Protected in big, white beekeeping gear, under a bright midday sun, fifth grade students David Silva and Nicolas McAllister carefully inspect beehive frames as hundreds of bees swarm around them. The boys look attentively at the frames; they note the color of the pollen, the amount of honey, the eggs; they try to spot the queen among the crawling hoard of yellow insects.
Diocese of Dallas
The 14th Annual Bishop’s Invitational Golf Tournament welcomed golfers, supporters, and community members to Stonebriar Country Club to once again raise funds for Catholic education in the Diocese of Dallas.
As Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly looked over a crowd of hundreds of middle school youth Oct. 19 at John Paul II High School in Plano, he had a simple question for them: Did they see themselves going to Mass every Sunday for the rest of their lives? He was greeted with a resounding, “Yes!”
Established by the Diocese of Dallas in 1994 as the Catholic Conference and Formation Center, Saint Raphael this year is celebrating 30 years of serving as a cornerstone for spiritual and mission retreats, diaconate formation, marriage preparation workshops, and more.
Friends and family gathered at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church on Oct. 5 as Bishop Edward J. Burns celebrated a Mass for the Rite of Admission to Candidacy for Holy Orders for more than 40 men from parishes across the Diocese of Dallas discerning the permanent diaconate.
For Catholic Pro-Life Community’s Carmella Faillaci, youth and young adult pro-life outreach looks like joy, relationship-building, and an expansive view of respect life ministry.
Wonder in God’s presence should be central to our experience of worship, said Diocese of Dallas Office of Worship Director Jeanne Marie Miles ahead of the Oct. 26 Contours of Wonder formation workshop.
Through an initiative called Wheelchair Sundays, parishes in the diocese have contributed $661,000 of the $1.2 million raised in Texas. The effort is made possible by a partnership between the American Wheelchair Mission, the Knights of Columbus, and diocesan parishes.
After more than four decades of priesthood, 33 of the years serving in the Diocese of Dallas, Father Eduardo González is retiring from parish service, leaving behind strong bonds of fraternity and robust spiritual roots.
After Jesus’ Resurrection, the last chapter of John’s Gospel tells us that Jesus revealed Himself to His disciples as they were fishing. The disciples had been fishing all night and had caught nothing, but Jesus came into their midst and asked them to try once more: “Cast the net over the right side of the boat, and you will find something.” The disciples trusted Christ and put their effort behind that trust, and they filled their nets that day. It is with this same confidence that we embark again on our shared mission to promote priestly and religious vocations.