![Deanna Johnston, director for family life, at the St. Philip Institute looks on as Bishop Joseph Strickland holds her baby. Deanna Johnston, director for family life, at the St. Philip Institute looks on as Bishop Joseph Strickland holds her baby.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20200826200844_8e7552c9ed8c85e5112c379251d9772b89967364a0b24a6da521937606afb0f6.jpeg)
St. Philip Institute: A New Way to Form First-Century Christians for the 21st Century
Bishop Joseph Strickland founded the St. Philip Institute as the heart of his mission to radically transform the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, into a teaching diocese that would bring people into an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.