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The AggreGAYtor: January 14
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
"...• Melted marshmallow Santa Claus Bill Donohue of the Catholic League suggests that President Obama be sworn in on..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Snow White and the Huntsman
Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.
"...stag wafting holiness? Is it of Celtic or Roman Catholic origin? The film's forceful spiritual bent, sincere enough seeming,..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips
Mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio was the last Spanish religious outpost established in Texas and the last one to be closed
"...politics. Along with the settlers and the army, the Catholic priests also introduced European livestock, plants, medicine, and tools..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City
"...causing heads to spin within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Mexico is one of the largest Catholic countries..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Uncommon Generosity
Following restaurateur Michael Vilim's time and money
"...work. His father, Herb, was the president of the Catholic Interracial Council during the 1950s and 1960s, a front-line..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

A Work That Houses Us All
Bach's Mass in B Minor is the center around which Conspirare orbits, and next week the choir will be performing the work for the third time since it was founded in 1991. "It feels like a return to our foundation and our roots," says director Craig Hella Johnson.
"...Although the work gives spiritual inspiration to Protestants and Catholics, many of its deepest admirers are neither...."

Sept. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

El Crimen del Padre Amaro
Controversial Mexican film about a priest who struggles with sins of the flesh.
"...has been publicly condemned (but not banned) by the Catholic Church, the movie has become Mexico's highest-grossing domestic movie..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...but the recent column on "Who was the worst Catholic saint?" ["Straight Dope," March 15] was just plain bigoted..."

March 22, 2002 Column

Brack Plans Face New Roadblock
The city's plans to create a hospital-within-a-hospital at Brack hit yet another snag.
"...Council meeting. Representatives of Seton Healthcare Network -- the Catholic nonprofit that in 1995 signed a 30-year lease with..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Devilish Details
Council holds a hearing on the new Brackenridge lease plan.
"...maintain reproductive public health services deemed "immoral" by the Catholic Church. Staff briefed council on its newly released draft..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

About AIDS
African Bishops to Discuss Lifting Ban on Condoms
"...measure is being considered by a group of Roman Catholic bishops: condom use. The Southern African Catholic Bishop's Conference,..."

July 20, 2001 Column by Sandy Bartlett

You Can Leave Your Hat On
The ballad of Mambo John Treanor
"...San Antonio. Neither his mother nor his grandmother was Catholic, but when the family moved to the city's south..."

July 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Crying in the Chapel
The Texas Hill Country features an unexpected wonder: The Most Holy Theotokos of New Sarov sheds tears of myrrh at Christ of the Hills Monastery in Blanco
"...visit for a couple days of prayer. Rikert, a Catholic, is like many of the visitors who are not..."

June 22, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

The Secret History
That a man from San Antonio named Richard Santos has as much to add to the world of Jewish intellectual pursuits as an attorney named Rosen is as fascinating as it should be obvious, David Garza writes after he attended the Texas Jewish Historical Society's 22nd annual gathering. For the first time, perhaps, an entirely constructive revision may be taking place in the history of those we call the "people of the Book."
"...reason he's being so ribald with the history of Catholic clerics at the Texas Jewish Historical Society's 22nd annual..."

May 11, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

Public Notice
Whoa! More nun action from your friends at Public Notice, plus,more opportunities for you to support good causes.
"...lot of admiration. See, we are Cathoholic -- recovering Catholic, as it were. We're one of those ex-devouts who..."

July 14, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Head of the Class
With Senioritis, the conclusion to his quartet of plays set at a Catholic high school in Houston, solo performer Rob Nash is all set to graduate -- to Off-Broadway, says Robi Polgar.
"...Once there was a kid who attended Catholic high school in Houston. Then he went to the..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Megachurch Miracle
Believers Flock to Bigger, Some Say Better, Churches
"...congregations of Hyde Park Baptist Church and St. Louis Catholic Church are truly miracles, both boasting over 10,000 members..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Kayte Van Scoy

Postmarks
Brown Right To Fight
"...Tom Bowman Catholic Curandera..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column

Postmarks
Contradictions Exposed
"...better, I would think from reading this issue that Catholics, Buddhists, and Protestants wrestle caringly with their spirituality and..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

God on the Bench
Some Judges Look to a Higher Authority
"...how different, really, is the born-again Gonzalez, a Roman Catholic, from Catholics in the liberal activist tradition? At St...."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Bob Elder

The Holy Glow of TV in Hollywood Priest
New documentary on the life and faith of producer priest Bud Keiser
"...priest was assigned to the St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Los Angeles: rather than rail against Hollywood..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup
Adventures abound all the way up to Albuquerque
"...St. Mary’s Catholic Church Picnic: Prazska Pout Aug. 15, Praha, www.flatoniachamber.com/events/2021/st-marys-catholic-church-picnic---praha---prazska-pout..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

How to Help Families Separated at the Border
Ways to volunteer, ways to donate, ways to take action
"...The CARA Project – a joint effort of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, the American Immigration Council, the Refugee..."

June 20, 2018 Emergency Post by Kimberley Jones

Undocumented, Unafraid
Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests
"...to an existing $600,000 (over six years) contract with Catholic Charities of Central Texas for legal services to immigrants,..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fetal Burial Rules Punted to Jan. 27
Sparks says "no question" rules fail to advance public health
"...other to point to an offer by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops to pay for burial services as..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

State Offers No Evidence of Health Benefit During Fetal Burial Rule Hearing
Austin abortion provider calls rule “cruel” to patients
"...to point to an offer made by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops to pay for burial services as..."

Jan. 4, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Fantastic Fest 2015: February
Baby, it’s cold outside. Could it be … Satan?!
"...in front of Daddy, and by “Daddy,” I mean Catholicism. Just the thing for Pope Francis to while away..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Too Much Christmas
Lasting oppression really only works if you have a really good PR campaign
"...now that our shaggy-haired peacenik Pope has declared a Catholic fatwa on all of the really egregious forms of..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Soy Quien Soy
Gina Chavez comes into her own
"...work. The pair had met locally at the University Catholic Center and bonded through their shared spirituality...."

April 4, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

The AggreGAYtor: November 13
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
"...The president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute isn't very nice, and..."

Nov. 13, 2013 Qmmunity Post

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