Downtown Beaumont was taken over by the Msgr. Kelly Catholic High School, Beaumont, Homecoming parade Sept. 22. The parade began at the Civic Center and made its way down Forsythe to St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica, Beaumont, before heading back to the Civic Center.
Archive for September, 2010
As part of the Annual Blessed Virgin Mary Feast Day Festival, Queen of Vietnam, Port Arthur, hosted the first Health and Career Fair Aug. 22. More than 30 experienced professionals from a variety of fields including education, accounting, computer science, and drafting, and health professionals including physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and nurses participated. They were available [...]
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The American bishop who serves as president of Pax Christi USA has called for the end of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala of Los Angeles told a gathering of about 70 Pax Christi members and supporters Sept. 16 that the military path [...]
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A martyred German priest who died at the Nazi concentration camp of Dachau was praised for his courage and faith in God during a beatification Mass in Munster, Germany. Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder’s bravery in denouncing the Nazi regime was not a sign of “recklessness,” but [...]
By John Thavis Catholic News Service LONDON (CNS) — In terms of his primary objectives — preaching the Gospel to his flock and defending the influence of religion in society — Pope Benedict XVI can look at his four-day visit to Great Britain as a major success. The big question going into the Sept. 16-19 [...]
Our Lady of the Pines, Woodville, celebrated its ministries with the annual Ministry Rally Sept. 19. Each ministry set up a table in the parish hall where parishioners could sign up to serve. “This event gives the parishioners the chance to see all the ministries at once and talk to the people involved. It’s really [...]
Margaret Kilpatrick brought her fifth-grade art students from Our Mother of Mercy, Catholic School, Beaumont, to St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica, Beaumont, on a field trip to study religious art as well as scale drawing.
By John Thavis Catholic News Service LONDON (CNS) — The Vatican said the arrest of five suspected terrorists in London would not affect Pope Benedict XVI’s schedule of events in the city and said the pope remained “calm” and happy with the visit. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told reporters that police told [...]
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Participants at a Sept. 15 rally near the U.S. Capitol were invigorated in their fight for immigration reform by the previous day’s announcement of an upcoming Senate vote on a measure to help children of undocumented immigrants work toward legal status and get a college education. [...]
By Beth Griffin Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — Almost 50 years after the Second Vatican Council initiated widespread changes in the Catholic Church, there is still fierce debate among scholars and theologians about how the council should be interpreted, according to speakers at a forum on “Searching for Vatican II: Why a Transformative [...]
