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    • Advent-Christmas - Liturgical Preparation Aid

      Attached, please find a liturgical preparation aid for the seasons of Advent and Christmas.  It contains:

      • A full presider’s text for The Order of Reconciling Several Penitents with Individual Confession and Absolution  (drawn from the revised Order of Penance, effective April 16, 2023)
      • Readings
      • A list of alternate readings
      • Sample Penances
      • Music Suggestions
      • A Liturgical Year Calendar Advisory for Year B
      • The Lectionary for Mass – citations for the readings for the Sundays and Solemnities of these seasons
      • Proclamation of the Birth of Christ  (to be sung before the Mass during the Night)
      • Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts  (to be sung on Epiphany)
      • O Antiphons

      For the Preparation Aid in English, click HERE.

      For the Preparation Aid in Spanish, click HERE.
       
      The preparation aid in Spanish will be available soon.
    • 2024 (Optional) Priests Retreat Schedule

      Registration and more details will be available in the near future. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Fr. Tom at trafferty@archgh.org.

      January 22 - January 26
      Holy Name Retreat Center
      Director: Bishop Oscar Cantu

      January 29 - February 2
      Holy Name Retreat Center
      Director: Rev. John Cicero, SJ
       

    • 2024 Convocation of Priest

      SAVE THE DATE      SAVE THE DATE    SAVE THE DATE

      The 2024 Convocation of Priests will take place May 20 - May 23, 2024, at Moody Gardens Hotel and Conference Center, Galveston, Texas. We begin that Monday evening of May 20th and conclude following lunch on Thursday, May 23rd after celebrating the 75th birthday of His Eminence, Cardinal DiNardo. The theme of the Convocation will be centered around the Lectionary and Preaching the Word of God with our keynote speaker being Dr.John Bergsman, Ph.D.

      John Bergsma
      is Professor of Theology at Franciscan University,[1] in Steubenville, Ohio. He holds a Master of Theology degree from Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. His specialized study is that of the Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls. He grew up as a Calvinist Protestant and served as a Protestant pastor for four years before converting to Catholicism in 2001.
      Click HERE for Dr. Bergsma's complete CV.

    • 2023 Priests Retreat

      THE THEOLOGY OF THE BODY INSTITUTE PRESENTS
       
       
      November 13 - 17, 2023
      San Pedro Retreat Center - Orlando, Florida
       
       
      The Theology of the Body Institute is excited to announce the return of our Clergy Enrichment Program retreats! The mission of In the Person of Christ is to enrich the vocation of the priesthood of the Catholic Church with the teaching of Pope Saint John Paul II's Theology of the Body.

      The Clergy Enrichment Program offers priests the opportunity to learn the Theology of the Body through a program created by priests, for priests, and to apply it directly to their lives of priestly identity, prayer, and mission.

      All of our week-long retreat seminars are designed and facilitated by subject matter experts and are surrounded by fellowship, prayer and celebration of the Sacraments. There are opportunities for daily confession, spiritual direction, adoration, liturgy of the hours, and celebration of the Holy Mass. Our retreats offer priests a respite from the hurried daily life of living their priesthood, with time for rest and contemplation, as well as priestly fraternity.

      Our flagship retreat, Theology of the Body and Priestly Identity, will be presented November 13-17, 2023 in Orlando, Florida, by Reverend Brett Brannen. Father Brett is a priest of the Diocese of Savannah, instructor on Priestly Identity for the Institute for Priestly Formation, parish priest, author of To Save A Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood and is a Spiritual Director at The Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. I am grateful to be joining Father Brannen as a co-presenter of the retreat!

      We would love to have you join us and your brother priests - providentially, right before the rush of Advent begins - to enrich your priesthood with the Theology of the Body and contemplate how that applies to your identities as son, brother, bridegoom, and spiritual father.

      Please click below for more information and to register. ​​​​​​​Please Note: We are offering a $100 savings if you register before May 1st! You can
    • 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.

    • 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.

      If you are looking for information on becoming a priest in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, please visit the Office of Vocations by clicking HERE.

    • PASTORAL MANUAL

      To access the Archdiocesan Pastoral Manual, click here.

    • 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.

      For a complete copy of the Basic Plan for the Ongoing Formation of Priests, click HERE.

    • Today's Readings

      • Second Sunday of Advent
        Reading 1  IS 40:1-5, 9-11
        Responsorial Psalm  PS 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14
        Reading 2  2 PT 3:8-14
        Gospel  MK 1:1-8
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