South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 2002 Page: 1 of 16
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Tamale Tradition
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Guadalupanas
of St. Therese Pan
ish in Woodsboro
have carried on many
traditions since they
first met as a group
about 50 years ago.
They join together
for Mass each month,
they prepare meals
for grieving parish families after funerals and
they provide flowers for the church at Easter.
And before Thanksgiving and Christmas, they
make tamales, lots of tamales.
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Vatican Approves Norms
' I 'he Vatican
X has approved
the U.S. bishops’
revised norms
for dealing with
clerical sex abuse,
saying it is “fully
supportive of the
bishops’ efforts to combat and prevent such
evil.” The formal “recognitio” or decree of
recognition, which was widely expected, was
signed Dec. 8 by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re,
prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, making
the norms binding on all U.S. bishops and
dioceses. n 1 ^ r
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T.Y.P. Filled to the Top!!
oo much going on
in the T.Y.P.
Read Krystal’s Corner
for some Christmas
thoughts. Read some
local opinions about
why Christmas is
important. The dating
ideas have finally come to an end, so check
them out and maybe even try some of them.
Dances, parties, and events fill up the rest. So
check it out!!
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I Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!
' I 'he Feast of Our
X Lady of Guadalupe
has special significance
this year as Juan
Diego, to whom the
Virgin appeared, was
canonized a saint this
past summer. In his
homily as the Dec. 12
Mass celebrating the
event, Bishop Edmond
Carmody said, “may
the story of Juan Diego be a reminder that she
is available to all people.”
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beginning was
the Word,
and the Word was
with God,
and the Word
was God.
He was in the
beginning
with God.
All things came to
be through him,
and without him
nothing
came to be.
What came to be
through him
was life,
and this life was
the light of the
human race;
the light shines in
the darkness,
and the darkness
has not
overcome it.
From the Gospel of St. John
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Goldapp, Paula J. South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 2002, newspaper, December 20, 2002; Corpus Christi, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth855701/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .