Remembering Houston’s pastor par excellence and member of the Three Amigos
Houston just suffered a major loss with the death on Sept. 19 of 91-year-old Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, who led the archdiocese for 22 years from 1984 to 2006.
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by bcadmin | Oct 12, 2022 | Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, clerical sexual abuse, Houston, lead, News, News Analysis, Obituary | 0 |
Houston just suffered a major loss with the death on Sept. 19 of 91-year-old Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, who led the archdiocese for 22 years from 1984 to 2006.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 21, 2022 | Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Obituary, Texas | 0 |
Retired Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, the longtime bishop of Galveston-Houston and a tireless social justice advocate throughout his priesthood, episcopacy and in retirement, died Sept. 19. He was 91.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 26, 2022 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Catholic News Service, catholic priests, Church in the US, Hispanic Catholics, News, St. Junipero Serra | 0 |
For every Catholic priest in the U.S., there are 1,230 Catholics in the general population. But that ratio is far greater in the Hispanic community, with 9,925 Hispanic Catholics per every Hispanic priest.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 19, 2022 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News | 0 |
Each June, for more than 60 years, dozens of Italian Americans on Galveston Island in Texas have gathered at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Holy Family Parish in Galveston to honor the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 3, 2022 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, converts, News | 0 |
Guadalupe. Joan of Arc. Miguel Pro. These were just a few of the names of saints that more than 1,000 Catholics across the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston felt an affinity for and chose for their confirmation name.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2022 | airport, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Bishop Brendan Cahill, Catholic News Service, Chaplains, Church in the US, Migrants, News | 0 |
Just about every kind of person can be found in an airport — from vacationers heading for a little piece of heaven to business people whose schedules seem like hell on earth.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 5, 2022 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Catholic Extension, Catholic News Service, charity, Church in the US, News | 0 |
Catholic Extension honored Raye G. White, a native of Houston, with its fifth annual Spirit of Francis Award “for her passion and commitment” to the faith community in the Houston area.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 11, 2022 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Asian-American Catholics, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Catholic News Service, Church in Philippines, Church in the US, News, Philippines, Texas | 0 |
All Catholics in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston are being encouraged to join Filipino Catholics in embracing a special jubilee indulgence period celebrating the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 23, 2022 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Confirmation, News, Spanish, Texas, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 0 |
Nearly 500 Catholics from 59 parishes across the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston were confirmed in early January during four bilingual Masses, signaling the culmination of months of catechesis and effort.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 9, 2022 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholic News Service, News, Obituary, US bishops | 0 |
As the late Bishop George A. Sheltz was placed into his funeral hearse, a chant of an ancient prayer suddenly filled the air.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 24, 2021 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Obituary, Texas | 0 |
Retired Auxiliary Bishop George A. Sheltz of Galveston-Houston died Dec. 21. No cause of death was given.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 1, 2021 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Bishop Brendan Cahill, Bishop Curtis J. Guillory, Black Catholics, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Father Augustus Tolton, News, Racial justice, Racism, Texas | 0 |
“Racial reconciliation — reconciliation in general — is a matter of the heart,” retired Bishop Curtis J. Guillory of Beaumont, Texas, said during a recent night of prayer and discussion about race relations in the U.S.
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