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An Unlikely Background: The Story of A Marriage, A Priesthood and a Parish

An Unlikely Background: The Story of A Marriage, A Priesthood and a Parish

by Susan Fox | Dec 14, 2021 | News

“Wedding bells are ringing…” It was Sept. 19, 1970 and devout Catholic Patricia Thames was about to marry a Protestant. The Catholic priest who married them did not insist the future father raise his children in the Catholic faith, and so they would be raised...
A Heartbeat Saves a Life: 40 Days for Life in Texas ends its prayer vigil and the Supreme Court Declines to Block the Texas Heartbeat Act

A Heartbeat Saves a Life: 40 Days for Life in Texas ends its prayer vigil and the Supreme Court Declines to Block the Texas Heartbeat Act

by Susan Fox | Nov 9, 2021 | News

“Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil. For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers…So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness...
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Tyler - Chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul
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