St. Mary Magdalene (Diocese of Brownsville)
| St. Mary Magdalene Mission | |
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| Dedication: | Saint Mary Magdalene |
| Type/Classification: | Mission/Quasi-Parish |
| Non-Parochial: | No |
| Operated By: | Diocesan clergy |
| Venerated Saints: | None specified |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Brownsville |
| Deanery: | |
| Address: | 7100 W. Military Rd., Mission, TX 78572 |
| Not specified | |
| City: | Abram-Perezville, TX |
| Subdivision: | Texas |
| Country: | United States |
| County: | Hidalgo County |
| Website: | No website specified |
| Founded: | |
| School: | Yes |
| Email: | None specified |
| AI Confidence: | 4/10 |
| Review Level: | 0/5 |
St. Mary Magdalene Mission is a Catholic mission church in the Diocese of Brownsville, serving the Abram-Perezville community in Hidalgo County, Texas. Dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene, the mission is not an independent parish but is canonically attached to Our Lady, Queen of Angels Parish in nearby La Joya, Texas, which administers it together with a second mission, St. Anthony of Padua, in Peñitas.
Located along the Rio Grande Valley borderlands a few miles from Mexico, St. Mary Magdalene serves a largely Spanish-speaking congregation in and around the Abram, Ojo de Agua, and Chapa Joseph colonias. Mass at the mission is offered in the Roman (Latin) Rite.
No confirmed founding date for the mission is documented in publicly available sources, though the surrounding Abram-Perezville community grew substantially over the twentieth century as agricultural and colonia settlement expanded in Hidalgo County.
History
St. Mary Magdalene serves the community of Abram-Perezville, a former census-designated place in Hidalgo County that was first enumerated separately in the 1990 U.S. Census; by 2000 its population had grown to over 5,400 residents.[1] The mission continues to be listed by the Diocese of Brownsville as St. Mary Magdalene (Abram-Perezville), located at 7100 W. Military Rd. in Mission, Texas.[2]
The mission is administered as a dependent mission of Our Lady, Queen of Angels Parish in La Joya, Texas, alongside a second mission dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua in Peñitas.[3] The Diocese of Brownsville, erected in 1965, lists St. Mary Magdalene among its network of mission churches that extend pastoral care into the colonias and rural communities of the Rio Grande Valley.[4]
No confirmed record of the mission's founding date, original construction, or early pastoral history was located in available sources. Parish-specific archival material may exist in the records of the Diocese of Brownsville or its parent parish, Our Lady, Queen of Angels.
Special features
- Serves as a dependent mission providing sacramental access to the Abram-Perezville colonia community
- Mass offered in Spanish, reflecting the predominantly Spanish-speaking population served
Relics
According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated church customarily contains deposited relics. Specific details regarding relics associated with St. Mary Magdalene Mission are not publicly documented in available sources.
Architecture and Art
Exterior features
Specific architectural details of the mission building are not publicly documented in available sources.
Interior features
No detailed description of the mission's interior arrangement is publicly documented in available sources.
Stained Glass Windows
Specific details on stained glass windows, if any, are not publicly documented in available sources.
Statues and Sculptures
No specific information on statuary or sculpture at the mission is publicly documented in available sources.
Other Artwork
No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.
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Related parishes
- Our Lady, Queen of Angels Parish (Diocese of Brownsville)
- St. Anthony of Padua (Diocese of Brownsville)
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References
- ↑ "Abram-Perezville, Texas". Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram-Perezville,_Texas.
- ↑ "St. Mary Magdalene Mission, Abram, Texas, USA". GCatholic.org. https://gcatholic.org/churches/usa-10/34459.
- ↑ "St. Mary Magdalene Mission". Catholic Directory. https://www.catholicdirectory.com/abram/mission/st-mary-magdalene-mission.
- ↑ "Missions". Diocese of Brownsville. https://cdob.org/missions.