturing in the life of faith are our bishop and priests. At the time of their ordination, our priests consecrate their lives totally to God, serving Him through these consecrated lives as they try to lead others to holiness. To do so, they have to be striving for personal holiness in their own lives.

March 19, in the Church’s liturgical calendar, marks the Feast of St. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary. This feast has been celebrated continuously on this date since the end of the tenth century.

Lent is a tremendous opportunity for all of us to take time in silence; to learn to be quiet; to pray, as Jesus did, to our Father in solitude.