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Things are ‘Coming Up Roses’ for San José’s Rose Window
May 17, 2013
 SAN ANTONIO--Things are looking rosier for Mission San José’s famed Rose Window due to the skilled hands of stone conservators Ivan Myjer and Miroslav Maler of Building and Monument Conservation (BMC). The duo began work on Phase 1 of the two-phase project in mid-February, wrapping up stabilization of the window and wall surrounding it in early May.
“There’s been a problem over the last 100 years,” explained Myjer, “of water getting in through the top of the wall through the open pores in the tufa stone and migrating downward with gravity.” Cement mortars used to repair the wall, starting in the early 1900s, trapped the water, resulting in deterioration of the stones.
“One of our goals,” Myjer related, “is to keep water flowing over the window in a way that it was intended to, by closing in areas where stone has been lost where water was getting trapped in the walls.” This meant removing the Portland cement-based mortars and replacing them with a mortar close to the original in composition — a feebly hydraulic lime mortar containing small pieces of stone to prevent shrinkage. Numerous test samples were made and studied to come up with best mortar possible for the job.
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Catholic Archives of Texas receives blessing and welcome at new location
October 29, 2012
By Texas Catholic Conference
Austin Bishop Joe S. Vásquez celebrated the Catholic Archives of Texas relocation to the Diocese of Austin Pastoral Center with a warm welcome and blessing on October 26, 2012. Bishop Vásquez emphasized the importance of preserving the history of Catholicism in the state and passing on the tradition of faith to the next generation.
“Tradition is about continuity, it is something that is passed on from one generation to the next,” said Bishop Vásquez. “It has been given to us and we preserve it because we want to pass it on to those who come next.”
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Council restored ancient tradition of the diaconate
December 19, 2012
By Geraldine McGloin, Correspondent, South Texas Catholic
Following the recommendations of the Second Vatican Council, in 1967 Pope Paul VI restored the ancient practice of ordaining to the diaconate men who were not candidates for priestly ordination. Ten years later, in May-August 1977, Bishop Thomas J. Drury ordained the first permanent deacons in the Diocese of Corpus Christi.
On May 22, 1977, Bishop Drury ordained eight men at the Cathedral, including Armando Bolaños, Noel Breland, José Cantú, E. Robert Cantwell, Linard R. Harper, William F. Oliver, Fernando G. Rodríguez and Pedro Ybarra. The following Saturday, May 28, 1977, the bishop ordained Bruce Aycock, Jorge Garza and Larry Sandlin at Blessed Sacrament Church in Laredo. The final ordination for Antonio Castillo took place at Sacred Heart Parish in Corpus Christi on Aug. 27, 1977.
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Bishop Drury met challenges of Church in south Texas
December 19, 2012
As the Second Vatican Council concluded in 1965, the Diocese of Corpus Christi faced a new era. The implementation of the reforms of Vatican II preoccupied the next decades of the Church in south Texas under the administration of Bishop Thomas J. Drury.
The new bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi responded to the challenges and opportunities of those years with new programs and diocesan departments composed of clergy, religious and laity to work with him in a spirit of collaboration. His motto was “Deo Servire Regnare” (to Serve God is to Reign).
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NOTE: The Catholic Archives of Texas has suspended all genealogical research done by Archives staff until further notice. If you would like to research your family history, you may schedule an appointment to do research on Monday through Friday between 9 am and 5pm. A pre-arranged appointment is required. To schedule, call 512-476-6296 or email
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. If you are unable to visit the Archives in person to do research, you may wish to hire a local proxy researcher. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission provides a list of researchers who have given their names for this purpose: www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/researchers.html
Records and collections stored at the Archives are significant for administrative and historical reasons. Holdings of the Catholic Archives of Texas include records of the Texas Catholic Conference and the Texas Knights of Columbus and its Historical Commission, Texas Catholic Historical Society, and religious associations, societies and Catholic clubs in Texas; papers of Paul J. Foik, William H. Oberste, Sam Houston, Charles S. Taylor, Francis Bouchu; personal papers and biographical files of the bishops and clergy in Texas; dioceses and parish collections; documents dealing with various religious orders formed or stationed in the state; and newspapers, photographs, sacramental records on microfilm, Texana and Catholic books, and artifacts relating to the history of the Catholic Church in Texas.
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The Catholic Archives of Texas is open from Monday through Friday and visits are by appointment only.
You can contact us by phone at (512) 476-6296 or you may contact us by emailing
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Mailing Address: 6225 Highway 290 East, Austin TX 78723
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