As we begin a new academic year across the Diocese of Austin, we do so with hearts full of gratitude, hope, and renewed purpose.

Bishop Daniel Garcia ordained five men to the priesthood on June 6 at St. William Parish in Round Rock.

Bishop Daniel Garcia presented the 2026 Lumen Gentium Awards to the following individuals in recognition of their faithfulness and service.

Bishop Daniel Garcia celebrated Mass at the annual conference for the Austin Diocesan Council of Catholic Women in Round Rock.

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.

“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.

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.

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.