Thursday, October 19, 20170142During the past few weeks, there has been enough violence to fill hundreds of historical documents, but history can remain very dry and far distant from most of us. However, for the families and the neighbors of the victims, there is the sadness of the loss and of the pain and of the frustration.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017067In the days just before the recent catastrophic hurricanes in Texas and Florida, there were many hours of warnings about what was about to happen. What so many have just lived through happened almost exactly as had been predicted. How did the weather forecasters get their knowledge? My good sailor father had a saying which he often...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017056As I write this column, there are preparations going forward in Oklahoma City for the beatification of a priest missionary to the Central American country of Guatemala. Father Stanley Rother has been acknowledged by Pope Francis as the first recognized martyr of the Catholic Church to have been born in the United States.Since he came...
Wednesday, February 15, 20170434Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. there was a triple knock on the door of the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Who was knocking? It turned out to be the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, the Most Rev. Edward J. Burns, recently of the rainy slopes of Juneau, Alaska, now seeking to bring a new spirit of renewal to Texas.
Friday, October 21, 2016086Sometime in my early scholastic years, I developed a sense that education was a competitive game. One was asked to know the correct answers to questions. It was not of primary importance that one knew all the ins and outs of what was being asked. What got you points was the precise, correct answer.
Friday, December 18, 2015088As the great feast of Christmas rushes in on us like a tsunami, many people are crying out in despair of ever having enough gifts purchased or of placing adequate decorations to festoon their houses or of baking cookies enough for their parties and dinners.
Thursday, July 17, 2014059Summer is now officially here, and we Texans know that many hot days soon follow. Stay cool! Take a vacation. Relax and pray for more rain. It has been just long enough from the last day of regular school that the Vacation Bible School format proved to be a success with the students who enjoyed congregating again with their peers. At...
Friday, May 9, 20140302Several Catholic schools and parishes, along with some non-profit groups, were among the recipients of more than $550,000 in grants from The Catholic Foundation during the Catholic philanthropic organization’s spring ceremony held April 30 at San Juan Diego Catholic Church.
Monday, June 24, 2013054At the end of each month, the Squires Circle and the Knights of Columbus Council at Holy Cross Catholic Church prepare breakfast as a fundraising program to help with their parish projects or to provide supplies to low-income students at an area elementary school.
Pope Benedict XVI is retired, but not gone. The rumor has it that he is somewhere in the Vatican enjoying prayer, study and relaxation. The man deserves all three.
