Respect Life Office

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston


 
 
 
 

Gabriel Resource Manual

Archdiocesan Organization
 
External Organization
Internal Organization
Archdiocesan Social Justice Offices
Parishes by Vicariate and Deanery
 
 
 

The Church is the institution founded by Christ to continue His saving mission, to teach, to sanctify and to govern. The Bishop called by God, as direct successor of the Apostles, is head of the Church in His Diocese. He shares his mission to teach, sanctify and govern with those who work for him directly, e.g., pastor in his parish and the Archdiocesan Offices.

The Archdiocesan Church has an internal and external structure to ensure the orderly administration of the Archdiocese under the Bishop. The internal structure is the Archdiocesan offices; the external structure is the pastor and his parish. Volunteers in parishes, including Gabriel Project volunteers, are Lay Ecclesial Ministers and part of the external structure under the pastor and assigned staff members.
 

 
External Organization

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Internal Organization

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Archdiocesan Social Justice Offices

Correctional Ministries – Adult

Respect Life Office

Prayer & Worship

  • Word of Life Series

  • Helpers of God’s Precious Infants

  • Respect Life Sunday and Respect Life Month October

  • Pro Life Sunday

  • Annual Mass for Life Justice and Peace

Education 

  • Respect Life Program

  • Annual Respect Life Conference

  • Youth for Life Justice and Peace

  • Life Talks to CCE, Youth and Confirmation

  • Speakers Bureau

  • Greetings Newsletter

Pastoral Care

  • Gabriel Project

  • Mother and Baby Assistance

  • Project Rachel

  • Courage

  • Encourage

Public Policy & Legislative Change

  • Write for Life – Houston

  • Congressional  & State Action Committee

  • March for Life

  • Voter Registration Sign

  • Travelling Crosses

  • Post card Campaigns

Special Youth Services – Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Probation Systems

Family Life Office - Natural Family Planning
                                    Stephan Ministry (care of the bereaved

Secretariat for Social Concerns

  • Pope John XXIII Residence for Priests

  • St. Dominic Residence Hall

  • St. Dominic Nursing Home

Office of Social Justice

  • Campaign for Human Development

Secretariat for Clergy Formation/Chaplaincy Services

Archdiocesan Mission Office

  • Propagation of the Faith
  • Holy Childhood
  • St. Peter Apostle
  • Catholic Relief Services

Non Archdiocesan Catholic Social Service Agencies 

Catholic Charities

Children’s Services –        Foster Care and Special Needs Adoption
                                                Services to Pregnant and Parenting Adolescence
                                                Infant Adoption and Options Counseling
                                                Post-Adoption Services

Family Counseling

Community Outreach Services
                                                            Archdiocesan AIDS Ministry
                                                            Guadeloupe Area Social Services
                                                            Services to the Alone and Frail Elderly
                                                            Serenity House
                                                            Parish Social Ministry and Family Pathfinders

Immigration and Refugee Resettlement Services –
                                               
Refugee Resettlement Service
                                                Texas Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance
                                                Unaccompanied Juvenile Foster Care Program.

 

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Parishes by Vicariate and Deanery


Go HERE to view the Vicariate / Deanery organization.

 

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