While crowding against the railings of St. Peter’s Square during a Dec. 31 blessing of the Vatican’s Nativity scene, students of Mary Immaculate Catholic School began to take up the tune of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” As they raised the hymn, the students were greatly surprised to discover the addition of a new voice: that of Pope Leo XIV, who had paused in his rounds to join in the festive song.
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In a jubilant celebration of the gift of life, hundreds of north Texans are expected to gather in Dallas Jan. 17 for the Catholic Pro-Life Community’s annual North Texas Youth Rally and Bilingual Pro-Life Mass.
With prayer, worship, and fellowship, thousands of college-aged Catholics gathered in north Texas to start the new year with a call to deepen their faith and seek a personal encounter with Christ.
Over the years, St. Mark Catholic School’s annual Christmas pageant has become a cherished tradition for its community, celebrating the birth of Christ through music, performance, and faith.
With Bibles in tow, the St. Jude Collin County Juvenile Detention Center Ministry teams trek through a maze of hallways and past a series of heavy metal doors to bring the light of Christ into the confines of Collin County’s juvenile detention center, illuminating the young hearts and minds within.
On Jan. 4, Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Parish in Irving joyfully celebrated its annual Multi-Cultural Epiphany Mass, a beautiful witness to the universality of our Catholic faith. Parishioners gathered as one family to honor the feast of the Epiphany, when Christ revealed Himself to the whole world and proclaimed that salvation is for everyone.
The stars above — about 2,000 of them — called artist Catherine Brandt home to the Diocese of Dallas this year as a decorator in St. Ann Catholic Parish’s Transcend campaign.
For more than 28 years, St. Monica Catholic Parish has guided the Christmas Angel Program — a ministry that brings hope and joy to families experiencing difficult times. This program unites St. Monica’s entire community — parish, school, and parishioners — through shared service, compassion, and faith. Through the program, the St. Monica community serves families within its parish boundaries, including parishioners, faith formation families, and school families.
Thousands of young voices joined together in hearty chants of “Leo! Leo! We love Leo!” following Pope Leo XIV’s first live digital encounter with the youth of the United States this November. As an onstage participant in the encounter, St. Rita Catholic Church parishioner Rebekah Billmeier had a “front row” seat to the stirring moment of Church history.
Father Paolo Capra described the moment as fleeting but profoundly significant. On Nov. 28, he was standing at the door of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul with a brick in his hands. Then, Pope Leo XIV emerged and blessed the piece.