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The first Catholic mission in Texas, then part of the Spanish Empire, was San Francisco de los Tejas. It was founded by Franciscan Father Damián Massanet in 1690 in the Weches area. The priests left the mission after three years, then established a second mission, Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas , near present-day Alto in 1716.
Catholic Charities USA is the national office of 167 local Catholic Charities agencies nationwide. Founded in 1910 as the National Conference of Catholic Charities (NCCC), the organization changed its name in 1986 to Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA). [3] Donna Markham was the first female president to lead CCUSA. She held the position from 2015 ...
Norma Pimentel, MJ (born July 1, 1953) is a Mexican-American nun of the Missionaries of Jesus and the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley. [1] [2] She has been praised by Pope Francis and others for her work with refugees and immigrants to the United States.
Daniel Ernesto Flores (born August 28, 1961) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Brownsville since 2009. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 2006 to 2009.
Catholic spiritual teaching includes spreading the Gospel, while Catholic social teaching emphasises support for the sick, the poor and the afflicted through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of education and medical services in the world. [1]
In the letter dated Aug. 23, 2022, Public Works Director Kevin Poole told Catholic Charities the project is in compliance with the city's comprehensive plan and Growth Management Act, and meets ...
Earlier that month, the pope erected the Diocese of Brownsville, removing its territory from the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Drury expanded diocesan activities from two to thirty-two departments, including Catholic Charities, the Office of Catholic Schools, the Catholic Youth Organization, and the Department of Hispanic Affairs. [12]
The first Catholic bishop to reside at Immaculate Conception was Dominic Manucy who was the Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville. The Vicariate became the Diocese of Corpus Christi in 1912. [3] On July 10, 1965 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Brownsville from Corpus Christi [4] and Immaculate Conception became the cathedral for the new ...