IN PRINT | CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2015

Father Jason Cargo talks to third-grade students in Thelma Lockwood's classroom at James L. Collins Catholic School in Corsicana. (DON JOHNSON/Special Contributor)

Celebrating Catholic Schools Week 2015

Catholic Schools Week is upon us once again. This year, The Texas Catholic featured five priests and the work they do in the life of Catholic school students around the Diocese of Dallas. For more on Catholic Schools Week, be sure to pick up our Jan. 23rd and Feb. 6 print editions of The Texas Catholic. Read more →

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Where there is hatred, let me sow love

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‘The Fifth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill’

Father Timothy Gollob

‘Light Is On helps guide faithful Catholics home

Father Roch Kereszty, O.Cist

Adoration of the Blessed Sacramentoutside the Eucharistic celebration

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Celebrating the gift of life

Pro-life supporters march through downtown Dallas during the North Texas March for Life Jan. 17. (BEN TORRES/Special Contributor)

More than 5,000 pro-life demonstrators gathered at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on Jan. 17 for the 2015 North Texas March for Life. The event was organized by the Dallas-based Catholic Pro-Life Committee in conjunction with the dioceses of Dallas and Fort Worth. Read more →

Parish donates more than 100,000 rosaries to Angola

Parishioner Micaela Olivarez, right, shows Philomena Mattingly, how to put together a holiday rosary at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Duncanville on Dec. 2. (JENNA TETER/The Texas Catholic)

Holy Spirit parishioner John Ndunduma wasn’t sure how youth ministry director Devyn Buschow would react late last year when he suggested the southwest Dallas County parish somehow donate 100,000 rosaries to his home country of Angola. Read more →

A life dedicated to others

Ed Leyden, president of Bishop Lynch High School, poses at the school on Dec. 16. Leyden will retire in June after serving as president for 33 years. (RON HEFLIN/Special Contributor)

When Bishop Lynch High School president Ed Leyden awards his final diploma at the end of the 2014-2015 school year, more than 6,000 students will have graduated from the school under his leadership. On June 30, Leyden will retire after 33 years at the helm at Bishop Lynch. It will mark the end of a 50-year career in education for Leyden and the end of an era for the school. Read more →

Catechists live, share faith with young Catholics

Catechist Jonathan Hoang, center, lectures during a seventh-grade faith formation class at St. Joseph Vietnamese Catholic Church in Grand Prairie on Dec. 7. (BEN TORRES/Special Contributor)

Catechist Jonathan Hoang of St. Joseph Vietnamese Catholic Church in Grand Prairie spread classroom desktops with pre-Christmas advertising flyers that urged consumers to buy electronics, sporting goods and all sorts of toys. Read more →

SPOTLIGHT ON POPE FRANCIS

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Pope Francis speaks as he leads his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 28. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope to dads: Be strong, loving, moral role models

Pope Francis greets a baby during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 7. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: World without mothers would be inhumane

Children representing the Three Kings carry offertory gifts after presenting them to Pope Francis during Mass marking the feast of Mary, Mother of God, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 1. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: New year is time for examination of conscience

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Faith In Action: 2014 Youth Mission Trips

Derek Le, center, smiles as he watches his fellow classmates, on a jumbotron, take their seats at the beginning of the Bishop Lynch High School commencement ceremony May 18 at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland. (JENNA TETER/The Texas Catholic)

Graduation 2014

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

FAITH & FAMILY

Jose Lauro Moreno carries with him the memory of his mother and an ever-increasing sense of gratitude for his new home.

STEWARDSHIP

Life Teen members from St. Jude Catholic Church in Allen traveled to New Orleans on a mission trip to help rebuild storm-ravaged areas.

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READ CLASSIC STORIES

Kindred Spirits, the story of Anna Basso and Micaela White.

Destination: Honduras, the 2011 youth mission trip.

Beloved: The Erin Krielow Lahr Story