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

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.

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

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

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

For work he does locally and abroad, Paulist Father Bruce Nieli has received the Diocesan Drum Major for Justice Award in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

At CCCTX, we witness that love in action every day. This Lent, I invite you to join us in this mission by becoming a volunteer.

The Classroom Learning Lab brings a cohort of teachers together each year to observe each other’s teaching.

“We have a saying in the mission: We dare you not to fall in love with the children.”

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.

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

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

The Diocese of Austin launched the 2025-2026 Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) at the end of October with the theme “Together we bring hope.”

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

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.

“NET is very big on community,” Grace Burke said. “You cannot be a Christian by yourself.”

Every October during their annual picnic and bazaar, the 170 or so families of Visitation Parish feed more than 6,000 visitors.

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

More than 3,000 people participated in a Eucharistic procession that made its way through the cathedral plaza.

From experience, Lydia knows having a relative among the clergy is a blessing. “You don’t lose a brother,” she said, “You gain a whole family.”

The shield is ensigned with external elements that identify the bearer as a bishop.

Several parishes around the Diocese of Austin will host a relic of the congregation’s only canonized saint, St. André Bessette.

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

Catholic school students from the 19 Catholic schools in the Diocese of Austin wrote letters and drew pictures welcoming Bishop Garcia back to Austin.

His first church experience was at Blessed Sacrament, which served the Mexican-American community in Cameron for 50 years.