HOUSTON — What began in Galveston ended in Houston.
Often leaning on a golden crosier that belonged to Bishop Nicholas Gallagher, the third bishop of Galveston, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo celebrated the 175th anniversary closing Mass on May 3 at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston. The Mass drew the year-long anniversary celebration to a prayerful end.
While the Opening Mass, which Cardinal DiNardo celebrated at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Galveston on May 23, 2022, with hundreds of priests of the Archdiocese, may have felt like a distant memory, historic faith was made present at the Closing Mass.
In addition to using Bishop Gallagher’s golden metal crosier, Cardinal DiNardo also celebrated the Mass while using a chalice belonging to Bishop Jean-Marie Odin, C.M. Bishop Odin, the first bishop of Texas in 1851, received the chalice as a gift from Pope Pius IX.
“We have much, much to give thanks for,” Cardinal DiNardo said at the Closing Mass.
