South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1983 Page: 2 of 12
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South Texas Events
Friday_
The Corpus Christi Minor
Seminarians will present the play,
“Julius Caesar” at the
seminary, Saratoga
Boulevard in Corpus
Christi, today at 7:30
p.m., and Sunday,
Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. Admission is free and
the public is invited.
Christ the King Church in Corpus
Christi is holding an Advent Lock-in
tonight through tomorrow morning.
Anyone age 14 or older is invited to par-
ticipate. For more information call the
rectory at 883-1821.
Church Women United of Corpus
Christi meets at 9:45 a.m. today at the
Church of the Good Shepherd, 700 S.
B-oadway. Mrs. Steve Gergeni of
Amarillo, president-elect of Texas
Church Women United, will be the
speaker.
Sacred Heart Society of Our Lady of
Lourdes parish in Zapata meets today at
7:30 p.m.
An Engaged Encounter, sponsored
by the Office of Family Life, begins
tonight and runs through Sunday, Dec.
4 at the Cursillo Center in Calalien, For
more information call Family Life at
289-5371 oi 591-7593.
Saturday
Members of the permanent diaconate
community will hold a Day of Recollec-
tion today at Sacred
Heart Church, 1322
Comanche St., Corpus
Christi, lrom 1:30-5
p.m.
The youth choir of St. Augustine
Church in Laredo meets today at 5 p.m.
The altar boys of St. Patrick Church
in Corpus Christi meet today at 1 p.m.
The Rosary will be recited at noon
every First Saturday of the month during
the Holy Year at Most Precious Blood
Church in Corpus Christi.
Sunday_
The diocesan school board will meet
today at 2 p.m, at St. Elizabeth School
library, Fifth and
Cameron, Alice.
The Bishop’s
Awards Dinner for
Catholic Scouts in the
diocese will be held tonight at 6:30 in the
Cathedral auditorium. For more infor-
mation call Hugo Durand, 991-1688.
Monday
Laredo Catholic school principals
meet today at 1 p.m. at St. Augustine
Convent dining room,
1300 Galveston,
The Laredo area
school board will meet
today at 7:30 p.m. at
St. Augustine High School library.
Carmelite Father Tracy Sullivan,
director of peace and justice for the Ar-
chdiocese of Chicago, will speak to
priests of the diocese today at the
diocesan Pastoral Center in Corpus
Christi from 10 a m. to noon. His topic
will be the U.S. b.‘ ops' pastoral letter
on war and peace.
Tuesday
Carmelite Father Tracy Sullivan,
director of peace and justice for the Ar-
chdiocese of Chicago,
will present a program
on the U.S, bishops’
VJ o» —
and peace at 11 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m. today in the Student
Union Building at Texas A&I Universi-
ty in Kingsville.
K of C Council 6174 meets tonight at
the Guadalupe Center, Morgan and
Virginia in Corpus Christi.
The VIP’s, a senior citizen group at
the Cathedral parish, meet today at 2:30
p.m. in the Cathedral reception room.
Wednesday
Catholic school principals will have a
Day of Recollection beginning at 9:30
a.m. today at St. Paul
the Apostle Church,
m 2233 Waldron Road,
m Corpus Christi.
K of C Council
8170 meets tonight at St. PauLs on
Waldron Road.
Catholic Daughters of America of
Our Lady of Guadalupe in Hebbron-
ville meet tonight at 7:30.
The Altar Society of St. Theresa
parish In Corpus Christi meets tonight
at 6:30.
K of C Council 2710 meets tonight at
its council hall, 1906 Leopard in Corpus
Christi.
Thursday
The Guadalupanas of Our Lady of
Guadalupe in Hebbronville meet
tonight at 7:30.
The Altar Society of
Christ the King
Church in Laredo
meets tonight at 7:30.
The youth group of San Martin de
Porres parish in Laredo meets today at 7
p.m.
A prayer meeting will be held today
at Blessed Sacrament Church in L aredo
at 7:30 p.m,
A Choice leadership school will be
held today at St. John Neumann
Church in Laredo from 6-7:30 p.m.
K of C Council 6413 in Portland
meets tonight at the Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel parish hall at 8.
Future
The Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women will host a reception for Bishi p
Gracida from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 11 in the
Cathedral auditorium.
St. Thomas the Apostle parish in
Riverside will sell barbecue chicken
plates to go on Dec. J1 from K a.m. to
2 p.m. Cost is $4 per plate. *
A healing workshop for parents and
their teens will be held Dec. 17 and 18 at
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in
Portland. Fee is 335 per family and an
additional $5 per person for food. To
register, send $35 to Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel. i002 Denver -St.-,
Texas 78374,
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People
Holy Ghost Sister
Marguerite Connors, super-
visor of Catholic schools, at-
tended the Supervision Person-
nel and Curriculum conven-
tion, sponsored by the National
Catholic Educadonal Associa-
tion, Nov. 28-Dec. 2 in Orlan-
do, Fla. The theme of the con-
vention was “Catholic Educa-
tional Leadership for the 80s
and Beyond.”
•••••••••••a*
Incarnate Word and
Blessed Sacrament Sister
Rosemary Lichno vsky,
religious education coordinator
for the Alice deanery, led a
spiritual retreat for about 10
religious education catechists
Nov. 17 at Immaculate Con-
ception Mission in Concepcion.
The program for the day in-
cluded special talks on recon-
ciliation and healing. Sister
Lichnovsky also conducted a
catechist gathering workshop in
San Diego that evening. The
theme was the sharing ot Ad-
vent ideas and resources.
••••••••••••A*
Thirteen religious education
teachers in the Alice deanery
participated in a catechist for-
mation program and received
their Intern Catechist cer-
tificates Nov. 21. The intern
catechists are Lorrin Munoz
and Elda Flores of Concep-
cion; Velma Chapa and Nor-
ma Chapa of Rios; and Norma
King Billy Joe Garza and Queen Mari sol Aleman
Alaniz, Virginia Perez,
Frances Taylor, Linda
Johnson, Nita Garcia, Rosa
Gonzalez, Belia Gonzalez,
Mary Perez and Dalia Chapa
of Premont. Master .catechists
Ester Martinez and Elizabeth
Perez of Premont conducted
the lessons after completing the
Master Catechist program led
by Provideice Sister Mary
Frances Hession, religious
education director of the
diocese.
. ••••••••••••
Billy Joe Garza, a
kindergartener at Christ the
King School in Corpus Christi,
and Mari sol Aleman, a first*
grader at the school, were nam-
ed king anw queen of the
school’s annual Fall Carnival
Oct. 30. Ths king and queen
contest raised $6,069.50 for the
school. King Billy Joe, son of
Edward and Amanda Garza
brought in $2,257, and Queen
Mari sol, daughter of Eddie and
Esther Aleman, earned
$1,346.85.
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