More than 1,000 men from 111 Catholic churches were encouraged to be people of joy in a broken world during the 14th annual North Texas Catholic Men’s Conference.
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A smile never left the face of Sister Lois Castillon, O.S.U., as she spoke to coaches, teammates, alumni, and family on Feb. 20 as part of a celebration for a new boat for Ursuline Academy of Dallas’ rowing team.
A lifelong fascination with bookmaking and a desire to serve led Bill Woster to take charge of his Knights of Columbus council’s prayer book ministry 13 years ago. Since then, Woster has greatly expanded the ministry, producing more than 36,000 prayer books to be distributed in the Diocese of Dallas and beyond.
For the first time since Pope Francis was hospitalized in mid-February, the Vatican press office released a photograph of him March 16; the image shows him concelebrating Mass that morning in the chapel of his suite of rooms at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.
The elevation Mass of St. Nicholas Basilica in Amsterdam to co-cathedral attracted a large crowd of attendees and dignitaries from home and abroad to the Dutch capital on March 8.
This Lent, God calls upon us to once again grow in our prayer, fasting, and charity.
Pope Francis spent the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy undergoing physiotherapy at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, but he was well enough to celebrate it in little ways.
Pope Francis’ condition continues to be stable and a chest x-ray “confirmed the improvements recorded in the previous days,” his doctors said, but without saying his double pneumonia had cleared up completely.
Twice a week, a long line of cars stretches around the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church parking lot to meet a truck loaded with fresh produce, frozen proteins, and canned goods; and twice a week, Cathy Mease is there too, helping families gain access to the food they need.
A national system of Catholic high schools, launched to meet the needs of underserved families, is honoring alumni who have become leaders in an array of industries — and in their communities.