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OCTOBER 10, 2023 • ARCHGH.ORG/TCH
PRAYING FOR THOSE WHO SERVE
Bishop Dell’Oro celebrates annual Blue Mass
World Mission Sunday ▪ SEE PAGES 9 - 11
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Proclaiming the Good News to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston since 1964
OCTOBER 10, 2023
VOL. 60, NO. 8
MINISTRY
‘THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT’
Answering the Gospel call to serve Extending God’s love, care to vulnerable communities BY KERRY MCGUIRE Herald Correspondent HOUSTON — Driven by the call of the Gospel, the Office of Justice and Peace strives to extend the love and care of God to all, transcending boundaries and embracing the diverse community it serves within the Archdiocese. According to Sister Maureen O’Connell, OP, the director of the Office of Justice and Peace, the ministry is actively working to fulfill its mission to serve those most in need, including the most vulnerable, those on the periphery, and those who have no voice or who have See JUSTICE, page 6 PHOTO BY VATICAN MEDIA
Before receiving their red hats, new cardinals stand before Pope Francis to make their public profession of faith and to promise obedience to the pope and his successors at a consistory in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 30. Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, who joined the College of Cardinals in 2007, attended the consistory.
Pope asks 21 new cardinals to join Church ‘symphony’ V ATICAN CITY (CNS) — Joining the entire college of 242 cardinal members representing more than 91 countries, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo attended the recent consistory convened by Pope Francis in September, which saw 21 new cardinals receive their red hats and join Cardinal DiNardo in the College of Cardinals. Coming from 16 nations and having different experiences and talents, members of the College of Cardinals are called to create a “symphony,” listening to one another and to the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said. The pope used the biblical story of Pentecost to remind the prelates of the roots of their faith, and he invoked the image of a symphony to emphasize their call to be both faithful and creative. Pope Francis held his ninth consistory See CONSISTORY, page 2
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Red birettas and scrolls lie on a table before Pope Francis distributes them to new cardinals at a consistory in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 30.
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EDUCATION
Sugar Land school earns third National Blue Ribbon award St. Laurence Catholic School welcomes repeated recognition SUGAR LAND — St. Laurence Catholic School in Sugar Land, founded in 1992, has achieved an exceptional milestone, earning the prestigious 2023 National Blue Ribbon Award for the third time in the school’s history, the U.S. Department of Education recently announced. St. Laurence is one of the largest prekindergarten to eighth-grade schools in the Archdiocese and has been recognized as a STREAM Synergy School, which celebrates the school’s efforts to incorporate science, technology, religion, engineering, the arts and mathematics in its programming. The diverse school is also accredited by the Texas Catholic See BLUE RIBBON, page 4
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