In the August 2024 episode of “Diocese in the News,” we highlight the annual Diocese of Dallas Blue Mass celebrated by Bishop Edward J. Burns at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe as well as a Mass of Consecration to the Order of Virgins for Karen Bless, a campus minister at the University of Dallas, and the diocesan delegation’s trip to the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.
“Diocese in the News” is a collaboration between The Texas Catholic and the Diocese of Dallas.
In the inaugural episode of “Diocese in the News,” we highlight the ordination of four men to the priesthood for…
St. Mary Catholic Parish in Sherman celebrates 150 years of faith and fellowship.
The Catholic Foundation awarded $1.7 million to 34 Dallas-area Catholic schools and parishes as well as several community organizations during its 2024 spring grant ceremony, held April 18 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Community in Plano.
Each year, St. Rita Catholic School students line the hallways to clap and cheer as eighth graders walk one last time through school prior to graduating. The Class of 2020 eighth graders, however, did not get that opportunity as schools were operating remotely due to the pandemic. As part of this year’s Catholic Schools Week celebration, members of that class were welcomed back for the special Mass and their very “Clap Out” celebration.
As part of the celebration of Catholic Schools Week 2024, students at Holy Family Catholic Academy in Irving on Jan. 29 walked to a nearby neighborhood park, picking up trash along the streets and in the park in an effort to give back to their community.
Please watch this special video as Bishop Edward J. Burns extends his warmest Christmas wishes and calls upon us to join together in prayer for peace, both in the world and within our homes.
Bishop Edward J. Burns is calling for peace in the embattled Holy Land. As intense fighting continues in Jerusalem, the faithful of the Diocese of Dallas are asked to keep in prayer the people in the land where Jesus lived, died, and rose for us. Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us and with us.