Welcome to The New Messenger, your weekly archdiocesan newsletter featuring messages from Archbishop Gustavo, news briefs, event previews, and updated information. The Archdiocese of San Antonio's weekly newsletter is published every Friday morning.

Pope Francis said the Lenten journey reminds the Church that hope in Jesus Christ ultimately overcomes fears of fragility, weakness, and the brevity of life.

Join Catholics from across Texas as we put our faith into action! The Archdiocese of San Antonio is leading a delegation by bus to stand in solidarity and pray alongside the bishops at the State Capitol in Austin. Buses will depart to Austin from four different parishes at 7 a.m. and will return to San Antonio around 5 p.m.

Let’s lift our voices for the common good and show that we are one Church united in faith and action.

Register today for the last session of the four-part series, “Who We Are: The Relationships that Make Us,” hosted by the Archdiocese of San Antonio and the McGrath Institute from the University of Notre Dame. Part 4 is about our relationship with the Church. You do not have to have attended the first three sessions to attend this last one. Registration is free but required. Dinner will be provided. The event will be held at St. Eugene Hall at Grotto SA (5712 Blanco Road, Building 42, San Antonio, TX 78216 - directions) from 6:30-9 p.m.

The Archives and Records Management Office is hosting a Sacramental Records Training Workshop on Zoom from 9 a.m.to noon. This workshop is open to anyone that works with sacramental records including, secretaries, record keepers, directors of religious education, deacons, and priests. Please email archive@archsa.org and a registration link will be sent to you.

Deans interested in scheduling an in-person workshop for their deanery, contact Elvira Sanchez Kisser for details. After this, the next workshop is scheduled for June 19.

Join Archbishop Gustavo and Bishop Gary as we celebrate the Archdiocesan Jubilee Mass for Youth & Young Adults at San Fernando Cathedral followed by a silent Eucharistic pilgrimage to Mission Concepción and a synodal encounter at the Padre Margil Pilgrimage Center.

Registration is free and includes a T-shirt, bus transportation, and lunch. Register by Tuesday, April 1 to receive a free T-shirt.

Come enjoy a wonderful lunch as CTSA celebrates Jorge Cortez of La Familia Cortez Restaurants (posthumously) with the Leadership in Communications Award and Father Dennis D. Aréchiga from St. Mark the Evangelist Church with the St. John Vianney Award!

Table sponsorships and individual seats are available. Register online, by mail, or call Janet Mefrige at (210) 734-1938. RSVP by April 18.

Our Lady of Grace in La Coste, located south of Castroville, was established in 1910. Construction began the following year, and the church was dedicated in 1911. The parish has grown from its original seventy-five families to nearly eight hundred today. The first school opened in 1913, expanded in 1920, and a parochial school, now used for faith formation, was then built and operated from 1959 to 1966. Recent renovations include new carpet, pews, and repainted statues and Stations of the Cross.

The church features beautiful stained-glass windows, new murals on the side walls of the altar, and icons (originally painted on ceiling walls) repainted on boards for easy restoration in the future.

Plan your visit to Our Lady of Grace in La Coste and learn more about the Jubilee Year of Hope.

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The CHRISTUS Children’s Hospital 2025 Parade was held March 18. Since many of their patients are bound to the hospital for extended periods of time, it’s important that magical moments are brought to them. Patients watched the Dreamlight Parade from their hospital room windows as first responder vehicles and community partners lit up the night with a procession of lights and sirens. The event was part of CHRISTUS Children’s Keeping Promises campaign, an initiative that highlights their commitment to expanding care and services for the growing healthcare needs of South Texas families.

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Celebrated simultaneously across the nation, “Match Day” is the day that students graduating from the University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (UIWSOM) find out where they will spend the next few years in residency. More than 100 students from the medical school were invited to Hangar 9 on the Brooks campus near the UIWSOM on March 21 to find out where they would be “matched.” The students took the stage one-by-one to announce where they are headed. There were also remarks from SOM Dean Dr. John Pham.

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