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JPII adds 22 Academic All-State nominees from spring season
Tuesday, June 23, 2020019 Despite a shortened Spring athletics season, John Paul II High School added 22 Academic All-State award winners to its list. Baseball (5), Golf (3), Softball (2), Tennis (4), and Track (8) all nominated athletes with 3.5+ GPAs to the TAPPS office,...
Woodard leaving Cristo Rey Dallas for military academy
Friday, June 19, 2020041 When Kelby Woodard was hired as the founding president of Cristo Rey Dallas in 2014, the co-ed college prep school did not even have a campus. Six years later, the finishing touches are being put in place on a 42,000-square-foot innovation center...
Former Cistercian abbot recalled for forging relationships
Tuesday, May 26, 20200135 Relationships were central to the life and legacy of Father Denis Farkasfalvy, O.Cist. — the second abbot of Irving’s Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas and the second headmaster of the adjoining Cistercian Preparatory School —who died on May...
Obituary | Father George Patrick Monaghan
Wednesday, May 20, 202007546 Father George Patrick Monaghan, pastor of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Rockwall and a priest of the Diocese of Dallas for 40 years, died on May 18 of an apparent heart attack, two days after his 67th birthday, his family said.More diocesan news
Hundreds say ‘thank you’ to longtime pastor
They came out by the hundreds in sedans and SUVs, convertibles and classic cars, even bicycles. In their hands, they carried posters and card-size envelopes. In their arms they carried bunnies, and their little dogs, too. What was planned to be a...
Monday, May 4, 2020
Helping thy neighbor: Charities, parishes team up to help others in need
By Michael Gresham
The Texas Catholic
Volunteers hurriedly unpacked a truck trailer, setting up tables for distribution as cars and trucks continued to arrive, adding to a queue of vehicles stretching from the Oak Cliff parish, down the...
Friday, May 1, 2020
Bishop initiates four-phase plan to re-open diocese
Bishop Edward J. Burns has announced the start of opening up the Diocese of Dallas in four phases, beginning with scheduled confessions and the celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation and religious celebrations for families that may now begin in...
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Bishops of U.S., Canada will consecrate their nations to Mary on May 1
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has announced the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops May 1 in consecrating the two nations to the care of the Blessed...
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Parishes, ministries continue focus on care for seniors
Home visits are the core ministry of the more than 800 Catholics who volunteer with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of North Texas in 40 parishes across nine counties, even more so than the organization’s ability to offer people, many who are...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Across diocese, parishes and schools help those in need
Michael Jimenez, clipboard in hand, stood in the parking lot of his parish, St Francis of Assisi in Frisco, on Saturday, March 28, ushering cars forward and looking at the line of dozens of others snaking around the parking lot. Twice a month, a...
Sunday, April 5, 2020