Bishop Cahill celebrated Mass in Dubina’s Historic Church

Bishop Brendan Cahill of the Diocese of Victoria celebrated a Mass at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 14, 2020, in the historic church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Dubina, Texas on the Feast Day of the church’s patrons.  The Bishop was joined by priests affiliated with the Czech Catholic Foundation of Texas and three visiting priests from the Czech Republic. Everyone was invited to attend the Mass, and reception that followed in the parish hall.  The church is located at 3438 FM 1383, west of Weimar, Texas.

The Mass was one of thanksgiving for the faith brought to Texas by Czech immigrants and included the blessing of the newly founded Czech Catholic Foundation of Texas (CCFT).   

Dubina’s church was the first of seven in Texas dedicated to these saints.  The initial church was constructed in 1876-77.

The mission of the CCFT is “to document, study, preserve, celebrate and perpetuate all elements of the Czech Catholic faith transplanted to Texas by immigrants from the Czech lands; and to strengthen ties with Czech Catholics of the ancestral homeland evangelized by SS Cyril and Methodius.” 

The IRS granted the Foundation Section 503(c)(3) status in 2018.  Its goal is to establish an endowment to generate earnings to fund projects related to its mission.  The names of all donors to the endowment and/or memberships received by CCFT prior to March 15, 2020, will be listed as founders of the CCFT.