Thursday, October 22, 2020054The Rosary as we have it today developed over many centuries. As early as the 2nd or 3rd century, monks in the desert used knotted ropes as they prayed. The rosary itself became known as “The Poor Man’s Breviary.” Since most people couldn’t read or pray the 150 psalms of the bible as was done in monasteries, the practice of...
Monday, September 7, 2020039As Hurricane Laura was barreling through the Gulf of Mexico in mid-August, Bishop Luis Felipe Solé Fa of the Diocese of Trujillo in Honduras not only was praying for people in its path, but also for thousands in his eastern Caribbean Sea coastal diocese who are still suffering from a powerful hurricane 22 years ago and the possibility...
Thursday, May 14, 20200410As 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 COVID-19 concerns. Below is a sample of those letters crafted by St. Rita students.
Thursday, May 14, 20200122As the diocese develops its response to the pandemic, I think we’re all very excited to get back to celebrating the sacraments!
Thursday, April 30, 202002835Bishop Edward J. Burns has announced the start of opening up the Diocese of Dallas in four phases, beginning with scheduled confessions and the celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation and religious celebrations for families that may now begin in small groups.
Sunday, April 26, 20200409Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has announced the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops May 1 in consecrating the two nations to the care of the Blessed Mother under the title “Mary, Mother of the Church.”
Wednesday, March 25, 2020079Bishop Edward J. Burns and Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly asked Christians throughout North Texas to join the 1.3 million Catholics in the Diocese of Dallas in praying the Our Father at noon on March 25. Bishop Burns also asked the leaders of other denominations to join in this effort and several pledged their congregants to the effort,...
Thursday, March 19, 202001809Masses and other activities at 79 Dallas Catholic churches have been canceled and 33 Diocese of Dallas Catholic schools will close for at least two weeks in an effort to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Bishop Edward J. Burns made the announcement at a news conference on March 13, following a meeting with the Presbyteral Council,...
Friday, February 21, 20200143A listing of Mass times and services offered on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26, by parishes within the Diocese of Dallas:
All Saints
Masses at parish: 6:30 a.m., 9 a.m., noon, 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Mass at school: 8 a.m.
Blessed Sacrament
Masses: 8 a.m, noon (bilingual), 5 p.m. (Spanish), 7 p.m. (Spanish)
Liturgies of the Word (all in...
