By Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — Many news stories about the recently released report on “The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010″ tried — and failed — to capture its complex findings in a sound bite, according to the principal investigator for the [...]
Archive for June, 2011
African American Commission lift up prayers
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2011 |
Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD, attended the annual prayer service for the African American Commission June 22 at Our Lady of the Assumption, Beaumont. Bishop Guillory prayed with the commission and blessed them in their upcoming endeavors. “If you look around the church you’ll see that each window offers a glimpse of a certain part of [...]
A few patients at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, Beaumont, got a visit from a baseball legend as Johnny Bench, former catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, stopped by June 21. Bench made an appearance to bring some attention to the extraordinary work surgeons are doing in the area with hip replacements. Years ago Bench underwent an [...]
Dominican Sister Julian Giglio, a Beaumont native and dedicated educator, passed away June 14. A memorial Mass for Sister Giglio will be celebrated by Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD, June 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Anne, 2715 Calder, Beaumont. Msgr. William Manger, pastor, will offer the homily.
By Catholic News Service BELLEVUE, Wash. (CNS) — The U.S. bishops June 16 approved a policy statement on physician-assisted suicide, the first on the issue by the bishops as a body, and they also approved revisions to their 2002 “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.” The votes came on the second day [...]
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien Catholic News Service BELLEVUE, Wash. (CNS) — Following a lively debate on the first day of their spring general assembly near Seattle, the U.S. bishops voted overwhelmingly to authorize preparation of a 50-page document on preaching for consideration in November 2012. St. Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson presented the proposal on [...]
Southeast Texas says goodbye to Sister Julian
Posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2011 |
Dominican Sister Julian Giglio, a Beaumont native and dedicated educator, passed away June 14. Sister Giglio was a St. Anthony High School graduate. She served many years in the Diocese of Beaumont in parish life as well as in the Catholic schools. Among her ministry was her work in religious education at St. Charles Borromeo, [...]
Thirty-five students from 18 area high schools visited Lamar University and Christus Hospitals St. Elizabeth, Beaumont, and St. Mary, Port Arthur, June 10 and 11 to gain first-hand experience in the nursing and medical professions. The JoAnne Gay Dishman Department of Nursing teamed up with the two hospitals to host the Nightingale Experience, whose goal [...]
Catholics who love live music will soon have a reason to rejoice. David Thies will make his return to Beaumont and to the Catholic Student Center at Lamar University, 1010 E. Virginia, Beaumont, June 22 at 7 p.m. “I combine my love of faith with my love of music into one thing that is part [...]
By Mark Pattison – Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Move over, Spider-Man. Here come some new comic book heroes. Among this new breed of heroes are Pope Benedict XVI, St. Paul and Old Testament figure Judith. They are the stars of comic books done in a style older generations never saw in the comic [...]
