It was all worth it: The journey of one man who did not want to be a priest
“People have asked me, ‘What do you most look forward to in the priesthood?’ The sacraments are obviously, I think the first priority,” the new priest said. After a long pause, he continued, “But very close to that, in a mysterious, absurd, mystical way, when a person...
Todo valió la pena: el camino de un hombre que no quería ser sacerdote
“La gente me ha preguntado: ‘¿qué es lo que más esperas del sacerdocio?’ Los sacramentos son obviamente, creo yo, la principal prioridad”, dijo el nuevo sacerdote. Tras una larga pausa, continuó: “Pero muy cerca de eso, de un modo misterioso, absurdo, místico, cuando...
Diocese Collaborates with Pearl & Thistle for NFP Week
Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness Week (July 23-30, 2023) is a national educational campaign promoted each year around the anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (July 25), which articulates Catholic beliefs about human sexuality, conjugal love, and...
Flint Parish celebrates dedication of new church building
When Bishop Joseph Strickland asked Father James Rowland, pastor of St. Mary Magdalene in Flint, to build a church that would be the “gem of East Texas,” the priest already had a vision in mind, set in motion by the church’s founding pastor, Father Timothy Kelly....Upcoming Events
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