Editing Bolivar Peninsula, Texas (section)

==Religion==
The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston]] maintains the Our Lady By The Sea Chapel and Catholic Center in [[Crystal Beach, Texas|Crystal Beach]].<ref name=LomaxBolivarChurches>{{cite web|author=Lomax, John Nova|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/this-weeks-cover-story-ire-greets-dedication-of-bolivars-new-catholic-chapel-6730072|title=This Week's Cover Story: Ire Greets Dedication Of Bolivar's New Catholic Chapel|newspaper=[[Houston Press]]|date=2010-09-22|access-date=2020-06-08}}</ref> Its service area is the entire peninsula. This site is a part of the Holy Family Parish, which has other sites on [[Galveston Island]].<ref name=KTRKCathGalvcons>{{cite web|url=https://abc13.com/archive/7108546/|title=Catholic facilities in Galveston consolidate|publisher=[[KTRK-TV]]|date=2009-11-09|access-date=2020-06-08}}</ref>

Our Mother of Mercy Church in [[Port Bolivar, Texas|Port Bolivar]] was established circa 1950<!--2010 - 50 = 1950-->. Crystal Beach formerly had St. Theresa of Liseaux Mission,<ref name=LomaxBolivarChurches/> built in 1994.<ref name=LomaxOurMother>{{cite web|author=Lomax, John Nova|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/our-mother-of-mercy-6586346|title=Our Mother of Mercy|newspaper=[[Houston Press]]|date=2010-09-22|access-date=2020-06-08}}</ref> St. Theresa sustained damage during Hurricane Ike in 2008, and due to the damage the archdiocese had it razed. Our Lady By The Sea was built on its site.<ref name=KTRKCathGalvcons/> Our Mother of Mercy was undamaged, but it remained closed after the hurricane and the archdiocese had it demolished anyway.<ref name=KTRKCathGalvcons/>

Between Hurricane Ike and the opening of Our Lady by the Sea, Bolivar residents attended church in Galveston or in [[Winnie, Texas|Winnie]]. John Nova Lomax of the ''[[Houston Press]]'' wrote that the Our Lady church, dedicated in 2010 and on the site of the former St Therese of Lisieux, "effectively consolidates" the two former churches.<ref name=LomaxBolivarChurches/> Residents opposed to the demolition of Our Mother of Mercy expressed a negative reception to the opening of Our Lady by the Sea.<ref name=LomaxBolivarChurches/>