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A PILGRIM JOURNEY
SICILIAN TRADITIONS
How one Catholic is visiting all the Archdiocese’s parishes and missions
Dozens of parishes mark historic devotions with St. Joseph Altars ▪ SEE PAGE 8
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WOMEN LEADERS
Catholic women have led social ministries, change in the Church ▪ SEE PAGE 14
Proclaiming the Good News to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston since 1964
MARCH 28, 2023
‘MAY GOD GRANT YOU PARDON AND PEACE’
VOL. 59, NO. 19
HONORING LEADERS
Upcoming 175th anniversary gala highlights six leaders in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston ▪ SEE PAGE 6
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Pope Francis hears confession during a Lenten penance service March 17 in the Rome parish of St. Mary of Graces at Trionfale. The service marked the start of the worldwide celebration of “24 Hours for the Lord,” a period when at least one church in every diocese was invited to be open all night – or at least for extended hours – for confession and eucharistic adoration.
A heart filled with scorn, vain presumption is a ticket to hell, pope says at Lenten penance service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The faithful must set aside their egos and sense of superiority over others to make room for God and his tender mercy, Pope Francis said at a Lenten penance service. “Only those who are poor in spirit and who are conscious of their need of salvation and forgiveness come into the presence of God,” he said March 17. And those whose hearts are filled with haughty, self-righteous comparisons and judgment, “you will go to hell,” he said in his homily. The pope led the penance service in a Rome parish, rather than St. Peter’s Basilica, to
Holy Cross Chapel is an oasis of prayer for Catholics working in downtown Houston BY KERRY MCGUIRE Herald Correspondent
mark the start of the worldwide celebration of “24 Hours for the Lord,” a period when at least one church in every diocese was invited to be open all night — or at least for extended hours — for confession and Eucharistic Adoration. The Rome parish the pope visited was St. Mary of Graces at Trionfale, the titular church of Joseph Cardinal Tobin of Newark, New Jersey. It also was the first parish in Rome he has visited since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. After delivering his homily at the service, there was a moment
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HOUSTON — Busy Catholics working in the central business district of downtown Houston for over four decades have found a place of respite from their highly pluggedin, hectic lives inside a quiet little chapel located on Main Street. Holy Cross Chapel, founded in 1982, was located inside the basement of a building in the middle of the city at 905 Main Street. One major milestone in the chapel’s history was in 2006, when, after purchasing and remodeling the building, the chapel was moved out of the basement and onto the ground floor, where it could be seen from the street. The daytime chapel is currently open
See PENANCE, page 2
Pope Francis greets a woman and infant at a Lenten penance service March 17 in the Rome parish of St. Mary of Graces at Trionfale.
See HOLY CROSS, page 7
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