Thursday, April 24, 20140124Catholics in parishes throughout the Diocese of Dallas marked the 2014 Holy Week and Easter with faithful celebration. Beginning on Palm Sunday and all the way through Easter Sunday Masses, The Texas Catholic was on hand to photograph parish Easter season celebrations.
People have said to me, “Bishop, I want to pray but I don’t know how to start.” Of course the desire to pray is a prayer itself, but I believe that most of the time people who ask me this question are referring to spontaneous prayer.
Thursday, March 27, 20140375With family and friends in attendance, nearly 150 people from 77 parishes and Catholic organizations were recognized by Bishop Kevin J. Farrell for their outstanding service to the church. Those recognized were bestowed the Bishop’s Award for Service to the Church during a Mass and ceremony at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of...
Wednesday, March 5, 20140274Thousands of Catholics, from teachers, students and parents at Diocese of Dallas schools to workers downtown and in other areas, flocked to Masses across North Texas, initiating the Lenten season by receiving ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday services.
Wednesday, February 12, 20140220More and more it seems we live in a “throw-away” society. When something is no longer useful or attractive…get rid of it! This is largely due to the media that glamorizes the weird and spectacular as the good life and dismisses the normal and healthy as mundane and not newsworthy. But that is the real world where their viewers and...
Friday, February 7, 20140238The U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops in February is issuing a call to prayer for life, marriage and religious liberty. USCCB asks Catholics to observe National Marriage Week (Feb. 7-14) as “an opportunity to celebrate Jesus’ love demonstrated through the love of husband and wife — gift and blessing of marriage.
Friday, January 31, 20140293Thousands of people converged on downtown Dallas for the 2014 March for Life Mass at the Dallas Convention Center, a venue that Bishop Kevin J. Farrell said to thunderous applause that he would like to outgrow within the next two years.
Adelfa Callejo lived to give a voice to the voiceless. Her death, after a long battle with cancer, has left a great void in our community. But, because of her, Dallas is a better place.Diocese
Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell has announced plans for the rector vacancy at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving. Msgr. Greg Kelly, vicar for clergy for the Diocese of Dallas, will serve as interim rector for several months and will be succeeded by permanent rector Father James Edward Swift, CM. The position of rector of the seminary became...
