Monday, April 28, 20140268Hundreds of people gathered at John Paul II High School on Monday for a special Mass to commemorate the Catholic Church’s two newest saints—St. John XIII and the school’s namesake, St. John Paul II. Students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and other guests filled the school’s gymnasium to honor the two popes a day after the...
Friday, April 25, 20140196Just days before Pope Francis canonizes two of his predecessors in a ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, Romans are bracing for the arrival of as many as 3 million outsiders. Nineteen heads of state, 24 prime ministers and 23 government ministers from various countries are due in Rome April 27-28 for the canonization of Blessed John XXIII...
Thursday, April 24, 20140125Catholics 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.
Monday, March 17, 20140370A strong thread of purpose ran through the chitchat and laughter in the parish hall adjacent to St. Joseph Catholic Church on a recent Wednesday night. Eighteen members of the parish’s Catholic Student Organization for the Texas A&M-Commerce campus discussed plans for the group’s Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross while the...
Wednesday, March 5, 20140275Thousands 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.
Friday, February 7, 20140239The 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.
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...
Friday, January 3, 20140651Rubbing elbow pads with high school hockey players has offered a quartet of eighth-graders at St. Joseph Catholic School a lunchtime discussion topic, a classroom presentation theme and loads of fun. For Kevin Condy, Michael Keelan and identical twins Brendan and Nicholas Gibbs, conversation usually flows along the lines of hockey talk.
Tuesday, December 3, 20130212Considering that Our Holy Father Pope Francis constantly exhibits joy in exercising one of the most challenging ministries in the world, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that his first major “solo” document of his pontifical ministry should bear the title “The Joy of the Gospel” (Evangelii Gaudium) and devotes the entire first...
Monday, November 25, 20130462Amid a spirit of generosity and camaraderie, The Catholic Foundation distributed $792,990 to 25 entities in the Diocese of Dallas during the foundation’s Fall Grant Ceremony on Nov. 20 at Holy Trinity Community Life Center. Recipients included schools, parishes and non-profit organizations that serve the local Catholic Community....
