Small Texas diocese sells Lenten program in U.S., Canada, Europe

Published: 2005-12-30

VICTORIA, Texas (CNS) -- It is said, "Good things come in small packages." It may also be said that good Lenten programs come from small enterprises. "Disciples on the Journey," the faith-sharing booklet developed by the Catechetical Ministry Office of the Diocese of Victoria, is in the final stages of preparation for use as a Lenten resource in 2006. This is the third year in a row the diocese has printed its own resource and marketed it throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. With a total of 50 parishes and 19 missions interspersed among crop fields and cattle pastures, the Victoria Diocese is considered very small and rural. But its Catechetical Ministry Office, directed by Sister Digna Vela, a member of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, is on the cutting edge when it comes to its diocesanwide Lenten program.

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