March 31, 2020

Archdiocese joins call to support faith-based nonprofits

We concerned that religious nonprofits will be disqualified and/or severely deterred from applying for forgivable loans under CARES. We ask you to contact your member of Congress and advocate for SBA regulatory and other agency guidance that will ensure the inclusion of faith-based nonprofits in this program. We have created a tool for you to easily contact them via OneClickPolitics, which you can access HERE.

March 26, 2020

Cardinal DiNardo shares opportunities for common prayer in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

While the hardships and precautionary restrictions placed upon the public during the COVID-19 pandemic have been burdensome and a source of sorrow for many, especially those who feel separated from communities of faith and places of spiritual refuge, a beautiful side effect has been the creative outpouring of opportunities for people of faith to spiritually join together to confront the current situation.

March 25, 2020

An Annunciation message of hope

On this Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Catholic bishops of Texas offer some words of living faith and hope to our people in this extraordinary time of anxiety and illness. While we are facing so many unknowns, we can be certain of God’s faithfulness. The Annunciation of the Lord is a feast of hope in God's goodness and power to intervene on our behalf.

March 24, 2020

Archbishop Emeritus Fiorenza shares a prayer in the time of coronavirus

In our daily prayers let us implore Jesus to pass through our cities and communities as He did in the gospel with His divine healing for victims of this new disease and protection for the courageous doctors, nurses and other volunteers who are ministering to them.

March 17, 2020

A message from Daniel Cardinal DiNardo re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Mass

March 14, 2020

Parishes streaming Masses live online

Parishes streaming Mass online

March 13, 2020

A message from Daniel Cardinal DiNardo re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is recommending that each parish continue to maintain their regular Mass schedules for all those who wish to participate, though the obligation to attend Mass is being dispensed until further notice.

March 13, 2020

Cardinal DiNardo joins USCCB president in solidarity with those affected by COVID-19

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo shares the following message of Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, about the coronavirus (COVID-19).

March 12, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update - Additional Precautionary Measures

Yesterday, the City of Houston and Harris County issued an emergency health declaration for our local community as a result of the developing story of the new presumptively positive case of Coronavirus characterized as “community spread” in Montgomery County, Texas. In addition, the City of Houston informed the public of their decision to either reschedule or cancel all City co-sponsored and City permitted events for the remainder of the month of March as a precaution to prevent the spread of the virus.

February 29, 2020

Precautionary Measures - Coronavirus Illness (COVID-19)