Thursday, October 14, 20210219Bishop Edward J. Burns has recently embarked on a multiyear diocesan synod process for the Diocese of Dallas. At the same time, Pope Francis has announced a universal synod for the whole Church, which will draw on input from dioceses around the world. An important question to answer then is: what’s the difference between these two...
Thursday, October 14, 2021016Lisbon, Portugal will be the host of the next international World Youth Day, from Aug. 1 to 6, 2023. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, and Bishop Edward J. Burns of Dallas, the USCCB’s episcopal liaison to...
Friday, October 1, 2021055With the weather playing its part and the Bishop Dunne Catholic School drum line kicking off the afternoon events, more than 200 golfers helped raise more than $585,000 during the 11th annual Bishop’s Invitational on Sept. 27.
Saturday, August 21, 2021076Bishop Edward J. Burns announced July 1 that Peter J. Ductrám has been named as the Diocese of Dallas new senior director of ministries, a position where he will be called on to oversee all aspects of ministerial efforts in the diocese, including youth and young adult, catechesis, family life, lay formation, worship, social and pastoral...
Thursday, August 19, 20210291It is with deep sadness that we inform you about the passing of Geraldine L. Burns, 89, mother of Bishop Edward J. Burns, who passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida.
Monday, August 16, 2021032Youth bearing flags from several countries processed into the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe ahead of Bishop Edward J. Burns on Aug. 7. In addition to the United States flag, six of those flags represented the countries of many of the unaccompanied migrant teen boys who were housed at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention...
Thursday, July 22, 2021060The bishops who head the El Paso and Dallas dioceses in Texas have asked Gov. Greg Abbott to halt an order that could result in shutting down, by the end of August, Catholic Charities facilities in Texas that care for foster and migrant children, saying that doing so violates state laws protecting religious freedom.
Friday, June 18, 2021071In a June 17 presentation to the U.S. bishops at their annual spring assembly, which was virtual again this year, Bishop Edward J. Burns announced a proposal to develop a new national pastoral framework on accompanying youths and young adults in the church.
Thursday, June 17, 20210351Calling it a “joyful day,” Bishop Edward J. Burns offered a message to the six men being ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Dallas on June 5 at St. Ann Catholic Church.
Friday, May 21, 20210187Bishop Burns has appointed Jason Deuterman, diocesan director of the Office of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministries, to serve as the chairman for the Diocesan Synod Preparatory Commission, a body of individuals that includes both clergy and laypeople who are charged with the development of this process as well as assisting the...
