Every year at the end of July, our parish staff sets aside a week for staff development. This is a time to pause, reflect, and prepare our hearts and our ministries for the coming school and faith formation year. It’s a week of spiritual renewal, shared learning, and, yes, even a bit of office cleaning as we reset for the months ahead. We invite speakers, share stories, and encourage one another in the mission we carry together.
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Police officers, firefighters, and emergency personnel routinely face situations most people never have to witness. At the ninth annual Diocese of Dallas Blue Mass and Blessing of the Fleet on Aug. 8, first responders gathered at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe to pray and to be recognized for their work.
Jordan announced the start of its preparations for the historic 2,000th anniversary of the Baptism of Jesus Christ in 2030 at the site where it took place at Bethany Beyond the Jordan, also known as Al-Maghtas.
Pope Leo XIV sent a donation of 100,000 euros (approximately $115,321) for humanitarian relief efforts in Colombia, which is still reeling in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake early this week.
This past week, I had the privilege of making a pilgrimage to the shrine of Bl. Stanley Rother in Oklahoma City. I was accompanied by a lay leader within the diocese as well as two of our priests. It was especially meaningful, because we arrived on July 28, his feast day.
DALLAS– El regreso a clases que inició esta semana en las escuelas católicas de la Diócesis de Dallas, contó para los estudiantes de tres escuelas del oeste, con la preparación espiritual y académica de sus maestros, directores y personal administrativo.
El pasado 3 de agosto directores y maestros de las escuelas católicas de Santa Cecilia, Santa María del Carmelo (SMC) y la Academia Católica Santa Clara de Asís, participaron en un retiro de preparación para el nuevo año escolar bajo el lema “tres escuelas, una misión, unidos en la fe”.
Pope Leo XIV encouraged sisters to foster vocations to religious life in the United States in a video message sent Aug. 12.
A suit and tie may not be the image that leaps to mind at the word “saint,” but Legatus, an organization of Catholic executives and their spouses, has long sought to foster sanctity precisely among those women and men who are leaders in the professional world.
El Papa León XIV expresó su profunda tristeza por las muertes y la destrucción provocadas por el fuerte terremoto que sacudió Colombia y dejó más de 100 muertos y decenas de edificios derrumbados.
El Papa ofreció sus oraciones “por el eterno descanso de los fallecidos y eleva al Señor sus oraciones por la pronta recuperación de los afectados por esta tragedia”, según un telegrama dirigido al arzobispo Francisco Javier Múnera Correa de Cartagena, presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Colombiana, firmado por el cardenal Pietro Parolin, Secretario de Estado del Vaticano.
A new report by the University of Notre Dame offers 12 key recommendations to improve seminarian formation, focusing on the more effective use of psychological services, while better addressing “special needs” and supporting chastity and celibacy.