Starting on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi in June, the faithful in the Diocese of Brownsville once again have permission to receive the Precious Blood of Christ as part of the Eucharist.

The Vatican has released its first list of participants Pope Francis has appointed to attend the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in October. More than a quarter of voting members are not bishops and a total of 54 voting members are women.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) welcomed the news from the Holy See’s General Secretariat of the Synod of the delegates appointed for the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to be held this October.

Repairs and upgrades are needed at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Brownsville. Catholic Extension offers a dollar-to-dollar match for expenses incurred.

A native of Fiji, Father Paulo Lui Vorqe, SS.CC. was ordained to the Sacrament of Holy Orders to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary at Queen of Peace Church in Harlingen.

San Juan Diego Ministry Institute offers a Fall and Spring course on Catholic Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Life.

This year, the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity fell on June 4, the day after the ordination of Father Mauricio and Bishop Daniel E. Flores explains this Mystery.

Bishop Daniel E. Flores ordains Rev. Mauricio Rodriguez, who has a special devotion to the Blessed Mother, to the Sacrament of Holy Orders at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Brownsville.

Father Arthur Flores, OMI, Vicar-Provincial of the U. S. Province of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, announced this weekend at Masses at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral that the Oblate Fathers will soon be handing the pastoral and administrative care of the Cathedral parish (and its two missions) to the Diocese of Brownville. Here is a link to the announcement from the leadership of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and a letter from Bishop Daniel E. Flores to the people of the Diocese. “Let us pray with gratitude to God for the long history of Oblate ministry at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,” Bishop Flores said.

Daniel E. Flores has been appointed as a member of the Preparatory Commission for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.

Bishop Daniel E. Flores congratulates Dorothy and Albert Juliano of Pharr, for their seven decades of married life during the World Marriage Day Mass Feb. 11 at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle-National Shrine. The Julianos will celebrate 72 years of marriage on their anniversary of March 31, the most of any of the 200-plus couples recognized at the special Mass.

We mourn the passing of Fr. Alfonso Guevara; may he rest in peace.

Save the Date for 2023 Holding Hands Family Prison Prayer Rally in Harlingen.

New Superintendent for Catholic Schools to join us on April 17. The diocese encompasses the four counties of the Rio Grande Valley and has 11 schools with a total enrollment of 2,008.

Save the Date! Eucharistic Adoration at the Payne Arena in Hidalgo.

World Day for Consecrated Life set to be celebrated Sunday, Feb. 5 at the Basilica.

Novena in Memory of Pope Benedict XVI from January 5-13.

A special liturgy in remembrance of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 4, at 11 a.m. at San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio. All are invited and welcome to attend the service.