Rick Cousins

Every congregation here welcomes new members, but how are folks moving here, or those returning to church after a season away, going to find yours among the 300 houses of

In the 1600s, no priest was better known for his charity and his compassion for the poor. So much so that he later became the patron saint of charitable societies.

There was a time before the Civil War when anyone here could be fined by the island's then-less-than-civil authorities — for teaching any enslaved person how to read.

Many of our island churches predate the Civil War, and one we'll focus on today has been part of 137 Juneteenth celebrations. Galveston's Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 1420 31st St. is known as the first Black Catholic church in our Lone Star State.

In 1783, General George Washington wrote to all the governors of the newly-freed colonies, “I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have the United States in his

A large array of American flags as well as the regular flagpole variety decorated the lawn of League City's Fire Station number 4 this week.

America has never had a state church nor formal faith, but it was founded with the help and advice of numerous colonial clergy. The British recognized this early on and

Galveston Urban Ministries (GUM) is well-known to island residents, but its outreach has long spread to churches across our Lone Star State because of its summer programs. These bring both

This Sunday, folks around the globe will watch to see which of the top teams will claim the FIFA World Cup. Soccer is the most played sport with hundreds of

A Hollywood biopic about a future Catholic priest might portray him early on as an altar boy — one who was always to be found in the church. But such was not the case with a young Jude Ekenedilichukwu Ezuma, now the pastor-rector of Holy Family Parish and a key community leader. For, as a child, he once leaned away from the church.