By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — At busy times and amid critical national debates, “nothing beats Scripture and the reminder of the eternal” for keeping things in perspective, President Barack Obama said April 19 at his second Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House. In brief remarks to a crowd of about [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Parishioners at St. Anne, Beaumont, celebrated Palm Sunday with an outdoor procession. Young and old gathered outside the parish hall with palms as Father Rodel Faller, parochial vicar at St. Anne, blessed them before processing into Mass.
More than 100 victims of crime, survivors and family members came together for the 21st Annual Crime Victims’ Candlelight Vigil April 14 at the Jefferson County Courthouse, Beaumont. The vigil was sponsored by the Jefferson County Coalition for Victims of Crime and gave attendees an opportunity to share their grief and encourage one another in [...]
Bishops call for moral criteria in budget debate
Posted in english on April 13, 2011 |
With talks about the budget dominating news broadcasts and headlines the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives expressing their beliefs that the poor should be a top priority as should the protection of human life and dignity. “The moral measure of this budget debate is [...]
Supporters of the Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program “put a bounty on prostate cancer” and saddled up for the Party of the Year, Champagne & Ribs, April 12 at Cowboy Harley-Davidson, Beaumont. This year’s western-themed event, benefiting the Gift of Life Prostate Cancer Initiative, honored community leaders, Joe Penland, owner and president of Quality [...]
The annual diocesan-wide Third Age Day celebration to honor senior citizens was held April 12 at St. Louis, Winnie. This year marked the 19th anniversary of the Third Age Day celebration and featured the theme of Third Agers Harvesting Hope and Faith. The day is sponsored by Parish Social Ministry of Catholic Charities of Southeast [...]
Seeing to it they don’t go without
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2011 |
“Do not let the children go without shoes.” According to Father Wayne Paysse, executive director of the Black and Indian Mission, that imperative was one of the last mandates St. Katharine Drexel gave to the sisters of her religious order. The mandate has also apparently become the driving incentive for the mission and its director [...]
ROME (CNS) — Young Catholics sip beer and kick back in the crypt beneath the Basilica of St. Charles, home to the GP2 bar and youth club in downtown Rome. The pub, sponsored by the Rome diocesan office of youth ministry and Catholic Action’s youth section, is dedicated to the late Pope John Paul II [...]
High school youth groups from throughout Southeast Texas gathered April 9 at St. Elizabeth, Port Neches, for the annual high school volleyball tournament sponsored by the Office of Youth Ministry. In tournament A, St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica, Beaumont, came in first with St. Charles Borromeo, Nederland, second. In tournament B St. Maurice, Mauriceville, took first [...]
Acclaimed singer/songwriter David Kauffman is set for two days in Beaumont with an April 15 concert and an April 16 prayer journaling workshop. The concert will be at 7 p.m. Friday in St. Jude Thaddeus Church, 6825 Gladys Ave., Beaumont, and families are encouraged to attend. (Click here for more information on the concert.) The [...]
