The Texas Catholic Herald

April 24, 2018

MORENO: Church Liturgy offers a template for Christian Life

By the time you read this article, Easter Sunday may be a distant memory. We must not forget that, as Catholic Christians, we live by a different calendar.

April 24, 2018

OCHOA: Learning to Honor thy Mother

The upcoming month of May is when we traditionally pay tribute to our mothers, both human and divine. May is also the time to honor our heavenly mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary.

April 24, 2018

TOROK: Graduates can set the world ablaze

For many parents and their high school graduate, the year has been filled with much conversation, excitement, and perhaps, even some anxious times as their teen begins to make decisions for the future. What looks to be the end of an era for parents is actually the beginning of the next part of the graduate’s wonderful journey that God calls life.

April 11, 2018

Texas Catholic Historical Society honors Lisa May, other archivists of Harvey-stricken dioceses

The Texas Catholic Historical Society (TCHS) honored archdioceses and dioceses affected by Hurricane Harvey the FitzSimmon Award at the annual Texas State Historical Society conference March 8 - 10 in San Marcos.

April 11, 2018

Cardinal DiNardo: Words ‘we all long to hear’ lay in the Sacrament of Reconciliation

As the Catholic churches worldwide enter deeper into Holy Week, many parishes are opening their doors for extended hours of the Sacrament of Reconciliation with penance services on Good Friday, March 29. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo said these services focus on helping parishioners and public alike to more fully understand and experience the Paschal Mystery.

April 10, 2018

West Houston parish revives traditional Holy Week service, features North American musical premiere

Specially constructed candelabra made from Harvey damaged wood

April 10, 2018

DEVET: Primavera, Pascua y un Aniversario Dorado

El 25 de julio de 1968 se lanzó una bomba sobre la Iglesia. Se promulgó la encíclica Humanae Vitae del Beato Papa Pablo VI, reiterando la condena de la Iglesia a la anticoncepción.

April 10, 2018

NGUYEN: Rediscover the Love that never ends

Have you seen or heard of the significance of the dogwood flower? It came to me as an inspiration. I was thrilled when I first heard of it.Sister Maria Goretti Thuy Nguyen

April 10, 2018

DEVET: Spring, Easter and a Golden Anniversary

On July 25, 1968 a bombshell was dropped on the Church. The encyclical Humanae Vitae by Blessed Pope Paul VI was promulgated, reiterating the Church’s condemnation of contraception.

April 10, 2018

CIESIELSKI: Baby Boomers in the life of the Church

Five members of the Baby Boomer generation share their active engagement in the Catholic Church as well as their aspirations for Boomers in the life of the Church.