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With handmade signs, chants of “Keegan! Keegan!” and a blur of flags and pom poms, students of the Notre Dame School of ...
08/14/2025

With handmade signs, chants of “Keegan! Keegan!” and a blur of flags and pom poms, students of the Notre Dame School of Dallas lined their school’s hallways Aug. 13 to give a warm send-off to their classmate Keegan Harrison as he prepares to represent Team USA at the World Transplant Games in Germany this month.

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More than 1,000 people gathered at Santa Clara Catholic Church to celebrate the feast of the parish's patron saint on Au...
08/11/2025

More than 1,000 people gathered at Santa Clara Catholic Church to celebrate the feast of the parish's patron saint on Aug. 10. The celebration was especially meaningful as it coincided with the parish’s 30th anniversary. For this occasion, a relic of Saint Clare was on display.

Following the celebration of Mass, the community took part in a procession on a route of just over two miles around the parish. After the procession, the community gathered for a celebration featuring mariachi music and traditional matachines dance.

The heavens opened at Christ’s baptism and have not closed since, according to Brad Hubbard, the campus director for the...
08/10/2025

The heavens opened at Christ’s baptism and have not closed since, according to Brad Hubbard, the campus director for the Dallas satellite campus of Encounter School of Ministry. The Dallas campus, which celebrated the graduation of its inaugural class on June 9 at St. Ann Catholic Parish, has equipped more than a hundred students to embrace this continued outpouring of grace and to go forth, evangelize, and bring God’s healing to the local community, he said.

Read more at https://texascatholic.com/embracing-gods-grace-fuels-graduates-zeal-for-evangelization/.

And listen to the August episode of our "Voices of Faith" podcast to hear Hubbard share more about the school and about its impact on Catholics in the Diocese of Dallas: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pmvuHUXBNdkB9mFDPs9Ca?si=-uraPvbMRmitzLwTK_vbbw

Before Diocese of Dallas seminarian Nick Weiss considered a call to the priesthood, he had a few other paths in mind, hi...
08/08/2025

Before Diocese of Dallas seminarian Nick Weiss considered a call to the priesthood, he had a few other paths in mind, his parents said. As a child, he dreamed he would become a paleontologist. Then he set his sights on a career in video game design. As he grew into adolescence, he put aside dreams of dinosaur skulls and gaming systems to pursue a new calling, this time to the priesthood — and he has not looked back since.

Read more at https://texascatholic.com/family-faith-help-shape-seminarians-vocation/

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This week, Catholic schools across the Catholic Diocese of Dallas joyfully began opening their doors to welcome students...
08/07/2025

This week, Catholic schools across the Catholic Diocese of Dallas joyfully began opening their doors to welcome students, families, and faculty for the 2025–2026 school year! From bustling hallways to prayerful morning assemblies, the spirit of faith and learning is alive and well in our Catholic schools.

As classrooms fill with eager minds and hearts, we give thanks for the dedicated educators, staff, and parents who make Catholic education a beacon of hope and excellence. May this year be filled with growth, grace, and Gospel joy!

Let us keep our students and teachers in prayer as they embark on this new academic journey.

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The fullness of life depends on how much one joyfully welcomes and shares in life while also living with a constant year...
08/03/2025

The fullness of life depends on how much one joyfully welcomes and shares in life while also living with a constant yearning for those things that only come from God, Pope Leo XIV told young people.

“Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not settle for less. You will then see the light of the Gospel growing every day, in you and around you,” he said in his homily during Mass concluding the Jubilee of Youth Aug. 3.

Read more at https://texascatholic.com/dont-settle-for-less-god-is-waiting-to-transform-your-life-pope-tells-youth/

Photos: Catholic News Service & Vatican Media

08/02/2025

On August 1, our Jubilee Pilgrims of Hope visited Circus Maximus for the Jubilee Penitential Day. All pilgrims had the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, part of the requirements to gain their indulgence.

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A steady stream of pilgrims entered the Church of San Marcello al Corso July 31, signing prayer intention cards and knee...
08/01/2025

A steady stream of pilgrims entered the Church of San Marcello al Corso July 31, signing prayer intention cards and kneeling in silent prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament. To the left of the main altar was a small table bearing a golden reliquary housing a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint in September.

Read more at https://texascatholic.com/young-teens-relics-a-reminder-for-pilgrims-that-holiness-is-not-impossible/

Photos: Lola Gomez/Catholic News Service

Diocese of Dallas high schoolers shared a teary goodbye with members of the local community in Pejibaye as they parted w...
08/01/2025

Diocese of Dallas high schoolers shared a teary goodbye with members of the local community in Pejibaye as they parted ways at the end of the 2025 Diocesan Youth Mission Trip to the Diocese of San Isidro de El General in Costa Rica, June 4-11. Though their time together was brief, the two communities formed a heart-deep bond, forged through hard work and shared faith, missionaries said.

Read more at https://texascatholic.com/faith-joy-and-service-mark-diocesan-mission-trip-to-costa-rica/.



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More than 4,000 pilgrims from the United States flocked to St. Paul’s Outside the Walls for the USA National Jubilee Pil...
07/31/2025

More than 4,000 pilgrims from the United States flocked to St. Paul’s Outside the Walls for the USA National Jubilee Pilgrim Gathering July 30 as part of the Jubilee of Youth taking place July 28-Aug. 3. At the gathering, Bishop Edward J. Burns led an hour of eucharistic adoration, delivering a homily at the tomb of St. Paul where he reminded youth that hope is “alive within us because of the Holy Spirit, who dwells in us and equips us, not with artificial intelligence, but with divine intelligence.”

“The Spirit of God doesn’t merely inform us. The spirit of God transforms us,” he said. “With technology, we can see what is trending in our world. But with God’s love, we can see what’s timeless.”

Read more at https://texascatholic.com/bishop-at-us-gathering-in-rome-to-follow-gods-call-is-to-go-on-a-spiritual-adventure

Photos: Lola Gomez/Catholic News Service

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Bishop Edward J. Burns and pilgrims from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas prayerfully gathered at St. Peter's Basilica Jul...
07/31/2025

Bishop Edward J. Burns and pilgrims from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas prayerfully gathered at St. Peter's Basilica July 29 for a morning Mass marking the conclusion of the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers. At the Mass, Pope Leo XIV made a surprise appearance, telling the faithful that they have "a duty to work together to develop a way of thinking and a language of our time, that gives voice to love."

"Be agents of communion, capable of breaking down the logic of division and polarization, of individualism and egocentrism," the pope said. "Center yourselves on Christ, so as to overcome the logic of the world, of fake news, of frivolity, with the beauty and light of truth."

Later that day, the Dallas diocesan pilgrims joined more than 120,000 youth from around the world in St. Peter’s Square as Pope Leo greeted pilgrims for the start of the Jubilee of Youth, saying, “You are the light of the world,” and called on youth to be messengers of hope and peace: “Let’s all say it: We want peace in the world!”

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