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Liturgical preparation for the seasons of advent & Christmas
The FDLC seasonal booklet to help prepare liturgies during the Advent and Christmas seasons is now available.
It includes:
- a full text for the Rite of Reconciling Several Penitents with individual Confession and Absolution
- Alternate readings, sample penances, music suggestions
- A liturgical calendar advisory
- The Proclamation of the Nativity of the Lord (to be used at the Christmas Vigil)
- A list of lectionary readings for Sundays and solemnities
- The Proclamation of the Moveable Feasts (to be used on Epiphany)
Click HERE for booklet in English; Click HERE for booklet in Spanish.
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Maryknoll's Pilgrimage Retreat for priests, deacons
Come Walk in the Footsteps of Modern Day Catholic MartyrsVisit the Shrines of Central American Martyrs
- Visit the tomb of Saint Archbishop Oscar Romero and celebrate Mass at the altar where he was assassinated.
- Visit the site in El Salvador where martyred Religious women, including two Maryknoll Sisters were murdered in 1980.
- Visit the University of Central America where six Jesuits and their companions were killed.
- In Guatemala, visit beautiful Santiago Atitlan where Fr. Stan Rother of Oklahoma City gave his life for his Mayan Indian parishioners. Fr. Rother was beatified in Oklahoma City on September 23, 2017.
Participants attending the 2023 Pilgrimage Retreat will reside at the María Eugenia Retreat House in San Salvador and the Posada Belén Retreat Center in Antigua, Guatemala. Both living experiences provide individual private rooms with shower and great food.
There will also be an excursion to the highlands of Guatemala where we’ll experience a one night missionary living situation and sleep on a comfortable mattress on the floor in the rectory at Santiago, Atitlan where the food is also great!
Read our 2023 Pilgrimage Brochure and the Code of Conduct expected of participants on Maryknoll’s Pilgrimage to Central America.
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2023 Priests Retreats
For more information, click HERE.
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Welcome
Welcome to this website for the priests of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. The intent of this website is to become a place where our brother priests can find information to assist them in their priestly life and ministry. It can also be a place for the sharing of ideas and information to become more effective ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please feel free to share your ideas and suggestions with the Ongoing Formation of Priests Committee. We can be reached by clicking HERE.
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PASTORAL MANUAL
To access the Archdiocesan Pastoral Manual, click here.
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Basic Plan for the Ongoing Formation of Priests
This document is the basic plan of ongoing formation for priests who count themselves among other believers but who also stand and serve in a unique way in the Church of Christ, conformed to Christ as his sacramental representatives in the presbyteral order. God invites them to transformation across their lifetime, and their formation is marked by constant elements at every stage of life. At the same time, there are specific formational challenges that emerge in particular seasons of their priestly ministry. Both the constant and the changing elements of formation are included in the basic plan.
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Year of Grace
The Year of Grace has been published by the Office of Worship of the Archdiocese. It is intended as a quick reference guide for those responsible for and who assist with the preparation of the liturgy.To download the YEAR OF GRACE 2022 document, click HERE.
The Office of Worship has published a Quick Guide to Wedding Masses on Fridays and Saturdays. The hope is that whoever is responsible for helping the couples select the time and date for their wedding can be aware that the selection of an evening Mass time/ particular day is impacted by the rubrics. Here is a quick reference guide as to whether the nuptial prayers and readings can be used.