The Texas Catholic Herald

January 27, 2020

Faithful called to bring greatest gifts to the Lord through 2020 DSF

The faithful in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston are encouraged to bring their greatest gifts to the Lord and foster good in the local Church by contributing to 60 Diocesan Services Fund (DSF) programs.

January 27, 2020

Priests ready for re-match against seminarians at March 6 basketball game

After their first victory in three years, the St. Mary's Seminarian basketball team is out for a repeat against the priests of the Archdiocese in the upcoming March 6 Priests vs. Seminarians basketball game.

January 14, 2020

A renovated home for the holidays: St. Francis of Assisi parishioners mark second Christmas since Harvey

Cardinal DiNardo visits revived Kashmere Gardens parish as parishioners finally move back into repaired houses

January 14, 2020

Houston Catholic hospitals, clinics fight to end human trafficking

CHI St. Luke’s and San José Clinic train staff how to report human trafficking

January 14, 2020

Galveston parish focuses on unique gifts from God

At Holy Family Parish in Galveston, the focus shifts to different types of gifts. Instead of focusing on commercial gifts, such as bikes, games, clothing and tools, they focus on gifts from God.

January 14, 2020

Two area Catholic schools named Cardinal Newman Society Honor Roll

The Cardinal Newman Society recently awarded St. Theresa Catholic School in Sugar Land as an Honor Roll School. Frassati Catholic High School in Spring earned this distinction last spring.

January 14, 2020

‘Two Rivers’ report unites Catholic social teaching, Native American communities

At an October 2019 gathering, American Indian tribal leaders met with Church leaders to realize strategies to address poverty that plagues many of the roughly 6.9 million American Indian and Alaska Natives, a recent estimate by the U.S. Census that included those of more than one race.

January 14, 2020

COLBERT: Infusing the message of Sacramentum Caritatis to youth

In his 2007 Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis, Pope Benedict XVI reminds us that “the Christian faithful need a fuller understanding of the relationship between the Eucharist and their daily lives. Eucharistic spirituality is not just participation in Mass and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. It embraces the whole of life.”

January 14, 2020

SAMUELS: Catholics are called to make ‘I Have a Dream’ a reality

As the Church celebrates the life of Martin Luther King Jr., we have a mandate to follow through with the legacy that this great man has left us. It is fitting for this day, and on the holiday on Jan. 20, to remember the famous speech “I Have a Dream,” however, we are called as a Church to make this “Dream” a reality and use these famous words as a call to action.

January 14, 2020

COLBERT: Surviving the death of a child

The loss of a child is the unthinkable, the unimaginable. No one knows how to cope with it until it happens to you, writes Cynthia Colbert, president and CEO of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston