Welcome

Registrations for the 2025-26 school program are open. The forms are available from the web site and hardcopies are found outside the RE Office and in the parish office.

Classes will be on Sundays at 9:15 am and 11:45 am.

Don't forget to indicate the schedule of your choice when you fill out the registration form. Spaces are limited! The first class is Sunday, September 14th.



Mandatory Parents' Meeting

Spanish - Wednesday, August 27th in the church at 7:45 pm

English - Wednesday, September 3rd in the church at 7:45 pm • This meeting is ONLY for parents.

Bishop's Burbidge asks the faithful of the Diocese of Arlington in fervent prayer for all the victims, for those who are still missing, and all those whose lives have been affected by the catastrophic flash floods that took place in Central Texas over Independence Day weekend.

He also encourages those in the Diocese of Arlington and all people of goodwill to offer financial assistance through Catholic Charities or other relief organizations. 

Should Saint Philip build a senior living facility on the church grounds?

In 2022, after listening thoughtfully to many priests and lay faithful, Bishop Burbidge released 23 strategic initiatives to priorities for the Faithful of the diocese for the coming years. One of those initiatives was to examine the interest and the possibility of providing Catholic-based care for seniors. The forms of that care are varied, and many secular facilities are available today in our diocese. This idea is different: it proposes to have a senior living facility co-located on the parish grounds with a church and a school, and in so doing, creating a “Catholic Village” where various generations are interacting and strengthening each other. 

Father Donahue is prayerfully considering the concept, and no decision has been made. Father would like feedback from the parish as to its interest in this concept. 

To hear from you, the parish staff is providing a digital survey. The survey will be open until July 31^st.

If you have difficulty with the survey or have questions, please reach out to the parish staff. There is a button on the upper right corner of the survey that will change the switch the survey from English to Spanish.

Dear Friends in Christ,

Here we are at the final weekend in July. Time marches at a fast pace now, and many of us will soon be making our plans to return back to school from our summer vacation. For me, I am doing my best to find ways to slow down and savor these last few weeks of warm weather before we move into the Autumn months ahead.

Today, as we continue on our journey though the pilgrimage to Fatima and Spain from this past March, I wish to share with you our experiences in a small village near Fatima called Aljustrel. Aljustrel is a small village just a few kilometers from the site where Our Lady appeared to the three children, Jacinta, Francisco, and Lucia, and it was the place where these three children lived with their families. It is always such a blessing to see the place where two Saints and a Venerable grew up.

We arrived at the town of Valinhos in the morning and we immediately met our tour guide, Sister Stella Guza, a religious sister from the United States who has lived in Fatima for a number of years, and who has developed a deep devotion to Our Lady and the three children of Fatima. Sister Stella first showed us the home of Jacinta and Francisco Marto, two of the children who were brother and sister to one another. What struck me most about visiting their home was how small everything was. These children came from poor families who only had enough money to afford to have a modest home. To stay warm during the winter months, the family would spend most of their time in the kitchen where the fire would give them some relief from the cold.

After exploring where these children lived, we then went to two nearby locations where these children received three apparitions from an angel who identified himself as the Angel of Peace, also referred to as the Guardian Angel of Portugal. In one of these apparitions, the angel urged the children to pray for the conversion of sinners, especially in the rosary. The angel taught Jacinta, Francisco, and Lucia a special prayer that we often pray at the conclusion of each decade of the rosary that begins, “Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins; save us from the fires of Hell…” In appearing to the children at these locations in 1916, the Angel of Peace was preparing them to receive the six apparitions of Our Lady that would occur the following year from May to October, 1917.

In reflecting on this moment of our trip, I am reminded how much we are in need of peace in our lives. Especially as we see the conflicts of war around the world in the news, and as we also face strife in our own country, peace is so vital for our lives. In appearing at Fatima in 1917, our Blessed Mother pleaded to these children to pray for peace in the world, and her message still rings in our hearts. She will lead us to her Son, who is the true peace that the world is searching for. The three children of Fatima, Jacinta, Francisco, and Lucia did not do anything dramatic to draw attention to themselves. They carried out Mary’s wish to pray the rosary every day, to perform acts of penance for love of Jesus, and to pray for the conversion of sinners. Are we eager to do the same as them?.

May Christ’s Peace be with you,

Fr. Briggs