FROM PRINT | DECEMBER 13, 2013

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)

The Gift of Giving Back

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 celebrates his 77th birthday

Children watch as Pope Francis blows out candles on a birthday cake presented to him during an audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 14. The pope turns 77 on Dec. 17. The audience was for families assisted by the St. Martha Dispensary, a maternal and pediatric clinic located at the Vatican. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)

As part of a low-key celebration of his 77th birthday, Pope Francis had breakfast with three people who live on the streets near the Vatican. A small dog, belonging to one of the homeless men, was also on the guest list. The pope started the day with his usual morning Mass held in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae residence where he lives. Read more →

Annual Roe Memorial Mass moving to new venue

Pro life supporter Tiffany Oplacio kneels during communion of the pro life mass, on Jan. 19, 2013 at the Cathedral in Downtown Dallas. (Ben Torres/Special Contributor)

Organizers of the 2014 Roe Memorial Mass and Dallas March for Life are busily preparing for a major change in venue. While both events are scheduled Jan. 18, the Mass will now be held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, formerly the Dallas Convention Center. Read more →

Pope Francis names new Texas, Mississippi bishops

Pope Francis has named Father Joseph R. Kopacz (left) as the next bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Scranton, Pa. Monsignor Michael Sis (right), an Austin diocesan priest, was named bishop of San Angelo. Bishop-designate Kopacz will be ordained and installed on Feb. 6, 2014. Bishop-designate Sis will be ordained and installed on Jan. 27. (Photos courtesy CNS)

Pope Francis has named a Pennsylvania pastor from the Diocese of Scranton to be bishop of Jackson, Miss., and the vicar general of the Diocese of Austin, Texas, to be bishop of San Angelo, Texas. The pope appointed Father Joseph R. Kopacz, 63, a Scranton diocesan priest who is pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Mount Pocono, Pa., to succeed Jackson Bishop Joseph N. Latino, who is 76. He appointed Msgr. Michael J. Sis, 53, an Austin diocesan priest who has been vicar general since 2010, to succeed San Angelo Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer, also 76. Read more →

The Catholic Foundation awards $792,000 in grants

Father Jimwell Goyo of St. James Catholic Church hugs trustee Raul Estrada and receives a grant from The Catholic Foundation Nov. 20 at Holy Family of Nazerath Catholic School.

Amid a spirit of generosity and camaraderie, The Catholic Foundation distributed $792,990 to 25 entities in the Diocese of Dallas during the foundation’s Fall Grant Ceremony on Nov. 20 at Holy Trinity Community Life Center. Recipients included schools, parishes and non-profit organizations that serve the local Catholic Community. Individual grants ranged from $2,500 to $75,000 during the ceremony, which was one of two that the foundation holds annually. Read more →

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At St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church, Father Gustavo Domenech, left, and Father Gaston Giacinti, both from Argentina, are excited for their countryman, Pope Francis, the first South American pope. (JENNA TETER/The Texas Catholic)

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