Every day there are connections in our lives with the illnesses, with the deaths, with the triumphs of other people. These folks might be our family or our neighbors or just some strangers with whom we happen to share a few moments of time or a little bit of space.
Friday, November 8, 20130207I like to write about good things. The Boy Scouts of America is one of the great treasures that is a part of many of our parishes in the Diocese of Dallas. This came to my mind as I reflected on the recent death of Lewis Duca, the father of Bishop Mike Duca who is Bishop of Shreveport and a priest of this diocese. Mr. Duca was “Mr....
Old age is a great gift from God, full of great challenges. In our young and adult years it is relatively easy to convince ourselves that we are sufficient to ourselves. God can wait since, for all practical purposes, we consider ourselves our own gods. But after a few skirmishes with death and as our strength wanes, we are forced to...
Monday, October 28, 20130214The mission of the Catholic Church will continue to be centered on Christ and Catholics must open up their hearts, receive a "spiritual pacemaker" from the Holy Spirit and be more like the "good Samaritan" to carry out God's will, Honduran Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga told attendees at a ministry conference Oct. 25.
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By Cathy Harasta
The Texas Catholic
Bishop Kevin J. Farrell recently sat down with Texas Catholic reporter Cathy Harasta for a Q&A, offering his reflections on President John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic U.S. president, and what he meant to Ireland, the bishop’s homeland, and to the world.
What impression did JFK and...
Friday, October 25, 20130488Growing up under the yoke of Soviet-controlled Hungary, Cistercian monks at Our Lady of Dallas said their experience taught them harsh lessons about the fruits of communism and the political realities that made a Western confrontation with it difficult for President John F. Kennedy and the United States.
Friday, October 25, 20130259A young First Family, captivating and chipper, reinvented life in the White House during John F. Kennedy’s 34-month presidency in the early 1960s. The Rose Garden flourished with First Lady Jackie, striking in Oleg Cassini designs, endearing children named Caroline and John-John, and even a pet pony, Macaroni—a gift from Vice...
Friday, October 25, 20130225IRVING— Business is getting a major boost at the University of Dallas. On Oct. 24, university President Thomas W. Keefe announced a $12 million gift to the university’s business program, made by Dallas entrepreneurs and alumni Satish and Yasmin Gupta.
Friday, October 25, 20130478In November 1963, the Catholic community in Dallas was very different from what it is today. We were bigger, but we were also smaller; bigger in the size of the diocese, which was then known as the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, but smaller in the number of Catholics. In 1963 there were 60 counties in the diocese with a Catholic...
Wednesday, October 23, 20130178As the country prepares to observe the life of President John F. Kennedy, marking the 50th anniversary of his death in Dallas, many people are recalling what he brought to a nation and the world at a critical time in history.
