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Dadas las peligrosas condiciones del clima y para conducir vehículos en el Centro de Texas, algunas parroquias se han visto forzadas a cancelar los Servicios y Misas de Miércoles de Ceniza. La Diócesis de Austin ha pedido a los pastores de cada una de las 127 parroquia que decidan juzgando con prudencia de la mejor manera posible respecto a su calendario litúrgico en su comunidad en particular. La seguridad de nuestros parroquianos y miembros del clero es la prioridad más alta. La diócesis se extiende desde Waco a San Marcos y de Mason a Bryan/College Station.

With the dangerous weather and driving conditions in Central Texas, some parishes have been forced to cancel Ash Wednesday Masses and Services. The Diocese of Austin has asked the pastors of each of the 127 parishes to make their best prudential judgment for the liturgy schedule in their particular community. The safety of our parishioners and clergy remains the highest priority.

Father Joseph Hugh Frazer, a Catholic priest for 37 years, died Feb. 9, 2021, in Penney Farms, Florida at the age of 88. He was born on May 1, 1932, in Buffalo, New York to Dr. Joseph H. Frazer and Lenore Leatherbury Frazer. Father Frazer attended St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Delaware, earned a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University, a M.Div. from Yale/Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He was ordained to ministry in the Episcopal Church in June 1956, the same month in which he married Georgia McWhorter of Odessa, Delaware.

As our nation continues the transition from one president to another, Bishop Joe Vásquez, through his leadership of the Diocese of Austin, takes seriously the role of the Church to inform the culture. We do this through the faithful celebration of the sacraments and apostolic action in the world. Included in that is working with whomever is in office at the local, state, and federal level for God’s good purposes.

True healing can only occur when the wound is cleaned completely, and the wound caused when someone hurts us can only be healed by letting go of the “tip of the thorn,” the grudge we continue to bear even after the offender says, “I’m sorry,” and we say, “You are forgiven.”

The proceeds from the 2020 Ashes to Easter campaign benefit three area nonprofits and will help them continue their mission work. Educate Haiti Inc., Weavers of Hope and New Hope for Cambodian Children will share in the funds raised through last year’s campaign.

In Texas one of two pro-life bills backed by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops is the Human Life Protection Act, which would allow the state to immediately enact new legislation if the U.S. Supreme Court “changes precedent and allows states to protect unborn children before viability outside the womb.”