YEEE-HAW! Texas Gets a Cardinal!

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Rejoice (slightly more ecclesiastical than “yee-haw”)!

The Great and Noble State of Texas (my home state and promised land) has received a great honor. She is now home to a Prince of the Church! The Most Rev. Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, is designated a Cardinal of the Church by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI!

Long life to His Holiness! Long life to His Excellency!

diogh.org/newsevents-NEW.htm#DiNardoCardinal

Let us pray that Denver receives a similar honor. Archbishop Chaput would make a noble Cardinal!
 
I just heard on the local news! What a wonderful blessing!

Please pray for our Archbishop Daniel DiNardo as he is elevated to the position of Cardinal at the Vatican November 24th!

How exciting!! What a blessing!!
 
This is very exciting news indeed!! When we were members at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Galveston we had the privilege of celebrating Mass with the Archbishop on several major feast days, and this man is such a tremendous beacon for the faith. His homilies were so moving, and so orthodox in context. He was very warm and down to earth with the parishoners after Mass, also. We are truly blessed to have such a man as the Cardinal of our Archdiocese. (Is it still called an Archdiocese?)

Rejoicing! :extrahappy:

Mary
 
BeeSweet said:
I just heard on the local news! What a wonderful blessing!

Please pray for our Archbishop Daniel DiNardo as he is elevated to the position of Cardinal at the Vatican November 24th!

How exciting!! What a blessing!!
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I have had the privalege of meeting the Archbishop twice (so far). He is always pleading for our prayers. He has a lot to deal with in this diocese.

I was whooping for joy in the car when I heard this!
 
👍 Was in today’s San Antonio Express-News.I understand that a few people were grousing,because they felt with Texas being heavyly hispanic and San Antonio especially so,why didn’t they pick the Archbishop of San Antonio or some bishop here that’s hispanic.That was according to the paper.
In the same article,our archbishop here said he was very happy
for Archbishop De Nardo.

Boy some people can’t leave race out of anything.
 
HollyDolly said:
👍 Was in today’s San Antonio Express-News.I understand that a few people were grousing,because they felt with Texas being heavyly hispanic and San Antonio especially so,why didn’t they pick the Archbishop of San Antonio or some bishop here that’s hispanic.That was according to the paper.
In the same article,our archbishop here said he was very happy
for Archbishop De Nardo.

Boy some people can’t leave race out of anything.
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I’ve always thought that if Texas got a cardinal it would be in San Antonio-not so much because of the heavy Hispanic population but because San Antonio is more solidly Catholic than Houston. Having said that I’m tickled pink we got the Cardinal in Houston
 
HollyDolly said:
👍 Was in today’s San Antonio Express-News.I understand that a few people were grousing,because they felt with Texas being heavyly hispanic and San Antonio especially so,why didn’t they pick the Archbishop of San Antonio or some bishop here that’s hispanic.That was according to the paper.
In the same article,our archbishop here said he was very happy
for Archbishop De Nardo.

Boy some people can’t leave race out of anything.
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Archbishop DiNardo is actually fairly close to Pope Benedict XVI, I believe he worked with the then Cardinal Ratzinger under his head in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Archbishop DiNardo worked in the Vatican for at least six years that I’m aware of.

Race is always a factor. I remember a great deal of hoopla before the 2005 Papal conclave about the race of the prospective pope. Many thought the new pope should be an Italian, many thought it should be someone from Africa or South America, all for their different reasons. Thank God it’s the Holy Spirit Who decides these things and not us! 😃

It is interesting though, since the Arcdiocese of Galveston Houston was only a diocese up till 2004 I think. And Daniel DiNardo was made our Archbishop only this past February. The Archdiocese of San Antonio has a much much longer history.
 
The Archdiocese of San Antonio began as a diocese in 1874. It became an archdiocese about 50 years later in 1926.

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has a much longer history. It began as the Prefecture Apostolic of Texas in 1839. Two years later it was elevated into a Vicariate Apostolic. It was again elevated into a Diocese in 1847 with the name Galveston. (San Antonio was created as a diocese around 25 years later with territory taken from the Galveston Diocese.)

The Diocese of Galveston was renamed the Diocese of Galveston-Houston in 1959. And then finally at the end of 2004 it was raised to a Metropolitan Archdiocese.
 
davidc2 said:
The Archdiocese of San Antonio began as a diocese in 1874. It became an archdiocese about 50 years later in 1926.

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has a much longer history. It began as the Prefecture Apostolic of Texas in 1839. Two years later it was elevated into a Vicariate Apostolic. It was again elevated into a Diocese in 1847 with the name Galveston. (San Antonio was created as a diocese around 25 years later with territory taken from the Galveston Diocese.)

The Diocese of Galveston was renamed the Diocese of Galveston-Houston in 1959. And then finally at the end of 2004 it was raised to a Metropolitan Archdiocese.
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Thanks for that history David!! I read somewhere that the cathedral in San Antonio was the oldest parish in Texas, so either I was mistaken, or I made a false assumption based on that info. I need to take a trip down to Saint Mary’s Basilica in Galveston, I’m sure I’d learn a lot from the trip. It makes more sense that Galveston would be older, since Galveston used to be a major port city prior to the Great Storm of 1900.
 
BeeSweet said:
Thanks for that history David!! I read somewhere that the cathedral in San Antonio was the oldest parish in Texas, so either I was mistaken, or I made a false assumption based on that info. I need to take a trip down to Saint Mary’s Basilica in Galveston, I’m sure I’d learn a lot from the trip. It makes more sense that Galveston would be older, since Galveston used to be a major port city prior to the Great Storm of 1900.
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We were members at St. Mary’s for several years when we lived in Galveston, and we were always amazed that its membership was so small compared to the other parishes on the Island (esp. Sacred Heart and St. Patrick’s). It’s always a treat to see the pomp and circumstance on Christmas and Easter when the Archbishop (now Cardinal) comes down and the Knights of Columbus make their procession with swords and all!

It’s unfortunate that the building itself is in disrepair, given its tremendous historical significance. Perhaps one day more local Catholics will look past the “social club” appeal of some of the more liberal parishes and take an interest.
 
surf(name removed by moderator)ure said:
It’s always a treat to see the pomp and circumstance on Christmas and Easter when the Archbishop (now Cardinal) comes down and the Knights of Columbus make their procession with swords and all!
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OH! I’ve got to see that some day!! I’ll bet my son would love to see that when he’s older!

Do they do that @ midnight mass Christmas eve, or do they do it at all the Christmas masses?

That is sad to hear the building needs repair. There must be some sort of an organization in charge of raising funds for such a thing.
 
Break out the shovel for the mesquite pit, and let’s get the barbeque going!!! Kill the fatted steers and get their briskets!!! How about some dry sausage from Comal County? Cabrito, somebody go get a goat!Where are the pickles, the onions, the jalepenos??? Get the freezer chilling for some Blue Bell, and where are the Bob’s Texas Chips from Brookshire? And of course, there must be Texas brownies.

I hope his soon-to-be eminence likes to eat.😃
 
BeeSweet said:
Thanks for that history David!! I read somewhere that the cathedral in San Antonio was the oldest parish in Texas, so either I was mistaken, or I made a false assumption based on that info.
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I think it’s the oldest parish, but hasn’t been a cathedral the whole time. It’s always a cool place to visit!
 
OutinChgoburbs said:
Break out the shovel for the mesquite pit, and let’s get the barbeque going!!! Kill the fatted steers and get their briskets!!! How about some dry sausage from Comal County? Cabrito, somebody go get a goat!Where are the pickles, the onions, the jalepenos??? Get the freezer chilling for some Blue Bell, and where are the Bob’s Texas Chips from Brookshire? And of course, there must be Texas brownies.

I hope his soon-to-be eminence likes to eat.😃
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And grits for His Eminence! And maybe a Steiner-Bock!
 
If we going to go all out for the party, we have to include some Tex-Mex, maybe fajitas, enchiladas, refried beans. Then we can wash it down with margaritas. After all, I doubt you can get good Tex-Mex in Rome.
 
Are there so many Catholics in Houston that their bishop would get the red hat before the bishop in San Antonio does?
 
pnewton said:
If we going to go all out for the party, we have to include some Tex-Mex, maybe fajitas, enchiladas, refried beans. Then we can wash it down with margaritas. After all, I doubt you can get good Tex-Mex in Rome.
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This Arkie says, “Yes, go celebrate and eat all the Tex-Mex that you want, but don’t forget that the term ‘good Tex-Mex’ is an oxymoron.”

🙂 just in case someone got his underpants in knots.
 
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