The Texas Catholic Herald

January 28, 2025

U.S. bishops conference president calls Trump orders on migration, death penalty ‘deeply troubling’

Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty are “deeply troubling,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), said in a Jan. 22 statement, while praising another on gender policy.

January 28, 2025

How to celebrate Sundays as a Catholic

Do you feel like you’re on a treadmill that never stops? Do you need some quiet time? Some family time? Some time when you can renew your mind, your body and your spirit? Then maybe it’s time to reclaim Sunday as a day of rest!

January 28, 2025

Graduates take steps toward stability through SVdP Houston’s ‘Getting Ahead’ program

To date, 109 individuals have completed the program, taking significant steps toward breaking the cycle of poverty and building more stable futures for themselves and their families.

January 28, 2025

Healing through justice and compassion in the Metropolitan Tribunal

The Metropolitan Tribunal quietly serves as a vital arm of the Archdiocese’s judicial ministry, where justice and mercy intersect to guide the faithful through various personal matters, some challenging and difficult.

January 28, 2025

A week to celebrate Catholic education in Galveston-Houston

Catholic Schools Week unites 1.6 million students nationwide with those in the Archdiocese

January 28, 2025

St. John Neumann: A saint for Catholic teachers

Get to know the story of a patron saint of teachers.

January 28, 2025

BRILL: Christ, Our Light - Celebrating the Feast of the Presentation

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, celebrated on Feb. 2, is a moment of profound beauty and meaning in the Church’s liturgical calendar.

January 28, 2025

NGUYEN: God’s mercy restores hope

The parable of the lost sheep (Lk 15:1-7) reminds all of us that God is merciful. Here and in many other verses of the New Testament, Jesus searches out sinners to offer His pardon and salvation. Mercy is the force that reawakens all and restores our hope of new life.

January 14, 2025

Nine ways to kickstart the your year

A new year, especially a Jubilee Year, offers us more than a fresh start -- it can be an opportunity for conversion of heart – to take what we have experienced and resolve to grow more deeply as people of faith.

January 14, 2025

Steps for Students marks 20th anniversary with party of thousands, celebration of Catholic education

Celebrating Steps for Students 5K Run/Walk in downtown Houston Feb. 8, thousands of registered runners will party with an even bigger 20th-anniversary post-race fun event.