We form ministry leaders and the People of God in Catholic Social Teaching, so that together we can serve people in need and on the margins of life with the hope and healing of Jesus Christ.
October is Respect Life MonthPray this month's guide on Mary, Mother of Life, including the Respect Life novena from October 22 to 30.
Open the prayer guideThe Office cares especially for the sick, the poor, the marginalized, and the outcast. We help strengthen families and carry the light of faith into social, medical, economic, and political life, at home and around the world.
Through prayer, gifts, and service, the Diocese of Dallas stands with the Church where it is young, poor, or persecuted.
The Church's mission is to share hope with every person, especially those who are poor, suffering, or oppressed. Support the diocesan missions with your prayers and gifts, or choose a project to sponsor.
Sister Alicia led a day of prayer and reflection on being missionaries of hope, the Eucharistic revival, and the Church's mission. Watch it again.
Photo: The Pontifical Mission SocietiesPope Pius XI established World Mission Sunday in 1926 so every parish could share in the Church's missionary work. On October 18, 2026, Catholics marked its 100th celebration. Gifts reach young churches through the Pontifical Mission Societies.
Through the Pontifical Mission Societies, the Diocesan Missions Office invites mission groups from around the world to visit our parishes. Pastors volunteer to host, approved groups are matched with parishes, and a missionary speaks at every weekend Mass to ask for prayer and support.
Dallas doctors, nurses, and lay volunteers run a five-day clinic at Los Santos Mártires in Bonito Oriental. Patients walk up to four hours from mountain villages for family medicine, pediatrics, medications, and vitamins, and children receive catechesis while they wait.
Students from Bishop Dunne, Bishop Lynch, Cistercian Preparatory, St. John Paul II, and Ursuline spend a week serving in Costa Rica: building sidewalks and fences, delivering food baskets, and visiting nursing homes. Our special project is rebuilding Templo San Rafael in Copey de Dota, the town church lost to a fire in 2017.
CRS eases suffering and promotes justice in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East through community health, agriculture, clean water, education, and emergency response. Parishes support it through the CRS Collection on the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
Families pray, fast, and give through Lent, and meet people around the world whose lives their gifts change. Lent 2026 featured families in Ghana, Guatemala, and Timor-Leste.
Every human life is a gift, from conception to natural death. We pray, teach, and walk with those who need support.
The Culture of Life Collaborative brings together Catholic and community partners who support mothers, families, and every person at every stage of life. Each month brings a new prayer guide, and October is Respect Life Month.
Resources to help families, parishes, and communities recognize warning signs and take steps to prevent suicide.
"I was sick and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me." We bring the sacraments and companionship to those who cannot come to us.
People who are sick or homebound are much more than their illness. They bring faith, prayer, and life experience our parishes need. With the televised Sunday Mass, this ministry keeps them connected to their parish through spiritual companionship and pastoral care.
We coordinate the chaplains who serve in hospitals and care facilities across the Diocese of Dallas, so Catholic patients can receive the Anointing of the Sick, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and pastoral care.
Performed a baptism in a hospital or institution for someone in danger of death? Submit it to the Diocese so it is properly recorded.
For more than 30 years, the Diocese of Dallas has served men, women, and young people behind bars in jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers.
Love in action walks on two feet: charitable works that meet urgent needs, and social justice that changes what causes them.
A central diocesan resource for Catholic social teaching, education, and advocacy. We help parishes respond to today's issues and support parish social concerns committees with the tools they need. To start a committee in your parish, contact our office.
CCHD addresses the root causes of poverty by funding community groups led by people in poverty and by educating for justice. The November parish collection makes it possible.
