As Catholics, we are called to be faithful citizens in our daily lives. This includes participation in federal, state, and local policy decisions that impact our communities. We're pleased to announce that last week the Austin City Council passed two proposals to regulate where and how payday lenders operate in the City of Austin. Read more here. You can read our policy paper on payday lending here and view more TCC payday lending resources online here.
As the primary season continues to heat up, we encourage you to read this month's Capitol Comments: State's Challenges Provide Opportunities for Texas Catholics online here.We continue to pray for all our elected officials, that they will be guided by God's love for his people.
Labor Day provides us with the opportunity to thank God for the blessings he gives us through the gift of work. "This Labor Day we need to look beyond the economic indicators, stock market gyrations, and political conflicts and focus on the often invisible burdens of ordinary workers and their families, many of whom are hurting, discouraged, and left behind by this economy," said Bishop Blaire, Bishop of the Diocese of Stockton, in this year's U.S. Bishops' Labor Day Statement.You can read the statement online in English here and in Spanish here. Especially as the recession continues, we pray for those who are struggling to obtain work and provide for themselves and their families.
Approximately two million Catholic young adults from around the world participated in World Youth Day last week.You can learn more about the Texas Bishops who participated here. "I thank God for this precious gift, which gives hope for the future of the Church: young people with the unwavering and sincere desire to root their lives in Christ, to remain firm in the faith, and to walk together with the Church," said Pope Benedict XVI after the event. He has announced that the next World Youth Day will be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
Texas Bishops
A Shepherd's Message
By Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Last month I celebrated a Mass for the Movimiento Familiar Cristiano Católico, a national group of Latino Catholic Family ministers. It was a wonderful and lively assembly of married couples and their children. The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has been proud to be a center and enthusiastic supporter of this ministry. The reunion reminded me of the importance of family life and of our need to support this most basic human reality. Read Full Story >>
What do you seek? Working Together for Good in His Name
By Bishop Curtis J. Guillory, SVD, Diocese of Beaumont
On July 25, 2011, the Houston Chronicle featured an article about talented young musicians who died a tragic death at the age of 27. The death of Amy Wine-house prompted the article. Some of those talented musicians were, of course, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jim Hendrix, Robert Johnson, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. Besides having great musical talent in common, these musicians also had drug addictions, alcohol and sex addictions. They were also disconnected from healthy relationships, going from one relationship to another. Read Full Story >>
News
2011-12 Bi-Lingual Respect Life Program Packet Now Available
The 2011-12 Respect Life Program is now available in preparation for Respect Life Sunday, October 2. All educational materials are available in both English and Spanish in a variety of formats. This year’s theme is taken from the Gospel of John I came so that all might have life and have it to the full (cf. Jn 10:10). Read Full Story >> |
Upcoming Events
 Violence on the Border:
Consequences &
Pastoral Responses October 19-20, 2011 The Mexican American Catholic College will present a symposium on immigration this October. Bishop Flores, Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville, will be the keynote speaker. Topics will include: How are communities of faith responding? What needs to be done to bring peace to the border Relation between violence and immigration. Click here for more information.
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