Kimberly Capuras, a graduate from the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, spoke with Jose Ricardo Palermo, associate director of Young Adult Ministry for Catholic Diocese of Brownsville about the challenges of being a young Catholic professional. Capuras, who earned a degree in business and administrative accounting in the spring of 2023, is now pursuing her master’s degree. While she learned about the Newman Center on campus her last semester in college, she is grateful it put her in contact with other Catholic students who are interested in their faith and learning more about it.
Read about an inspiring young lady in the latest Christus Vivit in the RGV column. Sofia Barreto lives in Hidalgo and is a recent graduate from The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley majoring in Biology with minors in Psychology and Addiction Studies. In an interview with Raul Cabrera, associate director for University Ministry, she shares her discipleship journey, her experiences as a ministry intern, and her vision for the future.
Read about a local young adult, Josh Velasquez, who is one of ten Perpetual Pilgrims walking on the San Juan Diego Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
The San Juan Diego Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage began in Brownsville with hundreds of people setting out together from the Immaculate Conception Cathedral after Mass to accompany the Blessed Sacrament in procession.
Pope Francis presides at an Ordinary Consistory of Cardinals, which approved the canonization of 15 people, including Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial to be made a saint.
Patricia Galindo of Brownsville, Texas, sits atop her tricycle outside Sacred Heart Church in Galveston on June 2, 2024, after following a Eucharistic procession. She followed portions of the St. Juan Diego Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage by trike as it journeyed through Texas from Brownsville to Beaumont at the Texas-Louisiana border. (OSV News photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)
A ministry of Franciscan University’s Catechetical Institute, Franciscan at Home is provides online learning for individuals who serve in a ministry of their parish. Franciscan at Home boasts an enormous library of online workshops designed to “form those who form others,” and utilizes mentored learning to bolster formation and strengthen relationships at the local level. Franciscan at Home is a free service made available to every parish in our diocese.