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‘SOURCE AND SUMMIT’

BY JO ANN ZUÑIGA Texas Catholic Herald HOUSTON — Ivanna, a recent high school graduate, said she found out she was expecting a baby after taking a home pregnancy test in a Target store bathroom.

In an interview with Catholic Guadalupe Radio Network (KSHJ 1430 AM) broadcast live on June 27 at Related: the Loving Choice Pregnancy Center REFLECTIONS in Spring, Ivanna ON THE DOBBS said she broke the news to her DECISION PAGE 2 mother a few days after the positive test result in early December.

“She was in shock because she did not know that I was sexually active,” Ivanna said. After discussing it together, they See ROE, page 4

VOCATIONS

Growing need for Hispanic priests spurs launch of new Spanishspeaking Serra Club

BY JO ANN ZUÑIGA Texas Catholic Herald HOUSTON — For every Catholic priest in the U.S., there are 1,230 Catholics in the general population. But that stretches even more in the Hispanic community, with 9,925 Hispanic Catholics per every Hispanic priest, according to a national report by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

“There is a great need for more Hispanic priests,” said Candice Tyrrell, vice president of membership USA Council of Serra International. “We desperately need more priests, especially See SERRA, page 5

PHOTO BY GABRIEL CASTILLO/ST. THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH, SUGAR LAND

Father David Angelino, pastor of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Sugar Land, processes with a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament during a Eucharistic procession on June 16 ahead of the feast of Corpus Christi. Dozens of parishes around the Archdiocese hosted Masses, processions, nights of prayer and special events to honor the feast day, ushering in the National Eucharistic Revival. SEE PAGE 11 FOR MORE.

ICONS OF FAITH

Archdiocese’s oldest parishes still carry high the cross of faith

SUGAR LAND — From Conroe to Lake Jackson, Sugar Land to downtown far to Oklahoma, Colorado Houston, thousands of faithful took to the and down to Mexico, today streets in procession for the June 19 feast it encompasses 10 counties, of Corpus Christi across the Archdiocese. each with Catholic parishes The prayerful, solemn gatherings sustaining the local faithful, marked a public witness to the Catholic many of which are historic. faith. The feast day also coincided with In this ‘Icons of Faith’ series, the opening of a three-year grassroots we’ll briefly revival of devotion and explore the faith in the real presence

BY JAMES RAMOS oldest parish of Jesus in the Eucharist, Texas Catholic Herald in each county. culminating in the first National Eucharistic ST. JOSEPH ON THE BRAZOS Congress in the United States since 1975.

Perhaps it’s best to start from the Initiated by the U.S. Conference of beginning: St. Joseph on the Brazos Catholic Bishops, the National Eucharistic Catholic Church is the oldest Catholic Revival is an effort to reverse the waning community in the Archdiocese today. belief among professed Catholics in the

BRAZORIA — Consider this an invitation to visit some of the oldest parishes in the Archdiocese.

Since its founding 175 years ago, the faithful, led by unwavering clergy and other religious leaders, have carried the Catholic faith forward through Texas and U.S. history and into legend.

These brave Catholics, many farflung immigrants to the Texas frontier from countries continents away, staked their lives on their faith, planting seedling church communities that blossomed decades later into the first parishes of the region. And though the Diocese of Galveston once stretched

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MARKING 175 YEARS OF FAITH

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Statements on the Dobbs Decision DANIEL CARDINAL DINARDO:

‘We will not cease working for the dignity of all’ HOUSTON ― Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, joined other Texas and U.S. bishops in responding to the June 24 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding Dobbs v.

Jackson: “The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health is a welcome and positive step toward creating a life-affirming society. It is a necessary step. Abortion is too often viewed as a positive good and a practice necessary to ensure women’s liberty. Although this perspective is deeply flawed, it is a widespread belief which will take time and patience to overcome.

Tensions are high. Violence and property destruction have already occurred in many places, and threats of further violence have been made by groups opposed to the decision of the Court.

As we know, the Court’s decision will not end abortion in our country. In Texas, where laws protecting the unborn are relatively robust, much work will remain, as we increase our assistance to mothers and families and continue working for just laws to strengthen support for parents and children.

I urge Catholics to act prudently and to avoid situations that may lead to public confrontation. We are called to speak the truth wisely, avoiding conduct that could unnecessarily inflame tensions. I ask for your prayers; for peace, for our nation, for mothers and their children, and for ourselves, that we will not cease working for the dignity of all, especially the unborn and the vulnerable.

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‘A New Chapter of Light’ The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops also released a statement on the June 24 decision: “We celebrate with grateful hearts the historic decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe v.

Wade. The state of Texas will again have the ability to protect and defend children in the womb at all stages. We are grateful the Texas Legislature and Governor Greg Abbott have already passed a law prohibiting elective abortion, which will

El Cardenal Daniel DiNardo comparte su columna en línea en español.

Visite www.archgh.org para leer su artículo en línea. become effective 30 days after the final of preborn children, generations that were ruling is issued. denied the right to even be born.

We pledge to redouble our efforts to America was founded on the truth that work with Texas legislators and all others all men and women are created equal, of good will to reinforce current support with God-given rights to life, liberty, and systems for pregnant mothers with the pursuit of happiness. This truth was insufficient support, their families, and grievously denied by the U.S. Supreme children in need of adoption or foster care. Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized This decision ends a very dark chapter and normalized the taking of innocent in American history and is the fruit of human life. We thank God that the Court the prayers, sacrifices, and advocacy of has now overturned this decision. We countless Americans from every walk of pray that our elected officials will now life. We share their joy and are enact laws and policies that grateful to them. promote and protect the most This decision begins a new REFLECTIONS vulnerable among us. chapter of light in American Our first thoughts are with ON THE history with the end of legal the little ones whose lives elective abortion in Texas. have been taken since 1973.

DOBBS It requires that we become We mourn their loss, and we DECISION intentionally more aware of entrust their souls to God, the needs of pregnant mothers who loved them from before and fathers of the unborn in all ages and who will love our own parishes and communities by them for all eternity. Our hearts are also listening to them, seeking understanding, with every woman and man who has and helping them obtain the necessities of suffered grievously from abortion; we life for themselves and their children. May pray for their healing, and we pledge our we continue to lovingly support mothers continued compassion and support. As a and fathers in welcoming and caring for Church, we need to serve those who face God’s gift of life. difficult pregnancies and surround them There are several initiatives in which with love. volunteers can participate and through The decision is also the fruit of the which mothers and fathers can seek prayers, sacrifices, and advocacy of support. These include Walking with countless ordinary Americans from every Moms in Need, the Texas Pregnancy Care walk of life. Over these long years, millions Network, Catholic Charities, diocesan of our fellow citizens have worked together pro-life programs and many parish- peacefully to educate and persuade their based services, such as St. Vincent de Paul neighbors about the injustice of abortion, Society. For more information, contact to offer care and counseling to women, your local parish.” and to work for alternatives to abortion, including adoption, foster care, and public policies that truly support families.

U.S. CONFERENCE OF We share their joy and we are grateful CATHOLIC OF BISHOPS: to them. Their work for the cause of life reflects all that is good in our democracy, and the pro-life movement deserves to be Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los numbered among the great movements Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference for social change and civil rights in our of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop nation’s history.

William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman Now is the time to begin the work of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life of building a post-Roe America. It is a Activities also shared this statement: time for healing wounds and repairing “This is a historic day in the life of social divisions; it is a time for reasoned our country, one that stirs our thoughts, reflection and civil dialogue, and for emotions and prayers. For nearly fifty coming together to build a society and years, America has enforced an unjust law economy that supports marriages and that has permitted some to decide whether families, and where every woman has the others can live or die; this policy has support and resources she needs to bring resulted in the deaths of tens of millions her child into this world in love.”

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Effective June 8 Father Joseph Arulraj, MSFS Parochial Vicar – St. Thomas Aquinas, Sugar Land Effective June 18 Father Benjamin Bueno Martinez, FM Pastor – St. Pius V, Pasadena Father Kofi Adzalui-Tume Parochial Vicar – St. Pius V, Pasadena Effective June 21 Father Dominic Colangelo, OP In Residence – Holy Rosary, Houston Father Rodrigo Ulloa-Chavarry, MM Vocation Ministry Effective July 1 Father Arnel Barrameda Pastor – St. Anthony of Padua, Danbury Father Jaison George Mangalath, SVD Pastor – St. Mary of the Purification, Houston Father Daniel Alloy, FSSP Parochial Vicar – Regina Caeli, Houston Father Christopher Plant Parochial Vicar – St. Vincent de Paul, Houston

IN BRIEF Café Catholica continues July, Aug. 1 PHOTOS BY JAMES RAMOS/HERALD

A statue of St. John the Baptist processed around Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Galveston after a Mass honoring the Nativity of St. John the Baptist on June 23. Inset, men raise the statue of St. John the Baptist above their heads. FOR MORE PHOTOS AND A SLIDESHOW, VISIT WWW.ARCHGH.ORG/JTB22

Galveston Italian celebration honors St. John the Baptist GALVESTON — For more than 60 years, dozens of Italian-Americans on Galveston Island gathered at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Holy Family Parish in Galveston to honor the Nativity of St. John the Baptist on June 23, the day before the actual feast.

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo celebrated Mass, along with other clergy, including Father Richard McNeillie, Archdiocesan director of Vocations, and Father Jude Ezuma, pastor of Holy Family parish, with the Italian-American community that has carried on this tradition for generations,

including this 65th celebration.

The annual Mass concluded with a procession around the iconic Galveston church. Many wore red bandanas over their shoulders that bore the stitched image of the Paschal Lamb. Under Sacred Heart’s vaulted white ceilings, men carried a banner with the image of St. John the Baptist throughout the church as fireworks went off outside to celebrate the saint’s birth.

Much of the gathering, from the flowers, the statue, the red-colored clothing, sky-high fireworks and Italian

cheers, mirror the same annual celebration in Aci Trezza, Italy.

The annual event carries a Sicilian tradition of honoring St. John the Baptist for his intercession during a storm that endangered the Sicilian fishing village of Aci Trezza that spared the lives of the villagers. The survivors promised to honor the saint in thanksgiving for their miraculous survival with a celebration.

The Galveston events were inspired by this Sicilian tradition that proclaims every year in faith and in Italian “Viva San Giovanni!” †

GALVESTON — Hosted by the Office for Young Adult and Campus Ministry, Café Catholica continues at the Catholic Charismatic Center, located at 1949 Cullen Blvd. in Houston, on Mondays, July 18, July 25 and Aug. 1.

The event begins at 5:15 p.m. with Confession, 6:15 p.m.

Mass, dinner at 7:15 p.m. and speaker at 8:15 p.m. Speakers include National speaker and blogger Meg Hunter-Kilmer, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo and Edward Herrera, executive director for the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Institute for Evangelization.

For more, contact yacm@archgh.org or 713-741-8778. †

AYC registration underway

HOUSTON — The 2022 Archdiocesan Youth Conference (AYC), set for July 29 to 31 at the Hilton Americas Hotel, gathers participants — both youth and adults — from all over the local Church. This year’s theme is “Everlasting Mercy,” based on the Scripture reference Luke 49-50.

Major presenters include Catholic illusionist and youth speaker Danny Ray; Father David Michael Moses and Sister Josephine Garrett, CSFN. To register, visit www.archgh.org/ oace. †

Catholic Charities’ food distributions continue at three locations

Above, at left, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo elevates the Eucharist during Mass near a statue of St. John the Baptist encircled with red and yellow flowers to honor the saint’s nativity. Above, at right, men in red clothing carry the statue down the aisle of Sacred Heart in Galveston.

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HOUSTON — Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston offers food assistance at three locations.

In Houston, client choice food distributions at the Guadalupe Center, located at 326 S. Jensen St., are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Registration required. To register, call 713-874-6658 or 713-874-6799 on Mondays and Fridays between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Only registered clients will be permitted into the facility; no walk-up registration is available.

In Galveston, the Beacon of Hope Center, located at 4700 Broadway, Suite F-103, hosts drive-thru distributions on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, starting at 9 a.m. No appointment is required. Call 409-762-2064 for more information.

In Fort Bend, The Mamie George Community Center, located at 1111 Collins Rd. in Richmond, hosts both drive-thru food distributions and in-person shopping. Clients may visit by appointment only on Mondays, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.; Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Drive-thru distributions, in partnership with the Houston Food Bank, are on Tuesdays, from 5 to 7 p.m., and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Register by texting "HFBPS" to 855-788-3663, then select "Catholic Charities — Richmond."

The Center also hosts monthly food fairs, with the next one set for July 30, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. For help, call 281-202-6200.

For more, visit www.catholiccharities.org/food or call the Catholic Charities COVID Assistance Line at 713-874-6521. †

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both visited with their pastor at Christ the Good Shepherd, who referred them to Loving Choice, a Catholic pregnancy center offering free ultrasounds, counseling and other services.

“Everyone was super-sweet at the center, telling me ‘Congratulations!’ she said. “We received lots of compassion, not judgment.”

Now expecting to soon deliver her son in August, Ivanna and her mother receive weekly counseling at the center at 17835 Kuykendahl Road. After taking Lone Star College courses online, she has decided to take a “gap year” to raise her child.

Several nurses at the center give up to seven free ultrasounds a week and are increasing the schedule up to 17 a week as the need arises.

“It’s very exciting work to share with the women and their families the beautiful experience of seeing the baby in the early gestational stages and hearing the heartbeat,” said Nancy, one of the nurses.

Julie Fritsch Dumalet, director, Office of Pro-Life Activities for the Archdiocese, said the U.S. Supreme Court decision June 24 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization held there is no constitutional right to an abortion, ultimately overturning the 1973 Roe v.

Wade ruling that guaranteed the federal right of women to obtain abortions.

“This is the end of an era and the beginning of a new one in a time where most women of childbearing years have only known abortion as an option,” Dumalet said.

This latest decision reverted abortion policies back to the authority of individual states. California, New Mexico and Colorado, among other states, allow the procedures, while Texas and other conservative states have outlawed abortions.

But in the latest legal tug-of-war, abortions can resume in Texas after a judge June 28 blocked officials from enforcing a nearly century-old ban the state’s Republican attorney general said was back in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to the procedure nationwide.

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Dozens of diaper packages, food and other necessities fill the shelves at St. John Vianney Catholic Church’s assistance pantry. Many parish ministries are doubling efforts to continue helping families in need, especially in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Harris County Judge Christine Weems came in an effort by abortion providers to resume services after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The order allowed clinics to resume services, for now, in a state where abortion was already restricted to only up to six weeks of pregnancy.

“We need to be fighting to make sure women have what they need to raise that child,” said Dumalet, an attorney who formerly practiced civil law.

The Catholic Church has several programs to help women in addition to the pregnancy center, including the Gabriel Project at churches assisting pregnant women in crisis with support and community resources, and Walking with Moms in Need, part of a nationwide effort by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat of ProLife Activities trying to gain grassroots traction in parishes to support women as parents, she said.

Catholic Charities also offers diapers, car seats and other help in its program of Blessed Beginnings.

“But we need public policy across the country on how to support working parents. We need family-friendly and life-

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affirming legislation for paid maternity and paternity leave, child tax credits and affordable daycare,” Dumalet listed.

She recommends having discussions with young people not only on what careers they want to pursue, but also about what their future family would be like.

“Careers come and go — I’ve had three careers. But whom we choose to live our life with makes it worth living for,”she said.

Reasons cited for abortion decisions are varied but often center on financial or relational concerns — the family could not afford another child, not wanting to be a single mom, or being coerced by parents or boyfriends, she said.

“Our pregnancy help center and other programs provide wonderful services of assistance and accompaniment for women and their families. But as a whole, society needs to restructure itself, so support for families becomes a priority.

We all need to up our game,” Dumalet said.

John Hinojosa, diocesan director for the Knights of Columbus for the Archdiocese, recently became executive director for the Loving Choice Pregnancy Center. The Knights of Columbus help found the pregnancy center and hopes to expand and open new Catholic-based centers in central, east and west areas of the Archdiocese.

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“We need to raise the bar and help moms in vulnerable positions and those who need assistance,” Hinojosa said. “As Knights, we are inspired by the Holy Spirit and support our clergy, Catholic youth and pro-life for families is at the center.”

“We’re not just writing checks, but we have immersion in prayers. With God’s will, we want to expand our pregnancy centers to the east, west, central and south in addition to this north office,” he said.

Fundraising for the services at pregnancy center includes a violin concert, “Vitae Violin,” set for Aug. 20 at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 3617 Milam St., with a 6 p.m. reception and a 7 p.m. performance. The concert features Matthew Madonia and Jennifer Gutierrez. They have conducted similar concerts on behalf of Loving Choice at other churches.

An even bigger fundraiser is the Texas Hoedown Gala, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19, from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Town Hall Texas in Conroe. For more information, visit www.loving-choice.org. †

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HOUSTON — The Archdiocesan Office of Pro-Life Activities works to promote a culture of life at all stages and circumstances through ministries like: • Project Gabriel support mothers during pregnancy • Jerome’s Hope helps families after a prenatal diagnosis, miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant loss; • Helpers prays for the unborn • Project Rachel brings healing after abortion • Catholic Bioethics courses explore the Catholic Church’s perspective on respect life topics.

Learn more about additional resources and find out how to get involved at www. archgh.org/prolife.

As a pro-life agency, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of GalvestonHouston provides the support and education young parents need to have happy, healthy babies and children.

The Blessed Beginnings Pregnancy and Parenting Life Center focuses on the critical time period from the woman’s pregnancy through the age of five — a child’s most formative years. †

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Ground-breaking group focuses on supporting Hispanic vocations SERRA, from page 1

“This will benefit everyone — the whole community will gain more vocations.Indeed, we are making history as we embrace this amazing path for our Lord Jesus Christ.”

more Hispanic priests, to serve the growing Hispanic population.”

After receiving permission from Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Tyrrell is working with Father Miguel Solorzano, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, and his parishioners to create the first-ever Hispanic Serra Club within the Archdiocese and the first ever in the United States.

“As the club becomes firmly established, it would be good to seek MAYRA MEZA SUAREZ members from other predominantly Hispanic Serra Club President Hispanic parishes with the Archdiocese,” DiNardo recommended.

Father Solorzano said the newly created affiliation has met several priests, but don’t take my kids — I want times to organize the charter and elect grandchildren,” he described. officers. The Serra Club, named after St. Charles Borromeo parishioner PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH the evangelizer St. Juniper Serra, is an and first president of the Hispanic Serra international Catholic association of Newly created Hispanic Serra Club to recruit more Hispanics into the priesthood and religious life is Club Mayra Meza Suarez said, “We are so laymen and women of all ages and walks led by Father Miguel Solorzano, far left, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo; new officers Jose García, Ana excited for the big launch of the first-ever of life committed to promoting vocations Magadan, Teresa García, Maribel Miranda, Ana González, President Mayra Meza Suárez, Jorge Suarez, Hispanic Serra Club. This will benefit to the priesthood and religious life Yolanda Cadena and Serra USA adviser Candice Tyrrell. everyone — the whole community will vocations for women and men. gain more vocations.”

They collaborate with Office of spirituality that they experienced in the raising their children in the church.

“Our priests and religious life are in Vocations through prayer, different parish,” Father Solorzano said.

“We need more Hispanic priests with need of our encouragement and love vocational programs and annual Seminarian Brandon Badillo, 21, more and more Hispanics becoming these days,” she said. “We are definitely membership dues, plus said he and his family were a majority of Catholics in the U.S. All going to learn along the way with our Serra donations to support among members of St. Charles seminarians now need to learn Spanish, service. Indeed, we are making history seminarians and other aspects Borromeo for many years who but that was my first language at home. as we embrace this amazing path for our that include discernment attended to worship with the Our community says, ‘We need more Lord Jesus Christ.” † retreats and summer camps to Neocatechumenal Way. learn about the priesthood.

While he said the group was Relating his personal instrumental, Badillo felt the experience, Father Solorzano “natural pull” to the priesthood described making a vocational since age seven. And coming retreat in Guadalajara as part from a big family (he’s the of a “pre-seminary” experience third of 13), the call came from following his 11th grade of God in his heart.

SEMINARIAN high school.

He also attended Catholic BRANDON “During the 12th grade, schools and served as an altar I attended a program called server at Sunday Masses, at BADILLO ‘seminarians with their weddings and at funerals when families’ where we met once his family attended Prince of a week and had a weekend retreat once Peace in the Tomball area. a month,” he said. “At the end of that But he kept his prayer to become a year, I entered the seminary full-time, priest mostly between him and God until so a support program after a vocational he attended the 2019 World Youth Day in retreat is critical.”

Panama.

But Father Solorzano said there are Badillo shared his discernment academic and cultural roadblocks for process with Father Solorzano and soon those seeking vocations in the Hispanic the priest hired him to work in the parish community. office, as well as livestream Masses and “One of the main help with social media. challenges is the lack of He also credits the Serra academic training,” Father Club with encouraging Solorzano said. “Without a his studies and spiritual high school diploma and development. “The Serra Club legal U.S. status, a young prayer group adopted me, and man cannot apply to enter they send me cards of support.

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Candice Tyrrell is so nice and and create a personal legacy that endures forever.

But there are spiritual joyful, and the club also offers groups involving the whole family that financial donations,” Badillo said.

Our brochure explains everything you need to know draw on young people, he said. One of This summer in both June and July, he those groups is The Neocatechumenal will be working at St. Ignatius of Loyola to set up an endowment, memorial fund ... and more.

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Archdiocese submits Synod report with feedback from listening sessions, survey

BY JONAH DYCUS Texas Catholic Herald HOUSTON — Following months of facilitator trainings and listening sessions for the Synod on Synodality, the Archdiocese recently submitted a report reflecting the voluminous feedback and findings from thousands of voices in the local Church.

The Synod, themed “communion/ participation/mission,” is a two-year process of listening and dialogue that will conclude in 2023. Pope Francis invited the entire Church to reflect on a theme that is decisive for its life and mission. The deadline for the submission of diocesan reports was June 30. (See sidebar for more information and timeline on local Synod process).

As noted in the introductory text featured in the local report, “a synodal Church is the path along which the people of God walk or journey together to announce the Good News of Jesus Christ.”

The local journey in reporting on these listening sessions has required coordination – along with dedicated committee work and technology.

In Galveston-Houston, the synodal synthesis report team was comprised of listening session facilitator trainers, Archdiocesan Pastoral Council (APC)

members, a theologian and a parish lay volunteer. All listening sessions and survey responses, along with any individual submissions, were uploaded into a software for review in a “qualitative research-style format,” according to Jim Barrette, secretariat director of Pastoral and Educational Ministries for the Archdiocese and Archdiocesan Synod Contact.

Utilizing the computer-assisted coding process of qualitative research, each member of the six-member team was asked to synthesize responses to one or two questions from the listening session questions. One member read each of the survey submissions and formed a synthesis based on the questions that the survey included, which were different than the ones in the listening sessions.

“Once each member had their content for a synthesis, they developed a document with a summary of the synthesis,” Barrette said. “All the summaries were reviewed by our writer and combined into a document with a consistent style but encompassing the content as well as salient quotations.”

Barrette noted that one consistent theme present in the listening session and survey data was the sincere gratitude that arose from the very many participants — “their gratitude

for the opportunity to be heard, to be listened to in a way that is reverenced in the presence of the Holy Spirit.”

While participants also noted the ways we often exclude others without noticing or acknowledging that they are set apart, the session and survey feedback also presented a shared hope that this type of “listening” on the parish and Archdiocesan level will continue, Barrette said.

The Archdiocesan reports are already in the process of being summarized into regional reports.

Once all the regional reports are received and reviewed at the national level, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will publish the national report for the Synod.

Barrette said the Archdiocesan report will also be utilized by the APC for planning purposes in the future.

“In addition, there is data that could be analyzed with other frameworks to glean more information for planning,” he said. “Individual parishes could also review the data from the listening sessions from their own parish to assist them with their pastoral planning.”

For more updates and information about the Synod on Synodality, visit www.usccb.org/synod or contact Barrette via email jbarrette@archgh. org or 713-741-8785. †

For more information, visit USCCB.ORG/SYNOD or scan the QR code.

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HOUSTON — The local Synod process began in Oct. 2021 with Mass celebrated by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, followed by training sessions for key facilitators. This included a listening session experience where facilitators personally encountered the fruits of the sessions and train group leaders. In total, close to 800 facilitators were trained.

From October 2021 to April 2022, the Archdiocese collected 385 synodal reports and 502 online contributions, totaling 515,000 words from 8,900 participants in three languages.

Participants included parishes, Catholic schools, religious congregations, movements and other organizations, and affiliated ministries, with 86% of all 146 parishes represented. All 50 elementary Catholic schools also held listening sessions with teachers, staff and some of students.

A local online survey for the Synod was available during the month of April 2022 through the Archdiocesan website. For more information on the Synod on Synodality, visit www.usccb.org/synod or scan the QR code above. †

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Family Life Ministry: Supporting and nurturing the gift of the domestic church on Christ’s foundation of love

BY KERRY MCGUIRE Herald Correspondent HOUSTON — For a little over seven decades, the ministry in the Archdiocese that has been committed to helping families better understand what it means to be a member of God’s domestic Church is the Family Life Ministry. Currently, 59 active initiatives serve 360,000 Catholic families annually in four strategic mandates: “form,” “reveal,” “enjoy,” and “protect.”

“We provide caring and compassionate ministers that partner with couples and families in the beautiful journey of forming, revealing, enjoying, and protecting the communities of love present in every home,” said Ricardo Medina, director of the Family Life Ministry. “We aim to accompany them in their response to God’s call to a joyful life of love for the good of their families, the Church, and our society at large. With the reality of major challenges and conflict experienced during the pandemic and in its wake, there is a new level of awareness within our ministry about the importance of taking care of the most vulnerable and afflicted in our families.”

One example is the Ministry of Consolation which has been received with enthusiasm by many parishes over the last two years. The ministry provides training and formation opportunities to prepare facilitators of grief support groups at the parish level to ensure this support is being offered across the Archdiocese.

The ministry also has seen an increase in those individuals and family units struggling with financial difficulties and debt due to job changes, inflation, and increases in the cost of goods, such as rising gas prices.

Medina said he believes limited planning and a lack of understanding of financial systems are at the root of the problem. While he has witnessed a high level of activity by secular organizations and nonCatholics to help families address these tough issues, this ministry is uncommon and relatively new in the Catholic world.

To promote healthy finances at the family level in the Archdiocese, starting with a cultural translation in Spanish, Medina said a new program is being offered, “Fe y Finanzas Familiares” (“Faith and Finances”). The program offers a Catholic pastoral perspective with materials based on Holy Scripture, the rich traditions of the Catholic faith, and proven by time-tested money techniques.

“We want every family to receive the Good News of Christ in relation to our financial concerns and struggles with a pastoral understanding of budgeting, debt management and reduction, balancing work with family life, and engaging with the right habits that can change the lives of many families,” said Medina. “I encourage all parishes to implement this program that can change family dynamics for this generation and the next to come.”

Rosi and Felipe Rodriguez have been involved with several Family Life Ministry initiatives since 1999 as both participants and volunteers, which

The 2022 Diocesan Services Fund theme draws from 1 Corinthians: “All For the Glory of God.” DSF operates in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston each year to help the Church carry out the ministries of teaching and sanctifying.

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Ricardo Medina, director of the Family Life Ministry, said there is a new level of awareness within the ministry about the importance of taking care of the most vulnerable and afflicted in families of today.

includes the “Compass Catholic” Bible study that focuses on long-term financial wellbeing.

In Jan. 2022, the Rodriguezes were among the first to attend the new Fe y Finanzas Familiares course offered in the Archdiocese, and a month later, they became volunteers and then facilitators.

They felt their experience with Catholic Compass for the past 10 years has been instrumental to growing their faith and now see the spiritual and practical advantages that Fe y Finanzas Familiares offers.

“In the beginning of our journey, we were so hungry for the Word of God, and as we started taking steps in our new lives in Christ, we realized how far we were from where God wanted us to be,” said Rosi Rodriguez.

“Through Compass Catholic, we realized that we did not have the discipline or honesty about our finances through God’s perspective, and as soon as we started making real changes through the program, good things started happening, and our relationship with God was more real than ever. By continuing with Fe y Finanzas Familiares, our decisions of where our money will go based on God’s plan for us will continue to be liberating and true joy!”

The Family Life Ministry is one of 60-plus ministries supported by the annual Diocesan Services Fund (DSF), which enables the depth and scope of the ministry’s programs, processes, and services, like Fe y Finanzas Familiares, to remain in operation.

Other areas of focus include discernment of marriage, marriage preparation, couple enrichment, parenting education, ongoing support and assistance with transitions, and many other additional initiatives under evaluation or development.

Medina said the fruitful efforts of the ministry involve a high-level collaboration and implementation with lay ministers like the Rodriguezes at the parish level. Currently, there are over 400 ministers engaged in the ministry

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and more are needed to accomplish its mission.

“If more DSF funding were available, I would like to roll out our initiatives much faster in the parishes because they are crucial for some family, somewhere,” said Medina. “Because the Archdiocese is very extensive and many lay ministers cannot come downtown to our facilities for ongoing formation, we need to meet them where they are, literally, in their parishes. I’d love to have an extended team of top-performing trainers to form more parents and Family Life ministers in more parishes, with more programs, more frequently.”

The Rodriguezes said they have experienced firsthand many benefits of serving and being served by the Family Life Ministry for over two decades and are grateful to the DSF that makes this possible and encourage others to get involved.

“By facilitating programs, such as Fe y

Finanzas Familiares, we have learned so much about the couples that participate and are encouraged by their humility in opening up their lives to achieve the true freedom that we all want and is only offered through Christ,” said Felipe Rodriguez. “Because of DSF support, we are able to get involved in this ministry and personally grow in God’s will for us, and also serve those that God puts in our paths at that moment. We believe strongly that this course changed our lives and our relationship with our Lord and encourage others that are willing to go through the process of seeing God acting in their lives to make this step.”

To learn more about the Family Life Ministry, visit archgh.org/familylife.

For information about the DSF Annual Appeal and additional ministries supported by the fund, go to archgh. org/dsf. The DSF supports more than 60 ministries, whether direct service or education, which require this critical funding to remain in operation. Out of each gift given to DSF, 100% of every dollar goes directly to supporting these ministries. †

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OBITUARIES Father Albert ‘Al’ Babin, C.Ss.R.

CHICAGO, Illinois — Father Albert ‘Al’ Babin, C.Ss.R., died July 4 at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 95 years old.

In 1972, Father Babin was appointed as a parish priest and served as treasurer of the local community at Holy Ghost Catholic Chuch in Houston. He served there until 1975.

The funeral Mass was celebrated July 8 at the St. Clement Redemptorist Chapel in Chicago, Illinois. Interment is in Redemptorist Cemetery in Chicago. †

Sister Mary Clotilde Hegarty, CCVI

HOUSTON — Sister Mary Clotilde Hegarty, CCVI, a Sister of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Houston died June 8. She was 96 years old.

She entered the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in October 1946. Her formation continued upon her arrival at Villa de Matel in June 1949, making her Perpetual Profession of Vows on August 15, 1954. Sister Hegarty was one of seven sisters who founded Our Lady of Fatima School in Texas City. She spent several years there before becoming the assistant mistress of novices at the Motherhouse, Villa de Matel. In 1968, she taught theology courses in different houses of the Congregation before she started teaching at St. Francis of Assisi, Houston and again at Dominican College. In 1970, she ministered as parish coordinator of religious education for St. Mary Catholic Church in Texas City for seven years.

A funeral Mass was held June 15 at the Immaculate Conception Chapel at Villa de Matel.

Interment is in Villa de Matel Cemetery. †

Sister Mary Laura Rembold, O.P.

HOUSTON — Sister Mary Laura Remhold, O.P., died May 25. She was 79 years old.

She entered the Dominican Sisters of Houston.

Sister Rembold served in education ministry at Assumption School and Queen of Peace School in Houston. Upon retirement in 2017, she returned to Houston she served at St. Dominic Villa as their receptionist, driving sisters to appointments, giving mission appeals in the Archdiocese, helping with donor appreciation, and attending to many other needs of the community.

A funeral Mass was celebrated May 30 at St. Dominic Villa Chapel. †

Fayez S. Sarofim

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HOUSTON — Investor and philanthropist Fayez Shalaby Sarofim died May 28. He was 93 years old.

Sarofim founded Fayez Sarofim & Co. in 1958, and it grew to be the largest investment advisory firm in the Southwest.

A funeral service celebrated by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo was held June 2 in the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. †

IN MEMORIA Pray for the following priests whose anniversaries of death are during the month of August.

August 1, 1993 August 3, 1999 August 4, 1985 August 4, 1995 August 7, 2001 August 8, 1943 August 8, 1969 August 8, 2006 August 9. 1895 August 9, 2014 August 10, 1856 August 10, 1979 August 11, 1997 August 12, 2013 August 13, 1844 August 15, 1931 August 15, 1970 August 15, 1990 August 16, 2012

Rev. John B. Mullins, CSB Rev. John A. Weihrer Rev. James P. Courneen, MM Rev. John A. Burke, CSB Rev. Msgr. George A. Beck Rev. Thomas F. Hogan Rev. John M. Cody Rev. William J. Young, CSB Rev. Joseph Querat Rev. Franklin Simmons Rev Jean-MauriceVerdet, OMI Rev. Joseph P. Walsh Rev. Ernest P. Magee, CSB Msgr. David W. Kennedy Rev. J.M. Paquin, CM Rev. Thomas J. Finn Rev. Francis J. Klass Rev. Timothy Curry, OP Rev. Anselm Walker

August 17, 2013 August 17, 2013 August 17, 2014 August 18, 2020 August 19, 2017 August 20, 1970 August 21, 1998 August 21, 2001 August 23, 1857 August 23, 1947 August 25, 2007 August 25, 2015 August 26, 1980 August 26, 2003 August 27, 2002 August 28, 1989 August 30, 1986 August 30, 2003 August 31, 1867

Rev. Joseph A. Gietl Msgr. Charles C. Domec Rev. Jacques Weber, S.J. Rev. Elias Dorion Rev. Donald Bahlinger, SJ Rev. George F. Laurenson Rev. Stanley Guzik, OMI Rev. John J. Connolly Rev. John Bottet Rev. George Berberich Rev. A. Peter Whitney Rev. William M. Pickard Rev. Michael Biondi, CSB Msgr. Elmer T. Quinters Rev. Norbert N. Clemens, CSB Msgr. Jack J. Davis Rev. Arthur Nichols Rev. Feliciano del Val Rev. A.M. Micouleau

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Please pray for all victims of violence everywhere and their families.

Pray for those being executed in Texas and their families:

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EDUCATION IN BRIEF

Eagle Scout’s project helps Springarea pregnancy assistance center HOUSTON — On June 4, completed the project.

Jonathan Pitre’s Eagle Scout Pitre said he supported Loving project benefited Loving Choice Choice to help make the Pregnancy Help Center located in atmosphere in the center more Spring. comfortable for those needing Loving Choice, which supports help. expectant mothers and fathers “Putting in baseboards for a who are faced with an unplanned pregnancy center may not seem pregnancy, recently expanded its like pro-life work, but by making the offices to include the whole first atmosphere more comfortable, the floor of their building. Pitre, a mothers and fathers that come in parishioner at St. Elizabeth Ann seeking help will be more JONATHAN Seton Catholic Church and a comfortable and confident,” he PITRE member of Troop 573 out of Christ said. “Sometimes that’s all they the Redeemer, reached out to need. I believe in their pro-life them to see what help they needed to mission of helping pregnant women who are further their mission. seeking an alternative to abortion... I believe They asked Pitre if he would be able to in the sanctity of life from the moment of help them by putting in more than 250 feet conception through natural death, and I will of baseboard molding. After learning how to do what I can to further their mission while install baseboard, the Regina Caeli Academy following Christ at the same time. The work senior led a team of 11 scouts and that they do saves lives.”†

DECATS program offers student summer enrichment

HOUSTON — With diverse courses exploring fine and performing arts, science, mathematics, language arts, history, team building and leadership, students at The DeBusk Enrichment Center for Academically Talented Scholars (DECATS Houston) took on the unique opportunity to spend three weeks of their summer time in an intensive academic program.

A superhero focused “With Great Power” theme led students through challenging and enriching coursework.

Through a grant from the DeBusk Foundation, every summer DECATS offered rising third through sixth graders the opportunity to experience hands-on learning for three weeks. Students, called scholars, choose from a variety of courses, including other electives like Mathemagic, CSI: DECATS, If You Build It, A Thousand Flowers, Painting’s Possible, LEGO Robotics, Masters of Mahjong, Marvel vs. DC Showdown, Shark Tank and more.

Scholars also focused on manners, self-organization, time management, wellness or values and morals, according to their grade levels.

The summer enrichment program began to operate locally in the summer of 1995 with 40 scholars and eight faculty. Now in its 28th summer, the program operates at three campuses: Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, St. Anne Catholic School in Tomball and Corpus Christi School in Houston, with 800 scholars and 120 faculty, staff and administrators. Since 1994, more than 8,500 attendees have been through the program.

The DeBusk Foundation created in 1979 in the Dallas area by Manuel and Edith DeBusk with the goal to enrich gifted and talented scholars. From there, the program grew and spread across Texas. For more information, visit www.debuskfoundation.org or www.decats.org. †

USE THE FORCE, MRS. QUATRINI! A pitch for Catholic schools: St. Francis de Sales principal throws first pitch at Space Cowboys game PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SUGAR LAND SPACE COWBOYS

When St. Francis de Sales Catholic School Principal Anne Quatrini took to the field on June 4, Star Wars night before a Sugar Land Space Cowboys home game at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, she might’ve heard Obi-Wan Kenobi’s mythic call from above to “use the force” and the mantra to “stay on target” as she threw the ceremonial first pitch. During the fourth inning, Quatrini also visited the press box to share about the value of Catholic education and St. Francis de Sales Catholic School with Space Cowboys play-by-play broadcaster Gerald Sanchez.

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ST. JOSEPH ON THE BRAZOS • ESTABLISHED: 1840 FAITH, from page 1 Brazoria County, the quiet town’s namesake, lays a humble claim to this title with its “newer” brick and wood church built in the 1960s. The parish, founded in 1840 by a group of German Catholic immigrants along with their pastor Father Jacob Weiser, has seen its church demolished twice by storms, including the Great Storm of 1900.

After generous parishioners donated land to the parish, its newer construction was built to welcome more parishioners.

Today the interior of the church includes a lofty choir space and illuminated beams that stretch upward.

Fourteen rows of pews line the sanctuary, each in an attractive dark wood, drawing the eyes towards the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle.

The wooden beams bring a sense of a quiet forest, as large pothos planters sit at the feet of St. Joseph and the Blessed Mother, as well as near the ambo. Each day, bright morning and afternoon sunlight easily fills the church through two long rows of square windows.

Behind the altar, an intricate floor-to-ceiling tapestry offers a delicate backdrop to a suspended crucifix hung over the limestone altar. Another limestone table supports the tabernacle, a Texas element that evokes a rustic sensibility.

Led by Father Tin Pham, who recently marked his 25th ordination anniversary, the parish is home to nearly 500 families, many of whom have been citizens of the

historic city of Brazoria for generations.

According to Archdiocesan records, St. Joseph is older than the Diocese of Galveston, the founding diocese of Catholicism in Texas.

The church’s red roof is hard to miss among the tall leafy green trees that surround the parish’s six acres. The church and its parish hall hum with activities during the week, with ministry meetings and social gatherings like the annual church bazaar.

The church remains open for visitors every day as an oasis of faith for all those seeking refuge with God. ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL BASILICA Just up the coast from Brazoria, nestled near the heart of Galveston Island’s downtown in Galveston County, sits St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica. Considered the mother church of the Catholic Church in Texas, she too has weathered many storms.

The church was one of the few Galveston landmarks to survive the Great Storm of 1900 that devastated the island, claiming thousands of lives, including several nuns and a priest.

The cathedral, located at 21st and Church Street, survived fires and a terrible 1844 yellow fever epidemic, which killed Father J.M. Paquin, a newly arrived missionary priest. The cathedral, which still stands today and was home to the 175thanniversary opening Mass celebrated

by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo last month, was completed and dedicated in 1848.

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ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL BASILICA • ESTABLISHED: 1848 The Basilica also survived the Civil War, which brought violence to its doorstep: the cathedral was riddled with bullets.

On May 4, 1847, Pope Pius IX named St. Mary’s Cathedral as “The Mother Church” of the newly established Catholic Diocese of Galveston, then the only diocese in the state of Texas.

As the population shifted towards Houston, the Diocese of Galveston was redesignated as the Diocese of Galveston-Houston in 1959, prompting a Co-Cathedral for Houston.

St. Mary’s was recognized as a Texas state landmark in 1968 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was named a minor basilica by St. John Paul II in 1979.

In 2008, the historic church took on eight feet of storm surge during Hurricane Ike. A nearly six-year renovation effort was completed in 2014 when the church reopened to the public on Easter Sunday. More recently, the basilica underwent another renovation. The two spires were restored, along with the church’s stained glass windows, waterproofing and other preventative work. The iconic St. Mary Star of the Sea cast-iron statue, which weighs 2,500 pounds, was also restored. At 11 feet tall, she received a $50,000 restoration.

Led today by Father Ekenedilichkwu “Jude” Ezuma, who took the reins from the Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. John the Baptist, who long helmed the basilica, the church is part of Holy Family Parish, a network of churches on the island.

Several, historic in their own right, were founded by the island’s different ethnic communities.

ST. JOSEPH, NEW WAVERLY If you take Broadway from Galveston to I-45 North and drive all the way into Walker County, you’ll trade palm for pines and pass the famous Sam Houston statue along the way.

But don’t drive to Dallas: Take Exit 102 and pay a visit to St. Joseph Catholic Church, a community with a history deeply connected to the Polish immigrants who came to Texas more than 150 years ago. Established in 1869 by those Polish immigrants and their equally hardy priest, Father Felix Orzechowski, the members later brought construction materials from Poland to build a Gothic-inspired church with Father Thomas Bily, a a Bohemian immigrant, in 1906. The parish welcomes many visitors willing to pull over from I-45 and visit the parish’s restored church and newer chapel.

In 1866, the Waverly Emigration Society sponsored Polish immigrants to come to the area. Further inland from Galveston, these immigrants, or “new Texans,” worked the farms and plantations sprawling along the Texas coast.

Perhaps not as colorful as the Painted Churches in the Texas Hill Country, St. Joseph’s simple gold and white trim is reminiscent of a hand-painted Polish “pisanka” egg. Mind-blowingly ornate stained glass windows line the walls. The community’s Polish origin culminated in a state visit by Poland’s President Lech Walesa in 1996.

A little over 10 years later, Father Daokim Nguyen arrived to help shepherd the community. He was also perhaps the first Asian priest in Walker County to lead a Catholic parish. Soon parishioners recognized the loving care Father Nguyen carried in his heart to draw the parishioners closer to the love of Christ and the community continued to grow in faith and in numbers.

In 2019, ahead of the parish’s 150th anniversary, an $800,000 restoration campaign completely restored the aging wood buildings’ exterior. More than a century old, the wood had severely deteriorated. Restoration also included the two spires, iconic clocktower and steeple that’s visible all across New Waverly. † Editor’s Note: To view a photo gallery of photos from all three of these parishes and for parish Mass times, links and more, visit WWW.ARCHGH.ORG/ICONSOFFAITH. This series will continue in the August edition of the Texas Catholic Herald.

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Pope Francis: One cannot know the Lord without adoration EUCHARIST, from page 1 Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist.

According to a 2019 Pew Research Center study, roughly two-thirds of U.S. Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine at Mass become Christ’s body and blood during the consecration — a core dogma of the Catholic faith and the “source and summit” of the church’s life, according to the catechism.

FLOWERS, INCENSE AND JESUS In Sugar Land, Father David Angelino, pastor of St. Theresa Catholic Church, carried a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament in procession on June 16 ahead of the feast of Corpus Christi.

Following Mass, the procession coursed through the parish grounds, one that traveled over rose petals shaped in hearts and other sacred imagery, joined by pious parishioners.

White ribbons fluttered from the processional cross, and as the sun set in the west, candles and flashlights illuminated the evening. The night culminated with an outdoor Benediction and procession back into the sanctuary.

In Conroe, Father Philip Wilhite led his congregation at Sacred Heart Catholic Church through downtown Conroe for a one-mile Eucharistic procession, a 45-minute walk through the heart of the Montgomery County city.

Pa r i s h i o n e r s sported umbrellas to hide from the intense June summer heat, like Father Wilhite under an ornate canopy carried by altar servers.

DEEPER INTO THE EUCHARIST Fo l l o w i n g these eucharistic processions, U.S. dioceses will develop parish teams of revival leaders to help their fellow Catholics reflect deeper on the centrality of the Eucharist in the life of the church.

Locally in the Archdiocese, parishes are encouraged to bring parishioners closer to Christ through prayer, Sacraments and other events.

There also will be a collaboration with religious education directors and the Catholic schools to plan a curriculum that focuses more on the teaching of the Real Presence.

The U.S. bishops approved plans for the revival and the congress last November during their fall general assembly in Baltimore.

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The Eucharist is seen inside a monstrance during Eucharistic Adoration at St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Freeport. Led by the U.S. bishops, a new three-year grassroots effort seeks to revive devotion and faith in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

Catechesis, chaired by Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota.

“We are really aware in these times that we live that the Church needs to become more missionary. The culture itself doesn’t support what we do anymore as Catholics,” Bishop Cozzens said in a statement. “All Catholics are invited into a renewed encounter with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, especially those Catholics who don’t fully understand the power of the Eucharist.”

As people are seeking deeper connection more than ever before, “this is a time not to be ashamed of the Gospel but to proclaim it from the rooftops,” he added.

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez, USCCB president, called the Eucharist “the gateway key to the civilization of love that we long to create.”

“Jesus promised that he would be truly present in the Sacrament of the altar — but also in the flesh and blood of our neighbors, especially those who are poor and suffering,” he said. “If we ever hope to end human indifference and social injustice, then we need to revive this sacramental awareness.

“In every human person we meet — from the infant in the womb to our elderly parents drawing their dying breaths — we must see the image of the living God.” POPE: ADORATION IS THE SECRET TO KNOWING THE LOVE OF JESUS Much of Pope Francis’s catechesis has also emphasized the importance of the Eucharist.

Immersing oneself in silent Eucharistic adoration is the secret to knowing the Lord, Pope Francis said in 2016.

“One cannot know the Lord without being in the habit of adoring, of adoring in silence,” the pope said in his homily.

Yet, he lamented, “I believe, if I am not mistaken, that this prayer of adoration is the least known among us; it is the one we engage in the least.”

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He continued: “To waste time — if I may say it — before the Lord, before the

mystery of Jesus Christ. To adore, there in the silence, in the silence of adoration. He is the Lord, and I adore Him.” He reflected on the experience of Paul, who fell to his knees before the Father, as seen in Ephesians 3.

For more information about the Eucharistic revival, visit www. eucharisticrevival.org. † Catholic News Service contributed to this report.

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YOUTH Looking to the wounded, royal heart of Jesus What is there to say about our Lord’s most sacred heart that hasn’t already been said by more respectable people and in more eloquent ways than me? I suppose what I can offer to you is a new perspective on this image and devotion.

Let’s take a look at this image through the lens of trying to minister to the young people of our Church. How can the heart of our Lord Jesus Christ possibly relate to the youth of today?

It is bloody and wounded Somewhere along the way, young people got the idea that the Church was for the “righteous” and the “perfect.”That if their lives were messy and broken in any sort of way, they had to first figure it out and “get it together” before approaching God at the altar.

When we look at His Sacred Heart, we see a giant, gaping wound. We see that it is bleeding and pouring out, spilling blood everywhere. It is messy and wounded. Young people are all too familiar with this internal pain and ache.

But what they aren’t always aware of is that Christ felt it too.

Just look at His heart. We must encourage teens to unite their sufferings, their pain, and their woundedness to His. Not only does this help them to realize

“The Church believes in young people and recognizes that by their Baptism, they are priests, prophets and kings.”

that they are not wrong or broken for being so wounded, but that they are not alone. Their sufferings have value — eternal value — just as our Lord’s did.

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It is on fire with passion Young people are BREANNE deeply aware of their DEMARCO passion. They have not fallen into the same trap that we adults have of living a routine and predictable life of Monday thru Friday, 9 to 5. For them, every day holds adventure and new things to explore.

Most teens these days, however, turn this passion and desire toward the things of the world. Looking for the latest trend on social media, trying the newest video game or delving into drugs. But the fire that burns so fervently with desire in their heart is the same one that burns in our Lord’s heart, even if they haven’t realized such.

Instead of shaming teens for such wild desires, let us remind them that they are not weird or defective for having this.

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In fact, it was placed there by God to drive them into a further relationship with Him. Their deep longing, their insatiable appetite, can be directed towards the Lord and ultimately sanctify them in the process.

It is crowned as royalty The world does not believe in young people. It markets to them because it figures they are an easy target — susceptible to their own impulses and to the pressure from their peers. However, Holy Mother Church has always believed in young people.

Instead of saying things like, “Oh well, they’re going to have sex anyway, might as well teach them how to do it safely.”

The Church has stood firm and said, “No, they are not animals operating on instincts alone. They have an intellect and a will, and they have the strength to say “no” in moments of temptation and practice chastity.”

The Church believes in young people and recognizes that by their Baptism, they are priests, prophets and kings. Yes, these young people whom we sometimes shake our heads at because we do not understand their ways; they are kings.

They are royalty.

We, as adults, must remind them of this. When they are feeling insecure about their bodies, incompetent due to their low grades, or like a failure because they didn’t make the varsity sports team, we must remind them of their true identity in Christ — as a beloved child of God. We must affirm them of their royalty.

They are heirs to the Kingdom and have simply lost sight of that amidst the chaos of this world. They are the future of our Church.

May the image of the Most Sacred Heart draw us, and young people everywhere, ever closer to the Lord. † Breanne DeMarco is the youth minister at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Katy.

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COLUMNIST Catholic Mission: Two centuries and counting The Pontifical Mission Societies continue their leadership role as the Catholic Church’s support of missionary activity around the world. Recent major gatherings provided an opportunity for acknowledging the importance of the societies and dialogue for their future development.

Last May, an international gathering was held in Lyon, France, to celebrate the beatification of Pauline Jaricot, foundress of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Thousands from around the world gathered for a solemn Mass, during which bishops, religious, clergy and laity prayed together, giving thanks for the life and work of the holy lay woman who devised and carried out a plan for “pennies and prayers” for the mission territories of the 1800s.

In 1822, Pauline’s plan received the endorsement of Pope Pius XI, elevating it to pontifical status. At that time, the society gathered financial support for

the vast area known as the Louisiana Diocese, which included the Texas territory. Guided by European priests and religious sisters who came to work in our diocese in those early by days, the Catholic faith spread with the arrival of HILDA Catholics from other OCHOA countries and their growing families.

Eventually, the United States was designated as a “mission sending” rather than a “mission receiving” country. A national office for the Pontifical Mission Societies was established, and Diocesan directors were appointed to carry out the two-fold mandate of promoting mission education and gathering financial support for mission lands.

Last week, the Pontifical Mission Societies’ national office convened the

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annual meeting of U.S. diocesan directors in San Diego to honor our past and plan for the future. It included an event with the U.S. bishops gathered there for their meeting at the same time, indicative of their interest and support for the works of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the U.S. In attendance was Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, president of the international Pontifical Mission Societies, who communicated the importance of the societies that “inform and guide pastoral action in a missionary perspective, as an authentic ‘Church that goes forth.’”

The gathering offered opportunities for regional networking and discussion of topics, among them mission animation. For an opportunity to watch a recently released and moving video on the life of the societies’ foundress and other information, visit onefamilyinmission.org.

Today the Pontifical Mission Societies

continue the task of carrying out Jesus’s call to “go to the ends of the earth,” reminding Catholics about their baptismal responsibility to participate in mission.

Our works result in support for church building, catechetical programs, seminary training, communication and transportation needs, and education and healthcare programs in more than 1,150 mission dioceses.

Two centuries after the story began in France, the Pontifical Mission Societies continue to “serve the Church’s universality as a global network of support for the pope in his missionary commitment by prayer, the soul of mission, and charitable offering from Christians throughout the world.” (Pope Francis) † Hilda Ochoa is director of the Mission Office.

SUNDAY MASS READINGS JULY 17 JULY 24 JULY 31 AUG. 7 AUG. 14

First Reading: Gen 18:1-10 First Reading: Gen 18:20-32 First Reading: Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23 First Reading: Wis 18:6-9 First Reading: Jer 38:4-6, 8-10

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 15:2-5 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 138:1-3, 6-8 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 40:2-4, 18

Second Reading: Col 1:24-28 Second Reading: Col 2:12-14 Second Reading: Col 3:1-5, 9-11 Second Reading: Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or Heb 11:1-2, 8-12 Second Reading: Heb 12:1-4

Gospel: Lk 10:38-42 Gospel: Lk 11:1-13 Gospel: Lk 12:13-21 Gospel: Lk 12:32-48 or Lk 12:35-40 Gospel: Lk 12:49-53

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Catholics need better understanding of the Mass, pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The “sense of mystery” and awe Catholics should experience at Mass is not one prompted

by Latin or by “creative” elements added to the celebration but by an awareness of the sacrifice of Christ and His real presence in the Eucharist, Pope Francis said.

“Beauty, just like truth, always engenders wonder, and when these are referred to the mystery of God, they lead to adoration,” he wrote in an apostolic letter “on the liturgical formation of the people of God.” Titled “Desiderio Desideravi” (“I have earnestly desired”), the letter was released on June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. The title comes from Luke 22:15 when, before the Last Supper, Jesus tells His disciples, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.”

In the letter, Pope Francis insisted that Catholics need to better understand the

liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council and its goal of promoting the “full, conscious, active and fruitful celebration” of the Mass.

“With this letter, I simply want to invite the whole Church to rediscover, to safeguard and to live the truth and power of the Christian celebration,” the pope wrote. “I want the beauty of the Christian celebration and its necessary consequences for the life of the Church not to be spoiled by a superficial and foreshortened understanding of its value or, worse yet, by its being exploited in service of some ideological vision, no matter what the hue.”

“The priestly prayer of Jesus at the Last Supper that all may be one judges every one of our divisions around the bread broken, around the Sacrament of mercy, the sign of unity, the bond of charity,” he said.

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Pope Francis elevates the chalice as he celebrates Mass in Carpi, Italy, April 2, 2017. On June 29, the pope issued issued an apostolic letter insisting Catholics need to better understand the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council and its goal on promoting the “full, conscious, active and fruitful celebration” of the Mass.

While his letter offered what he called a “meditation” on the power and beauty of the Mass, Pope Francis also reiterated his conviction of the need to limit celebrations of the Liturgy according to the rite in use before the Second Vatican Council.

“We cannot go back to that ritual form which the council fathers, ‘cum Petro et sub Petro,’ (with and under Peter) felt the need to reform, approving, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and following their conscience as pastors, the principles from which was born the reform.”

The liturgical books approved by “the holy pontiffs St. Paul VI and St. John Paul II,” he said, “have guaranteed the fidelity of the reform of the council.”

Although the post-Vatican II Mass is celebrated in Latin and dozens of vernacular languages, he said, it is “one and the same prayer capable of expressing her (the Church’s) unity.”

“As I have already written, I intend that this unity be reestablished in the whole church of the Roman rite,” he said, which is why in 2021 he promulgated “Traditionis Custodes” (Guardians of the Tradition), limiting celebrations of the Mass according to the rite used before the Second Vatican Council.

The bulk of the pope’s new letter focused on helping Catholics learn to recognize and be astounded by the great gift of the Mass and the Eucharist and how it is not simply a weekly “staging” or “representation” of the Last Supper but truly allows people of all times and

all places to encounter the crucified and risen Lord and to eat his body and drink his blood.

And, the pope wrote, it is essential to recognize that the Mass does not belong to the priest or to any individual worshipper but to Christ and His Church.

“The Liturgy does not say ‘I’ but ‘we,’ and any limitation on the breadth of this ‘we’ is always demonic,” he said. “The Liturgy does not leave us alone to search out an individual’s supposed knowledge of the mystery of God. Rather, it takes us by the hand, together, as an assembly, to lead us deep within the mystery that the word and the sacramental signs reveal to us.”

“Consistent with all action of God,” he said, the Liturgy leads people into the mystery using symbolic actions and signs.

Pope Francis acknowledged that some people claim that in reforming the Liturgy and allowing celebrations of the Mass in the language of the local congregation, it has somehow lost what is “meant by the vague expression ‘sense of mystery.’”

But the mystery celebrated and communicated, he said, is not about “a mysterious rite. It is, on the contrary, marveling at the fact that the salvific plan of God has been revealed in the paschal deed of Jesus.”

“Let us be clear here: every aspect of the celebration must be carefully tended to — space, time, gestures, words, objects, vestments, song, music — and every rubric must be observed,” he wrote.

Otherwise, the celebrant or ministers risk “robbing from the assembly what is owed to it; namely, the paschal mystery celebrated according to the ritual that the church sets down.” †

PASTORAL SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE In a continuing effort to provide pastoral care to victims of sexual abuse by clergy or Church personnel, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo would like to remind the faithful of the Archdiocese of the availability of the Victims Assistance Coordinator. Anyone who has been the victim of sexual abuse by clergy or Church personnel is encouraged to call Diane Vines at 713-654-5799. Please keep in daily prayers the healing of victims of abuse and all who suffer in any way.

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San Antonio archbishop asks Church to be in solidarity with migrants who died in truck tragedy SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for dozens of people found dead, as well as more than a dozen survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semi-truck.

Authorities said on June 29 that the death toll had risen to 53. Originally, first responders pulled 16 people alive from the rig, including 12 adults and four teenagers.

“We pray for the souls of the ... people who died in such a cruel, inhuman manner this evening,” Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said that night after first responders made the gruesome discovery at about 6 p.m. local time.

Authorities said the victims were migrants. They said the truck, found on a remote back road in San Antonio, appeared to be part of a smuggling operation. Rubén Minutti, Mexico consul general in San Antonio, said 27 of the people who died are believed to be of Mexican origin based on documents they were carrying, the Associated Press reported.

Roberto Velasco Álvarez, head of the Mexican government’s North American mission, said on Twitter on June 28 that in addition to the Mexican nationals, seven victims were originally from Guatemala and two were Honduran.

Officials believe the tragedy is the deadliest smuggling incident of its kind in U.S. history.

Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington, chairman of the U.S. bishop’s Committee on Migration, joined Archbishop García-Siller in mourning the death toll.

“This is a tragic loss of life and a harrowing depiction of the extreme risks assumed by migrants out of sheer desperation,” the bishop said. “With deep sadness, I join Archbishop GarcíaSiller in praying for strength, mercy and understanding during this difficult time, especially for the survivors of this horrific incident.

“I also unite with Pope Francis in asking the Lord to ‘open our hearts so these misfortunes never happen again.’”

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Law enforcement officers in San Antonio work at the scene June 27, where people were found dead inside a trailer truck.

“Unfortunately, this disregard for the sanctity of human life is all too common in the context of migration,” Bishop Dorsonville continued.“As a church called to build a culture of life, we cannot tolerate this injustice. Instead, we must recognize that we are brothers and sisters, each imbued with God-given dignity.”

“To prevent further loss of life,” he said, “we urge governments and civil society to promote access to protection, including asylum, develop new pathways for those compelled to migrate and combat human trafficking in all its forms.”

Archbishop García-Siller also asked for prayers for the survivors who were hospitalized, their families and “the first responders who assisted and saved lives and must now carry with them the memories of this scene of carnage.”

In addition, he called on people of the archdiocese “to unite in solidarity, as these brothers and sisters are members of our family.”

News of the deaths reached Pope Francis, who tweeted June 28 that he was offering prayers for those who died in Texas as well as at least 23 sub-Saharan migrants who died June 24 while attempting to flee Morocco by scaling a border fence to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa on the

IN BRIEF U.S. archbishop, Ukrainian Catholics hail EU candidate status for Ukraine

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Ukrainian Catholics in Philadelphia and throughout the nation are “(welcoming) the European Union’s courageous step to extend Ukraine candidate status,” said Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the U.S. Charles Michel, president of the European Council, announced on June 23 that both Ukraine and neighboring Moldova had been granted candidate status in what he described as a “historic” decision amid the council’s June 23 to 24 summit in Brussels.

“We are sending a very strong message, a message of unity and of geopolitical determination,” said Michel, noting that former Soviet republic Georgia, whose “European perspective” also was recognized, would also be granted candidacy “once certain priorities are addressed.”

The European Council is made up of the heads of state of the EU members.

Ukraine applied for candidacy four days after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, which continues assaults Russia launched in 2014 with the attempted annexation of Crimea and the backing of separatist regions in Donetsk and Luhansk.

The latest round of aggression has been marked by particularly gruesome violence against civilians, prompting multinational calls for war crime and genocide investigations. †

Mediterranean coast.

“Let us #PrayTogether for these brothers and sisters who died following their hope of a better life; and for ourselves, may the Lord might open our hearts so these misfortunes never happen again,” the pope’s tweet said.

San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus told reporters hours after the discovery that three people were in police custody, although their connection to the situation was unclear.

The first call about the truck came from a worker in the area who had heard a cry for help and went to investigate, McManus said.

San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said those found alive were conscious, “hot to the touch,” and suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion. There was no water and no working AC, he said.

Temperatures in the San Antonio area ranged from the high 90s to low 100s, according to the National Weather Service. With a few days left in the month, meteorologists said this June was already the warmest June on record in San Antonio.

Smuggling operations working within the U.S. have been known to pack migrants into trucks or cargo trailers after they have already crossed the border in an attempt to sneak them past U.S. Border Patrol highway checkpoints. †

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MUNDO CATÓLICO

La importancia de la catequesis de los adultos

El Directorio para la Catequesis menciona que la catequesis en la vida de las personas es decisiva, especialmente cuando se menciona la catequesis de adultos, que sigue siendo prioritaria y que debemos poner todos nuestros esfuerzos para apoyar en esta área.

La catequesis de adultos tiene que ser el punto de referencia que inspire cualquier forma de catequesis [formación]. De hecho, San Juan Pablo II escribía en su exhortación apostólica Catechesi Tradendae, “Esta es la forma principal de la catequesis porque está dirigida a las personas que tienen las mayores responsabilidades y la capacidad de vivir el mensaje cristiano bajo su forma plenamente desarrollada” (no. 43).

Teniendo esto en cuenta, se necesitará personas que reciban el llamado, la formación y la misión de convertirse en catequista de adultos. Pero ¿Qué es un catequista de adultos? Por lo general, es

una persona mayor de edad, quien ha recibido los Sacramentos de Iniciación Cristiana, ha tenido un encuentro personal con el Señor Jesucristo, y ha recibido el llamado y el por compromiso de compartir la fe católica con otros ADRIAN adultos.

HERRERA Por lo tanto, la persona que es catequista de adultos esta llamada a formarse, a capacitarse, a prepararse mejor para servir mejor en la función que estará desempeñando. Esta formación se puede dar en distintos procesos y modelos como retiros, predicas, charlas, videos, conferencias, audios, sesiones de estudios, clases, etc.

La persona del catequista de adultos: “Es decisiva la figura del catequista, que es como un acompañante y, al mismo

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tiempo, un educador capaz de apoyarlos también en los procesos de crecimiento personal” (Directorio para la Catequesis, n. 263).

Por ende, las personas que son invitadas y llamadas a ser catequistas de adultos, y después llegan a coordinar o liderar grupos con adultos deben de estar capacitados y formados tanto en las áreas de catequesis, teología, metodología y psicología, entre otras áreas.

No basta una coordinación administrativa o de simple logística, sino como se menciona en el directorio, estas personas tienen que crecer en la formación humana para poder ser acompañantes y tener la capacidad de establecer y mantener relaciones sanas con los demás.

El catequista de adulto debe de cumplir con ciertas cualidades humanas como la autoestima, seguridad emocional y aceptación de si mismo.

La persona que es catequista de adultos en la fe dentro de la parroquia debe de saber trabajar con otros líderes y agentes de pastoral, en especial con el clero. Debe de respetar y reconocer la autoridad del párroco, los vicarios y del obispo y sus colaboradores. La persona está abierto al diálogo y tiene una capacidad de escucha y reconoce a Cristo en el prójimo.

Ser en vez de hacer, es primordial.

Ser catequista de adultos no es llenar un espacio debido a la necesidad que surja en la parroquia, al contrario, ser catequista de adultos es clave en la evangelización e identidad de la parroquia, ya que su finalidad es llevar a otras personas a un encuentro personal con Cristo. † Adrian Alberto Herrera es director asociado para la Oficina de Evangelización y Catequesis.

Mision Católica: Dos siglos y seguimos adelante Las Obras Misionales Pontificias continúan en su papel de lideres e instrumento de servicio a la Iglesia Católica en su actividad misionera por todo el mundo. Varios eventos recientes brindaron la oportunidad de reconocer la importancia de dichas obras y entablar el diálogo para su desarrollo futuro.

El pasado mes de mayo se celebró en Lyon, Francia, un encuentro internacional con el fin de celebrar la beatificación de Pauline Jaricot, fundadora de la Sociedad para la

Propagación de la Fe, una de las cuatro Obras Misionales Pontificias. Miles de personas de todo el mundo se congregaron para participar en una misa solemne, durante la cual obispos, religiosos, clérigos y laicos oraron juntos, dando gracias por la vida y la labor de la santa laica Pauline, quien ideo y llevo a cabo un plan de “centavos y oraciones” para ayudar a los territorios de misión existentes en el siglo XIX. En 1822, el plan de Pauline recibió el respaldo del Papa Pio XI, elevando la Sociedad de la Propagación de la Fe a la

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APOYO PASTORAL A VÍCTIMAS DE ABUSO SEXUAL DEL CLERO En un continuo esfuerzo por facilitar atención pastoral a las victimas de abuso sexual del clero o del personal de la Iglesia, el Cardenal DiNardo gustaría recordar a los fieles de la Arquidiócesis la disponibilidad del Coordinador de Ayuda a Víctimas. Si alguien ha sido victim de abuso sexual del clero o del personal de la Iglesia, se les anima llamar a la Diane Vines al 713-654-5799. Por favor rece por la sanación de las víctimas del abuso y por todos los que sufren de alguna manera.

categoría de Pontificia. Fue entonces cuando la Sociedad reunió apoyo financiero para la extensa zona de los Estados Unidos conocida como la Diócesis de Luisiana, que en aquel tiempo abarcaba el territorio de Texas.

Gracias a la increíble labor apostólica de sacerdotes y hermanas religiosas provenientes de Europa que se unieron a nuestra diócesis desde sus inicios, la fe católica se extendió con la llegada de católicos de otros países y sus familias.

Se creo la oficina por nacional de las Obras HILDA Misionales Pontificias y OCHOA se nombraron directores diocesanos para llevar a cabo el doble mandato de promover la educación misionera y reunir apoyo financiero para las tierras de misión. Al paso del tiempo, Estados Unidos dejo de ser un país dependiente de la ayuda misionera por parte de las Obras para convertirse en un país que proporciona considerable apoyo misionero a países en extrema necesidad.

La semana pasada, la oficina nacional de las Obras Misionales Pontificias convoco su reunión anual de directores diocesanos en la ciudad de San Diego, California con el fin de recordar y honrar el pasado, así como planificar su futuro.

Los obispos estadounidenses, quienes realizaban su retiro espiritual en la misma ciudad, participaron en un convivio con los directores, ratificando de esta forma su interés y apoyo a la labor de las Obras Misionales Pontificias en los Estados Unidos.

Asistió además el Arzobispo Giampietro Dal Toso, Presidente de las Obras Misionales Pontificias Internacionales, quien recalcó la

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importancia de las Obras Pontificias que “informan y orientan la acción pastoral desde una perspectiva misionera, colaborando así a impulsar una autentica Iglesia en Salida”.

El encuentro ofreció oportunidades a los directores para la creación de redes regionales y la discusión de temas de vital interés, tal como la animación misionera.

Hoy en día, las Obras Misionales Pontificias continúan con su labor de llevar a cabo el mandato misionero de Jesús de “ir hasta los confines de la tierra”, recordando a los católicos que la Iglesia es misionera por su propia naturaleza y que cada persona bautizada ha de participar en la misión de la Iglesia.

Los frutos de dicha labor en más de 1150 diócesis misioneras abarcan el apoyo para la construcción de iglesias, creación de programas catequéticos, capación para seminaristas, creación de fondos para la comunicación y el transporte y desarrollo de programas educativos y de atención médica.

Le invitamos a que visite onefamilyinmission.org para que tenga la oportunidad de ver un impactante video recién creado acerca de la vida de la fundadora de las Obras, así como interesante información misionera adicional.

Dos siglos después de su origen en Francia, las Obras Misionales Pontificias continúan “al servicio de la Iglesia Universal como una red mundial de apoyo al compromiso misionero del Papa a través de dos vías, la oración, alma de la misión, y las ofrendas caritativas en forma de limosna ofrecidas por los católicos de todo el mundo”. (Papa Francisco) † Hilda Ochoa es directora de la Oficina de Misión.

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Marian chalk artist draws faith with unique canvas SIOUX CITY, Iowa (CNS) — Maria Loh is an artist whose sacred work is transitory, totally dependent on the elements.

Yet, she made her religious mark on a Sioux City sidewalk on April 21.

Utilizing special artistic chalk, the 19-year-old Fargo, North Dakota, native created Roberto Ferruzzi’s famous “Madonna of the Streets” on the sidewalk in front of Siouxland Catholic Radio’s offices.

Loh’s visit was in conjunction with the radio station’s spring pledge drive and first-ever Juried Youth Art Festival, which had as its theme “Mary, A Model of the Perfect Communicator.”

Though Loh began her artistic journey at a young age drawing and painting, her passion for chalk art began several summers ago.

“I knew nothing about chalk until I picked up a box and started doodling,” she said.“If I think back, my grandparents had a chalkboard in their home, and I always enjoyed drawing on it, so the love may have started when I was a child.”

Loh simultaneously discovered the rich history of street art and the Catholic tradition surrounding chalk art, which is believed to have its beginnings in Europe between the 13th to 16th centuries.

Madonnaris, or chalk artists such as Loh, traveled to festivals using chalk to draw the Madonna or religious icons.

“I just fell head-over-heels in love with the combination of the chalk and creating sacred works when I attended such festivals,” she said. “I could not wait to be drawing with chalk each summer as the snow melted on the North Dakota pavements.”

Interest in Loh’s art ignited when images of her drawing of Our Lady of Lourdes in her parents’ driveway in 2020 were posted on the Diocese of Fargo’s

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An image of the Madonna and Maria Oh’s chalk are seen on the sidewalk outside of the office of the Siouxland Catholic Radio station and St. Boniface Church in Sioux City, Iowa.

Facebook page in May. The response astonished Loh, the oldest of five children.

“I had been happy to create in quiet and solitude, so I would have preferred if God would have left me in my backyard to create,” she confessed. “But the response showed me how God is capable of sharing my work with others.”

Loh’s visit to Sioux City provided a unique opportunity to combine the aspect of the Catholic faith with the artistic skills of the young artists in the juried competition, said Lisa Niebuhr, the station’s listener relations director.

“That’s a pairing you don’t find being offered elsewhere,” she said. “We believe it is a valuable collaboration that allows others to experience the awesome

features of both Maria’s talent and the teaching of the Church regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary.”

Loh was up with the sun on April 21 and began by taping off a portion of the sidewalk, then painting it with white tempera as the primer to smooth imperfections in the cement.

During the next eight or so hours, she painstakingly added the vibrant blues and yellows with chalk that is highly pigmented to withstand the outdoor climate.

“God must have been watching out

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IN BRIEF Writing contest honors the Assumption of Mary

HOUSTON — The Catholic Literary Arts group is hosting a writing contest for all writers ages 16 and older that explores the meaning of “The Assumption of Mary: Glorious, Radiant, Holy Queen.”

All submissions will be judged by Father Nicholas Divine, C.P., a Passionist priest, actor and writer ministering at Holy Name Retreat Center in Houston.

Three winners will receive a cash prize of $50 for the first prize, $35 for the second prize, and $35 for the third-prize winner. Each winner receives a one-year membership to Catholic Literary Arts and will be featured on the website at www.catholicliteraryarts.org.

The entry fee is $5. Writers may submit one unpublished poem or prose piece, limited to 250 words. Writers must be at least 16 years old at the date of entry. International entries written in English are welcome. The deadline to enter the contest is on Monday, July 18 at 11:59 p.m. Winners will be announced on the website on Aug. 10, with an online award ceremony and reading on Aug. 9 at 7 p.m.

For more information and to submit poetry or prose to the contest, visit www. catholicliteraryarts.org/2022-mary. †

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for us, as the weather the day before had been rainy,” Niebuhr said. “The next day had high wind gust advisories, but the piece was still visible.”

In keeping with the tradition of chalk artists, Loh responded to inquiries from interested bystanders.

“I wanted people to know that God is the ultimate artist,” she said. “We can look at creation to see that. Everything we create, we create for his glory.”

At the end of the day, the radio station held a reception for the first-place winners in grades 1 through 12 of the art festival.

“We were surprised with 180 entries from more than 30 counties in our listening area,” Niebuhr said. “A panel of professional artists judged the art, choosing a first place, second place, third place, and honorable mention in each grade. We also encouraged individuals to check out all of the art and vote for a viewers’ choice award.”

Loh offered insights and spoke with the winners and their families.

She also talked about her sidewalk presentation and chalk art experiences.

Then, on April 22, Loh visited with students and did some chalk art at St. Michael Grade School in South Sioux City, Nebraska, as well as some of the elementary buildings with the Bishop Heelan Catholic School System in Sioux City.

“When I was in school, I would have loved to know an artist, have my questions answered, and know it is possible to be an artist,” she said. “I want to be that someone. I also want to reaffirm to every student that images speak when words fail.” †

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JULY 15-16

FEAST OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, Our Lady of Mount Carmel (6723 Whitefriars Dr.). Friday, 7 p.m., bilingual Vespers of Our Lady and imposition of the scapular. Saturday, 5 p.m., Mass and imposition of the scapular. More info: www.mtcarmelalive.org

JULY 16

SHOW CHORUS CONCERT, 5 to 7 p.m., Sts. Simon and Jude (26777 Glen Loch Dr., The Woodlands). Wine and cheese event with The Woodlands Show Chorus with silent auction, bake sale, door prize and more. Doors open at 4. Cost: $25 adult, $30 reserve, $20 seniors 50+ and children 12 and under. Tickets: tickets@ thewoodlandsshowchorus.org. More info: 713688-6509.

JULY 21-23

GARAGE SALE, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (6646 Addicks-Satsuma Rd., Houston). July 21, 8 a.m. to noon, is MVP sale ($20 entry), then 5 to 8 p.m. is

$5 entry for ages 16 and over. July 22, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., is free entry. July 23, 8 to 11 a.m. is 50% off sale, and noon to 2 p.m. is clearance sale (fill a bag; $1 small, $5 medium, $10 large). Sale includes furniture, small appliances, electronics, clothing, bikes, toys, home décor, jewelry, kitchenware and more. More info: 281-726-1691.

JULY 23-24

EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES EXHIBIT, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Our Lady of Lourdes (10114 Hwy 6, Hitchcock).

The parish hosts a two-day display of the international Vatican Exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles of the World in English and Spanish.

JULY 26

SPEAKER SERIES, 6 to 8 p.m., St. Mary’s Seminary Nold Auditorium (9845 Memorial Dr., Houston).

Stewardship Speaker Series, “How to be a Cheerful Giver” by Father T.J. Dolce. $10. Light snacks will be served. Free parking near Nold & Borski Athletic Center. Register: tinyurl.com/ stewardship22.

JULY 28-30

GARAGE SALE, St. Theresa Community Center (705 St. Theresa Blvd., Sugar Land). Sugar

JULY 29-30

GARAGE SALE, St. John the Baptist (110 E. South St., Alvin). Alvin CDA Court #2073 hosts a garage sale on July 29, 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and July 30, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Donations will be accepted at the Parish Hall on July 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. only. More info: Ida at idascsr@gmail.com.

JULY 29-31

GARAGE SALE, St. Ambrose (4213 Mangum Rd., Houston). July 29, 3 to 8 p.m., July 30, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and July 31, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sale inclues adults and children’s clothing, housewares, electronics, furniture, collectibles, books, shoes, etc. Credit cards accepted. Food and beverages will be sold. More info: 713-686-3497 or www. stambrosehouston.org.

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RUMMAGE SALE, St. Thomas Catholic Education Building (1603 16th St., Huntsville). Aug. 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Aug. 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hosted by the St. Thomas Ladies, six rooms are full of items priced to sell, including clothing (adult/children), kitchenware, linens, furniture, toys and books, miscellaneous

items and holiday items. More info: 936-5810451.

AUG. 8

ST. DOMINIC FEAST DAY CELEBRATION, 3 p.m., at St. Dominic Village (2401 Holcombe Blvd., Houston). Open house and facility tours begin at 3 p.m. Mass begins at 4 p.m. in Warren Chapel with Auxiliary Bishop Italo Dell’Oro, CRS. Dinner will follow in the St. Dominic Village Auditorium. Free, open to the public. More info: 713-391-2685; www. stdominicvillage.org/feast-day.

AUG. 14

ITALIAN MASS, 10:30 a.m., Italian Cultural Center (1101 Milford St., Houston). Roman Catholic Bilingual Italian and English Mass celebrated by Father Richard Lucien “Luke” Millette, judical vicar of the Archdiocese.

Cake and coffee only will be served after Mass. More info: Call 713-774-2628 or email jcoles8433@sbcglobal.net.

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Monsignor O’Connor celebrates 70 years in the priesthood

HOUSTON — Nearly 200 people football team to many victories. gathered in Sacred Heart Church in “Father Fred,” as he is known, was Crosby to celebrate the 70th jubilee of assigned to Queen of Peace near Gulfgate Monsignor Fred O’Connor’s ordination to in 1960. At the height of the Civil Rights the priesthood. The event was co-hosted Movement, his request for transfer to St. by the Serra Club of East Harris County Mary’s Church, a predominantly Black and the parish of Sacred Heart. parish in the Third Ward, was His former seminary granted. His mission there was classmates Archbishop to assist the transition of its Emeritus Joseph A. Fiorenza families from segregation to and Monsignor Eugene Francis integration. were in attendance, along with In the mid-70s, Father parishioners, family members Fred moved to St. Jude in the and a former inmate of the Highlands so that he could be Dayton Prison for Women whose available to move his widowed life was touched and changed mother nearby and supervise for the better by monsignor’s her care until her death. ministry at the prison.

In 2001 at the age of 72, his MONSIGNOR Monsignor’s decades-long early retirement from parish FRED O’CONNOR service to the people of the life provided the opportunity diocese of Galveston-Houston for him to serve prison ministry began after his graduation in Dayton and at other nearby from St. Thomas High School, Houston, facilities, where he was an example of when he opted for eight years at St. Christ’s love in action who encouraged Mary’s Seminary in La Porte, turning the inmates to strive for hope-filled down tendered offers to play baseball he futures and enriched spiritual lives. had received from Rice University, the Since his retirement to live at St. St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Dominic Village in 2014, Monsignor Yankees.

O’Connor begins his day with prayer At his first assignment, Resurrection and attends Mass or receives the Holy Church in the Denver Harbor/Port Eucharist daily. He enjoys watching the Houston area, he managed his duties as Astros and golf, taking walks with his pastor for eight years while sharing his caregiver and enjoying the meals served love of sports and coaching the boys’ at the center. †

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A PRIEST’S MINISTRY BEGINS At right, Galveston-Houston Auxiliary Bishop Italo Dell’Oro, CRS, lays his hands on Father Juan Pablo Orozco, CC, during his Mass of Ordination to the Priesthood on June 25 at the Catholic Charismatic Center in Houston. Father Orozco’s home parish was Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Conroe and was vested by Father Philip Wilhite, pastor of Sacred Heart, and Father Eduardo Gomez, Father Orozco’s uncle. Father Orozco will begin ministry as a parochial vicar at the Catholic Charismatic Center in August.

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St. Ignatius of Loyola parishioner wins national music liturgy award

KATHLEEN DEMNY

HOUSTON — Kathleen Demny, who has worked full time as director of music and liturgy in and around the Archdiocese, was recognized with a 2022 Excellence in Publishing award by the Association of Catholic Publishers in the category of “Music: Distinguished Mass Setting” for her work “Missa de Lumine.”

She said the compositional process of the piece began as a simple Advent Gathering Rite to be used in Demny’s parish, St. Ignatius of Loyola in Spring. Inspired by and paired with Carol Browning’s arrangement, the piece carried the musical theme throughout the rest of the Mass by completing the setting, which even includes a sung Prayer of the Faithful and sung Doxology.

“I am deeply humbled to be awarded this recognition,” she said. “Just to be considered is an amazing honor, but to have the winning piece is beyond my wildest imagination.” †

THE HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER INTENTIONS PRAYER INTENTION FOR JULY: FOR THE ELDERLY

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This month, Pope Francis prays “for the elderly, who represent the roots and memory of a people; may their experience and wisdom help young people to look towards the future with hope and responsibility.” This intention coincides with the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, celebrated on Sunday, July 24, in Rome and in all the dioceses around the world.

“Let us pray for the elderly, that they may become teachers of tenderness so that their experience and wisdom may help young people to look towards the future with hope and responsibility” Pope Francis said.

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On Sunday, June 5, the Dominican Sisters of Houston announced its newly elected General Council (left to right) Donna M. Pollard, OP (prioress), Linda Gibler, OP (vicaress), and Katie Gaspard, OP (councilor).

Dominican Sisters of Houston names new leadership HOUSTON — On June 5, the Dominican Sisters of Houston celebrated Pentecost Sunday Mass with Rite of Installation for its newly elected General Council, the canonical leadership that will serve the congregation for the next six years.

Father Jim Courville, pastor of St. Helen Catholic Church in Pearland, presided over the Eucharistic celebration in the Dominican Center for Spirituality Meeting Room, during which Sister Donna Pollard, OP, was installed as prioress for a second term, Sister Linda Gibler, OP, as vicaress, and Sister Katie Gaspard, OP, as Councilor.

Three non-vowed administrators were also installed as part of the congregation’s leadership team: Jose Enriquez, director of Finance; Laura Henderson, director of Mission Advancement; and Paula Porter, director of Human Resources and Operations.

A reception for family and friends followed at St. Dominic Villa, the sisters’ retirement home. †

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