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39 Years Later, you are home, Reading Way
A man who died at the height of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s was finally laid to rest 39 years later at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Keller, Texas. Between the 1980s and early 1990s, the AIDS crisis claimed tens of thousands of lives across the United States. In 1987 alone, 13,468 people died…
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World Cup Reflection #7
Garrincha: The Freedom to Be Yourself by The Rt. Rev. Hector Monterroso Brazil’s World Cup journey has come to an end. For millions of supporters, the disappointment is real. Whenever a football nation with such a rich history is eliminated, comparisons quickly follow. Could this team have done more? How does it measure against the great…
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World Cup Reflection #6
When No One Cheers by The Rt. Rev. Hector Monterroso Every World Cup has its stars. We remember the goals, the spectacular saves, and the champions who lift the trophy. Very few of us remember the referees. Yet sometimes history is made not by those who score the goals, but by those who quietly make the…
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Read Under Every Vine and Fig Tree: The Episcopal Diocese of Texas Celebrates 250 Years of Religious Freedom by Bishop Doyle
250 Years of Standing Together.
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Finding Home Through Service: How Trinity’s Youth Cultivated Diocesan Connections
Article by Carrie Stanley, Youth Minister at Trinity Fort Worth. Finding Home Through Service: How Trinity’s Youth Cultivated Diocesan Connections When a parish is relatively new to a diocese, the biggest question is often: How do we begin to weave ourselves into the fabric of this wider church family? For the youth and leaders of…
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World Cup Reflection #5
A Different Kind of Victory: The Blue Bags Yesterday, Japan’s World Cup journey came to an end. They were eliminated after a hard-fought match against Brazil. Yet one of the tournament’s most enduring lessons came not during the match, but after the final whistle. As thousands of spectators began leaving the stadium, many Japanese supporters…
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Grace Episcopal Church Relaunches Full Campus Ministry Program at Southwestern University After Years of Constant Work
By Albina Velasco “We just asked ourselves: what do students need right now? And the answer was simple — food, and someone who cares.”— The Rev. Anne Matthews, Campus Missioner, Southwestern, Georgetown Grace Episcopal Church officially relaunched Canterbury, its Episcopal student organization at Southwestern University, in Spring of this year — a milestone that marks the…
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World Cup Reflection #4
Teranga: We Belong to One Another by The Rt. Rev. Hector Monterroso The World Cup often brings together teams from very different parts of the world. On the surface, the match between France and Senegal appeared to be one of those encounters. One nation from Europe. One nation from Africa. Different histories, different cultures, and different…
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World Cup Reflection #3
The Wave and the Table by The Rt. Rev. Hector Monterroso It begins with one person standing. Then another. And another. Within seconds, an entire stadium is moving together. Or perhaps it begins with a chant, a drum, or thousands of Norwegian supporters pretending to row like Vikings. Complete strangers suddenly find themselves singing, clapping, and…
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Nearly 300 Gather in Texas for One of the Episcopal Church’s Largest Diocesan Hispanic Leadership Conferences
By Albina Velasco Nearly 300 Hispanic Episcopal leaders from across Texas gathered at Camp Allen this summer for the Diocese of Texas Hispanic Leadership Conference, one of the largest diocesan gatherings in The Episcopal Church dedicated to Hispanic leadership formation. This year’s conference also marked the 40th anniversary of Hispanic ministry in the Diocese of…
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St. Vincent’s House Named 2026 Nonprofit of the Year
For decades, St. Vincent’s House has been a beacon of hope in Galveston County, helping individuals and families navigate some of life’s most difficult challenges. From housing and food assistance to transportation, health care, and employment support, the organization provides more than 50,000 services each year and reaches over 19,000 households across the community. In…
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Diocese of Texas and Diocese of West Texas Featured by Episcopal News Service for Collaborative Model Advancing Lifelong Christian Formation
In Fall 2025, formation leaders for the Diocese of Texas (Canon Dr. Josh R. Ritter, Formation) and the Diocese of West Texas (Suzanna Green, Director of Christian Formation) formed a partnership. They collaboratively planned and implemented a week of formation for a handful of churches in their collective dioceses around a small group discipleship model called…
