The Texas Catholic Herald

March 27, 2018

DOLCE: Lent is really hard, but Lent’s journey brightens Easter’s joy

Much like New Year’s resolutions, I find myself two weeks into the journey reevaluating what I plan on giving up and sacrificing to grow in holiness. I have doubts like “Why did I give this up?” Or “What was I thinking when I thought this would be a good idea?”

March 27, 2018

NGUYEN: Good News -- Fruits from the Seminary

The labor of many supporters of St. Mary's Seminary yield great fruit.

March 27, 2018

300 young adults serve as ‘hands and feet’ of Christ across Houston

300 young adults helped serve 13 local organizations, in turn affecting hundreds of others at the 2018 Archdiocesan Young Adult Day of Service

March 27, 2018

Be ‘true adventurers’ as witnesses for Christ and Mary, DiNardo tells catechists at AGAPE symposium

Thousands of Spanish-speaking catechists and witnesses standing, clapping and singing along with guitarist Rafael Moreno raised the roof of the George R. Brown Convention Center with the performer regularly featured on EWTN Radio Catolica Mundial.

March 27, 2018

More than 95 years of volunteerism helps keep Houston healthy at San José Clinic

For the last 95 years, volunteers have been working alongside clinic staff to drive the continued growth and success of the charity care clinic. The value of the total volunteer support provided to the clinic last year was more than $1 million – an enormous blessing for the charity, which receives no governmental funding of any kind.

March 27, 2018

Michelangelo's Sistine wonders, others on view at MFAH

New MFAH exhibit highlights Vatican masterworks, legacy

March 27, 2018

Healing and restoring those affected by broken marriages in the Church

As petitions for a Declaration of Nullity, commonly known as annulments, continue to rise in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, ministering to the faithful in these broken marriages is the main priority of the Metropolitan Tribunal.

March 27, 2018

Holy Week crests in Paschal Triduum

With the celebration of Passion (Palm) Sunday this past weekend, the Church has begun its annual immersion into the mysteries of Holy Week. Christians around the world, from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome to local parish churches in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston are preparing to follow the Way of the Cross through the Passion, the Death and ultimately the Resurrection of the Lord.

March 27, 2018

Shepherd’s Cup ready to swing big April 18

The Galveston-Houston Knights of Columbus Charities will present Daniel Cardinal DiNardo’s tenth annual Sean and Kari Tracey’s Shepherd’s Cup Charity Golf Classic benefiting Catholic education, faith formation and St. Mary’s Seminary on Wednesday, April 18, at the Kingwood Country Club, 1700 Lake Kingwood Trail.

March 21, 2018

Texas bishops urge prayers, vigilance in wake of bombings

As police investigated a series of package explosions in central Texas that killed two people and injured four others, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS of San Antonio and Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin said their thoughts and prayers were with the victims and families and friends of those victimized by the explosions.