Under clear blue skies and with a warm wind blowing, Jesus in the Eucharist spent part of Memorial Day on the water traveling from Florida to Georgia as part of the second day of this summer’s National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
As he prepared for his ordination to the priesthood by Bishop Edward J. Burns on May 23, 2026, Matthew Biaggi spoke with The Texas Catholic about a faith journey sparked by seeing Pope Benedict XVI in New York and that grew through mission work and finding a new home in Dallas, Texas.
At a time when digital technologies are developing at a rapid and unpredictable pace, every single person must decide if she or he will be: a passive bystander; an unhelpful commentator; an avaricious architect of a new “Tower of Babel”; or a patient, hope-filled builder of a “civilization of love,” Pope Leo XIV said in his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas.”
It is not the accolades received, nor the projects completed, but the community encountered that Patrick Magee treasures most as he prepares to retire his post as president of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, the longtime administrator said. After more than two decades of leadership at the Dallas school, including more than a dozen years serving as the institution’s first president, Magee is stepping down from the position at the end of the 2025-2026 school year, with Lisa Long set to take up the mantle.
Tras la celebración de una misa el 23 de mayo, en la que el obispo Edward J. Burns ordenó sacerdotes…
En su centenario, las hermanas Misioneras Catequistas de los Pobres consolidan su legado como motor del ministerio hispano en Dallas….
Pope Leo XIV published his landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence “Magnifica Humanitas” May 25, comparing the attempt to build an AI future that excludes God to the “Tower of Babel” and underlining the need to safeguard human dignity as it is “threatened by new forms of dehumanization.”
Following the celebration of a Mass on May 23 where Bishop Edward J. Burns ordained Father Matthew Biaggi, Father Jeremy Maness, and Father Nicholas Weiss to the priesthood, the Diocese of Dallas announced new clergy assignments and appointments.
Like a seed that continues to bear fruit, the legacy planted in the Diocese of Dallas by the Missionary Catechists of the Poor was celebrated April 21 at St. Monica Catholic Church.
Before the Declaration of Independence was boldly signed in 1776, before pilgrims feasted at what became popularly regarded as the “First Thanksgiving” in 1621, there was St. Augustine, Florida.