The Texas Catholic Herald

April 26, 2022

JONES: Easter is the season of hope

I love the Easter season! For me, it is a season of hope. Everything about it shouts hope. The weather, the new blooms, our parish’s First Communions and Confirmations, Jesus’s resurrection, all celebrate hopefulness.

April 26, 2022

OCHOA: Pauline Jaricot was a heroine for yesterday, and an inspiration for today

Remarkably, the idea of an organized system that combined prayer and financial support for all the Church’s missionary efforts originated in the mind of a young French laywoman named Pauline Jaricot. She's being beatified on May 22.

April 12, 2022

Here a cow, there a chicken, R-O-D-E-O: Rodeo’s 90th anniversary celebration was a banner year, and then some

For the Noonan Family, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s 90th anniversary celebration was a banner year, and then some.

April 12, 2022

Rising food, gas prices spark families’ need for grocery donations

Food pantries across the region, including Catholic Charities and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, are serving a rising spike of people in need spreading to suburban areas. But their donations are falling from grocery stores and private individuals, also hit by higher prices and less surplus.

April 12, 2022

Journeying Together: Cardinal DiNardo invites faithful to join in Synod process with new online survey available

In the video message, Cardinal DiNardo said a synod session is “an opportunity to reflect and recollect with others in small groups … to be renewed in your participation in the life of the Church.”

April 12, 2022

Young adults act globally, locally to help the hungry on Lenten day of service

Young adults gathered for a day of service on March 26 during the Lenten season on the theme “Come to Know Love” organized by the Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry.

April 12, 2022

Prison doors reopen for the faithful to become conduits of God’s grace, mercy to inmates

With COVID-19 lockdowns now over in state and county prisons, the faithful once again can bring God’s mercy and grace to the 17,000 incarcerated Catholic inmates within the Archdiocese, officials said.

April 12, 2022

From Stray to Star: SPX rugby team saves lost dog, then makes Buster the official team mascot

How a lost, stray dog became the newest mascot of St. Pius X High School's rugby team. Meet Buster.

April 12, 2022

Game 5 of Priests vs. Seminarians basketball contest sets stage for epic rematch

Tickets to Game 5 of the Priests vs. Seminarians basketball game are now on-sale. Who will tip the scales for and draw the win?

April 12, 2022

UST to launch online evangelization series

Houston’s Catholic university partners with Word on Fire Institute for a new series with Catholic influencers to inspire evangelization