This Christmas give your child “the perfect Christmas gift”: Your Blessing! According the Church’s official book on blessings Jesus loved blessing children for when God took on our human flesh he, “Gave us a new gift in every blessing.” (Book of Blessings # 2,3) Even when Jesus was most exhausted and the apostles wanted him… [Read More]
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mass + Reception
Saint Mary Cathedral invites to you to celebrate with us on Wednesday, July 16th at 6 pm for a special mass honoring Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular. Enrollment and Investiture of the Brown Scapular during the mass and free scapulars to the first 200 persons. Pot-luck reception in the Bishop’s Hall… [Read More]
Eucharist: God will bless Texas on the feast of Corpus Christi June 22
Download the PDF Flyer – 2014_CorpusChristi Everyone is invited to join St. Mary Cathedral for the annual Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession on June 22, the feast of Corpus Christi. This year’s procession will not only go to the steps of the State Capitol as in years past, but it will actually go inside the Rotunda of… [Read More]
Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922) and the Brown Scapular
Last year I wrote an article about the history of the Brown Scapular in honor of the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel that was approaching. This year, I’d like to focus on the role the Brown Scapular plays as our spiritual armor. ARMOR IN COMMON Pope Benedict XV, the Pope of World… [Read More]
Saint Mary Cathedral Celebrates The Solemnity of Corpus Christi
On Sunday, June 10th at 10:45 AM parishioners and friends of Saint Mary Cathedral are invited to join together as we celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi. We will show our love for Christ in the Real Presence by processing with the Blessed Sacrament as we have for over 750 years. We will begin at… [Read More]
Our Lady of Guadalupe “Patroness of the Unborn”
In 1531, the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe brought an end to human sacrifice all over the Americas. Before she appeared to St. Juan Diego, cruel human sacrificing rituals were performed on a scale never approached, even remotely, by other peoples of the era. Many methods were used. In one of their religious ceremonies,… [Read More]
St. Mary Cathedral Celebrates Enrollment & Investiture of Brown Scapular
Saint Mary Cathedral Celebrates: 2st Annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast Saturday, July 16 @ 9-12 talks – 12:05 Mass Enrollment & Investiture of Brown Scapular What is the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel? A scapular consists of two pieces of cloth, one worn on the chest, and the other on… [Read More]
1st Annual Children’s Corpus Christi Procession
On Sunday June 26, 2011, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of Corpus Christi universally around the world. This year Saint Mary Cathedral plans to have the 1st Annual Children’s Corpus Christi Procession. It will be geared toward children and Catholic youth so that they will come to give witness to the world of their… [Read More]
