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West Texas Angelus is the official monthly newspaper of the Diocese of San Angelo. The
Angelus is published the first Monday following the first Saturday of each month and delivered to all registered parishioners in the Diocese of San Angelo. The subscription rate for all others is $10 per year.
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The Missionary Servants of the Word (abbreviated MSP for Misioneros Servidores de la Palabra) have announced a change in leadership for St. Joseph Parish in San Angelo.
Daily, we witness the human consequences of migration, both its blessings and its challenges. As pastors of border communities, we minister to migrants and native-born persons alike. Our congregations include asylum seekers, enforcement officers, landowners, and elected officials, who come together, not as strangers or adversaries but as sisters and brothers, equal in dignity and worth before the Lord.
A stone altar and crucifix sit atop a hill overlooking the more than 700 acres of the Connolly Game Ranch near Tuscola, Texas. The ranch will be the site of this year’s Rural Life Mass for the Diocese of San Angelo, celebrated by Bishop Michael Sis and hosted by Holy Family Parish in Abilene.
The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, which includes 26 active bishops, has released a statement regarding immigration bills currently being considered in the 88th Texas Legislature.
The final document for the North American phase of the 2021-2024 Synod on Synodality was released April 12, capturing a process of dialogue and discernment that two participants described as 'messy,' 'joyful' and unifying -- like the synod itself.