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

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.

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.

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

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.”

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

“You are the face of the church in your lives,” Bishop Joe Vásquez said to 12 men he ordained into the diaconate on March 1.

Father Misko, the Diocese of Austin is without a bishop for the first time in 15 years. What’s next for our diocese?

As vocation director for the Diocese of Austin, Father Greg Gerhart noticed a trend among the men who came to him for help discerning the Lord’s call.

On March 1, Bishop Joe Vásquez (now Archbishop of Galveston-Houston) ordained 11 deacons at San José Parish in Austin.