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Faith, hope and all the trimmings
Thursday, November 26, 2020089 By Amy White Special to The Texas Catholic For the past 20 Thanksgivings, families have offered thanks while gathered around delectable Thanksgiving spreads from St. Gabriel’s Turkey Basket Program. The program, which offers full...
Studying, feeding a goat, petting a horse all part of school day
Thursday, November 19, 202007 What started out as an initiative to give students more outside time at Mount St. Michael Catholic School in Dallas has turned out to be a bonus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through technology, LEO helps keep St. Mark students safe, healthy
Tuesday, November 17, 20200294 Students at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic School in Plano extend their fond hellos to a new inhabitant of their hallways—no, not another student but an autonomous sanitizing robot. The school welcomed this unique occupant, affectionately named...
Faith helps family endure as husband seeks transplant
Wednesday, November 11, 2020090 Throughout Jim and Mary Johnsrud’s home, not far from St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church, there are constant reminders of what has always been at the center of their lives for the 39 years of their marriage.More diocesan news
Charitable organizations see continued increase in need during pandemic
More than half a year into the pandemic, both the needs caused by COVID and the efforts to meet those needs have far from vanished.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Parishes find ways to form faithful amid pandemic
In the current coronavirus climate, faith formation leaders must find novel ways to care for the soul while protecting the body.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Journey of faith leads new principal to Sherman campus
When St. Mary’s Catholic School in Sherman welcomed new principal, Danny Ledbetter, Father Martin Castañeda knew they’d found a man prepared to bring both his full heart and level head to the position.
Friday, September 18, 2020
Bishop Burns: Through God's grace, we shall rise to meet challenges
This is a wonderful opportunity for me to express my gratitude to the Catholic Schools Office for all that they have done in order to put forth and set up this new school year, for, as all of you know, this school year is coming to us with a lot of...
Saturday, September 12, 2020
COVID, hurricane threat heightens fears for impoverished Honduras
As Hurricane Laura was barreling through the Gulf of Mexico in mid-August, Bishop Luis Felipe Solé Fa of the Diocese of Trujillo in Honduras not only was praying for people in its path, but also for thousands in his eastern Caribbean Sea coastal...
Monday, September 7, 2020
Amid pandemic, faithful come together in spirit of helping others
While they couldn’t come together physically, more than 120 families from 17 parishes throughout the Diocese of Dallas united in a shared spirit in July, participating in a weeklong service effort by completing a wide range of works of mercy.
Friday, August 28, 2020