Saturday, January 9, 20160350Parishioners in the Diocese of Dallas embraced the spirit and substance of the diocese’s “Our Faith...Our Future” capital campaign with such generosity and heart that pledges eclipsed the goal of $125 million before the solicitation period ended in December. The campaign surpassed its goal in November when money pledged totaled...
Friday, January 8, 20160290The Catholic Foundation, a Dallas-based, lay-led community foundation, on Jan. 8 provided a $200,000 grant to the Catholic Diocese of Dallas for disaster relief. The funds will help those affected by at least nine tornadoes and severe weather that occurred in North Texas on Dec. 26.
Saturday, January 2, 20160125The gift of mercy is a light that helps Christians reflect on the past year and radiates hope at the start of the new year, Pope Francis said.
Monday, December 28, 20150129Families need to open their doors to God and his love or they will harbor an individualism that endangers peace and joy, Pope Francis said on the feast of the Holy Family. Recognizing and encouraging the importance of strong and unified families is especially needed today when "the family is subjected to misunderstanding and difficulties...
Thursday, December 24, 20150135Stop for a moment and reflect on the Nativity scene that you have carefully arranged in your home, or the Christmas pageant that your children were in at the school. What does it really mean? Are we so used to seeing the depiction of the infant Jesus lying in a crib in a stable with Mary and Joseph, that it has become just another...
Friday, December 18, 20150236As the great feast of Christmas rushes in on us like a tsunami, many people are crying out in despair of ever having enough gifts purchased or of placing adequate decorations to festoon their houses or of baking cookies enough for their parties and dinners.
Thursday, December 17, 20150249
In his sixth homily for the Vigil of Christmas, St. Bernard suggests how we might best prepare for the coming of Christ into our hearts. He contrasts the newness of Christ with the novelties of this world. By always seeking what is new, we merely scratch our itch for more excitement, for more sensory intellectual stimulation. Yet the...
Wednesday, December 16, 20150588Pope Francis has named Msgr. Gregory Kelly, a priest of the Diocese of Dallas and vicar for clergy, to be an auxiliary bishop of the diocese. The appointment was announced locally by Bishop Kevin J. Farrell during a Dec. 16 news conference at the Diocese of Dallas Pastoral Center.
Tuesday, December 15, 20150139Pope Francis called for abolishing the death penalty worldwide, lifting the burden of debt on poor nations, global aid policies that respect life and revamped laws that welcome and integrate migrants. He urged individuals, communities and nations to not let indifference, information overload or pessimism discourage them from concrete...
Wednesday, December 9, 20150266“Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy,” the opening words of the Holy Father’s Bull Misericordiae Vultus, establishing the Jubilee Year of Mercy. ” Mercy the bridge that connects God and man, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness.”
