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November 27, 2018

Form and Be Formed: Drawing the faithful into deeper communion with Christ, each other

Adult leaders that help evangelize and form the faithful in parishes across the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston also find themselves personally drawn into deeper communion with Christ and those with whom they serve.

November 27, 2018

Witness of God’s love begins with the family

The family makes the invisible visible in the world. As the “domestic Church,” the family is a living reflection of the triune God — a communion of self-giving love.

November 27, 2018

Teen Talk: How Families Can Be Witnesses to the World

Teens share how their families can be witnesses to the world

November 27, 2018

Karaszewski: My experience at Bidibidi Refugee Settlement

I want to share one of the many lessons with which I came back: the real spirituality of communion between the host community and the refugee community. Spirituality of communion has been the theme of our Archdiocesan pastoral plan for the past several years and I was able to experience it firsthand on a large scale.

November 27, 2018

KATRA: Patient anticipation requires a discerning heart towards God

A few years ago a parent shared with me that her young adult son, who has an intellectual disability, advised her at the end of Mass that “we cannot go yet” because they had not sung the Gloria! Her son was correct that the Gloria had not been sung precisely because it was the first Sunday in Advent.

November 27, 2018

Ciesielski: Planning End-of Life Care

“Planning today for our tomorrows” has recently been added to the Office of Aging Ministry’s emphasis on education for end-of-life care. End-of-life care is a term used to describe the support and medical care given to a person during the last part of their lives.

November 27, 2018

World Youth Day celebrations set for Houston, Panama

The theme for World Youth Day 2019 (WYD) this upcoming January in Panama is “I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” (Luke 1:38)

November 27, 2018

La Jornada Mundial de la Juventud en nuestro patio

Por lo tanto el 2019, las Diócesis de Galveston-Houston, Seattle, Washington D.C. y South Bend organizarán sus propias celebraciones locales de la JMJ al mismo tiempo que la reunión en Panamá el 23 al 27 de enero.

November 27, 2018

Deacon Gerald DuPont receives CARA Research Award

Deacon Gerald DuPont was recently presented the 2018 Richard Cardinal Cushing Medal for the Advancement of Church Leadership at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) awards celebration in Washington, D.C.

November 27, 2018

Young matachines prep for Dec. 9 Our Lady of Guadalupe procession

Dressed in traditional colorful costumes, children from Holy Ghost Catholic Church are among Aztec dancers preparing for the Virgen de Guadalupe procession set for Sunday, Dec. 9 in downtown Houston.

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