The sun shone brightly that day on the 108-year-old sanctuary, which was filled to capacity with slightly more than 400 congregants, as Bishop Edward J. Burns helped Father Stephen Mocio celebrate St. Patrick Catholic Church’s 150th anniversary in Denison. The parish, located about two miles south of the Red River, is home to around 1,000 families.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted countless activities across the world over the past two years. Like many schools, All Saints Catholic School in north Dallas saw students moved to remote learning, implementation of cautionary safety procedures, and other changes to their daily school life. Concerns about the pandemic also led to a pause in one of the school’s core efforts: service to the community.
Moreno named diocesan Director of Evangelization, Catechesis and Family Life By Michel Gresham The Texas Catholic Following a call to…
Declaring it “a day of jubilation for the Diocese of Dallas,” Bishop Edward J. Burns celebrated a Mass on April 23 for the ordination of eight men to the transitional diaconate at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco.
Francisco Moran said it was God’s will that motivated him as a 23-year-old working as an elementary school teacher’s aide in Navarro County to stand before thousands of people in Rio de Janeiro and publicly commit to pursuing a vocation in the priesthood. Seven years into his assignment to the Redemptoris Mater seminary in war-torn Ukraine, Moran sat in a dining hall at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and similarly said, “If it’s His will for me to go back, then with His will I’ll go back.”
Pope Francis has asked bishops around the world to join him March 25 in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, something bishops in every part of the globe had started announcing the minute they heard what the pope had planned.
The preparatory phase for the Diocese of Dallas Synod 2024 is entering a new stage in its journey towards diocesan renewal.
Bishop also issues updates to diocesan reopening plan By Michael Gresham The Texas Catholic Bishop Edward J. Burns, celebrating an…
From staff reports On March 1, 2022, Bishop Edward J. Burns announced updates to the Phase 3 Decree outlining the…
Cheryl Mansour fought back tears as she introduced Lydia and Dan Novakov as the recipients of the 39th Annual Catholic Foundation Award Feb. 19 at the Hilton Anatole Dallas. For Mansour, the moment was surreal as she introduced a lifelong friend and noted how history sometimes has a way of repeating itself.