The St. Philip Institute

Catholic Bishops have never prohibited entire dioceses from attending Holy Mass, but the Church has never faced a global pandemic either.

Bishop Strickland gives an update regarding mitigation of COVID-19 in the Diocese of Tyler.

As we journey through a Lent like no other - unable to attend public Masses - it is more important than ever for us as Catholics to remain plugged into the Church's liturgical year. This week we have entered Passiontide; next week we begin Holy Week; Easter is on the...

The president and his administration have been asked by some governors to lift the ban on aborted fetal cell research to help fight the COVID crisis. What if you found out that aborted fetal cells were used in the next vaccine for the Coronavirus? Would you take it?

While our spiritual health is of the utmost importance, we must take reasonable care to preserve our life. We cannot be careless and neglectful of life as it is a gift that has been entrusted to us by God.

Bishop Joseph Strickland addresses medical professionals on the front line fighting to keep people safe and help them recover from the COVID-19 virus. 

Bishop Joseph Strickland encourages everyone in the Diocese of Tyler to listen to and follow the directions of our state and local authorities.

Pope St. John Paul wrote in his seminal encyclical on life, “To claim the right to abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia, and to recognize that right in law, means to attribute to human freedom a perverse and evil significance: that of an absolute power over others and against others. This is the death of true freedom: ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin’ ( John 8:34).”

Along with Christopher Kaczor, PhD, Cynthia Hunt, MD, George D. Santos, MD, Joseph Meaney, PhD, Charleta Guillory, MD, MPH, FAAP, and Paul J. Carson, MD, FACP, Stacy Trasancos presented two talks at the Converging Roads conference in Houston on March 28, 2020. The topics were “Medical Marijuana and CBD Oil: In Conflict with Hippocratic Medicine?” and “Vaccine Ethics: A View through Catholic Social Teaching.”

Watch as Bishop Strickland sits down with Kathy Harry and discusses the resources Catholic Charities is offering during COVID-19.