Thursday, December 21, 201701295
By David Sedeño
The Texas Catholic
Father Tim Church has presided over countless liturgies in his more than 20 years as a Catholic priest. Baptisms, weddings, funerals. His homilies, those who have heard them say, are filled with anecdotes, humor, and reflections on scripture passages that come to life because of his ability to...
Tuesday, November 21, 20170325A year ago, Emily Lugo began directing the new Hispanic ministry at her longtime parish, St. Joseph Catholic Church in Richardson. Soon after, the first Mass in Spanish was celebrated and a group of Hispanic parishioners founded the church’s matachines group, which performed for the first time during the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe...
Thursday, October 5, 20170350 The Mass for the Beatification of Father Stanley Francis Rother took place at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City on Sept. 23. Over 15,000 attended. Father Rother was a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City who was martyred in Guatemala in July of 1981. He is the first martyr born in the United States to be beatified and the...
Thursday, August 3, 20170270For three days in July, Bishop Edward J. Burns was all ears as nearly 700 youth and young adults from across the Diocese of Dallas gave him their thoughts on the state of the Catholic Church’s outreach to young people. Speaking to participants before the open microphone sessions began, Bishop Burns encouraged them to be open and honest...
Friday, September 23, 201601101St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church parishioner Carlos Liscano’s legacy in the education field will be honored in the fall of 2017 when the Frisco Independent School District is scheduled to open Carlos Liscano Elementary School. When he returned from Vietnam in 1968, Liscano felt a strong calling urging him to help. “I wanted to...
Friday, September 23, 20160227When Bishop Kevin J. Farrell departs for his new ministry at the Vatican in early October, he will leave behind, many Catholic faithful say, a diverse Diocese of Dallas that is more united, financially viable and charitable and poised for the future than the one he encountered when he first came here nearly 10 years ago.
Wednesday, August 17, 20160373Pope Francis has appointed Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell as the prefect in charge of a new Vatican office for the laity, family and life, in a continuation of his quest to overhaul the Vatican Curia for more efficiency and transparency for the benefit of the global church.
Saturday, May 14, 201601117On April 30, St. Ann Catholic Church in Coppell hosted an unveiling ceremony of the “Homeless Jesus” sculpture created by artist Timothy Schmalz. The piece is a gift from the parish in honor of Msgr. Henry Petter’s 70th birthday (April 5) and 40th ordination anniversary (May 1). It was also purchased in honor of St. Ann Catholic...
Friday, May 13, 20160220What gets us through the really rotten moments of life is the confidence that no matter how hopeless a situation seems, God will give us the strength to hang on. That confidence is the fruit of faith. It is trust in God’s promise that he will not abandon us.
Friday, May 13, 201601627The Diocese of Dallas lost one of its longtime priests and pastors on May 3, with the death of Msgr. Glenn “Duffy” Gardner Jr., pastor of St. Martin of Tours in Forney. He was 72 and had celebrated his 46th year of ordination to the priesthood a day earlier.
