Tuesday, April 18, 20170609Sarah Melén felt the full impact of her USA-Swedish dual citizenship in the weight room of John Paul II High School during the 2016 Rio Olympics last August. The sophomore goalkeeper for the Cardinals soccer team, who recently returned from training as a member of Sweden’s National Under-16 “Football” Team, watched the USA-Sweden...
Friday, June 17, 20160431The announcement of Khoa Nguyen’s more than 850 Christian service hours startled some of his friends and teachers during a senior awards ceremony for John Paul II High School’s class of 2016. Nguyen’s great heart for service was widely recognized, but even his close friends found his number of service hours staggering.
Thursday, May 7, 20150470The mission of the John Paul II High School Pro-life club is to support & promote all life from conception to natural death through education, service, prayer, and peaceful activism. It is a student driven club with more than 200 JPII students as active members.
Friday, February 27, 20150459
Miceala White and Anna Basso shared common bonds. The childhood friends attended the same elementary school and the same church. They also shared a common foe -- cancer -- and they supported and inspired each other, even as one battle drew to an end.
By David Sedeno
The Texas Catholic
This is a love story.
Not one of...
Friday, January 23, 20150966As usual, Father Alfonse Nazzaro captivated the students at All Saints Catholic School during a recent lunch hour. The school cafeteria grew lively with good cheer and banter about Father Nazzaro’s request to eat his dessert before the rest of his lunch.
Friday, October 24, 20140284During an all-school Mass on Oct. 22 at John Paul II High School in Plano, Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell began celebrating the school’s 10th anniversary by drawing from the life and example of the school’s namesake to implore those in attendance to open their hearts to God and others.
Tuesday, September 30, 20140442Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presided at a Sept. 30 news conference as the Catholic Diocese of Dallas formally kicked off its $125 million capital campaign, “Our Faith…Our Future,” and celebration of the diocese’s 125th anniversary at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Friday, May 9, 20140456Several Catholic schools and parishes, along with some non-profit groups, were among the recipients of more than $550,000 in grants from The Catholic Foundation during the Catholic philanthropic organization’s spring ceremony held April 30 at San Juan Diego Catholic Church.
Monday, April 28, 20140266Hundreds 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, January 3, 20140649Rubbing 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.
