Today (10.09.07)

Today in the Diocese
   SAN ANGELO — Living Rosary, St. Joseph’s Church, 6:30 p.m.
Today’s Readings
Jonah 3:1-10
Psalm 130:1-4, 7-8
Luke 10:38-42
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News Service
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Today (10.08.07)

Today in the Diocese
   ODESSA — Red Mass (celebrating those in the legal profession), 7 p.m., St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Odessa.
Today’s Readings
Jonah 1:1  — 2:2, 11
Jonah 2:3-5, 8
Luke 10:25-37
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News Service
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This Weekend (10.05-7.07)

This Week in the Diocese
   Today — Bishop Pfeifer at Newman Center, Angelo State University campus, San Angelo, talk on social justice, Noon.
   Saturday — St. Mary’s Confirmation, 4 p.m.
   Sunday — Mass, St. Joseph’s, San Angelo, 11:15 a.m.
Necrology
   Friday — Rev. William Meagher, OMI (1976)
   Sunday — Rev. Francis Schoutteten, OMI (2002)
This Weekend’s Readings
Friday
Baruch [...]

Today (10.04.07)

Today in the Diocese
No diocesan wide events
Necrology
Deacon Thomas Lambdin (1982)
Today’s Readings
Sirach 50:1-1, 3-4, 6-7
Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11
Galatians 6:14-18
Matthew 11:25-30
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News Service
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U.S.
Archbishop O’Brien calls it ‘an honor’ to lead historic archdiocese
BALTIMORE (CNS) — A joyous crowd of about 2,000 people filled the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore [...]

Today (10.03.07)

Today in the Diocese
MIDLAND — Bishop Pfeifer meets with group of Midland community leaders on drug epidemic, 10:30 a.m., First Presbyterian Church.
Today’s Readings
Nehemiah 2:1-8
Psalm 137:1-6
Luke 9:57-62
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News ServiceU.S.
Archbishop O’Brien calls it ‘an honor’ to lead historic archdiocese
BALTIMORE (CNS) — A joyous crowd of about 2,000 people filled the Cathedral of Mary Our [...]

Bishop, committee to hear from students, announce objectives

    Community leaders throughout Midland convene at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 at First Presbyterian Church (Rm. 214), 800 W. Texas, to hear from teenagers about the local drug problem and to announce progress and objectives that the group will work toward.    Members of the MISD Superintendent’s Youth Leadership group will make brief presentations regarding [...]

Postponement

The second annual Red Mass, initially scheduled for Thursday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Odessa, will instead be celebrated Monday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. The Red Mass is celebrated for those in the legal profession and coincides with the opening of the Supreme Court session each year.

Festival Season

C.V. Pickett, left, Eloy Rodriguez and Kenneth Dye, of St. Therese Parish in Carlsbad, work to prepare sausage for the combined Fall Festival at Carlsbad’s St. Therese and St. Paschal in Sterling City Sept. 16        Photo courtesy Ginger Bruton/St. Therese
Watch for more festival photos in the October West Texas Angelus, in mailboxes next week.

Today (10.02.07)

Today in the Diocese 
   Bishop Pfeifer in Odessa, St. Mary’s Confirmation, 6:30 p.m.
Today’s Readings
Exodus 23:20-23
Psalm 91:1-6, 10-11
Matthew 18:1-5, 10
Today’s Briefs from Catholic News Service
Supreme Court rejects appeal of law requiring contraception coverage
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Catholic Charities of Albany, N.Y., Oct. 1, letting stand a state court ruling that [...]

Today (10.01.07)

Today in the Diocese
   No events in the diocese today
Today’s Readings
Zechariah 8:1-8
Psalm 102:16-21, 29, 22-23
Luke 9:46-50
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News Service
 
U.S.
Church official calls current immigration reform debate inflammatory
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The current tone in the immigration reform debate has “inflamed fears and misunderstanding among some portions of the American public, leading to a polarized and [...]