"We need to participate for the common good. Sometimes we hear: a good Catholic is not interested in politics. This is not true: good Catholics immerse themselves in politics by offering the best of themselves so that the leader can govern." - Pope Francis, 9/16/13 The Catholic bishops of the United States are pleased to offer once again to the Catholic faithful Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (en Español), our teaching document on the political responsibility of Catholics. This statement represents our guidance for Catholics in the exercise of their rights and duties as participants in our democracy. We urge our pastors, lay and religious faithful, and all people of good will to use this statement to help form their consciences; to teach those entrusted to their care; to contribute to civil and respectful public dialogue; and to shape political choices in the coming election in light of Catholic teaching. The statement lifts up our dual heritage as both faithful Catholics and American citizens with rights and duties as participants in the civil order. Read Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States (en Español), which provides a framework for Catholics in the United States. (English PDF | PDF en Español) The Catholic bishops of the United States are pleased to offer once again to the Catholic faithful Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (en Español), our teaching document on the political responsibility of Catholics. This statement represents our guidance for Catholics in the exercise of their rights and duties as participants in our democracy. We urge our pastors, lay and religious faithful, and all people of good will to use this statement to help form their consciences; to teach those entrusted to their care; to contribute to civil and respectful public dialogue; and to shape political choices in the coming election in light of Catholic teaching. The statement lifts up our dual heritage as both faithful Catholics and American citizens with rights and duties as participants in the civil order. Read Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States (en Español), which provides a framework for Catholics in the United States. (English PDF | PDF en Español)

Our Council 14700 is selling 2022 Football Sweepstakes tickets to help defray our Council's Texas State per Capita cost. Each ticket costs $10. Each ticket lists 4 NFL teams for each of the 10 weeks of the sweepstakes contest. Each week, the tickets with the 4 teams scoring the most total points and the least total points will win monetary prizes. Our Council has had a number of winners over the years, including one of our priests who won $400 a few years ago. If you are a winner, the State Council will mail you a check. You don't have to claim your prize, it's all automatic. Our Council's goal is to sell 100 tickets. Right now, we are at 20% of our goal. If each member Knight buys one $10 ticket, we will easily meet our goal. We also need help in selling tickets. If any member Knights can each take 5 tickets and sell them it would be very helpful. One need not be a Knight to purchase a ticket. Please contact Brother Mike Wirtz at 832-656-8488 or at mgwirtz@aol.com for further information. Tickets will be available for sale by Brother Mike at our September 14th meeting. Please bring your $10 and help support this fun cause. Thank you, Jonathan T. Bickham Grand Knight Council 14700 Knights of Columbus

Jonathan T. Bickham was elected in June 2022 as the 7th Grand Knight of the council. Jonathan has been a member of St. Michael the Archangel Parish since 1984 except during an 8-year period from 1995 to 2002 when he was at Prince of Peace Parish in Houston. He has been a member of the Knights of Columbus for approximately seven years during most of which he served as the Council’s Advocate.

Our former Council Chaplain and dedicated Lenten Fish Fry volunteer will visit the parish on the week end of August 27 and 28 to speak at each of the Masses on mission throughout the Spiritan world. This is a designated activity of the archdiocese. Stop by after the Mass and say hello!

The Ukraine Solidarity Fund, established by Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly, was launched Feb. 25. Intended to help with shelter, food, clothing and medical supplies, it has received more than $4.5 million to date in donations, with the first truckload of aid arriving March 1 in Lviv, a city of more than 700,000 near the Polish border. “It’s really providential,” said Szymon Czyszek, a lawyer in Krakow, Poland, who heads the Knights’ relief efforts there. “We want to overcome evil with good,” he said in a March 8 Zoom call with news media.

St. Thomas More

Congratulations to Casey Carpenter

Priests prevailed....

St. Michael School

Elected USCCB President