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This summer, we are celebrating 25 years of Café Catholica - our annual young adult summer series! Listen as Fr. Sean Horrigan and Vivian Ramos, two members of the team that helped to launch Café Catholica 25 years ago, reminisce about the beginnings of this annual event and why they still encourage young adults to attend today.

The Café Catholica summer series is open to all young adults (ages 18-39) and features dynamic speakers, prayer, and social . Café Catholica 2024 will be held at St. Vincent de Paul (6800 Buffalo Speedway, Houston) on Monday evenings in July. Each night will include Confession at 5:15 pm, Mass at 6:15 pm, Dinner at 7:15 pm, and Talk at 8:15 pm. This year’s theme is: Home with Him. Come for all or part of the evening! No registration is needed to attend. Donations are accepted.

www.cafecatholica.org

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Most of us are familiar with the Corporal Works of Mercy, but the instruction to visit those in prison can be a challenge to many Catholics. Maybe we are held back by fear or intimidation or perhaps we don't know how to help or where to start.

Today I'm joined by Scott Underwood, Associate Director with the Office of Correctional Ministries for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Trey Mirenda, a Catholic chaplain with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Tony VanDerbur, the Executive Director of Christian New Creation, which runs Isaiah House and Providence House.

Together, they share stories of hope, forgiveness, and transformation from their ministries to bring Christ to those incarcerated in the prisons and jails located across the Archdiocese.

Kolbe Prison Ministries
Office of Correctional Ministries
Special Youth Services
Christian New Creation (Isaiah House and Providence House)
Angela House

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Join us for a conversation with our three seminarians - Dcn. David Ramirez, Dcn. Viet Nguyen, and Dcn. Luis Armas - who are about to be ordained as priests for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on Saturday, June 1 at 10 a.m. at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in downtown Houston.

They shared their vocation stories, their calling to the priesthood, and how they hope God is able to use them to make his presence more fully known right here in our Archdiocese.

The Ordination Mass will be livestreamed on our website (archgh.org/live) and on our social media channels.

If you or someone you know is discerning God's call to the priesthood or religious life, they can contact the Office of Vocations online at houstonvocations.com.

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Almost two years ago, with their decision in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade  and officially overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States.

Since then, the decision on how abortions are handled has been relegated to each individual state, which means that the fight to protect life goes on.

Today we are joined by Julie Dumalet, Director of the Office of Pro-Life Activities, to get an update on what's been happening in the news and what is going on here in Galveston-Houston.

This episode does contain discussions about abortion, miscarriage, and in vitro fertilization (IVF), which can be sensitive topics for some listeners. If you would like assistance or are looking for help, please call the Office of Pro-Life Activities at 713-741-8728. You can also find them online at www.archgh.org/prolife. 

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"We are an Easter people, and alleluia is our song!" 

Happy Easter! As Catholics, we will celebrate the season of Easter for 50 days until Pentecost. But what does it mean to be an Easter people? How do we maintain that joy long after the decorations are put away and all the Easter candy has been eaten?

Fr. Richard Hinkley from St. Mary's Seminary joins us to talk about how can truly live our lives with the joy of Easter and the truth of the Resurrection, even when we face difficulties.

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We have entered Holy Week, and this Thursday evening, we will leave the season of Lent and enter into the Sacred Paschal Triduum, which begins with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday.

These three days mark the summit of our liturgical year as we recall the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

My guest today is Fr. Richard Hinkley from St. Mary's Seminary. We discuss what happens during the Triduum and how we can enter into these days more prayerfully and intentionally so that we can fully celebrate the joy of the resurrection.

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As our children head back to school after Spring Break to begin the final quarter of this academic year, we wanted to take a moment to talk about what it takes to provide a Catholic education to students. In other words, what does it take to make a Catholic school a success?

Our guests today are Dr. Christopher Pichon, Assistant Superintendent of Operational Vitality, and David Garcia-Prats, the Director of Educational Technology & Resource Stewardship, from our Archdiocesan Catholic Schools Office. We talk about the real difference between Catholic and secular schools, what it takes to keep things running day to day, and how we discern the appropriate use of technology in our classrooms.

We apologize for some of the poor audio quality in this episode. We had a little problem with the recording that we didn’t realize until we got to editing our conversation, so we did our best to clean it up.

Learn more about our Catholic schools by visiting choosecatholicschools.org

Find out how you can support our Catholic schools by visiting archgh.org/ways-to-give

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Several months ago, the Archdiocese welcomed the Courage and EnCourage apostolates to our list of ministries. The Courage apostolate is the Church’s invitation to people who experience same-sex attractions, who desire to live in accord with the Gospel call to chastity. A confidential support group led by a priest chaplain, Courage accompanies men and women along the road to integration, freedom, and discipleship. United by friendship with Christ and one another, Courage members strive for chastity and holiness, meeting regularly for prayer and mutual support.

The EnCourage ministry welcomes parents, spouses, and other loved ones of people who experience same-sex attractions to meet regularly to support one another towards the goal of staying true to the teachings of the Church while maintaining strong, healthy family bonds.

My guest today is Fr. Luke Millette, who has been involved with bringing the Courage and Encourage apostolates to the Archdiocese. We have a frank and open discussion about what it means to minister to persons who experience same-sex attraction, what the Church’s teachings are on the subject, and we even talk about the document Fiducia Supplicans which came out a couple of months ago, on the pastoral meaning of blessings.

Courage
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EnCourage
www.archgh.org/encourage
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Courage International
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A 2018 study on young adults leaving the Catholic Church conducted by St. Mary’s Press found people stopped identifying as Catholics at a median age of 13, long before they ceased attending a parish. That’s around the 7th or 8th grade.

So today, I’m going to be talking with Randy Adams, associate director in the Office of Adolescent Catechesis and Evangelization, and Cindy Martin, who is the Jr. High Youth Minister at St. Laurence Catholic Church in Sugar Land, to find out what we are doing as a diocese and in our parishes to address this situation.

Even if you don’t have Jr. High-aged children in your home or in your family right now, we encourage you to listen to this episode, because we are talking about the future of the Catholic Church in the United States, and there are great insights in this discussion that we can all use in our interactions with young Catholics.

Office of Adolescent Catechesis and Evangelization

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