by Diocesan Staff | Jul 1, 2019 | CET: Witness Stories
In July 2004, Shawn Carney sat at a table with three others and prayed for an end to abortion in their town, Bryan-College Station, Texas. The result, however, impacted much more than their local community. Shawn Carney founded the 40 Days for Life prayer campaign,...
by Dr. Allison Low | Jun 14, 2019 | CET: Learning the Faith, CET: Living the Faith
One of the most incredible things about being Catholic is the gift of the Eucharist. Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, “The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white host” – and this is amazingly true! Jesus Christ becomes present to us in a miraculous...
by Mikki Sciba | Apr 15, 2019 | CET: Family Life
Throughout life we have been presented with a variety of questions. Some were light and easy while others were more difficult and complex. Can you think of a question you had to answer that would change your life forever? Jesus proposed the most important question of...
by Nicholas Willey | Apr 8, 2019 | CET: Commentary
On the 7th of May, 1989, the great Pope Saint John Paul II gave a short address at the Vatican on the subject of the Church’s relationship with media. During that message he said these words: “The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man...
by Nancy Yates | Mar 22, 2019 | CET: Living the Faith
I moved to Redwater, Texas from Hahira, Georgia in 2014, but I grew up in Syracuse, NY in the 1950s. The first time I went to Mass at Sacred Heart in Texarkana, I was pleasantly surprised that on the first Sunday of the month parts of the Mass were in Latin. The...
by Mikki Sciba | Mar 4, 2019 | CET: Family Life
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6, and lasts for forty days. We remember that because we are sinful, we need a Savior. Jesus gave us the greatest gift of Himself for our salvation. He wants us to love Him and be close to Him. Lent is a great time to give...