Nov. 22, 1963 is often described as a moment in American history that everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing. As part of our coverage of the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, The Texas Catholic asked readers to share their thoughts and memories of that fateful day in Dallas.Year of Faith
Probably everyone who was alive Nov. 22, 1963, remembers where he or she was the day President John F. Kennedy was shot. One Youngstown diocesan priest, the late Father Robert Brengartner, was present to meet the Kennedy family when they returned from Dallas to what was then called the Bethesda Naval Hospital near Washington.
Thursday, November 21, 20130130Bishop Kevin J. Farrell reflects on President John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic U.S. president, and what his assassination meant to Ireland, the bishop’s homeland, and to the world.
The late Vincentian Father Oscar Huber, a native of Perryville in the St. Louis Archdiocese, was a hard-working, dedicated pastor who made many friends throughout his years of faithful ministry. The priest, who died in 1975, is still remembered for all that. And for one other thing. A Dallas pastor at the time, he administered last rites...
Thursday, November 21, 20130285Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins was a somewhat fuzzy-cheeked 20-year-old when his Baylor University law studies took him to Cambridge, England in the early 1980s. When the local lads learned Jenkins was a Dallas native, he said initial associations were predictably confined to two responses: J.R. Ewing of TV fame and “that’s where...
Thursday, November 21, 20130388The weather is inching toward crispness, but it’s not there yet when Hugh Aynesworth steps into Dallas’ Dealey Plaza under a bland autumn sun. He is on familiar turf, this man who always will wear a triple badge of proximity as the lone reporter to witness the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, the arrest of...
Wednesday, November 20, 20130470WASHINGTON—On Nov. 25, 1963, a television audience of millions of people around the world prayerfully bid farewell to President John F. Kennedy, as his flag-draped coffin was placed before the sanctuary of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, during the funeral Mass for the slain president.
Wednesday, November 20, 20130779The following document is from the Warren Commission report, Volume 21, Price Exhibit #7. It is the testimony of Steve Landregan, historian and archivist for the Diocese of Dallas, and former editor of The Texas Catholic. On November 22-24, 1963 Landregan was Assistant Administrator at Parkland Hospital and was one of the many members of...
Wednesday, November 20, 20130156With a handful of alumni from the 1960s on hand, Bishop Dunne Catholic School students and administrators unveiled an exhibit Nov. 15 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The exhibit, which is on display in the school’s library, was the result of a month-long project conducted by...
Tuesday, November 19, 20130251On Nov. 13, history came alive for the sixth and seventh grade students of James L. Collins Catholic School, as they walked through Dealey Plaza and toured the Sixth Floor Museum in downtown Dallas.
