Join us for another session of the Little Flower Lecture Series!
St. Thérèse & Holiness through Struggles
What the Little Flower can teach us about life, suffering, and faith.
Special Guest Speaker Bishop Gary Janak, LPC-S
Born in El Campo in 1962, Bishop Janak lived there for six years before his family moved to Palacios. In 1982, he entered Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Santa Fe, N.M., as one of the first five seminarians for the newly formed Diocese of Victoria. In 1983 he received his bachelor’s degree in History and began his theological formation at Assumption Seminary in 1984. He later obtained his Master of Divinity Degree
from Oblate School of Theology in 1998.
Bishop Janak was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Victoria on May 14, 1988. He later earned his Licentiate in Canonical Jurisprudence (JCL) from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1995; his master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Victoria-Houston in 1997, and has been licensed by the state of Texas as a professional counselor supervisor since 2000. He was named auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio in 2021.
9:30am Part 1 Start
10:20 Break with light refreshment
10:40 Part 2 Start
This event has passed, a recording will be posted to YouTube later in October.