On Wednesday, May 15, Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey of the Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi will celebrate Mass at 6 p.m. at Holy Family Parish in Taft to mark the beginning of the harvest. The day is observed in the Catholic Church as the feast day of St. Isidore, patron of farmers.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Portland completed a men’s ACTS retreat on May 2-5 with pastor Msgr. Mark Chamberlin serving as spiritual director. Ervey Martinez directed the retreat and was assisted by co-directors David Krebs and Ramiro Ochoa.

Knights of Columbus from across the state gathered at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi on April 26-28 for their 109th Annual State Convention. Corpus Christi Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey celebrated the opening Mass on Friday, April 26.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named Auxiliary Bishop Mark J. Seitz of Dallas as bishop of El Paso, Texas. Bishop Seitz, 59, succeeds Bishop Armando Ochoa, who was named bishop of Fresno, Calif., in December 2011.

Dear brothers and sisters, the Lord is risen! The Easter season continues to bring to our minds and hearts the fact that God loved the world so much that he sent His only son.

The joy of a woman holding her newborn infant for the first time is so great that it is often beyond words. Indeed, the countenance of her face says all that can be said–in the glow on her face there can be seen wonder and awe, elation and bliss, tenderness and love beyond telling. Her love is a mystery that intertwines deeply between the woman and the child of her womb, a mystery that even she cannot fully fathom, yet one that exists nonetheless.

Resuscitating a patient who undergoes a cardiac arrest or stops breathing often involves multiple procedures. When resuscitation “Code Blue” is called in the hospital, something like a medical “flash mob” comes together to try to save the patient.

If the conclave of 2005 was about continuity—extending the legacy of John Paul II by electing his closest theological advisor as his successor—the conclave of 2013 was about governance.

All communities of consecrated life share some elements that are necessary in order for the Church to recognize them as a community. However, individual communities also differ in regard to certain elements that give their communities the specific character that makes them who they are.

Incarnate Word Academy’s boys varsity track and field team captured the TAPPS 3-4A district meet held at San Antonio Christian High School this weekend. The team earned 154 points to score the championship.

Nearly 90 Boy and Girl Scouts and adult volunteers gathered with their families at Corpus Christi Cathedral on April 14 to receive their religious emblems and scouting awards for the past year. These emblems are awarded to those who demonstrated outstanding moral example in their units and in the community as well as in leadership.

More than 8,000 Catholic educators at the annual National Catholic Educational Association convention April 2-4 in Houston included catechists, teachers and administrators who teach preschoolers to high school students in cities and rural areas across the country and around the world.

The Corpus Christi Cathedral was filled with priests, religious and lay faithful during the Chrism Mass on Tuesday, March 26. The Cathedral resonated with liturgical music from the Cathedral Choir as a procession of Knights of Columbus, Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre, representatives of various ministries, deacons, priests and Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey made its approach to the altar.

Jesus’ last night on earth taught us a new spirit, a new covenant of sacrifice for each other, Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey said in his Holy Thursday Homily on March 28 at the Corpus Christi Cathedral.

Recientemente, el Obispo Wm. Michael Mulvey ha encargado la labor de dirigir los Ministerios Hispanos de la Diócesis al Padre Julián Cabrera, quien funge como Párroco de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Alice, Texas.

Amid rising concerns about corruption and mismanagement in the central administration of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis named an international panel of cardinals to advise him on the latest reform of the Vatican bureaucracy.

While some Catholics would like to undo the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, others basically are trying to build a monument to it rather than fully live its teachings, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis named U.S. Archbishop-designate Michael W. Banach, a Vatican diplomat, to be apostolic nuncio to Papua New Guinea.

The last two remaining Dominican priests in the Diocese of Corpus Christi are returning home to Spain on July 1, bringing to end more than 80 years of service to the parish communities in San Diego and the surrounding area.

In April 1931, the Claretian Provincial Secretary in Mexico City informed Corpus Christi Bishop Emmanuel Ledvina that they could no longer serve the parish in San Diego. He informed the bishop that the order simply did not have enough priests who could “speak and preach in correct English.”