Diocesan News
FAMILY LIFE OFFICE: Two new activities are being introduced this year to invite high school students to deepen their understanding of our God-given human dignity and the respect for human life as they deal with their daily decisions. Inspired by the theme unveiled by the USCCB this summer, our theme will be: Christ is our hope, for our lifetime! An art contest will also be open, as we do every year, for children and youth, 1st grade through high school in the Diocese of Laredo.
The Diocesan Catechetical Commissioning Mass is on September 7, 2019, at Saint Patrick Church at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome to attend.
By: Salo Otero
Rev. Father Francisco Stodola, pastor of Nuestra Senora del Rosario parish in south Laredo, has retired from the Texas Army National Guard after 22 years of service. A ceremony was held Aug. 23 at Camp Mabry in Austin to commemorate the event.
Maria Jaime teaches religious education every Saturday at Santa Monica Mission in El Cenizo, a remote and arid region of South Texas in the Diocese of Laredo.
The following candidates of the permanent diaconate were installed as lectors in the Diocese of Laredo by Most Rev. James A. Tamayo. This brings each of them another step closer to becoming permanent deacons.
CENTRAL DEANERY (8/28/2019 at St. Patrick Church, Laredo)
WASHINGTON—Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, made the following statement in response to the climate of fear created by the Department of Homeland Security’s announced immigration enforcement actions and the Administration’s new Interim Final Rule to drastically limit asylum, which was published today: