Para Abby Orr, la educación católica ha sido una parte importante de su vida desde la infancia: primero como estudiante, luego como maestra y ahora como directora de escuela.
Orr, la nueva directora de la escuela católica Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro, creció en la escuela católica San Pablo Apóstol en Richardson (ahora Escuela Clásica Católica San Pablo), a la que asistió desde el jardín de infancia hasta el octavo grado. Sus padres, Bill y Chrissie Keffler, han participado activamente en la Diócesis de Dallas desde que se unieron a la parroquia católica San Pablo Apóstol en 1983. Su ejemplo influyó en la visión que Orr tiene de la fe, la familia y la educación.
Entre el 9 y el 18 de junio pasado un grupo de 38 estudiantes y 12 profesores de las preparatorias católicas Bishop Dunne, Bishop Lynch, John Paul II, Cistercian y la Academia Ursulina de Dallas, viajaron en misión a la comunidad de Santa María de Dota en la región central de Costa Rica, en Centroamérica.
Para cuando regresaron a Dallas, el resultado de la visita de los jóvenes dejaba huellas profundas en esa comunidad y en sus corazones.
Between the four of them, longtime friends Scarlett Schwegmann, Georgia Slovacek, Sarah Keyes, and Abigail Bussey have played soccer, basketball, cross country, track and field, golf, cheerleading, and volleyball; and whether stepping onto the court or the course or the field or the track, each knows the thrill of donning a team uniform, lacing on a pair of shoes, and beginning a beloved sport.
The trees were shorter, the surrounding city sparser, and the student population smaller when Gregory Roper began his undergraduate education at the University of Dallas more than four decades ago. As he now undertakes the responsibility of leading the university’s undergraduate school as the new dean of the Constantin College of Liberal Arts, much about his alma mater’s campus is different than it once was — but the mission at the heart of the school, he said, remains the same.
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The Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a beloved, eye-catching, and historically significant landmark in the heart of Dallas, Texas, was granted the prestigious designation of a National Shrine by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops in September 2023 in response to an initiative by Bishop Edward J. Burns, eighth bishop of the Diocese of Dallas. This significant milestone reflects the Cathedral’s enduring cultural and religious significance within the community and the broader context of the United States.
Now known as the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Cathedral is located in the heart of downtown Dallas and has long been a place of pilgrimage for Catholics, especially Catholics from Mexico and Latin America.

























