by Elizabeth Slaten | Dec 1, 2025 | News
Cycle Prep Workshop (By Pearl & Thistle): Sacred Heart Church in Texarkana is hosting a Cycle Prep Workshop (by Pearl & Thistle) on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. This 90-minute parent-daughter workshop introduces girls (ages 9-12) to the language...
by Elizabeth Slaten | Nov 30, 2025 | Bishop, News
The culture of the American Christmas season that begins in October and ends with the after-Christmas sales overwhelms the Catholic season of Advent. Yet this does not relieve us from knowing the reason for the Advent season: to “stay awake” and to look for the signs...
by Elizabeth Slaten | Nov 27, 2025 | Bishop, News
To the Priests and People of the Diocese of Tyler at Thanksgiving November 27, 2025 I have been with you as your bishop now for just over nine months. The call to serve as the Bishop of Tyler has been a motive of deep gratitude to God. You have been very much in my...
by Elizabeth Slaten | Nov 13, 2025 | Bishop, Life and Justice
“La Iglesia, como madre, camina con los que caminan. Donde el mundo ve una amenaza, ella ve hijos; donde se levantan muros, ella construye puentes. Sabe que el anuncio del Evangelio sólo es creíble cuando se traduce en gestos de cercanía y de acogida; y que en cada...
by Elizabeth Slaten | Nov 12, 2025 | Bishop, Life and Justice, News
“The Church, like a mother, accompanies those who are walking. Where the world sees threats, she sees children; where walls are built, she builds bridges. She knows that her proclamation of the Gospel is credible only when it is translated into gestures of...