Friday, June 17, 20160256The announcement of Khoa Nguyen’s more than 850 Christian service hours startled some of his friends and teachers during a senior awards ceremony for John Paul II High School’s class of 2016. Nguyen’s great heart for service was widely recognized, but even his close friends found his number of service hours staggering.
Thursday, May 7, 20150277The mission of the John Paul II High School Pro-life club is to support & promote all life from conception to natural death through education, service, prayer, and peaceful activism. It is a student driven club with more than 200 JPII students as active members.
Friday, February 27, 20150246
Miceala White and Anna Basso shared common bonds. The childhood friends attended the same elementary school and the same church. They also shared a common foe -- cancer -- and they supported and inspired each other, even as one battle drew to an end.
By David Sedeno
The Texas Catholic
This is a love story.
Not one of...
Friday, January 23, 20150654As usual, Father Alfonse Nazzaro captivated the students at All Saints Catholic School during a recent lunch hour. The school cafeteria grew lively with good cheer and banter about Father Nazzaro’s request to eat his dessert before the rest of his lunch.
Friday, October 24, 20140130During an all-school Mass on Oct. 22 at John Paul II High School in Plano, Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell began celebrating the school’s 10th anniversary by drawing from the life and example of the school’s namesake to implore those in attendance to open their hearts to God and others.
Tuesday, September 30, 20140242Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presided at a Sept. 30 news conference as the Catholic Diocese of Dallas formally kicked off its $125 million capital campaign, “Our Faith…Our Future,” and celebration of the diocese’s 125th anniversary at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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, April 28, 20140149Hundreds of people gathered at John Paul II High School on Monday for a special Mass to commemorate the Catholic Church’s two newest saints—St. John XIII and the school’s namesake, St. John Paul II. Students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and other guests filled the school’s gymnasium to honor the two popes a day after the...
Friday, January 3, 20140397Rubbing elbow pads with high school hockey players has offered a quartet of eighth-graders at St. Joseph Catholic School a lunchtime discussion topic, a classroom presentation theme and loads of fun. For Kevin Condy, Michael Keelan and identical twins Brendan and Nicholas Gibbs, conversation usually flows along the lines of hockey talk.
Wednesday, October 9, 20130784The morning announcements at John Paul II High School on a recent day resonated from the public-address system in a soothing voice that projected the themes of faith, scholarship and patriotism. Rich Gaffney, the dean of Administrative Services and director of Athletics, provided the school with a reflection on Psalm 5:3 before speaking...
