Lisa Linnebur promised herself there would be no tears on Father Stephen Mocio’s final day before retiring as pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Denison; but after nearly 10 years as one of Father Mocio’s closest advisors and friends, it was harder to say goodbye than she thought it would be.
Diocese
The Catholic Diocese of Dallas is pleased to announce that Bishop Edward J. Burns has appointed Jeannette C. Lambert as the new Superintendent of Catholic Schools. Mrs. Lambert will assume this role immediately, continuing her dedicated service to Catholic education in North Texas.
The heavens opened at Christ’s baptism and have not closed since, according to Brad Hubbard, the campus director for the Dallas satellite campus of Encounter School of Ministry.
In a decades-old family photo, an infant Julie Elizabeth Martin — now Sister Juliana Guadalupe, S.V. — is bundled in pink and tucked snuggly into a stroller. Then one month old, the young Martin is pictured alongside her parents and brother during a pro-life rally at the Rhode Island State House.
As the St. Rita Catholic Community continues to process the devastating events that unfolded in the Texas Hill Country over the July 4th holiday, the community joins countless others in mourning the heartbreaking loss of two of its students, Blair and Brooke Harber, whose young lives were tragically cut short by flash flooding along the Guadalupe River.
Sixty-four young men representing 46 different schools and 27 parishes across the Diocese of Dallas gathered May 31 for the 2025 Calling of Andrew: Venite et Videte Retreat, an immersive weekend designed to help them prayerfully discern whether God may be calling them to the priesthood.
On June 3, more than 300 members of the local community gathered at On the Levee in Dallas for the Dinner and a Show with Fr. B event.
Texas artists 18 years of age and older have until Sept. 10 to submit one original work of art and vie for the $5,000 grand prize in the 20th annual Catholic Foundation Art On The Plaza competition.
With public processions, faith-filled celebrations, and deep devotion, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made its way through the Diocese of Dallas June 3-5, drawing Catholics from across the diocese into communion with Christ and marking a significant milestone in the U.S. Church’s three-year National Eucharistic Revival.
More than 200 men showed up to Mass on Sunday, June 15, wearing an identical green-and-white striped polo shirt emblazoned with a Chi Rho symbol — unaware they had all been lovingly duped by their wives and kids.