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Texas Catholics encourage census participation amid pandemic
- Aug 25, 2020
When the main worries are paying rent, keeping healthy and providing food for the family, participating in the 2020 census may not be a high priority for some Texas Catholics, but church officials say they are working hard to encourage their participation.

By Jo Ann Zuniga
Mourners gather in Houston for Catholic service to remember slain soldier
- Aug 15, 2020
Vanessa Guillen, who was last seen on April 22, was memorialized nearly four months after she is said to have been killed by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas. Mourners gathered at Cesar Chavez High School in Houston, where Guillen grew up playing soccer and dreaming of joining the military.

By Acacia Coronado and John L. Mone
Outdoor Catholic memorial planned for murdered Fort Hood soldier
- Aug 12, 2020
A memorial for a slain Texas soldier has been scheduled more than three months after she was killed by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, an attorney for the family announced Tuesday.

By Associated Press

Two retired bishops, two priests contract virus in Texas retirement home
- Jun 30, 2020
The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is asking for prayers for those who have contracted COVID-19, including its retired archbishop and its retired auxiliary bishop living in a priest retirement home of 18 residents.

By Rhina Guidos
Unrest and virus make Juneteenth activist and reflective
- Jun 19, 2020
Normally religious communities mark Juneteenth with worship services, fellowship, service projects, parades and picnics. This year social distancing because of COVID-19 and unrest ignited by Floyd’s death beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer are changing where and how they will observe the day.

By Luis Andres Henao, Emily Leshner, and Gary Fields
Houston Catholic care center staff stays vigilant in helping seniors
- May 11, 2020
Life goes on for elderly residents at St. Dominic Village in Houston even amid the current pandemic.

By James Ramos

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