Thursday, May 14, 20200143As the diocese develops its response to the pandemic, I think we’re all very excited to get back to celebrating the sacraments!
Thursday, May 7, 20200355Sheltering in place might not look much like a dark wood, but my time in quarantine has brought Dante to the forefront of my mind. I have long been awed by the brilliance of his “Divine Comedy,” the indescribably beautiful rhythm and rhyme of his Italian, and the sheer bravado that inspired him both to locate his own contemporaries...
Wednesday, April 22, 20200254Luke begins his account of Peter’s confession that Jesus is the Messiah with a rather curious phrase: “Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, ‘Who do the crowds say that I am?’” (Luke 9:18). Those who already know the answer might gloss over the sheer oddity of the opening...
Sunday, April 19, 20200137As we move further into this global program of “social distancing” because of COVID-19, millions around the world are trying to figure out what to do with all the time they must now spend in isolation at home.
Saturday, September 22, 2018092By Father Thomas Esposito
Special to The Texas Catholic
Almost every semester, I teach a course for freshmen at the University of Dallas entitled “Understanding the Bible,” though most students prefer the hipster nickname of “Under the Bible.” I do not believe that I will ever tire of teaching this introductory class. I’m...
Friday, November 3, 2017089St. Thomas Aquinas and Dante are the most famous among the many theologians who have speculated about the nature of Heaven. While they certainly could not speak from personal experience while standing on this side of death, they rightly emphasized that our perpetual vision of God must be based on our capacity to receive that infinite...
Friday, November 8, 2013088The ill-fated Kennedy motorcade, Lee Harvey Oswald’s perch on the sixth floor, the grassy knoll, the “Badge Man,” the “Umbrella Man” and the Moorman Polaroid all vividly came to life on Oct. 29 for 11 Cistercian history students when Father Anthony Bigney took his class studying the assassinations of Presidents Kennedy and...
Friday, October 25, 20130185Growing up under the yoke of Soviet-controlled Hungary, Cistercian monks at Our Lady of Dallas said their experience taught them harsh lessons about the fruits of communism and the political realities that made a Western confrontation with it difficult for President John F. Kennedy and the United States.
As I was thinking about concrete cases in which young adults’ faith is challenged in their professional lives, it occurred to me: why not ask the young adults themselves, my former students?
Friday, April 12, 20130206With Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presiding over the Mass, Brother Anthony Bigney was ordained to the priesthood April 6 at Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Dallas in Irving, bringing to 26 the number of monks at the Irving monastery.
