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4 I DIOCESE
SOUTH TEXAS CATHOLIC * MAY 7,2010
Office of Development
P.O. Box 2620
Corpus Christi, Texas 78403-2620
(361)882-6191
Bishops launch national website to
promote vocations to priesthood
and consecrated life
‘ForYourVocation.org’ offers resources for people in discernment
Includes info for parents, teachers, catechists, vocation directors
Efforts respond to Pope Benedict XVI’s call to use social media
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Bishops'
Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and
Vocations initiated a new website on April 25
to be a resource for both laity and clergy in
the promotion of vocations. The launch date
is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations and
Good Shepherd Sunday.
The site has two goals:
* To help individuals hear and respond
to the call by God to the priesthood or
consecrated life, and
* To educate all Catholics on the impor-
tance of encouraging others through
prayer and activities to promote voca-
tions.
The Vocations Website can be found at
■www.ForYourVocation.org. A Spanish-
language site will be available this fall at www.
PorTuVocacidn.org.
Site elements include discernment re-
sources for men and women, respectively,
aids for promoting a vocation culture within
the home, and a range of tools for educators,
youth leaders and vocation directors includ-
ing prayers, videos, best practices, lesson
plans and vocation awareness programs.
In response to Pope Benedict XVI’s 2010
Theme for the World Day of Prayer for Voca-
tions, Witness Awakens Vocations, the site
also hosts videos of priests and religious men
and women giving witness to their vocations,
as well as testimonies from family members.
See VOCATION, page 12
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women Burse Club
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women invite everyone to join. For more information
Burse Club ensures the financial educational please contact members of Diocesan Council
support to deserving men who feel they have of Catholic Women Elsie Gessling at 361-
been called to a vocation as a priest. Mem- 664-6684 or Barbara McGuill 361-358-4752.
bership cards will be available in churches Checks can be mailed and made payable to
and missions. Individual membership in Corpus Christi DCCW, P O Box 802, Alice,
the Burse Club is $12.00 per year and we TX 78333.
DIOCESAN BURSE FUND
Michael Qaesada is a Theology 2 student at Assumption
Seminary. His home parish is St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles,
and his birthday is March 17. Please show your support
for our seminarian by writing to: Michael Quesada, 2600
Woodlawn Avenue, 5an Antonio, TX 78228.
t he Bishop Edmond Carmody Burse..............................................................$3,260.34
The Joe & Agnes Charba Memorial Burse.........................................................$500.00
The Jose Cueva Burse.........................................................................................$484.00
The John A. Coco, Sr. Burse...............................................................................$100.00
The Msgr. Patrick Higgins Burse........................................................................$165.00
Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Corpus Christi........................................$150.00
The Cathy Picone Burse Fund.............................................................................$50.00
Priests Memorial Burse
Christ the King - Corpus Christi....................................................................$959.00
Corpus Christi Cathedral................................................................................$235.00
Our Lady Of Guadalupe - Corpus Christi...................................................$2,440.00
Our Lady OfMt. Carmel - Portland .........................................................$125.00
Sacred Heart - Falfurrias.................................................................................$465.00
Sacred Heart - Odem...................................................................................$3,300.00
St. Elizabeth - Alice........................................................................................$660.00
St. Joseph - Alice .........................................................................................$1,760.00
St. Joseph - Corpus Christi.............................................................................$145.00
St. Patrick - Corpus Christi.........................................................................$1,457.08
St. Paul - Corpus Christi.............................................................................$1,699.00
St. Theresa - Premont..................................................................................$1,000.00
The Kathryn Bates Priour Burse.........................................................................$400.00
The Msgr. George Scecina Burse ..........................................................................$25.00
Current Contributions.........................................................................£19,379.42
Beginning Balance July 01, 2009...........................................................■■■$3.869.592.70
Ending Balance February' 2010....................................................... £3,888,972.12
A burse Is a permanent fund used for the education of seminarians, deacons and priests of the Diocese of
Corpus Christi. The interest earned by the fund is applied each year to their education and formation. A burse
may be started in memory of any individual priest, religious or lay person, or for any intention. Should you desire
to contribute to a burse, make your check payable to the Diocesan Burse Fund and designate to which burse
you want to contribute, or you may contribute online at: www.DiooeseCC.org. Mail your check to:
Diocesan Burse Fund
P.O. Box 2620
Corpus Christi, Texas 78403-2620
The Office of Development now has a pamphlet available on
“Acknowledging God’s Will in Your Will”
If you would like more information about including the
_Diocesan Burse Fund in your will, p/ease contact Susan Campbell:_
Bishop Guild members,
Jim Moloney, Jim Devlin
and Mark Hulings
enjoying the beautiful
weather at the 2010
Spring Event.
Group hug by
2010 Spring Event
Co-chairs: Leslie
McClanahan, Julie
Nye and hostess
Laura Berlanga.
The 2010 Bishop's Guild welcomed
Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey at their
spring event on April 18 at the home of
Guild members Hugo and Laura Berlanga,
Photo at left: Spring Event hosts, Laura
and Hugo Berlanga welcome Bishop
Mulvey to their home.
STC Photos/Joe Hardeman
If you would like to know
more about the Bishop’s
Guild ami how you can join,
please contact Ethel Dulak
at edulak@diocesescc.org or
call 361-693-6660.
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