About
The Office of Catholic Social Ministries is dedicated to engaging and forming ministry leaders and the People of God in Catholic Social Teaching to better serve people in need and on the margins of life, by offering hope and healing through the person of Jesus Christ.
The Office is specially dedicated in caring for the needs of the sick, the poor, the marginalized and the outcast, in assisting in the strengthening of the family, and sharing the light of faith in the social, medical, economic, and political contexts.
Did you miss it?
Missionaries of Hope Conference
Sister Alicia led a powerful Day of Reflection as we deepened our understanding of being missionaries of hope among all peoples, our Eucharistic revival, and the Church’s mission through prayer, reflection, and community.
Respect Life Month
With great joy, we celebrate October as Respect Life Month amid the Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope. This Jubilee Year “offers us the opportunity to appreciate anew, and with immense gratitude, the gift of the new life that we have received in Baptism, a life capable of transfiguring death’s drama.” The life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation of our hope. Through Christ, our sins are forgiven, death is overcome, and life is victorious.
Homebound Ministry
Persons who are sick or homebound are much more than their sickness or inability to participate fully in the parish. They offer gifts of faith, prayer, life experience, and more, that our parishes need. Please pray with us that the homebound ministry initiative will provide hope and spiritual healing for many people in our diocese!
RESOURCES
Mental Health Awareness
Explore the following resources to enhance awareness and take proactive measures in your families and communities to prevent this tragic loss.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Call 988
Hospital Chaplains Ministry
The Hospital Chaplains Ministry coordinates the service of chaplains in hospitals and care facilities within the Diocese of Dallas. Chaplains ensure the availability of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and pastoral care for Catholic patients.
Prison Ministry
Prison and Jail Ministry has been offered by the Diocese of Dallas for over 30 years. Currently, the ministry serves 11 correctional facilities throughout our 9 counties. These correctional facilities include jails, prisons and juvenile detention centers.
Office of Social Concerns
Office of Social Concerns promotes awareness of Catholic social teaching and provide opportunities to live the baptismal call to love God and neighbor. We respond to issues through formation and education in light of Catholic Social Teaching, and foster awareness and study of social issues such as:
Care for Creation
Faithful Citizenship
Homelessness
Hunger and Poverty
Immigration
Interfaith Dialogue
This Office serves as a central diocesan resource for social justice, education and advocacy. It also fosters a greater understanding of global solidarity and collaboration with various agencies that seek the common good.
The diocesan Parish Social Ministry program provides the integration of social concerns ministry efforts in the life of the parish community. This Office serves to develop and support parish social concerns committees by providing the necessary tools to bring about Christian social change in light of Catholic social teaching.
If you are interested in starting a parish social concerns committee, please contact our Office.
Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. CRS works to ease human suffering and promote justice around the world. In the United States, CRS educates Catholics about global solidarity. The Diocese of Dallas Diocesan Missions helps raise awareness of the work of CRS and provides fundraising efforts.