Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1978 Page: 4 of 6
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TEXAS GULF COAST C A . HOLIC
Friday, March 24, 1978
1853 - 1978
A century and
a quarter
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Old Saint Patrick's
Father Jaillet — Saddlebag priest
The silence of the
Paschal Triduum -
from Blessed Sacrament Convent
of dedication
Corpus Christi Cathedral
by Sister Genevieve Palmer
Diocesan Archivist
It is difficult to go deeply
into the history of St. Patrick’s
Parish without coming very
soon to the administration of
that noble and saintly
character, Rt. Rev. Claude
Jaillet, the pastor who guided
the Catholics of St. Patrick’s
parish from 1884 to 1915 —
almost half a century.
Claude Jaillet was born in
Lyons, France on September
8, 1853, and entered the
seminarj' at the age of fifteen.
It was in 1866, while com-
pleting his studies for the
priesthood in the Grand
Semenaire of St. Francois in
Lyons that Father Jaillet
heard an appeal for laborers
in Christ’s Vineyard of the
Southwest. The speaker on
that occasion was the pioneer
Texas missionary, Rt. Rev.
Claude Dubuis, Bishop of
Galveston, or rather all of
Texas. As a member of a band
of twelve heroic young priests
under the leadership of Bishop
Dubuis, Father Jaillet left the
shores of France in the fall of
1866 to devote his life to the
salvation of souls in the wilds
of Texas.
Father Jaileet’s first
mission center was San Diego,
Texas. He entered this small
village riding a borrowed
horse and knowing fewer than
twenty words of Spanish. For
several years his church
building was a thatched room
without flooring. From this
lowly shrine, Father Jaillet
preached and administered
the Sacraments to thousands
of souls while also traversing
on horseback the brush-
covered prairies and sandy
stretches in order to visit
ranches scattered over his
vast “parish”. Long after he
left San Diego for Corpus
Christi, the name Padre
Claudio — as he was af-
fectionately known — was
spoken by old and young alike
with a reverence that was akin
to worship.
While all of south Texas is
indebted to the strenuous life-
work of Father Jaillet, the
greater portion of his effort
was put forth in Corpus
Christi. So well did he ac-
complish his work in this fast
growing city that when in 1912
there was question of
elevating the Vicariate of
Brownsville into an Episcopal
Father Hugh Clarke
Health Coordinator
m
Father Hugh Clarke,
recently appointed Coor-
dinator of. Health Affairs for
the Corpus Christi Diocese,
will assume duties later this
month.
The Health Coordinator
works with the Catholic
hospitals on moral, issues,
coordinates meetings and
education for the chaplains in
hospitals and other in-
stitutions, provides reminders
for health check-ups for the
priests and religious of the
diocese, and works on the
state and national level
concerning development and
legislation in the health field.
A theological training
program for chaplains has
recently been developed in
cooperation with Oblate
College and Incarnate Word
College in San Antonio. The
planners hope to develop a
complete training nrogram
for chaplains in hospitals and
special ministries available on
a state-wide level.
Because health planning
and the delivery of services
will affect the people of our
Father Hugh Clarke
Health Coordinator for
Diocese
community in a greater
degree each year, many
leaders of the Church feel that
representatives from the
Church should be vitally in-
volved in the process. To keep
the Church abreast with
current developments in the
health field, Father Clarke
will find a full gamut of oc-
cupations. Father Robert E.
Freeman has been the
Coordinator of Health Affairs
for the past 13 years.
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Rt. Rev. Claude Jaillet, Pastor
of St. Patrick’s Parish from
1881- to 1915.
See, St. Patrick’s was found
found to be the best organized
parish in this vast territory,
and was consequently selected
as the seat of the bishopric to
be henceforth known as the
Diocese of Corpus Christi. It
was at this time that St.
Patrick’s Church was raised
to the dignity of a Cathedral.
During the period between
the resignation of Bishop
Manucy in 1881 and the arrival
of Most Rev. Peter Verdaguer
in 1891 and again between the
death of Bishop Verdaguer in
1911 and the arrival of Most
Rev. Paul Nussbaum a year
later, Father Jaillet was
administrator of the entire -
Vicariate, in addition to :his
work as pastor of St. Patrick’s
parish. In 1903, he was made
Prothonotary Apostolic of the
Holy See with the title of Right
Rev. Monsignor.
Father Jaillet possessed not
only the missionary spirit in a
high degree, and the outlook of
a real educator, but he was a
master in the spiritual life,
and it is no surprise that, with
his extraordinary gifts of
intellect and heart and the
sanctity of his life, he was
such a master in leading souls
to the practice of Christian
perfection.
In 1913 Father Jaillet was
retired by his Bishop and was
given the chaplancies of In-
carnate Word Convent and
Academy and Spohn
Sanitarium. However the ef-
fects of his strenuous life soon
incapacitated him for the
performance of even these
light duties, and ihe last seven
years of his life were spent as
a patient at Spohn Sanitarium.
On November 30, 1929, Father
Jaillet died peacefully. Next
day the people of South Texas
were thus informed of the
event through the columns of
the Corpus Christi Caller:
“TheRt. Rev. Msgr. Claude
Jaillet, P.A., early pioneer
priest over a wide portion of
Texas, and closely associated
in the religious life of the
Corpus Christi, Diocese, died
at 12:15 o’clock yesterday
afternoon at the Spohn
Sanitarium. As a priest,
pastor, educator, philosopher,
chaplain, and friend, his death
ended a varied career of
eighty-six years that spanned
two continents and many
changes in both.”
Leprosy Aid
needs stamps
“The Damien-Dutton
Society for Leprosy Aid would
be happy to accept cancelled .
stamps. Just be sure that
small amount of paper
surrounds the stamps. They
can be sent to Sister Mary
Augustine, S.M.S.M. at 816
Bedford Avenue, Bellmore,
L.I.N.Y. 11710 which is the
general headquarters of this
worldwide organization aiding
more than 40 leprosy
hospitals, clinics and research
centers in all parts of the
world.”
As we enter once more into
the saving mysteries of the
passion, death and
resurrec-.ion of Jesus, we are
almost surrounded by silence.
These great happenings take
place in an atmosphere of
silence, and if one thinks of
them, one can understand the
reason for this quiet.
After the Last Supper, on
that first Holy Thursday.
Jesus went to the garden and
began his agony. His prayer
for the most part was a silent
communion with his Father.
The Gospel only lets us
glimpse a small portion of that
prayer — “Father let this cup
pass, but not my will, thine be
done.” Jesus arrived at his
attitude of complete surrender
through his silent, prayer.
When (he crowd, led by Judas,
came to arrest Jesus, his
imposing serenity literally
knocked them down. His silent
authority was felt by all.
During the trials that
followed. Jesus baffled the
leaders of the law by his
silence. It was a felt and
powerful accusation from
which they tried to distract
themselves by their loud
shouts and mocking. The last
angry cry of the crowd, to let
Jesus’ blood be upon them and
their children, was followed
by a gripping, shame-filled
silence. The Gospel accounts
give r.o indication of any
further outcries, it seems the
silent, severing figure of
Jesus had an effect on all.
Around the cross, the few
A message from
Mother Teresa
OF ONE WORLD ONE MISSION
“The biggest disease today
is not Leprosy or Tuber-
culosis, but rather the feeling
of being unwanted, uncared
for and deserted by
everybody. The greatest evil
is lack of love, the terrible
indifference towards one’s
neighbors who live at the
roadside assulted by ex-
ploitation, poverty and
diseases.
The unwanted are hungry,
not for food but for love; they
are thirsty not for water but
fc" peace; they are naked not
for clothes but for dignity,
they are homeless not for
shelter but for understanding.
You may think your efforts do
not count. We ourselves feel
that what we are doing is just
a drop in the ocean. But if that,
drop was not in the ocean I
think the ocean will be less
because of that missing drop.
(Even your feeble efforts will
bear much fruit if you bring
God-in your life. If you can
love and share, you will be
happy, genuinely so.
Have you been selfish so far
— and who is not? Be con-
verted. Be kind and merciful.
Let no one ever come to you
without coming away better
and happier. Be the living
expression of God’s kindness
— kindness in your face,
kindness in your eyes, kind-
Lot in America secretariat
offers missionary training
WASHINGTON — An in-
tensive preparation course for
North American religious and
lay personnel assigned to
mission work in Latin
America will be offered later
this year by the National
Conference of Catholic
Bishops’ Secretariat for Latin
America in collaboration with
the Mexican American
Cultural Center in San An-
tonio.
The four-month program,
August I to December 16, is
“designed to help
missionaries in their attempt
to form open attitudes in the
realization of their mission,”
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Ms. Neason said the
program includes “four in-
tertwined elements —
language, trans-cultural
experience, trans-cultural
information, and an ongoing
evaluative process.”
Instruction in Spanish will
be at the advanced level, and
applicants are expected to be
somewhat proficient in con-
versational Spanish. The
Secretariat has recommended
that all participants also
register as soon as possible for
an intensive Spanish program
at the Mexican American
Cultural Center June 19 to
July 28.
Trans-cultural experience
will be gained by participation
in the community life of the
program’s three centers
San Antonio, Mexico City, and
Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
The program’s in-
formational dimension
focuses on dialogue between
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jeering people are reduced to
silence, as Jesus, entering into
the silence of death, called out
his "victory cry’’ and
returned his spirit to the
Father. The following day, our
Holy Saturday, was a day
filled with the silence of loss,
yet one of hope. Then, that
first Easter Sunday, Jesus,
from the silence of the tomb,
arose in silence. But now a
different type of silence
pervades the scene. The
silence of a new life beginning,
a new hope awakening, a new
love filling all who see the
empty tomb and go away in
silence, a smile of joy on thier
lips and belief in their heart
....the silence from which the
Risen Jesus calls our name,
and hearing, we turn and
recognize him!
Holy Week Services at
Blessed Sacrament Chapel
4105 Ocean Drive
Holy Thursday Evening
Mass, 5:30 p.m.; Good Friday
Liturgy, 3:00 p.m.; Holy
Saturday Easter Vigil, 7:00
p.m. , Easter Sunday ,ass, 7:00
a.m.
Laredo DCCW to meet
ness in your smile, kindness in
your warm greetings. Are you
ready to change? Are you
ready?
God bless and love you.”
Mother Teresa
The Laredo Deanery
Council of Catholic Women
will hold their annual spring
meeting on Thursday, March
30. A most cordial invitation is
extended to all presidents of
affiliated organizations,
clergy, religious and each and
every Catholic woman in the
Laredo deanery to this
meeting which will be hosted
by the ladies of Our Lady of
Guadalupe Parish in Laredo.
Registration will begin at
3:30 p.m. in the parish hall;
business meeting begins at
Calcutta, India 4:00 p.m.; mass will be
9DHP
celebrated at 6:15 p.m.; the
banquet is at 7:30 p.m. Cost of
meal and registration is $3.25.
Make reservations with your
parish organization president
not later than March 20.
Sister Angeles Berrozpe,
M.J.M.J. and Mr. Noah
Camacho will speak to the
group during the business
meeting.
The Most Rev. Thomas J.
Drury, D.D., Bishop of Corpus
Christi will be present as will
our Deanery Spiritual
Moderator, Rev. Msgr.
William Kelly.
Latin Americans and program
participants. Archbishop
Marcos G. McGrath of
Panama is tentatively
scheduled to be an instructor
in the program.
Evaluation will be carried
out by participants through
share reflection, living ex-
periences, prayer, and
discussion, as well as in-
dividual prayer and reflection
and private counselling.
Cost of the program, in-
cluding room and board, all
fees, and the summer
language program in San
Antonio, is $2,900. Scholar-
ships are not available, Ms.
Neason said, “due to the
initial subsidy for the ad-
ministrative and other costs of
the program, which are born
by a special grant from the
NCCB Committee for the
Church in Latin America.”
Applications are available
from NCCB Secretariat for
Latin America, 1312
Massachusetts Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005.
Pictured a bo ve are Mrs. Mary Kennedy, Sister Camelia, Mrs. Del fa Gonzalez, Sister Agnes
.Marie, Mrs. Susie Rucker, Mr. Roy Grassedonio and Mr. Fred Johnson at the
organizational meeting of Festival Corpus Christi
Planning meeting for Festival held
Approximately sixty per-
sons attended a planning
meeting for Festival Corpus
Christi on Thursday, March
16, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Cathedral Community Room.
Festival Corpus Christi is
scheduled for Sunday, June 11,
at Memorial Coliseum in
Corpus Christi Mass to be
celebrated by Most Rev.
Thomas J. Drury, Bishop of
Corpus Christi, at 11:00 a.m.
will begin the day. Continuous
entertainment will follow until
8:00 p.m. The festival will
celebrate the Feast of Corpus
Christi and will make known
the many facets of the life of
the Church in South Texas.
Pictured above is Janey Briscoe and Roxanna Guerra, ad-
ministrator of Laredo Family Counseling. The Governor’s
wife took time o ;t for some serious discussion concerning the
work of this Catholic Charities program. Mrs. Briscoe has
said that she hopes to involve Roxanna on the state level in
the ‘•people" programs of the governor’s office.
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Information was given at
the planning meeting con-
cerning types of booths to be
available: display, food, sales,
and games. Representatives,
who were asked to relay this
information to the groups they
represent, were given ap-
plication forms for the various
types of booths. Interested
groups should make ap-
plication through their
representative by April 5.
A “Miss Festival Corpus
Christi” competition was also
announced. Each parish or
extra-parochial organization
is invited to enter a candidate
in the competition. Candidates
will be selling Festival Corpus
Christi T-shirts or sponsoring
other projects. "Miss Festival
Corpus Christi” will be an-
nounced and honored at the
Festival on June 11.
General Chairman for the
Festival is Roy Grassedonio.
Other chairmen are as
follows: Administrative
Committee, Miss Delfa
Gonzalez; Publicity, Fred
Johnson; Entertainment Bob
McAulifee; Miss Festival
Corpus Christi, Mrs. Sandra
LeMaire and Mrs. Cleary
Zimmermann; Food booths,
Mrs. Mary Kennedy; Display
Booths, Mrs. Anna Tiblier;
Sales and Games Booths and
Rev. Mr. Willard Oliver;
Liturgy, Sister Mary Camelia
Herlihy.
Information concerning the
Festival may be obtained by
contacting Sister Agnes Marie
Tengler, 2910 South Alameda,
Corpus Christi 78404;
telephone 883*0857.
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