Explore is a summer experience for young men who want to understand their faith better, know themselves better and make new friends from all over the diocese. Explore is for young men who are enrolled in high school or who will be enrolling this fall, as well as recent high school graduates. Staffed by priests and deacons, along with seminarians and others thinking about a vocation to the priesthood, Explore often helps a young man consider his own life. In a society that does not seem to understand how someone could accept a vocation to the priesthood, it helps him to meet others who would like to know more and also those who have been in priestly formation. Deadline to register is June 8, 2017 FMI visit https://ccpriest.org/exploreweek
Spirituality is the individual approach to one’s relationship with God. It involves making use of the tools of prayer and devotion, which help us live as Christians the best way possible. Spirituality is, therefore, personal and many details of our spirituality will be largely dependent on our preferences.
by Corrina Longoria, South Texas Catholic Correspondent
It was fitting and more than appropriate that the hymn “Here I am, Lord",” which calls God's people to serve the Lord, was sung May 31 at the ordination of Father David Bayardo and Father Alfredo Villarreal. Not only did these two men say, “Here I am Lord,” their family members–who watched with rapture-filled, tear-stained faces–also answered the call when they shared their sons and brothers with the church.
Bishop Michael Mulvey ordained four priests at the Corpus Christi Cathedral on Saturday, May 31. It was, the bishop said to the new priests, “a special day in your lives and in the lives of your families, but it is also a unique moment in the life of the entire Church.”
Why does a man become a priest? Because he saw a clever poster that says, “Consider a White Collar Job”? Because someone gave him a brochure about priesthood? In God’s economy of grace, these things can help, but there is something deeper going on in the hearts of would-be seminarians.
"The unexamined life is not worth living,” Socrates famously said. He really meant it, too, as he also said that a person must “interrogate his own nature” and “work precisely” or else he will “miss what is good and become involved in what is bad.”
Collaboration with civil society, the evangelization of a divided society and the formation of future clergy were the central themes of the written discourse that Pope Francis handed to the bishops of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi, whom he received today at the end of their “ad limina” visit.
SAN ANTONIO—Catholic Life Insurance is now accepting applications for the 2014 Msgr. Albert G. Henkes and Msgr. Lawrence J. Stuebben Scholarships. These scholarships are designed to offset tuition expenses of Roman Catholic seminarians. The deadline to apply is June 15, 2014.
Two Popes were canonized on Divine Mercy Sunday, the first Sunday following Easter. Popes John XXIII and John Paul II received the title “saint” as a testament to the holiness of their lives.
When Mary told the angel at the Annunciation, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word,” she became the patroness of every priest and religious until the end of time. Her acceptance of God’s invitation to become his mother made her the mother of all vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
The Diocese of Corpus Christi offices of Vocations and the Youth Ministry announced winners of their vocations essay contest at the Ministry Conference on Jan. 11. Winners included Angelique Saenz, a fourth grade student at St. Joseph School in Alice; Brooklyn Moreno-Arispe, a seventh grade student at Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level; and MyRanda Lynn Hager, a senior at Blessed John Paul II High School.
We are often asked to pray for vocations to priesthood and religious life, but how? Certainly we should do so in our daily intentions as well as at Mass. Sometimes, though, holding a special Holy Hour for Vocations provides a more intensive focus for our intercession...
Sister Kathleen McDonagh, IWBS first knew she wanted to become a nun at just nine years old, when a cousin visited her home in Ireland regaling her family with fascinating details about her life as a sister of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament.