by Elizabeth Slaten | Feb 9, 2024 | Catholic East Texas, CET: Witness Stories
“I often think about how Jesus approached the woman at the well, how gentle it was,” the young missionary said. “That’s an approach that I also love to take. I just try to be myself and meet people.” As Christians, we are called to imitate Christ and...
by Margaret Mone | Nov 8, 2023 | Catholic East Texas, CET: Witness Stories
As St. John says in his first letter, “Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself.” (1 Jn 5:10) Víctor Liera, a parishioner of St. Michael in Mount Pleasant, found that this transformative power of Christ is found in the sacraments. During a...
by Elizabeth Slaten | Aug 11, 2023 | CET: Priests and Seminarians, CET: Witness Stories
“People have asked me, ‘What do you most look forward to in the priesthood?’ The sacraments are obviously, I think the first priority,” the new priest said. After a long pause, he continued, “But very close to that, in a mysterious, absurd, mystical way, when a person...
by Elizabeth Slaten | May 9, 2023 | CET: Witness Stories
“I like to kid with him sometimes,” Miguel Zamora said about his son Ezra, a student at St. Patrick School in Lufkin. “Ezra, do you want to go to another school? And he’s like, ‘No, I like St. Patrick’s,’” Miguel said with a smile. “We’re starting to see how strong he...
by Elizabeth Slaten | Mar 3, 2023 | CET: Witness Stories
“The Lord has never stopped thinking about you,” the young evangelist said with a gentle smile on his face. “I often say this when I’m evangelizing to people and telling people about the Lord’s love. From the beginning of time, God had you in mind. He has been...
by Susan Fox | Nov 29, 2022 | CET: Witness Stories
Kevin Kukla met Milissa Ackron in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2007 for the first time when she agreed to train him in pro-life sidewalk counseling. Since then both of them — as single and then married people — have saved the lives of many babies. These were children...