http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com Wed, 22 May 2013 06:10:31 GMT http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=57&page=153 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.” Wed, 01 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss57 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=56&page=153 The sisters “were wakened by the wind about 4 o’clock Sunday morning and found rain leaking into the building.” As the storm approached Corpus Christi North Beach on September 1919, the bay water began to fill the front yard close to the buildings of Spohn Sanitarium and the anxious sisters went to the chapel to pray. Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss56 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=55&page=153 The Jubilee Year of 2000 heralded new beginnings for the Diocese of Corpus Christi, but thankfully it was not the predicted Y2K disaster so feared by many. Instead there were “tidings of great joy” in the announcement of a new bishop and a new diocese. Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss55 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=53&page=153 As the world prepared for the end of the second millennium in 2000, hearts were filled with both joyous anticipation and a degree of fearful anxiety. Some predicted dire times, the failure of computers and all systems dependent on them, even the second coming of Christ. The people of the Diocese of Corpus Christi too were anxiously awaiting a change in its spiritual leader. Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss53 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=51&page=153 Having weathered a time of great changes and development, Bishop Thomas Drury was ready at the time of his retirement to hand over responsibilities to a younger man who had brought many experiences with him to the role of chief shepherd for the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:00:00 GMT rss51 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=50&page=153 Following the recommendations of the Second Vatican Council, in 1967 Pope Paul VI restored the ancient practice of ordaining to the diaconate men who were not candidates for priestly ordination. Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:00:00 GMT rss50 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=49&page=153 As the Second Vatican Council concluded in 1965, the Diocese of Corpus Christi faced a new era. The implementation of the reforms of Vatican II preoccupied the next decades of the Church in south Texas under the administration of Bishop Thomas J. Drury. Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:00:00 GMT rss49 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=47&page=153 In November 1905 the remains of Father John Gonnard and three companions were transferred from the cemetery next to the parish church in Corpus Christi to Holy Cross Cemetery for final interment under the supervision of Msgr. Claude Jaillet. This was the final journey in this world for a young man who had traveled far from his home in France to nurture the Catholic faith in a rugged area called Texas. Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss47 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=46&page=153 The 1940s were years marked by great achievements and great sacrifices for the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss46 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=45&page=153 The 1920s was a time of challenge for Bishop Emmanuel B. Ledvina, the new young shepherd of the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss45 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=44&page=153 Each year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the “Chair of St. Peter.” It might seem rather strange to even Catholics that a day would be dedicated to honoring a chair. Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss44 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=43&page=153 The first decade of the Diocese of Corpus Christi had been hard on its first shepherd, Bishop Paul Nussbaum, who suffered numerous painful experiences that slowly broke his stamina. What the diocese needed at this point was a strong worker, ready to build up people, structures and programs. The people of south Texas were not disappointed in the arrival of its next bishop, Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina who came to be known as “the great builder.” Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss43 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=42&page=153 The Texas Historical Commission (THC) has recognized St. Joseph Cemetery in Beeville as a significant part of Texas history by awarding it an official Texas Historical Marker. The designation honors St. Joseph Cemetery as an important and educational part of local, state and national history. Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss42 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=40&page=193 Tue, 01 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss40 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=39&page=5 According to Canon Law, “The sacrament of confirmation strengthens the baptized and obliges them more firmly to be witnesses of Christ by word and deed and to spread and defend the faith. It imprints a character, enriches by the gift of the Holy Spirit the baptized continuing on the path of Christian initiation, and binds them more perfectly to the Church.” Tue, 01 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss39 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=38&page=4 On April 3, Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey celebrated the annual Chrism Mass at Corpus Christi Cathedral with more than 100 priests of the diocese present to renew the promises they made at their ordination. The bishop also blessed the oils used for catechumens, the sick and those being confirmed, baptized or ordained. Tue, 01 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss38 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=35&page=153 Just one month after Woodrow Wilson took the reins of the United States government, the Vatican on April 4, 1913, named Father Paul Joseph Nussbaum to lead the new diocese. Bishop Nussbaum arrived in Corpus Christi on June 8, 1913 to a crowd excited by his presence and who witnessed his formal installation that evening followed by a splendid reception and banquet in his honor. Tue, 01 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss35 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=16&page=153 When he was ordained a bishop on May 20, 1913 to shepherd the newly erected Diocese of Corpus Christi, Father Paul Joseph Nussbaum, CP, was only 42 years old. He was a young and energetic bishop to serve a young and growing diocese during some very challenging years that rapidly aged him. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss16 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=28&page=193 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss28 http://2429.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=27&page=153 Whispers in the Loggia was not around in 1912 when a vacancy occurred in the bishop’s office of the Vicariate of Brownsville, but that did not stop Vatican watchers from speculating on who was next in line for the job. Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT rss27