Each year more than 110,000 of those living in Southeast Texas are touched by Catholic Charities and 18 diocesan ministries supported by Bishop's Faith Appeal. Each parish and mission in the diocese is served by the works of several of these ministries.
Youth Ministry
Offers spiritual, educational, social and recreational activities for teenagers and provides guidance and training for parish youth ministers.
Hispanic Ministry
Outreach is provided to the 60,000 Hispanics now living in Southeast Texas.
Criminal Justice Ministry
Provides pastoral care, sacramental ministry and faith formation to the nearly 28,500 inmates incarcerated in Southeast Texas.
Family Life Ministry
Offers programs to enrich, heal, educate and assist your family and all types of families through programs such as To Marry for Life and Natural Family Planning.
Lifelong Catholic Formation/Education
Each year about 1,300 catechists and directors of religious education are trained, who then help your children and teenagers learn about their Catholic faith.
Apostleship of the Sea
Sacraments are made available to the 25,0000 merchant mariners who visit our ports each year.
Diaconate
Supports formation and education of Deacons. In our diocese, deacons serve in prison ministry, assist with parish care and hospital ministry.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Beaumont, Inc.
Reaches throughout Southeast Texas to those in need – from children to third agers, from those who need a meal to those who need counseling.
And so much more...
Gifts provide funding for Catholic Charities and 18 ministries -- for ministry to the sick, for evangelization and stewardship efforts, to help those affected by crime, for training and formation, for the Tribunal, for worship, for infirmed priests and for the Holy Family Retreat Center.
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