News - April 2023

La ansiedad tiene sus raíces en el miedo a un peligro percibido. Lo que eso significa es que estamos percibiendo que algo va a salir mal en el futuro. Pero lo que, Jesús nos dice es vuelve al momento presente. Esté donde están sus pies, porque mañana tendrá suficientes problemas propios. Aunque está bien pensar en el futuro, no deberíamos preocuparnos por ello.

One of the commonly known evangelization movements of our time, Cursillo, has many members living in spirit in the Archdiocese. The founder of Cursillo, Eduardo Bonnín Aguiló, was born in 1917. At 18, Eduardo was drafted into Franco’s army — the Spanish Armed Forces that were in charge of the national defense and public order of the Spanish territory during the historical period when the Kingdom of Spain was under the control of General Francisco Franco.

Anxiety is rooted in fear of perceived danger. What that means is that we’re perceiving something is going to go wrong in the future. But what Jesus tells us is to come back to the present moment. Be where your feet are because tomorrow will have enough trouble. Although it is okay to be concerned about the future, we shouldn’t be worried about it.

I have been working full-time in youth ministry as a youth minister at a parish. A few years ago, I began a new chapter in my ministry work as I went back to school to study counseling. I have now completed a master’s in counseling, and it has been beautiful to see the healing work of Christ in the life of the parish through youth ministry and in the counseling office. In both realms, I feel like David as he stood against Goliath, as we stand against the culture and its many temptations and tragedies.

The Church continues to recognize challenges associated with the rising number of youth, ages 13 through young adulthood, who either stop going to Mass or choose to leave their faith behind. Finding ways for them to strengthen and renew their relationship with God and in community with one another through life-changing personal encounters is key.

Spring is here, and so is the urge to garden. Dedicated dirt provides homes for daffodils and tulips, sprouting tomatoes and green bean vines that curl themselves around wooden stakes planted near more flowering foliage.

Since Divine Mercy Sunday, April 16, the experience of the Sacrament of Penance in the Roman rite is now slightly different, thanks to approved changes in the English translation that took effect this year.

Like itinerant missionary priests, both Daniel Cardinal DiNardo and Auxiliary Bishop Italo Dell’Oro, CRS, trekked around the Archdiocese to celebrate Liturgies during Holy Week in early April.

As Britain's King Charles III walks into Westminster Abbey for his coronation, he will walk behind a processional cross containing a relic of Christ's cross given to the king by Pope Francis.

In interviews focused on the 10th anniversary of his election, Pope Francis insisted it is not his task to make an accounting of what he has or has not accomplished since March 13, 2013.

It has been 10 months since a lone gunman with a high-powered weapon entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and took the lives of 19 children and two teachers, and things are far from normal.

On March 29, Moving Waters, a Houston-area-based ministry focused on “restoring dignity one shower at a time,” provided its 5,000th shower to an unhoused person wanting to relieve immediate suffering through better hygiene.

Over Spring Break, 10 students at Incarnate Word Academy (IWA) who are members of Teens 4 Unity, a global organization rooted in the act of serving others and making the world a more beautiful place, went on a mission trip to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

As the digital communications age continues to bring forth both challenges and opportunities to connect with others and minister to their needs as a local and global Church, inspiring words from the Holy Father close to a decade ago still ring true.

Following Pope Francis’ urging to renew the consecration to Mary on the Feast of the Annunciation, three different local Catholic women’s groups met on March 25 on how to minister to the community.

Blessing a new 12-story medical tower on March 28 at the Baylor St. Luke’s McNair Campus in the Texas Medical Center touched a personal heartstring with Galveston-Houston Auxiliary Bishop Italo Dell’Oro, CRS.

An estimated 2,500 Catholics, including Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, brought prayer and faithful citizenship to the Texas State Capitol in Austin on March 28 for the biannual Texas Catholic Advocacy Day.

“Surrexit Dominus de sepulcro qui pro nobis pependit in ligno” (from the Liturgy). “The Lord is risen from the tomb; for our sake He hung on the Cross.” Alleluia!

According to the Gospels, Mary Magdalene was the first to see the Risen Christ. She was one of the disciples who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, putting herself at the service of the burgeoning Church.

Si Cristo no hubiese resucitado, el cristianismo no tendría sentido. En el Credo repetimos estas palabras “y resucito al tercer día, según las escrituras”, y es precisamente lo que estamos celebrando, la Resurrección de Jesus. La Pasión, Muerte y Resurrección de Cristo son el corazón de nuestra fe. La Resurrección de Cristo es dogma fundamental del Cristianismo como fue definido por el IV Concilio de Letrán en el año 1215: “Creemos y confesamos que Jesucristo resucito de entre los muertos y subió al cielo en cuerpo y alma”.