Our Five Major Programs

Essay Contest

The contest is for all third, fifth and seventh grade students attending any of the parochial schools in the Galveston/Houston Diocese. The bishop assigns the topic. We read the essays and select a winner from each grade. The prize for each winner is a $100 bond and tickets to the Serra Clubs Officers Initiation Banquet for themselves, their parents and teachers. At this time they are introduced to the bishop and pictures are taken with the bishop

Altar Servers Picnic (Currently being re-evaluated)

All the altar servers from our Serra clubs’ 15 parishes are invited to this function along with their families. It is a fun occasion, with games, food, prizes and a speaker. Speakers in the past have included an astronaut and a professional athlete.

Adoptions of Seminarians and Novices

The Bay Area Serra Club adopts seminarians and novices from all 15 parishes. "Adopt" in this case means to support, by maintaining contact with each, and remembering birthdays and other special occasions in their lives. They are also invited to functions held by the club such as the Christmas banquet and altar servers' picnic. Club members remember them specifically in their prayers. This year the club has adopted three seminarians and one novice.

Religious Panels

The club will arrange a religious panel consisting of a priest, a nun, a seminarian or novice and a deacon to speak at any Junior or Senior High School CCE class in any of its 15 parishes. Each person on the panel gives a short talk about themselves, how they felt the call of their vocation, and their everyday life as a religious. The talk is followed by a question and answer session.

Christmas Banquet for Priests and Religious

All priests, nuns, deacons, and brothers in our 15 parishes are invited to this banquet along with other priests or religious whom our Serrans might like to invite. This banquet is a way to honor them and thank them for all the work they have performed for the year. Last year, we had 22 priests, 8 nuns, and 2 deacons. BishopVasquez was our speaker last year.

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