Sunday, March 3, 20190510“What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit.” These are the words of Charles Péguy, instigator, poet, soldier, Catholic. And they’re words which, for me, come to mind as we begin our Lent again.
Friday, March 1, 20190498With nearly 700 teens, more than 180 adult leaders and 134 staff and volunteers involved, the Dallas Catholic Youth Conference has grown into a massive undertaking. Despite all that, Jason Deuterman, director of the Diocese of Dallas’ office of youth, young adults and campus ministries, said it is all still done with one simple goal in...
Wednesday, February 27, 20190192This year of 2019 has been a blessed one full of opportunities to beef up our personal faith during the exercise of exorcising the many problems coming upon our church.
Thursday, February 14, 20190634A few weeks ago, Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Farmers Branch hosted “Treasures of the Church,” a traveling exhibition of sacred relics from the Vatican. By all appearances, it was a wonderful event.
Monday, February 11, 20190344In today’s world, technology has provided us with a means for easy and accessible communication with a global audience in addition to our everyday face-to-face interactions. The remote and often faceless nature of technology — through the internet and social media — has given many people the courage to express themselves in a way...
Friday, February 1, 20190348God does not experience or suffer emotions as we do. Theologians rightly point out that the divine essence, so utterly transcendent, not limited by bodily form, cannot be moved or changed in the way that human beings are, subject as we are to the passage of time, emotional upheaval, and our mortal bodies. Given the radical differences...
Thursday, January 31, 201901193Two Dominican nuns will join the faculty of Mary Immaculate Catholic School in Farmers Branch next fall, adding to the number of women religious already teaching in Diocese of Dallas Catholic schools.
Wednesday, January 16, 20190250Do you want a great book for our ideological times? Do you want to be challenged, no matter where you sit on the ideological spectrum between Left and Right? Well, then I’ve got a book for you: In Defense of Nature: The Catholic Unity of Environmental, Economic and Moral Ecology by Benjamin Wiker.
Tuesday, January 1, 20190467Parishes and schools in the Diocese of Dallas are among those that create communities that often feel as close as family. Some students and teachers alike form friendships that last a lifetime. For some staff and faculty at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic School their community truly is family. Just ask the O’Connors and...
Thursday, December 27, 20180441An elderly priest recounted to me a conversation he once had with a devout Muslim. The primary topic of their friendly dialogue was the identity of Jesus. When the priest had finished explaining the mystery of the Incarnation (that is, of God becoming fully human in Christ) as best he could, the Muslim snapped in response, “Why would...
