With praise and thanksgiving Most Reverend Daniel E. Garcia and the Diocese of Austin joyfully announce the 2026 ordination.

Looking back, I realize the seeds of a vocation were planted when I was a small child.

The four new churches in Austin’s Eastern Ring have proved that “if you build it, they will come” — and keep coming.

I am thankful to those who have helped me get my bearings, and I am enjoying getting to know our priests.

A faith-centered environment designed to support the physical, social-emotional, and spiritual development of young children.

Ali Hoffman is a Catholic speaker who achieved the ultimate “marvelous thing” for many young people — a viral video with more than 200 million views.

Bishop Daniel Garcia dedicated the newly built church of Sacred Heart Parish in Elgin on Dec. 13, before a standing-room-only crowd.

Bishop Garcia was recently named the chairman of the USCCB Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation.

Available for faculty, staff, and students to use, these spaces are sacred and they are proving quite popular.

Lent is an opportunity for us to step back and examine our lives in relationship to God and to our sisters and brothers in Christ.

Pope Leo XIV appointed Father James Misko as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Tucson on Dec. 23.

Bishop Daniel Garcia appointed Very Reverend Thomas J. Reitmeyer, a priest of the Diocese of Austin, as Vicar General effective Jan. 12.

I am looking forward to traveling to our parishes throughout Central Texas to celebrate Mass and to be with the people of the Diocese of Austin.

Parishioners of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Austin have been donating their blood for those in need at more than 40 hospitals.

In the summer of 2021, I had the opportunity to be a chaperone for 20 high school students from my parish on a mission trip to St. Croix.

The Diocese of Austin will host its 13th annual celebration in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 6.

Allison Cavazos, who was recently named executive director of Catholic Charities of Central Texas (CCCTX), is passionate about helping others.

Bishop Daniel Garcia challenged the faithful to turn away from indifference and reach out to those who are suffering.

The conversation around education in Texas has reached a pivotal moment with the introduction of the state’s school choice program.

The clinic opened its doors in 2010 and provides pregnancy care and educational resources for women in need.

The Sisters of Mary Morning Star reside in a small convent just outside of Waco where they have been busy spreading the faith and praying for the faithful.

The Diocese of Austin was formed in 1947 with Bishop Louis J. Reicher as its first bishop.

On behalf of the 700,000 Catholics who live in the 25 counties of the Diocese of Austin, welcome home, Bishop Daniel Garcia!

Two men who can vouch for the character of our sixth bishop are Father Jakob Hurlimann and Deacon Brian McNaughton.

Bishop Daniel Garcia will be installed as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Austin on Sept. 18 at St. William Parish in Round Rock.