Author Archives: Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey

On Tuesday of this week 11 bishops from Texas, along with 1,500 Catholics from throughout the state, participated in the Advocacy Day in Austin organized by the Texas Catholic Conference. In addition to a rally on the south lawn of … Continue reading →

Today, March 26, at 7 p.m. I will celebrate the annual Chrism Mass at the Corpus Christi Cathedral. I want to invite each one of you, your family, your friends and your neighbors to attend this solemn and beautiful Mass. … Continue reading →

Habemus Papam. These Latin words rang out across the world yesterday: we have a pope. We are very grateful to God for the gift of Pope Francis. In all likelihood he will represent to us a beautiful spirit for the … Continue reading →

Our prayers and good wishes to Pope Benedict

As all of you know, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI renounced the papacy last week, effective Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. our time. While all of us are no doubt saddened by this announcement we can all take comfort … Continue reading →

This week I had the opportunity and pleasure of visiting our five seminarians at St. Joseph Seminary in Louisiana. I celebrated Mass for the seminarians and shared with them some thoughts about where we as Catholics go from here after the recent elections. I … Continue reading →

I was recently asked why it is important that Catholics vote and that the Catholic voice be heard in the public square. Let us look at the situation of our world and our country as we attempt to give a … Continue reading →