News - February 2024

To welcome and usher in the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, the Dominican Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province gathered all their sisters from their six other mission house convents in Texas for a Feb. 3 celebration at their provincial house convent in southwest Houston.

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, presiding over the ribbon-cutting and blessing Feb. 16 of the newly renovated St. Peter Catholic High School, pointed to the front row with the Class of 2027.

Despite a damp start to the morning, thousands of runners and walkers gathered in downtown Houston on Saturday, Feb. 10, for the 19th Annual Steps for Students 5K Walk/Run to raise awareness and funds for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese.

This year, Ash Wednesday coincides with Valentine’s Day. This unique occurrence makes us consider the many ways we are called to “love one another.” Traditionally, the day focuses on romantic love. Yet, as the Lenten season begins this year, we can look more deeply at “agape love” — the love that draws us out of ourselves to care for the needs of others.

Several weeks ago, I visited one of our parish young adult groups to give a talk about Eucharistic miracles. The young adults were doing a speaker series in response to the call of the National Eucharistic Revival, and I was happy to join them to share on this topic.

As I look back on my earlier years, giving up something, including meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays, was just a part of what we did to prepare ourselves to appreciate the sacrifice of Christ.

With the Lenten season comes talk of penance, almsgiving and mastery of the self, as taught and modeled by Jesus Christ according to the Gospels. All these practices are perfectly aligned with the teachings of the Holy Mother Church as well as with the teachings, witness and testimony of saints across history and across the wide spectrum of spiritualities that we can safely adopt in our efforts to follow Christ.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (SVdP) will close both of its thrift store locations on Saturday, March 23.

The joyous words of four-year-old Anthony, beaming with excitement and smiling from ear to ear, echoed in Veronica Tucker’s heart: “Mrs. Tucker, one day I am going to be St. Anthony!”

Integrating schools and other public entities among the races only happened within this living generation, officials point out.

As Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its third year, the need for humanitarian assistance has greatly increased to help the millions of Ukrainians impacted by violence and destruction.

“A Pattern of Hope,” an event supporting tuition assistance for primary Catholic schools, will feature Catholic speaker Lisa Cotter on March 1.

For three years, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, has been the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) point person for its three-year National Eucharistic Revival and the National Eucharistic Congress (NEC), which will be held July 17 to 21 this year in Indianapolis.

This Lent, Catholic Relief Services is calling on Catholics across the country to show their love for sisters and brothers around the world by participating in the annual Lenten program, CRS Rice Bowl.

Among the beautiful, meaningful and solemn ceremonies of the Catholic Church is the gathering of the faithful on Ash Wednesday. This special day begins our Lenten journey.

Continuamos explorando el papel esencial del catequista. En mi articulo anterior publicado en este periódico hablaba de que cuando la persona del catequista experimenta este encuentro con el Señor Jesucristo, reconoce que la fe es un don, reconoce que no es dueño del Evangelio.

As a former middle school teacher, one of the favorite sayings I would hear from my students was, “How am I ever going to use this in real life?”

Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday share a date this year — an interesting combination but a great way to begin Lent. What will I give up this Lent? I won’t give up, but I’ll give all my heart to Jesus — a docile, open and undivided heart.

With the largest contingent from any one parish — 195 from Hempstead’s St. Katharine Drexel Parish — hundreds of Catholics from parishes around the Archdiocese made the trip to Austin for the Texas Rally for Life on Jan. 27.