February 2007

Extension Magazine for February 2007

A battered parish looks to raise the cross again

Raymond Guerra Jr. had just gotten home from work last May 22 and was washing dishes at the kitchen sink. The rumble of the 3 p.m. freight train passing through the town of Clint, Texas, on its way to El Paso set the glasses tinkling. Read More...

Wellspring of vocations

"Nobody knows the trouble I've seen," begins the old Southern spiritual. However, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Lake Charles, La., it's the devil - not the people - who is in trouble. Despite a history of segregation and poverty, this African-American parish has not only remained strong in faith but has blessed the Church with numerous vocations, including two bishops. Read More...