Saturday, April 30, 20160169St. Augustine Catholic Church sits placidly at the heart, if not the precise center, of this south Louisiana town that counts among its blessings its badge as the hometown of the newly installed seventh Bishop of Lafayette, Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel. Bishop Deshotel, 64, recalls his hometown as the backdrop for an ordinary boyhood and a...
Friday, April 29, 20160234Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel’s installation as the seventh Bishop of Lafayette on April 15 marked a homecoming for the Louisiana native that buoyed and blessed the hundreds of clergy members, family and friends present at his Celebration of the Eucharist and Rite of Installation.
Wednesday, February 17, 20160182Pope Francis has named Diocese of Dallas auxiliary bishop, the Most Reverend J. Douglas Deshotel, to serve as the new Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana. The appointment was announced Feb. 17 in Washington, D.C. by the papal nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, followed by the announcement in the Diocese of...
Saturday, July 19, 2014068All of us are shocked and dismayed by recent reports of seemingly senseless killings. Day after day, television, radio and newspapers report seemingly random acts of violence against innocent men, women and children. Shootings at elementary, high school, and college campuses as well as drive-by attacks on people unknown to their...
Thursday, June 19, 20140186Representatives of different denominations and leaders of Dallas Area Interfaith welcomed more than 500 people from diverse congregations to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Dallas on June 18 for a prayer vigil focusing on immigration reform. In speaking at the "A Cry for Immigration Reform and a Call to Local Action" event,...
Monday, April 28, 20140154Hundreds of people gathered at John Paul II High School on Monday for a special Mass to commemorate the Catholic Church’s two newest saints—St. John XIII and the school’s namesake, St. John Paul II. Students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and other guests filled the school’s gymnasium to honor the two popes a day after the...
Friday, January 31, 2014090Thousands of people converged on downtown Dallas for the 2014 March for Life Mass at the Dallas Convention Center, a venue that Bishop Kevin J. Farrell said to thunderous applause that he would like to outgrow within the next two years.
Friday, November 8, 2013081I like to write about good things. The Boy Scouts of America is one of the great treasures that is a part of many of our parishes in the Diocese of Dallas. This came to my mind as I reflected on the recent death of Lewis Duca, the father of Bishop Mike Duca who is Bishop of Shreveport and a priest of this diocese. Mr. Duca was “Mr....
