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Posts tagged with "JFK"

(VIDEO) Bishop Lynch students visit Sixth Floor Museum Year of Faith

(VIDEO) Bishop Lynch students visit Sixth Floor Museum

Tuesday, November 19, 20130233 As they walked through the Sixth Floor Museum on Nov. 13, history students from Bishop Lynch High School got their first tangible glimpse of what happened on Nov. 22, 1963, a day remembered as a painful part of Dallas’ history.
¡Viva Kennedy! Year of Faith

¡Viva Kennedy!

Sunday, November 10, 20130240 Like many Mexican-Americans of her time, Leanor Villareal remembers well the hope that President John F. Kennedy brought to those like her. As Dallas prepared for the president’s visit on Nov. 22, 1963, many Mexican-Americans were primed to pay homage to one they believed would deliver them from hopelessness.
Call to ‘ask not...’ still resonates throughout U.S. Nation

Call to ‘ask not...’ still resonates throughout U.S.

Saturday, November 9, 2013042 WASHINGTON—The president who admonished Americans to “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” didn’t live to see how it played out, but there are plenty of people trying to keep his vision alive.
(VIDEO) Cistercian students retrace JFK’s final hours Year of Faith

(VIDEO) Cistercian students retrace JFK’s final hours

Friday, November 8, 20130156 The 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...
A divided Dallas awaits JFK Year of Faith

A divided Dallas awaits JFK

Friday, November 8, 20130229 Fifty years ago, a sparkling city shifted in seconds to a heartsick shadow of its former self. When Dallas became the scene of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, the death in Dealey Plaza eclipsed facets of the city’s image as a growing and nimble business center. A reeling, grief-stricken world began to...
Bishop recalls JFK as inspiration for his family, world Year of Faith

Bishop recalls JFK as inspiration for his family, world

Saturday, October 26, 2013053 By Cathy Harasta The Texas Catholic Bishop Kevin J. Farrell recently sat down with Texas Catholic reporter Cathy Harasta for a Q&A, offering his reflections on President John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic U.S. president, and what he meant to Ireland, the bishop’s homeland, and to the world. What impression did JFK and...
Communist growth forces monks to flee homeland Year of Faith

Communist growth forces monks to flee homeland

Friday, October 25, 20130314 Growing 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.
A new president faces challenges of a changing world Year of Faith

A new president faces challenges of a changing world

Friday, October 25, 20130152 A young First Family, captivating and chipper, reinvented life in the White House during John F. Kennedy’s 34-month presidency in the early 1960s. The Rose Garden flourished with First Lady Jackie, striking in Oleg Cassini designs, endearing children named Caroline and John-John, and even a pet pony, Macaroni—a gift from Vice...
A Catholic president and a growing Diocese of Dallas Year of Faith

A Catholic president and a growing Diocese of Dallas

Friday, October 25, 20130327 In November 1963, the Catholic community in Dallas was very different from what it is today. We were bigger, but we were also smaller; bigger in the size of the diocese, which was then known as the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, but smaller in the number of Catholics. In 1963 there were 60 counties in the diocese with a Catholic...
Remembering JFK Year of Faith

Remembering JFK

Wednesday, October 23, 2013069 As the country prepares to observe the life of President John F. Kennedy, marking the 50th anniversary of his death in Dallas, many people are recalling what he brought to a nation and the world at a critical time in history.
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