by Dr. Allison Low | Aug 18, 2023 | Catholic East Texas
In baptism, we are “freed from sin and reborn as sons of God,” “become members of Christ,” and “are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1213) We also receive an indelible spiritual mark on our souls, the...
by Diocesan Staff | Aug 18, 2023 | Catholic East Texas
By Judy Stallone As the parishioners of St. William of Vercelli Catholic Church in Carthage considered how to celebrate their 75th Jubilee Year on June 25, 2023, they knew that renewing dedication to the parish’s patron saint would be important. St. William’s pastor,...
by Diocesan Staff | Aug 18, 2023 | Catholic East Texas, Parishes
Por Judy Stallone Cuando los feligreses de la Iglesia Católica de San Guillermo de Vercelli de Cartago consideraron cómo celebrar su 75.º Jubileo el 25 de junio de 2023, sabían que sería importante renovar la dedicación al santo patrono de la parroquia. El párroco de...
by Elizabeth Slaten | Aug 18, 2023 | Catholic East Texas, Parishes
Cuando el Obispo Joseph Strickland pidió al Padre James Rowland, párroco de Santa María Magdalena de Flint, que construyera una iglesia que fuera la “joya del este de Texas”, el sacerdote ya tenía una visión en mente, puesta en marcha por el párroco fundador de la...
by Elizabeth Slaten | Aug 11, 2023 | Catholic East Texas
“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...
by Elizabeth Slaten | Aug 1, 2023 | Catholic East Texas, Parishes
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....