After the Sanctus, the thanksgiving prayer to the father through the son continues and leads us to the epiclesis, a solemn invocation of the Holy Spirit to consecrate the gifts of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ.
Thursday, June 12, 20140366As the world peeked in at the preparations and the schedule of Pope Francis’ visit to the Holy Land, there were many speculations made concerning what impact this pilgrimage would have for peace and for unity in the Middle East.
Saturday, May 31, 20140584On Saturday, May 31, four men were ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Dallas as Bishop Kevin J. Farrell celebrated a Mass and Rite of Ordination at the Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, welcoming Father Kevin Charles Wilwert, Father Martin Mbugua Mwangi, Father Juan Carlos Marín Cortés and Father Luca Simbula. Each...
Friday, May 9, 20140438On a recent afternoon, Veronica Aviles turned her wheelchair into the Crime Analysis Division of the Midwest City Police Department. Officers greeted their department intern with appreciative grins as she powered her chair into position at a desk that held computers. Aviles, a 2009 graduate of Bishop Dunne Catholic School who attended...
Monday, April 28, 20140269Hundreds 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, April 25, 20140198Just days before Pope Francis canonizes two of his predecessors in a ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, Romans are bracing for the arrival of as many as 3 million outsiders. Nineteen heads of state, 24 prime ministers and 23 government ministers from various countries are due in Rome April 27-28 for the canonization of Blessed John XXIII...
Thursday, April 24, 20140127Catholics in parishes throughout the Diocese of Dallas marked the 2014 Holy Week and Easter with faithful celebration. Beginning on Palm Sunday and all the way through Easter Sunday Masses, The Texas Catholic was on hand to photograph parish Easter season celebrations.
Monday, March 17, 20140371A strong thread of purpose ran through the chitchat and laughter in the parish hall adjacent to St. Joseph Catholic Church on a recent Wednesday night. Eighteen members of the parish’s Catholic Student Organization for the Texas A&M-Commerce campus discussed plans for the group’s Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross while the...
Wednesday, March 5, 20140277Thousands of Catholics, from teachers, students and parents at Diocese of Dallas schools to workers downtown and in other areas, flocked to Masses across North Texas, initiating the Lenten season by receiving ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday services.
Friday, February 7, 20140241The U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops in February is issuing a call to prayer for life, marriage and religious liberty. USCCB asks Catholics to observe National Marriage Week (Feb. 7-14) as “an opportunity to celebrate Jesus’ love demonstrated through the love of husband and wife — gift and blessing of marriage.
