St. Therese of the Child Jesus would carry in her pocket a string of beads with a tiny crucifix at the end. Each time she offered something up she would slide a bead toward the cross. Her goal was each day to bring 10 offerings to Jesus. I’ve made a similar string of prayerful faith beads for Lent, loving how its tiny weight in my pocket encouraged me to look for ways to be of service to others, or to offer up an abstinence or penance.
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The role of the laity in the Church in Dallas is vital, Bishop Edward J. Burns told participants in a Diocese of Dallas Synod listening session on Communications and Evangelization on Feb. 25 at John Paul High School.
The work of journalists is to listen and convey the truth of what was really said, Pope Francis told a Catholic weekly magazine.
Travis Nolan paused outside the campus Catholic center at Southern Methodist University to snap a quick photograph of a building framed against the early morning sky. His progress across the parking lot on Feb. 4 marked an early start to an otherwise quiet, sleepy Saturday morning.
The call to make sacrifices for others out of love remains urgent as so many people continue to suffer from war, violence, exclusion and poverty, Pope Francis said.
More than 1,000 participants converged on the Frisco Convention Center Feb. 17-19 for the annual Dallas Catholic Youth Conference. This year’s three-day conference, hosted by the Diocese of Dallas Office of Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministries, saw attendance swell by more than 200 as compared to the one held in 2022, which was the first since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ash Wednesday marks the start of a time of opportunities. An opportunity to celebrate faith. An opportunity to acknowledge sins. An opportunity to ask forgiveness. And an opportunity to prepare for Easter. All those opportunities, Bishop Edward J. Burns said, help the faithful grow in their love of God.
Tradition is a source of inspiration for seeking out new paths to take with Jesus and for avoiding the traps of stagnation or impromptu experimentation, Pope Francis said.
We typically associate the word “invention” with modern scientific breakthroughs, brilliant and painstaking achievements by geniuses producing civilizational advancements and mastery over the forces of nature. Human ingenuity has produced astonishing developments, from the printing press to the combustion engine to the Internet, with new inventions, some of them promising to alter the very fabric of humanity, on the horizon.
Applause from a standing room crowd echoed throughout the ballroom at the Hilton Anatole as Jack E. Pratt Sr. received the Catholic Foundation Award during the 40th Annual Catholic Foundation Award Dinner on Feb. 4.