Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops supports parental choice in education bills
AUSTIN — Recognizing education is one of the best means to escape poverty and that parents are best suited to determine the right educational choice for their children, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (TCCB) supports a set of bills increasing parental choice in education. The bills have been filed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, Sen.…
Read MoreTexas Catholic Voice Mar. 20, 2023
In this issue of the Texas Catholic Voice: Hearings this week on parental choice … St. Joseph, pray for us! … And more! A Message from Jennifer Allmon, Executive Director Exciting developments at the Capitol to report this week! The first hearing for bills on parental choice in education will be on Wednesday, March 22,…
Read MoreLetter to Attorney General Paxton about Blaine amendments
The anti-Catholic history of Blaine amendments Today we submitted a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton outlining the anti-Catholic history of Blaine amendments and the constitutionality of parental choice Education Savings Accounts in Texas. Thank you to Nicole Garnett and the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative for assistance. Read the letter here
Read MoreTexas Catholic Voice Mar. 13, 2023
In this issue of the Texas Catholic Voice: Parental choice prioritized … Bills in hearing this week … Pope Francis’ tenth anniversary … And more! A Message from Jennifer Allmon, Executive Director Last week we offered two events for parents interested in increasing parental choice in education. On Monday in Killeen families attended a presentation…
Read More88th Legislature Parental Choice Bills
88th Legislature Parental Choice Bills We are grateful to see so many authors filing bills to improve parental choice in education in Texas. Our staff has been working hard to read and analyze the many bills filed. We are excited that most of the bills align with the bishops’ priorities, and we are working with…
Read MoreTexas Catholic Voice Mar. 6, 2023
In this issue of the Texas Catholic Voice: Filing deadline this Friday … Protecting children by streamlining registries… Bills in hearing this week … And more! A Message from Jennifer Allmon, Executive Director With only one week left to get bills filed before the March 10 deadline, the pace at the Capitol has become frenzied!…
Read MoreTexas Catholic Voice Feb. 27, 2023
In this issue of the Texas Catholic Voice: One third through the 88th session … Speaker prioritizes expanding Medicaid Bills in hearing this week … And more! A Message from Jennifer Allmon, Executive Director It was wonderful to see so many Catholics and other Christians, Republicans and Democrats, at the Ash Wednesday service in the…
Read MoreTexas Catholic Voice Feb. 20, 2023
In this issue of the Texas Catholic Voice: Governor’s priorities includes parental choice … Ash Wednesday … And more! A Message from Jennifer Allmon, Executive Director Last week Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced his top 30 priorities, and on Thursday, Governor Greg Abbott delivered his State of the State address where he declared seven emergency…
Read MoreTexas Catholic Voice Feb. 13, 2023
In this issue of the Texas Catholic Voice: Join us in prayer each Wednesday… Payday lending … And more! A Message from Jennifer Allmon, Executive Director On Wednesday, Rep. Kyle Kacal hosted our first rosary this session. We are so grateful to him for continuing this beautiful tradition and we hope to recruit other Catholic…
Read MoreTexas Catholic Voice Feb. 6, 2023
In this issue of the Texas Catholic Voice: Standing for and with women… World Day of Prayer, Reflection and Action against Human Trafficking… And more! A Message from Jennifer Allmon, Executive Director The TCCB office was closed for most of last week due to the ice storm but working from home proved to be very…
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