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Penance Services and holy day masses
North Deanery Penance Services (all services begin at 7:00 pm)
Monday, December 9 - St. Thomas Aquinas-Pilot Point
Monday, December 16 - St. Mark-Argyle
Thursday, December 19 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary-Decatur
Monday, December 23 - Immaculate Conception-Denton
Mass Schedule at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Holy Days of Obligation
Vigil-Christmas: Tuesday, December 24 - 5:00 pm & 11:00 pm
Nativity of the Lord-Christmas: Wednesday, December 25 - 9:00 am & 11:00 am
Vigil-Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God: Tuesday, December 31 - 5:00 pm
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news and announcements
*****JOB OPENING*****
Loreto House, a Catholic pregnancy resource center is expanding and has a job opening for 30-40 hours a week in the Advocate position. We provide full training and offer an employee insurance plan plus a generous retirement program. Send a resume to Randy Bollig at Randy@loretohouse.org<mailto:Randy@loretohouse.org
Loreto House is a Catholic Pregnancy Resource Center and an official apostolate of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth that serves women of all faiths in the Denton community and beyond. We provide alternatives to abortion for women who are considering abortion and we provide a full array of support services for women and men. Loreto House is experiencing tremendous growth as more and more women come for mentoring and material support. We are serving an average of 17-25 women per day and there is a need for additional staff to maintain a consistent level of care for our guests. Over 1,000 new clients have come to us this year and we estimate over 4,300 individual sessions will be provided this year. -
annual Diocesan appeal 2020
Click here to DONATE NOW!
The Annual Diocesan Appeal is a dynamic opportunity for all of the faithful in the Diocese of Fort Worth to impact lives beyond the scope of any individual parish and contribute for the common good – people giving to people. Thank you!
Through the power of Christ’s love we are called to respond to the needs of others. As Catholics, we embrace the gifts we have and joys of life we experience through the eyes of faith. In gratitude, we generously share these gifts.
Your gift to the Annual Diocesan Appeal provides funds to ministries and programs in these categories.Gratitude and Support for the Clergy
Through the healthy and holy formation and education of men for the priesthood and permanent diaconate and caring for retired and infirm priests.Outreach to Rural and Needy Parishes and Schools
Through operating grants for faith formation and youth programing, priest salaries, utilities assistance and many other needs.Hope and Healing for the Poor
To aid the disadvantaged, the disabled and those who are most in need of God’s healing grace through Catholic Charities and Correctional Ministry.Love and Strengthening for Families
Through Marriage and Family Life ministries that bind us closer to Christ through our love and respect for one another in families committed to proclaiming the Gospel.Faith and Formation for Future Generations
Tuition Assistance and Campus Ministry Programs to empower our children, youth and young adults to grow in their Catholic faith in preparation for a life of Christian leadership and service.Stewardship education and development support for parishes
The Annual Diocesan Appeal provides stewardship resources to help parishes increase engagement, prayer life and discipleship in the lives of their parishioners, including organizational tools, stewardship education and assistance for parish Stewardship Committees, planned giving efforts, endowment funds and capital campaigns.
Click below to be redirected to the Advancement Foundation websiteADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Nm 24:2-7, 15-17aResponsorial Psalm Ps 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9Gospel Mt 21:23-27
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Calendar
December 2019Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1Month View December 1, 20192Month View December 2, 20193Month View December 3, 20194Month View December 4, 20195Month View December 5, 20196Month View December 6, 20197Month View December 7, 20198Month View December 8, 20199Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin MaryMonth View December 9, 2019-
Monday, December 9*not a Holy Day of Obligation in 2019*Read More
10Month View December 10, 2019117:00p Family FormationMonth View December 11, 2019-
Read MoreWednesday, December 11, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
12Month View December 12, 201913Month View December 13, 201914Month View December 14, 2019156:00p Outreach Wrapping Party @ Outreach HouseMonth View December 15, 2019-
Sunday, December 15, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM*please bring your own scissors*Read More
16Month View December 16, 201917Month View December 17, 2019186:00p Outreach Wrapping Party @ Outreach HouseMonth View December 18, 2019-
Wednesday, December 18, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM*please bring your own scissors*Read More
19Month View December 19, 201920Month View December 20, 201921Month View December 21, 201922Month View December 22, 201923Month View December 23, 2019245:00p Vigil Mass -Nativity of the Lord - Christmas11:00p Vigil Mass -Nativity of the Lord - ChristmasMonth View December 24, 2019259:00 Mass - Nativity of the Lord - Christmas11:00 Mass - Nativity of the Lord - ChristmasMonth View December 25, 201926Month View December 26, 201927Month View December 27, 201928Month View December 28, 201929Month View December 29, 201930Month View December 30, 2019315:00p Vigil Mass - Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of GodMonth View December 31, 2019-
Read MoreTuesday, December 31, 5:00 PM
19:00 Mass - Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God11:00 Mass - Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of GodMonth View January 1, 20202Month View January 2, 20203Month View January 3, 20204Month View January 4, 2020 -
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Letter to the Priests, Deacons, Consecrated Religious, and the Baptized Faithful of the Diocese of Fort Worth from Most Reverend Michael F. Olson, Bishop of Fort Worth in Solidarity with the Decisions of Texas Catholic Bishops to Release Names of Clergy Credibly Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Minors
October 10, 2018
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
As we read in the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Jesus placed before His disciples the example of a child as the most important member of His Kingdom as well as the measure by which He will judge us in our fidelity as His disciples. He also warns us of the judgment that awaits us if we, through acts of commission or omission, intentionally harm any child and die without authentic repentance (Matthew 18: 1-7). Jesus preached His Gospel in the midst of...
COMPLETE LETTER
List of Clergy with Credible Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors in the Diocese of Fort Worth
How to Report Abuse
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Mass Times
- Saturday: 5:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
- Sunday: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN 10:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- Monday: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- Wednesday: 6:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
- Thursday: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- Friday: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
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Confession Times
- Wednesday: 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
- Saturday: 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM or by appointment
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Rosary and novena
Sunday 7:30 AM (chapel)
Sunday 10:00 AM (chapel)
Monday 6:30 PM (chapel)-Novena-Perpetual Help
Tuesday 7:00 PM (chapel)-Cenacle Of Men
Wednesday 5:30 PM (chapel)
Monday-Thursday-Friday
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Adoration times
FRIDAY 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
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News from the Vatican
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For Pope Francis, 2019 included his sixth anniversary as pope, his 83rd birthday and his 50th anniversary as a priest, but it also was a year that saw him still confronted with the clerical sexual...
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In a move cheered by Vatican City’s non-smokers, the world’s smallest country has applied its smoking ban to electronic cigarettes.
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One great unanswerable question regarding the Catholic Church and the Holocaust is whether Jewish lives would have been saved had Pope Pius XI or his successor, Pope Pius XII, issued a statement...
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As part of the celebrations for his 50th anniversary of priesthood, Pope Francis chose to personally present a multi-volume collection of writings by his longtime spiritual director, the late Jesuit...
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On the rare occasions Spanish Father Jordi Bertomeu speaks, his words have weight. The CDF official recently penned a long essay on the clerical abuse crisis, pointing to many myths perpetrated by...
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A parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth
The Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth is Most Reverend Michael F. Olson, the first priest of the Diocese to become a bishop who was ordained and installed on January 29, 2014 at the Tarrant County Convention Center. Bishop Olson, a native of Illinois, was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Fort Worth on June 3, 1994 by the late Bishop Joseph P. Delaney at St. Patrick Cathedral. His first assignment was as the parochial vicar—an associate pastor—of St. Michael Parish in Bedford where he served from July 1994 through June 1997. -
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