As the world continues to face the ongoing effects of the pandemic of the coronavirus, I invite you to join your prayers with millions of others on Friday, May 1, 2020. At 2:00 p.m. Central Time on that day, we will renew the consecrations of the United States and Canada to the care of our Blessed Mother under the title of Mary, Mother of the Church.
For the sake of the service of the people of God in the Diocese of San Angelo, Bishop Michael Sis announces the following changes of assignment of clergy effective July 1, 2020:
For forty-nine years, the Couple to Couple League International has served as a foundational Catholic apostolate in the spirit of Humanae Vitae, inspiring, educating and supporting couples in family planning that is natural, effective, healthy and consistent with God’s plan for life, love and marriage
Sister Imelda of Jesus was laid to rest on April 7, 2020, at Our Lady of Grace Carmelite Monastery in Christoval, Texas. The video of her funeral Mass can be viewed by here.
The link will take you to a story on the website of First Things "As the Church enters a Triduum where a great majority of the faithful lack public access to the sacraments, I'd like to offer some reflections."
This is an Easter unlike any we have ever seen. In the midst of a worldwide pandemic and an alarming plunge in the oil market, our lifestyle and our economy have been turned upside-down within a matter of weeks. Despite how much we wish it would just go away, this crisis is far from over. How wonderful it would be if we could just wake up on Easter morning with everything magically back to normal, like a special gift from the Easter Bunny, but our recovery is going to take some time. It will take patience, hard work, and hope.
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.