by Bishop Joseph Strickland | Sep 5, 2020 | Essays
In our consideration of morally coherent Catholic citizenship we have considered the fundamental Right to Life and the Right to Religious Freedom. Now, we turn to the urgent challenge of defending the first and most vital cell of society, marriage, and the family and...
by Bishop Joseph Strickland | Sep 5, 2020 | Essays
One of the experiences which accompanied the COVID 19 Shelter at Home Orders was that all parents became “home school” parents. But, in a sense, all parents already WERE “home school parents”. Some simply choose to share that educational mission with...
by Deacon Keith Fournier | Jul 16, 2020 | Essays
The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains: Through the sacraments of Christian initiation, man receives the new life of Christ. Now we carry this life “in earthen vessels,” and it remains “hidden with Christ in God.” We are still in our...
by Admin | May 28, 2020 | Essays
By: Elizabeth Slaten, M.A. As Catholics, we celebrate the end of the Easter season with the Solemnity of Pentecost, that beautiful event where the Holy Spirit descends on the apostles in the form of tongues of fire, filling them with grace and strength. This event...
by Admin | May 18, 2020 | Essays
By Deacon Keith Fournier On Monday, May 18, we commemorate the Centenary, the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II. Today, I offer this article I wrote years ago when he passed to the Father’s House. I also rededicate myself to doing everything I...
by Admin | Apr 27, 2020 | Essays, News
Dear Faithful of the Diocese of Tyler, As your Shepherd, I spiritually journey with you through the Easter season toward the glorious celebration of Pentecost and pray that we all continue to cling, tenaciously, to our Easter faith. Let us exclaim, “He is Risen,...