Wednesday, November 20, 20130472WASHINGTON—On Nov. 25, 1963, a television audience of millions of people around the world prayerfully bid farewell to President John F. Kennedy, as his flag-draped coffin was placed before the sanctuary of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, during the funeral Mass for the slain president.
Wednesday, November 20, 20130781The following document is from the Warren Commission report, Volume 21, Price Exhibit #7. It is the testimony of Steve Landregan, historian and archivist for the Diocese of Dallas, and former editor of The Texas Catholic. On November 22-24, 1963 Landregan was Assistant Administrator at Parkland Hospital and was one of the many members of...
Wednesday, November 20, 20130213Thanksgiving is at the core of our Judeo/Christian tradition. “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, and His mercy endures forever,” (Psalm 106) is probably the most repeated phrase in the Hebrew Scriptures. It acknowledges our dependence on God and His abundant love and mercy, but it also recognizes our need to share our abundance...
Wednesday, November 20, 20130159With a handful of alumni from the 1960s on hand, Bishop Dunne Catholic School students and administrators unveiled an exhibit Nov. 15 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The exhibit, which is on display in the school’s library, was the result of a month-long project conducted by...
Tuesday, November 19, 20130254On Nov. 13, history came alive for the sixth and seventh grade students of James L. Collins Catholic School, as they walked through Dealey Plaza and toured the Sixth Floor Museum in downtown Dallas.
Tuesday, November 19, 20130342As they walked through the Sixth Floor Museum on Nov. 13, history students from Bishop Lynch High School got their first tangible glimpse of what happened on Nov. 22, 1963, a day remembered as a painful part of Dallas’ history.
Sunday, November 10, 20130447Like many Mexican-Americans of her time, Leanor Villareal remembers well the hope that President John F. Kennedy brought to those like her. As Dallas prepared for the president’s visit on Nov. 22, 1963, many Mexican-Americans were primed to pay homage to one they believed would deliver them from hopelessness.
Saturday, November 9, 20130142WASHINGTON—The president who admonished Americans to “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” didn’t live to see how it played out, but there are plenty of people trying to keep his vision alive.
Friday, November 8, 20130317The ill-fated Kennedy motorcade, Lee Harvey Oswald’s perch on the sixth floor, the grassy knoll, the “Badge Man,” the “Umbrella Man” and the Moorman Polaroid all vividly came to life on Oct. 29 for 11 Cistercian history students when Father Anthony Bigney took his class studying the assassinations of Presidents Kennedy and...
Friday, November 8, 20130363Fifty years ago, a sparkling city shifted in seconds to a heartsick shadow of its former self. When Dallas became the scene of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, the death in Dealey Plaza eclipsed facets of the city’s image as a growing and nimble business center. A reeling, grief-stricken world began to...
