About Our Lady of Mount Carmel · Corpus Christi, Texas
Mission of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a small Catholic mission church located at 1080 S. Clarkwood Road in the Clarkwood community of Corpus Christi, Texas, within the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Founded in 1970, it serves as a mission of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish (1123 Main Drive, Corpus Christi) and offers a single weekly Saturday Vigil Mass at 6:30 PM along with Saturday confessions. The mission shares its phone line, mailing address, and pastoral staff with the parent parish, providing a convenient weekend worship option for Catholic families on the western edge of Corpus Christi near the Clarkwood community off Highway 44.
- Established
- 1970
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Rector
- Rev. John McKenzie (Pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, the mission's parent parish)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Corpus Christi
Why belong here
Mission of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a small, intimate weekend worship community for Catholics living in Clarkwood and the surrounding west-side neighborhoods of Corpus Christi. Worshippers who cannot easily reach the main Our Lady of the Rosary church for Sunday Mass find a convenient Saturday Vigil Mass at 6:30 PM and on-site confessions before Mass. As a mission of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, it offers a welcoming, neighborhood-scale Catholic presence connected to the broader sacramental, formation, and devotional life of the parent parish.
Mass times at Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM (or by appointment, per older directory listing)
- Saturday 6:00 PM – 6:20 PM (immediately before the Vigil Mass, per Discover Mass)
Mission of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Mount Carmel is one of the mission churches of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in the Diocese of Corpus Christi. It sits in the Clarkwood area on the west side of Corpus Christi and serves Catholics who live and work along the Highway 44 corridor. Because it is canonically a mission rather than a parish, sacramental records, registration, and most parish programming are handled through the parent parish office.
- Canonical status: Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish
- Diocese: Corpus Christi
- Founded: 1970
- Location: Clarkwood, west Corpus Christi
Parent Parish: Our Lady of the Rosary
All sacramental, formation, and pastoral ministry for the mission is coordinated through Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, the canonical parish to which the mission belongs. Parishioners are encouraged to register and participate in ministries there for full parish life.
- Parent parish address: 1123 Main Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78409
- Parent parish phone: (361) 241-2004
- Parent parish fax: (361) 242-1099
- Parent parish email: [email protected]
- Parent parish office hours: Monday–Thursday, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Pastor: Rev. John McKenzie
Visit & Contact
Visitors and parishioners can reach the mission through the parent parish office during business hours. Mass-goers are reminded that Saturday confessions take place on site, but the rest of the parish's sacramental offerings (baptism, marriage prep, RCIA, faith formation) are administered from the Main Drive campus.
- Address: 1080 S. Clarkwood Rd., Corpus Christi, TX 78406
- Phone: (361) 241-2004
- Email: [email protected]
- Office Hours (parent parish): Monday–Thursday 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Driving Directions
The mission is conveniently located just off State Highway 44 at the Clarkwood stoplight. From there it is a short, clearly-marked drive down Clarkwood Road.
- From Highway 44: take the Clarkwood exit/stoplight
- Continue approximately 1 mile along Clarkwood Rd.
- The church is on the right-hand side at 1080 S. Clarkwood Rd.