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"Place your talents and enthusiasm at the service of life" - Saint John Paul the Great

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September 29, 2017: Del Rio News-Herald * Community Pride * Religion * Ten priests renew their religious vows

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Picture of M.N.M. Priests who made their Renewal of Vows -          Armando Vargas: Diocesan Vicar General, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico -          Eladio Villa, M.N.M.: Pastor, Nuestra Señora de Fátima, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico -          Mauricio Guerrero, M.N.M.: Vicar, St. Gabriel, San Antonio, Texas -          Valentin Ascari, M.N.M.: Vicar, Saint Rose of Lima, Pecos, Texas -          José de la Cruz, M.N.M.: Pastor, Saint Rose of Lima, Pecos, Texas -          Alfredo Lugo, M.N.M.: Canonist, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico -          Joaquin Rojas, M.N.M.: Pastor, St. Gabriel and Local Superior of the Missionaries of the Nativity of Mary in San Antonio -          Carlos Velázquez, M.N.M., Vicar, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Del Rio, Texas -          Jaime Rentería, M.N.M.: Pastor, Saint Agnes, San Antonio -          Wilibaldo Valdez, M.N.M.: Pastor, San Martin, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico -          Gabriel Terrones

Two (2) articles that were published in the September 15 edition of Today’s Catholic newspaper, serving the Archdiocese of San Antonio: 1) “El valor de la responsabilidad” by Father Sady Santana, currently serving at St. Joseph Church 2) “La Fiesta de la Natividad de Maria” by Father Jaime Renteria Torres, formerly served at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Del Rio and is currently serving in San Antonio

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ANIVERSARIO DE LA VIRGEN NINA 2017 posted on blog Vivencias de mi Fe Catolica by Rosa Maria Alfaro

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Septiembre 8 2017 HOY COMO TODOS LOS ANOS,NUESTRA IGLESIA DOMESTICA Y TODOS SUS MIEMBROS, ESTAMOS LLENOS DE ALEGRIA ,GOZO Y FELICIDAD,ACOMPANADOS DE NUESTRA AMADA REYNA,POR SU ANIVERSARIO Y CANTAMOS SU GLORIA  Y SU BELLEZA POR EL GRAN PORTENTO CON QUE DIOS LA DOTO’ ,QUE ENAMORA A CUALQUIERA QUE LA VE’. ESTE HOGAR A RECIBIDO ,GRANDES GRACIAS Y BENDICIONES  DE DIOS PADRE Y DE SU DIVINO HIJO JESUS Y DEL ESPIRITU SANTO,QUE LOS PROBLEMAS, VICISITUDES ,PENALIDADES ,ENFERMEDADES ,DE LA CRUZ QUE NOS A TOCADO VIVIR,SON NADA PARA LA RECOMPENSA ,QUE DIOS NOS DA, A TRAVES DE LA MARAVILLOSA NINA INFANTITA ,CAPAZ DE HACER CORRER  A CUALQUIERA QUE QUIERA HACERNOS  MAL,Y NUESTRA CRUZ ES NUESTRA ALEGRIA POESIA A NUESTRA AMADA NINA. QUE MARAVILLA DE NINA ERES MARIA DIOS ASI LO QUISO QUE FUERAS ASI. RESPLANDECIENTE COMO EL MANTO CIELO Y RELUCIENTE COMO LUZ DEL CIELO. ERES BELLEZA ERES AMOR OH VIRGEN NINA DE MI CORAZON. NO TENGO MIEDO A NADA PU

September 12, 2017: Del Rio News-Herald * Letter to the Editor * Pedicure pundits

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Letters to the Editor, Pedicure pundits Marta Martillo and Torrance Tornillo are sitting side-by-side getting a pedicure. There’s a television screen on the wall in front of them. As they are watching and commenting on the news being broadcast, they are luxuriously enjoying their massage chair, and soaking their feet in a whirlpool of warm and relaxing water. It is Friday before the Labor Day weekend and the news of the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey dominates the coverage. News-Anchor: Gas prices are expected to go as high as $2.56 a gallon. Martillo: The last time I filled my gas tank, it was $2.04 a gallon. Tornillo: Have you passed by the gas stations and seen all the long lines? Martillo: Yes, don’t they realize they are wasting gas sitting with their cars running, air conditioners blowing and radios blasting. Tornillo: Those people don’t trust in God to provide, they panicked. News-Anchor: Refineries hit by flood waters in Texas will

September 3, 2017: Del Rio News-Herald * Letter to the Editor * From vandalism to victorious valor

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Letter to the Editor, From vandalism to victorious valor On August 16 the photo entitled “Vandalism at St. Joseph” appeared in the Crime Section of the Del Rio News-Herald. The Del Rio Police Department Blotter section reported that Viviana Mares, Office Administrator at St. Joseph Parish Office had informed the police that the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that was in the grotto adjacent to St. Joseph Catholic Church, 510 Wernett St., had been toppled and shattered. The damage was estimated to be $200 and the act of vandalism had occurred either during the night on Saturday or the early morning hours on Sunday.  I was deeply saddened to see the picture of the empty grotto and reading the report of what was described as criminal mischief. Criminal means something done is against the law, but mischief sounds innocent and innocuous; like mischievous child’s play, naughtiness, monkey business, tomfoolery, or impishness. But the desecration of a religious symbol