WEB EXTRA | ASH WEDNESDAY 2014

Father Robert Williams, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in West Oak Cliff, distributes ashes to a student on Ash Wednesday.

VIDEO: Dallas-area Catholics mark start of Lent

Thousands of Catholics, from teachers, students and parents at Diocese of Dallas schools to workers downtown and in other areas, flocked to Masses across North Texas, initiating the Lenten season by receiving ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday services. Read more →

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VOICES: Why Ash Wednesday is important

As Catholics across the Diocese of Dallas attended Masses at different parishes, The Texas Catholic was on hand to ask them “Why is Ash Wednesday important to our faith?” Find out what they had to say about Ash Wednesday. Read more →

Awards honor diocesan volunteers

Diocese of Dallas volunteers, from left, Flor Chavira and Jesus Chavira of Divine Mercy of Our Lord Catholic Church in Mesquite, Johnny Ramos and Ann Marie Shubert of Good Shepherd Catholic Parish in Garland hold up their Bishop’s Award medals to be blessed by Bishop Kevin J. Farrell during Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 22. (JENNA TETER/The Texas Catholic)

With family and friends in attendance, nearly 150 people from 77 parishes and Catholic organizations were recognized by Bishop Kevin J. Farrell for their outstanding service to the church. Those recognized were bestowed the Bishop’s Award for Service to the Church during a Mass and ceremony at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 22. Read more →

‘Every human life is beautiful’

Tim O' Flaherty, of Lewisville, carries a banner of Our Lady of Lebanon as he walks with his family during the Stand4Life: Dallas March for Life, on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 in Downtown Dallas. (Ben Torres/Special Contributor)

Thousands of people converged on downtown Dallas for the 2014 March for Life Mass at the Dallas Convention Center, a venue that Bishop Kevin J. Farrell said to thunderous applause that he would like to outgrow within the next two years. Read more →

The Gift of Giving Back

President Michael Earsing, at right, introduces José Tello, winner of the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award, during a special assembly at Jesuit College Preparatory School Oct. 18. (Jenna Teter/Texas Catholic)

José Tello is trim, serene and unpretentious. He wears wire-rimmed glasses that seem to magnify eyes that gaze on all with earnest gratitude and boundless compassion. His smile comes at intervals, like a sun shower. It warms but does not blaze into a grin, because some of the 32-year-old pain of his arrival in Dallas shapes his demeanor, even now. Read more →

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Pope Francis places ashes on head of Slovakian Cardinal Jozef Tomko during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome March 5. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: Lent comes to “reawaken” us

Pope Francis leads opening prayer during a meeting of cardinals in the synod hall at the Vatican Feb. 20. The pope asked the world's cardinals and those about to be made cardinals to meet at the Vatican Feb. 20-21 to discuss the church's pastoral approach to the family. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: Deeper, loving approach to families needed

Pope Francis prays as he leads vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 25. With Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and other Christian representatives present and reading some of the prayers, Pope Francis presided over the service. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Tim O' Flaherty, of Lewisville, carries a banner of Our Lady of Lebanon as he walks with his family during the Stand4Life: Dallas March for Life, on Jan. 18 in downtown Dallas. (BEN TORRES/Special Contributor)

March for Life 2014

Members of the Bishop Dunne Catholic School Animal Rescue Club, clockwise from back left, Danae Jackson, Maya Hightower, Teresa Slettebeo, J.P. Coronado and Amanda Greene pose with one of their success stories, Henry, a rescued dog. (Michael Gresham/The Texas Catholic)

Catholic School Week 2014

North Texas Catholic Men’s Conference

Father Rudy Garcia, pastor and rector, uses incense during the Easter Mass on March 31 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Hundreds of parishioners came to celebrate the risen Lord at Easter Sunday Mass. (Special Contributor/ Juan Guajardo)

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