The community of Bishop Lynch High School prayerfully gathered on the Feast of the Annunciation, April 8, 2024, with Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly for the dedication and blessing of a mosaic of Our Lady of Guadalupe near the school’s entrance.
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Parishioners from parishes and quasi-parishes throughout the Diocese of Dallas will be honored for their volunteer efforts at the annual Bishop’s Award for Service Mass at 10 a.m. on April 20 at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The special Mass recognizes lay men and women for their volunteer efforts benefiting ministries in the 77 total parish communities in the diocese. The Texas Catholic recently had the opportunity to visit with some of those men and women being honored. This is Tommy Benajmin’s story.
The community of Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Church in Irving gathered in celebration and prayer March 21 as Bishop Edward J. Burns celebrated a Mass for the Consecration of its renovated sanctuary. The renovated sanctuary is one part of a construction effort that began in August 2023 and included a new altar, ambo, pews, and baptismal font among other updates.
When seventeen-year-old Zoie Garcia decided she wanted to be baptized into the Church, in many ways, she brought her family with her.
“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” These famous words open 18th century composer Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation,” a musical depiction of the Genesis tale considered one of the composer’s masterpieces. The piece—which calls into mind the wonder of existence, the joy of creation, the glory of God, all through instrumentation and singing—will be performed by the Lafayette Musicians, accompanied by Cistercian Preparatory School students, on April 14 at Christ the King Catholic Church in Dallas.
On March 30, 2024, during the celebration of an Easter Vigil Mass, the fruits of several years labor to create a University Catholic Center at the UTD were on display as friends, family, and peers packed it to witness six UTD students become Catholic.
Qué es un eclipse solar? Students at St. Cecilia Catholic School in Oak Cliff prepared for the upcoming solar eclipse in English and Spanish, with an assist from SMU Spanish-language students on April 2. The university students led the lesson in both English and Spanish and guided the students in building a model.
FRISCO — Over a thousand youth from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, plus hundreds of chaperones and volunteers, filled the Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco Hotel & Convention Center with the buzz of worship and fellowship during this year’s Dallas Catholic Youth Conference, Feb. 16-18.
The University of Dallas has established an automatic acceptance rule for meritorious students of local Catholic schools: the Crusader Promise.
At St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Community in McKinney, ongoing renovations aim to make the parish a spiritual home of faith, fellowship, and community for its parishioners. As part of those efforts, a newly renovated 18,400-square-foot parish community center was unveiled to the greater St. Gabriel community Feb. 10 during an open house following the 5 p.m. Mass.