St. Therese Catholic Church Carlsbad TX

05/04/2026

We enjoy serving others at the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen. Today we prepared a Mexican casserole with peaches and chips and served 290 meals.

04/30/2026

04/26/2026

Today we celebrated a very special person, Father Joseph Barbieri, our pastor at St. Therese Catholic Church…he celebrates his 38th Year of Ordination, so Happy Anniversary Father Joe! Thank you to the decorations committee and to everyone who brought food for the pot luck. We appreciate the visitors that came from Odessa, Texas to celebrate Father Joe along with the parishioners.

04/08/2026

Dates to remember during this Easter Season.

04/07/2026

This was a great photo posted by the Rome Boys.

04/07/2026

Here are some tips to show our priests some love for all they do for us everyday and especially during the Easter Season.

04/06/2026

305 meals were served today at the Wesley Trinity Daily Bread Soup Kitchen. Chicken nuggets, green beans, rice, mashed potatoes & gravy, salad, bread and dessert were served. Thank you to everyone who helped today.

04/06/2026

We celebrated the blessing of our narthex this Easter Sunday. We are grateful for all the hands that helped make this plan come to fruition. We also extend a huge thank you to Father Steve Hicks and Bishop Michael Sis for joining us in our celebration!

04/03/2026

Pope Leo XIV’s intention for the month of April.

04/03/2026

Today begins the Divine Mercy Novena! Be sure to partake in this beautiful opportunity to ask for God’s mercy on us, and the whole world.

04/03/2026

Something to consider on Good Friday:

Jesus of Nazareth underwent Jewish and Roman trials, was flogged, and was sentenced to death by crucifixion.

The scourging produced deep stripelike lacerations and appreciable blood loss, and it probably set the stage for hypovolemic shock, as evidenced by the fact that Jesus was too weakened to carry the crossbar (patibulum) to Golgotha.

At the site of crucifixion, his wrists were nailed to the patibulum and, after the patibulum was lifted onto the upright post (stipes), his feet were nailed to the stipes.

The major pathophysiologic effect of crucifixion was an interference with normal respirations. Accordingly death resulted primarily from hypovolemic shock and exhaustion asphyxia.

Jesus’ death was ensured by the thrust of a soldier’s spear into his side. Modern medical interpretation of the historical evidence indicate that Jesus was dead when taken down from the cross.

Let us pray...

Lord, by shedding his blood for us, your Son, Jesus Christ, established the paschal mystery. In your goodness, make us holy and watch over us always. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Holy Week honors the pivotal week in Christianity, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, highlighting the Eucharist, Jesus’ Passion, and His Resurrection.