JPII adds 22 Academic All-State nominees from spring season

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,... Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Woodard leaving Cristo Rey Dallas for military academy

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... Friday, June 19, 2020

Former Cistercian abbot recalled for forging relationships

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... Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Obituary | Father George Patrick Monaghan

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. Wednesday, May 20, 2020

A Look At The Bright Side

As part of an e-Learning assignment, Patty Donovan challenged her seventh-graders at St. Rita Catholic School to write Letters to the Editor addressing at least one positive each has experienced during their “shelter-at-home” time due to... Thursday, May 14, 2020

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