Help is on the way for 31 north Texas Catholic churches, schools, and nonprofits as The Catholic Foundation awarded $1.47 million in financial assistance for a range of projects that include campus enhancements, transportation assistance, and security during a luncheon at St. Ann Catholic Church on April 10.
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The bells of the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady Guadalupe rang for several minutes April 21, setting a solemn tone Easter Monday as Bishop Edward J. Burns celebrated a noon Mass for the Intentions of the Holy Father following the passing of Pope Francis earlier that morning.
Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the University of Dallas’ Dr. Susan Hanssen, a history professor on UD’s Irving and Rome campuses, and Dr. Ron Rombs, a theology professor and dean and director of UD’s Rome campus, offered guidance on what Catholics can expect during the current “interregnum,” the period between Pope Francis’ pontificate and the election of the next pontiff of the Catholic Church.
The idea of becoming a nurse has been in Sharon Robinson’s head almost her whole life. The St. Ann Catholic Church parishioner can recall those early days, sitting next to her mother and watching a medical show; her mother would see a nurse on screen and remark to her daughter, “You’re going to be a nurse.” Call it a mother’s intuition: She was right.
The School Sisters of Notre Dame hosted the 13th annual Dallas Area Women’s Leadership Luncheon March 20 at the Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, attracting more than 300 attendees.
On March 29, 43 men journeying toward the permanent diaconate took a significant step in their formation as they were instituted as lectors in a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Edward J. Burns at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dallas.
The Diocese of Dallas is pleased to announce that Bishop Edward J. Burns has appointed Reverend Arthur Unachukwu as Vicar General, Moderator of the Curia and Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of Dallas, effective immediately.
More than 80 young adults from the Diocese of Dallas and across the United States joined the hosts of the “Godsplaining” podcast on March 21-23 at the St. Raphael Retreat Center for the first Dallas-based Godsplaining Young Adult Retreat.
The Catholic Pro-Life Community has named Diocese of Tyler Bishop Greg Kelly, former auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, as its 2025 Father Edward Robinson, O.P., Pro-Life Person of the Year.
Over the past year, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Plano has seen significant — and unprecedented — growth in the parish’s Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. The growth has been “sudden,” according to Director of Faith Formation Bruce Baumann, who said that the program had essentially tripled its number of participants from the year before.