Friday, October 7, 20160258As he departs for his new role as the Prefect for the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life at the Vatican, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell reflection on how his life has been filled with “Surprises of the Spirit” during his decade in Dallas.
Thursday, October 6, 20160247Every year in September, the Congregation for Bishops sponsors a course of formation for bishops newly appointed and ordained in the previous year. More than 150 bishops from 39 countries attended the course this year, including 13 from the United States.
Friday, August 26, 20160282When 13 young adult missionaries from the Diocese of Dallas boarded a plane July 8 bound for Nicaragua, it marked a time of many firsts. The mission trip to Muelle de los Bueyes served as the diocese’s first young adult mission trip to the area. For many of the participants, the trek marked their first mission trip for the diocese. For...
Friday, August 26, 201602195Fifty Catholic high school students and 25 chaperones from the Diocese of Dallas in June traveled to Nicaragua for a 10-day mission trip where they would encounter some of the country’s poorest communities. The mission trip is organized annually by the diocese’s Office of Pastoral Services, which Deacon Charlie Stump has led since...
Friday, July 8, 20160164Five Dallas law enforcement officers were assassinated July 7 as at least one sniper opened fire in downtown Dallas as hundreds of demonstrators were winding down a march protesting recent fatal officer-involved shootings in other parts of the country.
Wednesday, June 1, 20160868More than 350 people filed into the cafetorium at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic School on the evening of May 11 for the one and only public, student-led performance of “Joseph the Dreamer;” a musical that comes not from Broadway, but from the desk of the school’s pastor.
Monday, May 30, 20160788Two decades after he led efforts to found the parish, Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly returned to St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church on May 15 to celebrate a new chapter in the growing community’s history. Bishop Kelly, who joined more than 500 parishioners and supporters in celebrating the groundbreaking of the parish’s new...
Thursday, May 26, 201602492As a standing-room only congregation at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe looked on, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell ordained four men to serve as priests in the diocese of Dallas on May 21.
With the addition of Father Paul Bechter, Father Emmett Hall, Father Ignacio Olvera and Father Daniel Rendón, the Diocese of Dallas is now...
Thursday, April 14, 20160547The priestly calling that Bishop Gregory Kelly answered with a ‘yes’ entered a new chapter with his Episcopal Ordination Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.
Friday, February 5, 20160435The Diocese of Dallas and the University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) recently formalized a strategic partnership through June 30, 2017 with the goal of strengthening Catholic schools and building on the almost-20-year-long relationship between the diocese and ACE, said Bill Keffler, the diocese’s Chief...
