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A Summer Prayer
Read more: A Summer PrayerOn Thursday, June 21, we celebrated the Summer Solstice. Hopefully, we will slow the pace down, relax more, spend more time with family and friends, and recreate, that is re-create! Let us give thanks to God for the gift of summer: Under the warmth of the summer sun the world awakes and blossoms into every…
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Let Our Children Go! A Weekend of Action to End Family Separation
Read more: Let Our Children Go! A Weekend of Action to End Family SeparationJoin us for… LET OUR CHILDREN GO! Statewide Action to end family separation and incarceration of our children. Even though President Trump rescinded his order regarding the separation of children from their parents, there is no plan in place to help these families be reunited. There are major humanitarian issues that still need to be…
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Statement from the Most Rev. Daniel E. Flores, Bishop of Brownsville on the Separation of Immigrant Parents and Children
Read more: Statement from the Most Rev. Daniel E. Flores, Bishop of Brownsville on the Separation of Immigrant Parents and ChildrenPlease take time to read this statement from Bishop Flores who is the Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, a border Diocese to Mexico. His message represents the feeling and perspective of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). When we rip children out of the arms of their parents, we are ripping out the heart…
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Quotable Quotes about Fathers
Read more: Quotable Quotes about FathersThis weekend we celebrate the National Holiday of Father’s Day. In honor of this day, I share with you a variety of quotes about fathers. Some are serious and sincere, some are in jest, and some are painfully true. All are meant to call attention to fatherhood, its importance, and to encourage all men to…
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Toward a Global Spirituality
Read more: Toward a Global SpiritualityIt has been reported that there is a species of fish that lives in the waters off the South American continent that has the ability, with its one set of eyes, to see in two directions—up and down—at the same time. As it makes its way through the water, it, simultaneously, looks down into the…
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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Read more: Pope Francis: A Man of His WordLast Sunday, I spent 96 very powerful minutes watching the movie, “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word.” During the showing of the movie, you could hear a pin drop in the theater. The movie is showing in a number of theaters at the present time. I would encourage everyone to take a bit of…
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“Catholics Are Still In!” Catholic Climate Covenant
Read more: “Catholics Are Still In!” Catholic Climate CovenantCatholic Climate Covenant launched a new nationwide campaign, “Catholics Are Still In,” to garner the U.S. Catholic Community’s support for climate action. With their partners, they developed the “U.S. Catholic Climate Declaration,” which expresses the Catholic imperative to protect and promote human life and human dignity, especially among the poorest and most vulnerable peoples, by…
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The Gift of the Holy Spirit
Read more: The Gift of the Holy SpiritWhen the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each…
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A “Shout Out” for Young People!
Read more: A “Shout Out” for Young People!This Sunday Bishop McElroy is with us to lead us in the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation as a number of our young Parishioners are receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. In years past as I watched him impart the Holy Spirit: “Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit,” I am…
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St. Thomas More: A Parish For All Seasons Capital Campaign Update
Read more: St. Thomas More: A Parish For All Seasons Capital Campaign UpdateWe began our “Seasons” Campaign on January 1, 2018. This is a three-year effort to raise $3,300,000 to complete the build-out of our Parish. The money raised will be directed in these ways: 36 monthly mortgage payments to the National Office of the Knights of Columbus ($44,806.21/month). We are in the third year of a…