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Entrust Yourself to St. Joseph This Year
Margaret Mone Published: August 27, 2021 Source I never knew how much I merely scraped the surface in my relationship with St. Joseph until this Lenten season when my husband invited me to pray the consecration to St. Joseph. Although he had a tender place in my heart, St. Joseph remained a mys...

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True Friendships: Forgotten Medicine for Modernity’s Ills
Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony Published: August 19, 2021 Source In modernity, friendship seems to be an often optional or superficial thing unnecessary for humanity. People settle for broken hearts and frustrated relationships, thinking that authentic relationships are impossible. Facebook friend...

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September Is Devoted To The Seven Sorrows of Mary
Mark Your Calendar! by Genevieve PerkinsFaith & Life Mary - The Blessed Mother Source Did you know that each month has a traditional Catholic devotion? This year, let’s focus on each devotion month-by-month to grow in our faith and traditions! Make yourself notes, write it on your ...

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Understanding the Mass: Q&A with Fr. Gavin Vaverek
Fr. Gavin Vaverek Published: August 20, 2021 Source Does the older Mass from before Vatican II offer more perfect worship that the reformed Mass*?   The Liturgy of the Mass is always the perfect worship of God. The Holy Mass is always the action of the one and eternal High Priest, ...

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Reflections on the Body for the Feast of the Assumption
Elizabeth Gillson Published: August 12, 2021 Categories: Commitment (Young Adult) · Living the Journey · Wisdom Source “We pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the cour...

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The Assumption of Mary

Posted on August 13, 2021 in: General News

The Assumption of Mary
Source What does Catholicism teach about the assumption of Mary? And why is this event contemplated in the fourth glorious mystery? Let us begin by considering a few key points from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (see 966). First, in discussing the assumption, the Catechism affirms that ...

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Love Endures Forever

Posted on August 13, 2021 in: General News

Love Endures Forever
A Reflection of What Matters August 2, 2021 Source The law of the world, the law of fallen nature, is the law of the jungle. What matters is power, prestige, and prowess. Only the strong survive. There are countless personal development gurus only too happy to tell you how to explode your ...

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Meet Newly Ordained Fr. Michael Ledesma
Lindsey McMillan Published: August 6, 2021 Categories: Diocese of Tyler · News · Priests and Seminarians Source Fr. Michael Ledesma is one of four newly ordained priests in the Diocese of Tyler. He was ordained at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler on May 29, 202...

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August Is Devoted To The Immaculate Heart Of Mary
by Genevieve PerkinsFaith & Life, Mary - The Blessed Mother Source Did you know that each month has a traditional Catholic devotion? This year, let’s focus on each devotion month-by-month to grow in our faith and traditions! Make yourself notes, write it on your calendar, and pray a s...

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Catholic Nacogdoches Serves Poor in Local Community This Summer
Elizabeth Slaten Published: August 10, 2021 Categories: Diocese of Tyler · News Source Often when we think of mission work, we think of charitable work in other countries around the world. We don’t often think of serving those who are poor or in need in our own communities. This s...

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