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Catholics around the country have been putting our contributions into the little cardboard CRS Rice Bowls during Lent to assist the poor in other countries. With current COVID-19 safety precautions discourage people from leaving their homes, here is how to safely turn the money you have collected in to your parish.

All Catholics in our country are invited to join in simultaneous prayer of the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at 11:00 a.m. CDT this Good Friday, April 10, 2020. It will be led by Archbishop José Gomez, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Imelda Kensinger, OCarm, of Our Lady of Grace Carmelite Monastery in Christoval. She died on April 2, 2020. Bishop Michael Sis will preside at her Funeral Mass on Tuesday, April 7, at Our Lady of Grace Monastery. The funeral is not open to the public, due to the safety protocols during the current international pandemic. A video of the funeral will be made available for later viewing at home by friends, family, and fellow religious. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

In the light of the most recent developments of the Coronavirus in Texas, it is now necessary for us to make further restrictions in our practices, in order to promote public health and to limit the spread of this disease.

Pope Francis said he will grant a plenary indulgence to the faithful who watch or listen to his extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time March 27.

En esta fiesta de la Anunciación del Señor, los obispos católicos de Texas ofrecemos palabras de fe viva y esperanza a nuestra gente en este tiempo extraordinario de ansiedad y enfermedad. Al enfrentar tantas incógnitas, podemos estar seguros de la fidelidad de Dios. La Anunciación del Señor es una fiesta de esperanza en la bondad y en el poder de Dios para intervenir en nuestro favor.

On this Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Catholic bishops of Texas offer some words of living faith and hope to our people in this extraordinary time of anxiety and illness. While we are facing so many unknowns, we can be certain of God’s faithfulness. The Annunciation of the Lord is a feast of hope in God's goodness and power to intervene on our behalf.

On March 18, 2020, the Brownwood/Brown County Health Department confirmed a case of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Brown County. This is the first reported case in the Diocese of San Angelo.

Bishop Michael J. Sis of the Diocese of San Angelo has released the following statement on coronavirus protocols enacted by the diocese, effective immediately.

Bishop Michael J. Sis of the Diocese of San Angelo has announced several precautionary measures aimed at preventing the potential spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) among the communities of the diocese. These temporary changes are effective immediately in all churches of the diocese and are to remain in place until further notice from the bishop.