Texas Catholic Herald - July 12, 2022

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JULY 12, 2022 • ARCHGH.ORG/TCH

VIVA SAN GIOVANNI!

HAVE FAITH AND CHALK

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Galveston Italians celebrate St. John the Baptist with special Mass, fireworks

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Marian chalk artist draws faith with unique canvas

Proclaiming the Good News to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston since 1964

JULY 12, 2022

MINISTRY

Tug-of-war over abortion continues with overturn of Roe

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VOL. 59, NO. 4

‘SOURCE AND SUMMIT’

BY JO ANN ZUÑIGA Texas Catholic Herald HOUSTON — Ivanna, a recent high school graduate, said she found out she was expecting a baby after taking a home pregnancy test in a Target store bathroom. In an interview with Catholic Guadalupe Radio Network (KSHJ 1430 AM) broadcast live on June 27 at Related: the Loving Choice Pregnancy Center REFLECTIONS in Spring, Ivanna ON THE DOBBS said she broke the news to her DECISION PAGE 2 mother a few days after the positive test result in early December. “She was in shock because she did not know that I was sexually active,” Ivanna said. After discussing it together, they See ROE, page 4

VOCATIONS

Growing need for Hispanic priests spurs launch of new Spanishspeaking Serra Club BY JO ANN ZUÑIGA Texas Catholic Herald HOUSTON — For every Catholic priest in the U.S., there are 1,230 Catholics in the general population. But that stretches even more in the Hispanic community, with 9,925 Hispanic Catholics per every Hispanic priest, according to a national report by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “There is a great need for more Hispanic priests,” said Candice Tyrrell, vice president of membership USA Council of Serra International. “We desperately need more priests, especially See SERRA, page 5

PHOTO BY GABRIEL CASTILLO/ST. THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH, SUGAR LAND

Father David Angelino, pastor of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Sugar Land, processes with a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament during a Eucharistic procession on June 16 ahead of the feast of Corpus Christi. Dozens of parishes around the Archdiocese hosted Masses, processions, nights of prayer and special events to honor the feast day, ushering in the National Eucharistic Revival. SEE PAGE 11 FOR MORE.

ICONS OF FAITH

Archdiocese’s oldest parishes still carry high the cross of faith

SUGAR LAND — From Conroe to Lake Jackson, Sugar Land to downtown far to Oklahoma, Colorado Houston, thousands of faithful took to the and down to Mexico, today streets in procession for the June 19 feast it encompasses 10 counties, of Corpus Christi across the Archdiocese. each with Catholic parishes The prayerful, solemn gatherings sustaining the local faithful, marked a public witness to the Catholic many of which are historic. faith. The feast day also coincided with In this ‘Icons of Faith’ series, the opening of a three-year grassroots we’ll briefly revival of devotion and explore the faith in the real presence BY JAMES RAMOS oldest parish of Jesus in the Eucharist, Texas Catholic Herald in each county. culminating in the first National Eucharistic ST. JOSEPH ON THE BRAZOS Congress in the United States since 1975. Perhaps it’s best to start from the Initiated by the U.S. Conference of beginning: St. Joseph on the Brazos Catholic Bishops, the National Eucharistic Catholic Church is the oldest Catholic Revival is an effort to reverse the waning community in the Archdiocese today. belief among professed Catholics in the

BRAZORIA — Consider this an invitation to visit some of the oldest parishes in the Archdiocese. Since its founding 175 years ago, the faithful, led by unwavering clergy and other religious leaders, have carried the Catholic faith forward through Texas and U.S. history and into legend. These brave Catholics, many farflung immigrants to the Texas frontier from countries continents away, staked their lives on their faith, planting seedling church communities that blossomed decades later into the first parishes of the region. And though the Diocese of Galveston once stretched

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Corpus Christi Eucharistic processions open national revival movement

MARKING 175 YEARS OF FAITH

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