Venerable Antonio Margil
Apostle of Texas
Learn the amazing story of Father Antonio Margil, a Franciscan priest of the 17th and 18th centuries who brought the Catholic faith to Texas! Bring his story to life with color, and learn it by heart through writing. Father Margil was a missionary who brought the Catholic faith to the Nacogdoche people in Texas, performed miracles, and is today on his way to sainthood. Share this little coloring book with a little Catholic to help them to know the story of the Apostle of Texas!
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Nacogdoches, Texas is a parish of the Catholic Diocese of Tyler. Fr. Antonio Margil founded the first mission in Nacogdoches in 1716 and Sacred Heart Catholic Church, along with four other Catholic churches and chapels, now inherits his mission in Nacogdoches county.
