OACE - Archgh

06/10/2026

Do you know someone making a difference in Youth Ministry? Now is the time to honor them!

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Youth Ministry Recognition Awards are officially open for nominations. Sponsored by OACE, these awards celebrate the outstanding adults and youth who pour their hearts into Youth Ministry across our Archdiocesan, Deanery, and parish communities. With several categories available, we need your help to highlight those who truly shine.

These recognition awards will be presented to the recipients by Archbishop Joe S. Vásquez at a ceremony just before Sunday Mass at the Archdiocesan Youth Conference (AYC)!

How to Nominate:
🕊️ Use our quick online form to nominate as many people as you’d like.
🕊️ While you can’t nominate yourself, feel free to pass this post along to a supervisor, pastor, or ministry friend!

🔗 https://linktr.ee/oace.archgh

05/28/2026

Message from Tim, OACE Director 🌴

After 47 years of ministry to the young church, 8 here in the great Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, I will be retiring on June 30, 2026.

I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve, and for the amazing gift that you are to the young church. It has been a privilege to share this journey with each of you.

04/12/2026

03/25/2026

Ministry isn’t just what you do, but it’s who you walk with. Be renewed, refocused, and re-inspired at Ascend with Deacon Bob Rice, and rediscover the power of forming disciples through relationship. Register today! ✨

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03/12/2026

En la presencia de nuestro Rey Jesus Christo🧎‍♂️‍➡️✨🕊️🤲

03/02/2026

WORDS OF WISDOM

“I try to impress on them that nothing is important in our teaching, preaching, and pastoral activities as the notion we convey of the God who underwrites it all. Every homily we preach, every catechetical or sacramental teaching we give, and every pastoral practice we engage in reflects the God who undergirds it. If our teaching is narrow and petty, we make God look narrow and petty. If our pastoral practice lacks understanding and compassion, we make it seem as though God lacks understanding and compassion. If we are legalistic, we make God appear legalistic. If we arer tribal, nationalistic, or racist, we make God seem tribal, nationalistic, and racist. If we do things that befuddle common sense, we make God out to be the enemy of common sense, Crassly stated, when we do stupid things in our ministry, we make God look stupid”

- Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI, Ph.D., Insane for the Light, 2025

12/25/2025

Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed and merry Christmas! 🎄

With joy,
Tim, Randy, Brian, Jeanette, Amy, & Luz
(OACE Staff)

12/13/2025

Youth Council celebrated their annual Advent Party. We also celebrated Randy's last Youth Council event before he makes his move to Special Youth Services.

Thank you, Randy, for all the wonderful work you've done for the Youth of this Archdiocese.

12/10/2025

12/03/2025

Randy, you will be missed. You have positively impacted so many lives, and we look forward to seeing what the future holds. 🕊️

Have fun being the new Director of the Office of Special Youth Services for the Archdiocese!!!!