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Catholic Rural Life is promoting a novena to St. Isidore the Farmer. Bishop Michael Sis offered the reflection for Day 4: Dignity of Work

Robin Miller with The Family Warrior interviewed Bishop Michael J. Sis about the upcoming conclave to choose the next pope. Watch their conversation here [external link to YouTube].

For the benefit of the people of God in West Texas, Bishop Michael J. Sis announces the following clergy assignments, effective July 1, 2025:

When a pope dies, Catholics pray a novena for nine days beginning on the date of the pope's funeral. Called the novendiales, the Novena in Memory of Pope Francis will take place from Saturday, April 26, through Sunday, May 4, 2025. Click for recommended texts in English and Spanish.

As we mourn the passing of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, we recall his profound impact on the church and the world. He delivered a consistent message of empathy for the poor, simplicity, mercy, care for creation, and defense of the precious gift of life, from conception to natural death.

Bishop Michael Sis will celebrate a Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis at the Cathedral Church of the Sacred Heart in San Angelo Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at 12:10 p.m. All are invited.

Bishop Michael J. Sis of the Diocese of San Angelo asks for prayers for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis, who died at 7:35 a.m. Rome time on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025.

The Dr. Arnoldo De León Department of History at Angelo State University will host the 4th annual Lone Star Lecture Series March 27 at 6 p.m. This year's lecture is "La Dama Azul: How the Story of a Bilocating Nun Travelled the Indigenous Highways of the Southwest" by Dr. Juliana Barr of Duke University.

Pope Francis shares his personal story: "When I was 17… I wasn’t thinking at all of being a priest. But one day, I went into the church…and God was there, waiting for me!”