It was baseball, in a sense, that first took Walker Alsobrooks away from the Mass — packing his Saturdays and Sundays so full that his parents stopped taking him to church each weekend — but it was baseball, too, that had a hand in leading him back, according to the newly baptized University of Dallas student athlete, who was initiated into the Catholic Church this Easter Vigil.
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On a recent Tuesday evening, a small group gathered online via Zoom to study the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians. The discussion focused on a passage describing how St. Paul organized a collection to support struggling communities, marking an early example of solidarity across distance and difference.
Before a child opens a textbook, walks down a school hallway, or puts pencil to paper in a classroom, she has already received an education in the important lessons of life from a woman, said Sister Sandra Helton, SSND, as she welcomed more than 300 registered attendees to the 14th annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch on March 25.
In the stillness of the All Saints Catholic Community chapel, parishioners of the Dallas church quietly kicked off a special year of celebration in the presence of the eucharistic Lord. Beginning on March 26 — a half century to the day from the parish’s founding in 1976 — and continuing into March 28, the “50 Hours of Adoration for 50 Years” marked the first of a series of Eucharist-focused golden jubilee events planned to commemorate the milestone anniversary.
Forty men preparing for the permanent diaconate in the Diocese of Dallas were instituted as acolytes March 22 by Bishop Edward J. Burns at Mount St. Michael Catholic School, marking a significant step toward ordination.
Giovanni “Gio” Mandujano once believed his future was in finance. As a financial adviser, he entered a profession shaped by markets and the pursuit of growth. Over time, however, the experience led him to an unexpected realization: His true calling was not in managing portfolios or tracking market trends. Instead, he felt called to serve God — a purpose that would ultimately reshape the direction of his life.
Katie Boone made the decision to begin working at Howdy Homemade Ice Cream almost four years ago for a simple reason: “I wanted a job,” the St. Monica Catholic Church parishioner said matter-of-factly, “and there are not a lot of places that hire special needs people.”
St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Plano hosted its second Hot Wings Challenge on March 8 after the 5 p.m. Mass.
For years, the St. Cecilia Catholic Parish community has prayed the Stations of the Cross inside the church. This Lent, a group of parishioners took that devotion a step further, walking 100 kilometers — an average of about 13 miles a day — over six days in Spain. Their goal: to help make a long-held dream a reality by building an outdoor Stations of the Cross garden at the parish.
Bishop Edward J. Burns celebrated a solemn liturgy marking the 40th anniversary of the Neocatechumenal Way in the Diocese of Dallas on March 1 at SMU’s Moody Coliseum. More than 4,000 people attended.