Updates for the  Archdiocese and Parish

Cardinal DiNardo has announced the following liturgical directives which will take effect on Sunday, January 2nd, 2022, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord:

• The dispensation for attending Mass which had been in place, is removed for all Catholics within the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Sunday and Holy Days obligations should joyfully and conscientiously be fulfilled. The obligation to attend Mass on Sunday or a Holy Day is not morally binding for those who find it impossible to attend Mass, e.g., due to illness, advanced age, caring for a sick person, or being at high-risk of contracting COVID-19. These persons should fulfill their obligations through some act of prayer or meditation upon the sacred scriptures for the Mass of the day. 
• For the time being, the suspension of receiving the Precious Blood from a common chalice remains in effect.