Police officers, firefighters, and emergency personnel routinely face situations most people never have to witness. At the ninth annual Diocese of Dallas Blue Mass and Blessing of the Fleet on Aug. 8, first responders gathered at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe to pray and to be recognized for their work.
GRAND PRAIRIE – Inspirados en el ejemplo de San Carlo Acutis, jóvenes de la parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel en Grand Prairie impulsaron el sueño de traer una estatua del santo millennial a su iglesia y reforzar su mensaje de santidad en la vida cotidiana de la juventud.
“San Carlo Acutis representa a la juventud de hoy y demuestra que una persona joven puede tener un gran impacto en la Iglesia”, dijo Madison Treviño, feligresa de San Miguel Arcángel y miembro del grupo de jóvenes.
Acutis, nacido en Londres de origen italiano, vivió una vida típica de adolescente marcada por el gusto de los videojuegos, los deportes y el saxofón. Antes de morir de leucemia en 2006, usó sus conocimientos de informática para crear una página web que catalogó más de 180 milagros eucarísticos en el mundo.
DALLAS– El regreso a clases que inició esta semana en las escuelas católicas de la Diócesis de Dallas, contó para los estudiantes de tres escuelas del oeste, con la preparación espiritual y académica de sus maestros, directores y personal administrativo.
El pasado 3 de agosto directores y maestros de las escuelas católicas de Santa Cecilia, Santa María del Carmelo (SMC) y la Academia Católica Santa Clara de Asís, participaron en un retiro de preparación para el nuevo año escolar bajo el lema “tres escuelas, una misión, unidos en la fe”.
At the beginning of each academic year, the University of Dallas’ dean and director of libraries and research Ron Scrogham sees a familiar sight: Incoming students — often accompanied by their parents — make their way into the Cowan-Blakley Memorial Library entrance, through the William A. Blakley Building, and up to the university’s Core Text Collection: a selection of 2,456 books, representing 76 unique titles across a slew of disciplines, which are ready to be checked out of the library for use in the semester ahead. Within about two weeks of the beginning of each term, most of the books in the collection have already been plucked from the library, stuffed into backpacks, and carried to classrooms.
The summer heatwave signals that it is time to return to school again. With school supplies on display everywhere and families shopping for all of the supplies on the list, even in the grocery store, to prepare for the first day of school, there is an exciting energy for this new school year. The Catholic Schools Office has been in-servicing new administrators and new teachers, while schools have been preparing classrooms for the return of their students. At Mass this weekend, the petitions included prayers for teachers, students, and parents: that this school year would be blessed with growth.
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The Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a beloved, eye-catching, and historically significant landmark in the heart of Dallas, Texas, was granted the prestigious designation of a National Shrine by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops in September 2023 in response to an initiative by Bishop Edward J. Burns, eighth bishop of the Diocese of Dallas. This significant milestone reflects the Cathedral’s enduring cultural and religious significance within the community and the broader context of the United States.
Now known as the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Cathedral is located in the heart of downtown Dallas and has long been a place of pilgrimage for Catholics, especially Catholics from Mexico and Latin America.

























