The Texas Catholic recently spoke with Deacon Shawn P. French, diocesan associate director of Hospital and Care Center Ministries, about how trained lay ministers can support the Church’s ministry to the sick, the homebound, and their families.
Resting at Christ’s feet for the healing of a leper or prancing by his side during the Wedding at Cana, a dog named Bono it a firsthand canine witness to the wonders of the Gospels in the podcast “Bono the Good Boy.”
Although Joseph Lucido has long been a steady presence within his parish community — pushed to Mass in his wheelchair week after week by his parents — it was only recently that his family felt a full initiation into the Catholic Church was within reach for the St. Patrick Catholic Church parishioner. This month, Joseph joyfully defied the odds, receiving the sacraments of holy Communion and confirmation at a St. Patrick sensory-friendly Mass on Oct. 11.
More than 900 parish leaders and volunteers gathered Oct. 3 at Bishop Lynch High School with a common question: How can we better help others encounter Christ and grow in faith?
Bishop Edward J. Burns called on Catholics in the Diocese of Dallas to pray for Pope Leo XIV after the pope was diagnosed with lung cancer, asking them to seek healing and strength for the Holy Father.
Streaming through the rose windows of the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, rays of sunlight fell upon the lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals gathered in the pews below, as they asked the Holy Spirit to illuminate their hearts and minds during a Red Mass on Sept. 26. Among the worshipers was United States Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, who that evening was honored with the 2026 St. Thomas More Award.
As the global community marks World Mental Health Day Oct. 10, the U.S. Catholic bishops have renewed their ongoing commitment to address an issue the Vatican has named an “urgent pastoral challenge.”
The annual Diocese of Dallas Bishop’s Invitational Golf Tournament raised more than $735,000 for tuition assistance at Catholic schools across the diocese, pushing the tournament’s 16-year fundraising total above $10 million.
A few weeks ago, several high schoolers from St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Parish did not know much about Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
Warm welcomes of “¡Qué gusto en verte de nuevo!” and “¿Cómo estás, todo bien?” greeted newcomers as they trickling into a common room on the St. Rita Catholic Community campus on Sept. 21. Spilling into their seats, those gathered soon turned their attention to Luisa Teresa Ravelo-Guedes, who had begun to sign herself “En el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo.” The evening’s St. Rita Spanish Conversational Class had officially commenced.