East Texas Catholic

Catechumens and candidates made their first public step in the RCIA process as they gathered for the Rite of Election Feb. 26 at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica, Beaumont. The Liturgy of the Word was celebrated in two separate ceremonies by Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD.

“You are chosen by God. You are called by name. It’s a wonderful thing that God would call you to become part of His body, the church. He’s calling you to become more like His son, our Lord and savior Jesus Christ,” Bishop Guillory said. (more…)

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Seventh and eighth-grade students from St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School, Port Arthur, St. Mary Catholic School, Orange, St. Anne Catholic School and St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica School, Beaumont, came together Feb. 24 at Msgr. Kelly Catholic High School, Beaumont, for the annual Diocesan Science Fair. (more…)

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Hundreds of Youth from 13 to 30 years old and from throughout the Diocese of Beaumont gathered Feb. 24-26 at the St. Anne parish hall, Beaumont, for the annual Youth 2000, a retreat that responds to the challenge of Pope John Paul II for youth to be instruments and leaders of the new effort to bring the Gospel to the world and to set the Eucharist at the center of their lives. (more…)

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 Thousands of people living in the United States have no insurance health insurance and have no way or very few ways to seek medical care. Luckily hundreds of Southeast Texans living without insurance were able to seek medical attention at the St. Katharine Drexel Health Fair Feb. 25 at Martin Luther King Middle School, Beaumont.

“It would be really hard to get help if I didn’t have this,” Nallely Avalos, an attendee, said. (more…)

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Lenten Regulations

The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many ways. The church has specific fast and abstinence regulations for Lent. (more…)

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By Jeff Dixon

Ash Wednesday, which falls on Feb. 22 this year, marks the beginning of the season of Lent.

Lent is a time of reflection, which prepares Catholics for the coming of Easter. But what are the origins for the day of fasting and abstinence and how have the customs changed? (more…)

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Lent is upon us. A time of fasting, prayer and almsgiving. One Lenten tradition is the Stations of the Cross which depict the final hours of Jesus Christ.

Many Catholics have taken part in the Stations of the Cross, but have you ever thought of it as your own personal journey with Jesus? (more…)

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Lent isn’t just a time to give up a vice or to lend a hand whenever it’s needed. Lent is also a time for spiritual renewal. But with the hustle and bustle of today’s world many might feel they don’t have time for prayer or reflection. There’s an app for that. (more…)

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Good and evil, death and resurrection, triumph over the devil – all part of a Lenten Lecture scheduled at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica, Beaumont

On March 5 Father Gary Thomas, a priest and exorcist, will speak at St. Anthony on demonic possession and exorcisms. The Lenten lecture will be for adults only and will begin at 6:30 p.m. A question and answer session will follow immediately afterward. (more…)

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To reward the students of St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica Catholic School, Beaumont, for their efforts in raising money for the Garth House, St. Anthony teacher Chuck Baldwin decided to go bald, but he left the shaving up to the eighth-graders. (more…)

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