The Texas Catholic Herald

August 16, 2022

POMETTO: A letter to a new college student

If a university could talk, what would it say about those who enter 'that building with the cross'?

July 12, 2022

Tug-of-war over abortion continues with overturn of Roe

Julie Fritsch Dumalet, director, Office of Pro-Life Activities for the Archdiocese, said the U.S. Supreme Court decision June 24 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization "is the end of an era and the beginning of a new one in a time where most women of child-bearing years have only known abortion as an option."

July 12, 2022

Galveston Italian celebration honors St. John the Baptist

For more than 60 years, dozens of Italian-Americans on Galveston Island gathered at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Holy Family Parish in Galveston to honor the Nativity of St. John the Baptist on June 23, the day before the actual feast.

July 12, 2022

Growing need for Hispanic priests spurs launch of new Spanish-speaking Serra Club

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo gives permission to create the first-ever Hispanic Serra Club within the Archdiocese and the first ever in the United States.

July 12, 2022

Archdiocese submits Synod report with feedback from listening sessions, survey

Following months of facilitator trainings and listening sessions for the Synod on Synodality, the Archdiocese recently submitted a report reflecting the voluminous feedback and findings from thousands of voices in the local Church.

July 12, 2022

Family Life Ministry: Supporting and nurturing the gift of the domestic church on Christ’s foundation of love

For a little over seven decades, the ministry in the Archdiocese that has been committed to helping families better understand what it means to be a member of God’s domestic Church is the Family Life Ministry.

July 12, 2022

Icons of Faith: Archdiocese's oldest parishes still carry high the cross of faith

As the Archdiocese turns 175 years old, it is the perfect time to visit some of its oldest parishes.

July 12, 2022

Corpus Christi Eucharistic processions open national revival movement

From Conroe to Lake Jackson, Sugar Land to downtown Houston, thousands of faithful took to the streets in procession for the June 19 feast of Corpus Christi across the Archdiocese.

July 12, 2022

OCHOA: Catholic Mission-Two centuries and counting

Recent major gatherings provided an opportunity for acknowledging the importance of the Pontifical Mission Societies and dialogue for their future development.

July 12, 2022

DeMARCO: Looking to the wounded, royal heart of Jesus

Looking at the sacred heart of Jesus through the lens of trying to minister to the young people of our Church.