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WORLD MISSION SUNDAY Annual day celebrates the Church’s missionary efforts around the world ▪ SEE PAGES 10 - 11
Little Tex says VOCATIONS Fostering a vibrant vocational culture in parishes to answer God’s call ▪ SEE PAGE 7
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Celebrating 60 years of Catholic news in Texas OCTOBER 8, 2024
Proclaiming the Good News to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston since 1964
Bringing life’s tangles to Our Lady Undoer of Knots
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VOL. 61, NO. 8
EDUCATION
Three Catholic schools named National Blue Ribbon winners Christ the Redeemer, St. Helen and St. John Paul II schools celebrate recognition HOUSTON — The U.S. Department of Education recognized a trio of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese as 2024 National Blue Ribbon schools as exemplary high-performing schools on Sept. 23. Christ the Redeemer and St. John Paul II Catholic Schools in Houston and St. Helen Catholic School in Pearland are among 40 non-public schools nationwide and 356 schools overall to receive the prestigious National Blue Ribbon recognition from the U.S. Department of Education. Mazie S. McCoy, Ed.D., secretariat director and superintendent of See RIBBON, page 4
AN ENCOUNTER WITH A SAINT
Five parishes and three schools welcome thousands to venerate a relic of St. John Paul II ▪ SEE PAGE 3 CARDINAL’S CORNER † 2
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