Thursday, May 2, 20190231Twenty-five North Texas churches, schools and community organizations received $1.16 million in grants and tuition assistance from The Catholic Foundation during its annual spring grant ceremony yesterday at Holy Trinity Seminary.
Tuesday, September 5, 20170138As Hurricane Harvey was in its final days wrecking the Gulf Coast, students, parents and parishioners at St. Rita Catholic Community knew time was of the essence and rushed to coordinate a response. The result was overwhelming and on Sept. 1, as parents dropped off students for school, they unloaded a multitude of donations from the...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017078Even in Texas, sometimes life can be bigger than the game of football. That proved true for Bishop Dunne Catholic School, which was expected to kick off its 2017 season on Sept. 2 against Port Arthur Memorial High School as part of the Lone Star Classic in Port Arthur. The devastation Hurricane Harvey wreaked on South Texas when it made...
Thursday, June 1, 20170290When Elena Hines arrived as the first lay principal at St. Rita Catholic School in 1991, she increased the frequency of school Masses from monthly to weekly and launched a Prayer Buddies program to partner younger and older students in spiritual growth. That was just the beginning. Recently, she reflected on her retirement on July 1,...
Thursday, October 17, 2013093St. Rita Catholic School kindergarten teacher Kerry Franklin never will forget being a charter third-grader at the school, which will kick off a year-long 50th anniversary celebration on Oct. 12.
Friday, April 12, 2013064Catholics in the Diocese of Dallas recently celebrated Holy Week activities at parishes throughout the area. Find more photos from 2013 Holy Week celebrations in the April 12 print edition of The Texas Catholic.
