The following article was written by the Most Reverend Michael Sis for the West Texas Angelus, the monthly newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo. It is posted here with permission. By Bishop Michael Sis Advent is a season of hope. We mirror the ancient Israelites’ longing for the coming of the Messiah, and we anticipate the second coming
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Click here to read local Catholic responses to the election of Pope Leo XIV. Click here to register for Abilene events. By Loretta Fulton Catholics from across the Diocese of San Angelo are expected in Abilene this weekend for two events, including an opportunity to participate in the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage began in Indianapolis on May 18 and
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Bishop Michael Sis of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo will be in Abilene for Ash Wednesday observances at all three universities, McMurry, Hardin-Simmons, and Abilene Christian. He will be at McMurry for an 8 a.m. Mass in the chapel in the student center. The McMurry service will be the only Mass that the Bishop presides over. He will conduct
Read moreBishop Michael Sis of the Diocese of San Angelo, will preside over a Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Fort Stockton at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12, which is the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Mass will be preceded by Matachines, a prayer in the form of dance, at 6 p.m. The following excerpt from Franciscan
Read moreAll Catholics in the Diocese of San Angelo are invited to the 23rd annual Rural Life Mass on Wednesday, May 15. This year’s Mass will begin at 6 p.m. at Fiddlesticks Farm in Midland. To RSVP, go to sanangelodiocese.org Bishop Michael Sis will preside. Host churches are San Miguel and St. Rita in Midland. A meal is included Motto for
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By Loretta Fulton A celebration of the 10th anniversary of the ordination of Michael Sis as Bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo was held Jan. 14 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in San Angelo. The diocese includes four congregations in Abilene–Holy Family, Sacred Heart, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Vincent Pallotti. Sis was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of
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Abilene is filled with houses of worship but most Abilenians are familiar with the inside of only a handful. A periodic feature in Spirit of Abilene will give you an “Insider’s View” of some of those places you may have driven by many times but never entered. By LORETTA FULTON Name: St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic ChurchLocation: 2525 Westview DrivePhone: 672-1794Online:
Read moreThe Lady in Blue celebration will kick off Friday in San Angelo. See the graphic below, from the Diocese of San Angelo, for details.
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By LORETTA FULTON Longtime members of Holy Family Catholic Church have watched Keven Lenius grow from a boy to a parish priest and now to a first-year student at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Lenius will begin classes on Aug. 28 in pursuit of a Licentiate in Canon Law degree, which he hopes to complete in August
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