Friday, December 14, 20180685A convincing Bishop Lynch Lady Friars basketball win over Carrollton Prince of Peace was only minutes old on Thursday evening, Nov. 29 when the school recognized coach Andy Zihlman’s 1,000th career victory with a banner lowered from the walkway above one baseline, a team photo was taken at midcourt and other celebratory events.
Thursday, November 15, 20180310Humanae Vitae is not an elegant treatise on the Church’s traditional teaching against artificial contraception. It lacks the philosophical brilliance of Pope John Paul II’s theology of the body, which appeared a decade or so after Pope Paul VI absorbed crushing criticism of his encyclical “on human life.” Cardinal Ratzinger...
Wednesday, October 31, 20180223I was sitting in the waiting area of Lambert Air Field in St. Louis Oct. 27. The plane from Pittsburgh was unloading a chattering group of travelers at Gate 16. The television monitor in the area suddenly began to announce that a terrible shooting had taken place at the Tree of Life Synagogue in that departure city.
Wednesday, October 31, 20180573
By Father Jacob Dankasa
Special to The Texas Catholic
As I was growing up with my family, we didn’t always gather together to pray every morning or night. Some of us would prefer not to wake early, or some wouldn’t be home when it was time for night prayers. Regardless of whether anyone was there or not, my mother would...
Wednesday, October 31, 20180252By Father John Bayer
Special to The Texas Catholic
I enjoy seeing religious wisdom vindicated by modern science. Let me tell you a brief story about myself.
A few years ago, I was basically crippled by food allergies and chronic pain in my feet, the latter apparently the result of an injury I sustained while exercising. Ever since...
Tuesday, October 23, 20180603For the second consecutive year, Catholic students at Southern Methodist University traveled to Mexico City during fall break, a pilgrimage and mission trip to bring needed supplies, prayers and hope to an area where the disparities between rich and pope are evident side-by-side in one of the world’s largest metropolis.
Thursday, October 18, 20180629As many of you might know, I am a twin. I am the twin of Dr. Jonathan Cargo, an eye doctor in Las Colinas who has six beautiful children and is married to his faithful and generous wife Kelly.
Thursday, October 18, 20180241Recently, I had a “throwback” day in my memory bank as the curch celebrated the feast day of St. John XXIII. It was also a day when our Salvadoran community was gearing up to welcome their beloved Archbishop Oscar Romero to the ranks of recognized saints.
Thursday, October 18, 20180562My friend Father Josh Whitfield of St. Rita Catholic Church recently wrote a fine Dallas Morning News op-ed in which he suggests that America is experiencing a political and cultural unraveling, both of which are symptoms of a more terrible spiritual malady.
Friday, October 5, 20180243Where can the faithful serve the church as Latinos? That was the question on the minds of thousands after four days of dialogue and fellowship focused them on finding better ways to minister to Hispanic Catholics in the United States. Blanca Balderas and Francisco López, parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco,...
