Wednesday, July 10, 201909Within the Diocese of Dallas, we have two very important goals for Catholic schools: we want to make sure that every student entrusted to our care has the ability to reach college and heaven. It could be argued there is no better time to assess those goals than at our high school graduations. I have the privilege to attend these...
Wednesday, July 10, 20190403All 197 members of John Paul II High School’s Class of 2019 are headed off to college, packing their bags for life’s adventures that lie ahead.
One of the seniors who recently walked across the stage at the Allen Event Center in her hometown has already built a legacy around bags while still a high school teen.
Thursday, June 13, 20190346Police officer. Teacher. Principal. And now nurse. For Rachel Dzurilla, new challenges are just a path to new opportunities to serve.
Saturday, June 1, 20190375Two women religious will be joining the faculty of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic School beginning in the fall, Father Gaston Gacinti, IVE, pastor of St. Bernard Catholic Church, has announced.
Tuesday, May 28, 20190559fter 18 years at St. Cecilia Catholic School, Principal Candice Barbosa is saying goodbye. Next fall, Barbosa will move to Bishop Lynch High School where she will become the director of Student Formation, a new position in which she will oversee the development of the whole student.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019070
By David Sedeño
The Texas Catholic
On March 9, St. Mark the Evangelist eighth-grader Theresa Tran will stand on stage at the George W. Bush Presidential Center with other competitors of the Golden Chick Dallas Regional Spelling Bee.
She may be asked to spell something like “bewusstseinslage,” or “metempsychosis,” or...
Sunday, June 17, 20180280We derive our words “graduate” and “graduation” from the Latin gradus, meaning “step” or “degree” (as in stages or metrics, not a pun connected to the granting of a diploma). The sense, of course, is that new graduates have taken a step forward and are moving up the ladder of achievement. The sunny buoyancy of parents...
Friday, June 15, 20180191Within the Diocese of Dallas, we have two very important goals for Catholic schools: we want to make sure that every student entrusted to our care has the ability to reach college and heaven. These goals sum up the academic and moral metrics that allow us to determine whether or not we are succeeding or failing as a system, and...
Thursday, June 7, 20180158Elizabet “Liz” Hernandez easily identifies with the 19 seniors in Bishop Dunne Catholic School’s second-year College Ready Academy. Hernandez, the director of Alumni Relations at Bishop Dunne and a 2011 graduate of the school, co-moderates the CRA program, which serves students who are their families’ first generation with the...
Sunday, August 20, 20170370When George Teague, 45, began as John Paul II High School’s head football coach on Jan. 3, he brought a strong portfolio as a football player on all levels and coaching experience, most recently at the June Shelton School, which made the TAPPS Division III playoffs under Teague. His nine NFL seasons included five with the Cowboys and...
