News - July 2024

The monstrance holding the Eucharist gleamed in the midday sun July 16 as pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's northern Marian Route turned a downtown corner and came into view of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the pilgrimage's final destination.

The Office of Young Adult & Campus Ministry is pleased to announce two new staff members joining us in July! Fr. Tucker Redding, SJ, will be starting as the new Chaplain-Director for the Rice Catholic Student Center. Neil Albaña will be starting as the new Associate Director for Outreach with the Office of Young Adult & Campus Ministry. Please join us is welcoming these two new members of the team and please keep them in your prayers as they begin their ministry. Fr. Tucker can be reached at [email protected]. Neil Albaña can be reached at [email protected]

Singing hymns and praying the rosary, hundreds of Catholics from the Archdiocese of Louisville and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis processed with the Blessed Sacrament from Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville across the Ohio River via the Big Four Bridge July 9.

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, and Auxiliary Bishop Italo Dell'Oro, CRS, will be joined by almost 200 other Galveston-Houston Catholics with the local pilgrimage delegation who are attending the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.

Catholics who will not be among the more than 40,000 people attending the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17-21 will be able to watch or listen to key portions of the event, including the evening revival sessions with popular Catholic speakers and musicians, including Bishop Robert E. Barron, Father Mike Schmitz and Matt Maher.

The Café Catholica summer series is open to all young adults (ages 18-39) and features dynamic speakers, prayer, and socializing. Café Catholica 2024 will be held in person at St. Vincent de Paul (6800 Buffalo Speedway, Houston) on four Mondays in July starting on July 8th. Each night will include Confession at 5:15 pm, Mass at 6:15 pm, Dinner at 7:15 pm, and Talk at 8:15 pm. This year’s theme is: Home with Him. Come for all or part of the evening! No registration is needed to attend. Donations are accepted.

Catholic aid organizations in the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese confirmed they cannot get to work just yet because of the power outages that left about 2.5 million people in the dark following Hurricane Beryl's landfall July 8 that cut Texas and left at least eight people dead.

We invite all young adults (ages 18-39) to sign up for a Café Connect Discussion Group. These groups will meet in person once a week during the month of July in conjunction with the main Café Catholica program. We will have more than 20 groups available, so young adults can sign up for a time/location that works with their schedule. You do not have to attend the Monday night programs to join a Connect group. Registration slots will be limited. Find all the details online at www.archgh.org/cafecatholica. Click CONNECT for full details.

Suppose you were told that Jesus wanted to meet with you personally for an hour at your parish. Who would say no to such an invitation?

Sometimes it can be challenging to imagine ways to fill an hour of prayer during private Eucharistic adoration, so here are eight suggestions for what to do during a holy hour.

The spirit of compassion and care of Jesus shines brightly in the hearts of those serving at St. Dominic Village, located in the Texas Medical Center.

Hundreds of local Catholics gathered in faith and fellowship for the June 21 Archdiocesan Prayer Breakfast at the Hilton Americas-Houston in downtown Houston.

Celebrating 30 years in the Archdiocese, rising third through sixth graders from local Catholic schools were given the opportunity to spend three weeks over the summer in an intensive academic enrichment program at The DeBusk Enrichment Center for Academically Talented Scholars (DECATS Houston).

Debra Haney caps off three decades of service to Catholic education

Houston Catholic school students Eden Ting, whose parents are originally from Malaysia, and Carlos Martinez, with his mother from El Salvador, consider themselves “introverted” but are finding their voices through summer writing workshops.

One way the Archdiocese supports good works internationally is through the annual Mission Cooperative Plan.

Knowing the painful history of institutionalized racism against African Americas in the nation and Mother Church, it prompts the question: What does a Black Catholic know of freedom?

Spirit Night is one night of Café Catholica when we ask all participants to show some SPIRIT. Do you have a favorite sports team? University? Fandom? All young adults who attend are invited to wear an item of clothing showing some SPIRIT for something they love. We want to especially invite any NEW young adults to join us this night: rising college freshmen, current college students, and recent college graduates. Come hear national speaker, Bob Lesnefsky, share about “Encountering Christ in the Eucharist: Revival of the Heart.”