The diocese was recently notified that it is one of 81 organizations to receive funding through Lilly Endowment's Compelling Preaching Initiative's competitive grant process. In partnership with Backstory Preaching, the $1.25M initiative will foster and support preaching that inspires...

On Saturday, September 23, Trinity, Baytown, hosted the first Walking with Christ event. This one-day retreat for spiritual renewal and intentional discipleship is designed to form lay leaders in their spiritual growth and leadership development through prayer, study, and action. 76 lay leaders...

Bishop Andy Doyle installed the Rev. Dr. Bonnie Mixon McCrickard as rector of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Granbury on Saturday, September 16, 2023. The installation was followed by a banquet at DeCordova Bend Country Club. McCrickard and her husband, Dr. Matthew McCrickard, moved to...

On July 29, 2024, The Episcopal Church will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1974 ordination of the Philadelphia Eleven, the first women ordained to the priesthood in The Episcopal Church -- an event that shattered stained-glass ceilings everywhere and irrevocably changed the Church.

The Episcopal Youth Event 2023 (EYE) was held at the University of Maryland from July 4-8, gathering over 1,000 youth people, their chaperones, and clergy, including bishops.

The Gran Apertura at St. Dunstan's this past Sunday was a great success. People from Houston and different countries in North, Central and South America, attended to support this new ministry led by the Rev. Dr. Alvaro Pinzon, who was commissioned as the associate rector for Hispanic ministries. 

Roger Olier, a parishioner at St. John’s, Columbus, was inspired by the Small Church Network he attended in March/April this year. He heard stories of what other churches were doing and thought, “They are smaller and have less resources than us. I wonder what we could do.” 

The Rev. Canon Marcea Paul, Chief of Staff for the Diocese of Texas, delivered the message at three services at St. Alban’s, Waco, this past Sunday for the Jonathan Myrick Daniels’s Feast Day. She also facilitated an interactive Sunday School session between two services underscoring the...