Tolton: From Slave to Priest
The remarkable story of America’s First Black priest.
Tolton is a powerful multi-media live production, filled with music, drama and inspiring performances. It brings a message of hope and healing for the wounds that plague our culture. Join us for one of these performances and be inspired by Father Augustus Tolton’s perseverance and faith.
Diocesan Multicultural Celebration
Unity in Diversity
Join us and experience the vibrant tapestry of cultures at the Diocesan Multicultural Celebration “Unity in Diversity” and celebrate the richness of diversity within our community and immerse yourself in a day of cultural exploration and unity.
- International Rosary
- Marian Procession
- Multicultural Mass with Bishop Greg Kelly
- International Food Samplings
- Musical Performances
- Traditional Attire Encouraged
The Cultural Diversity Office provides resources and services to diocesan offices, ministry leaders, parish personnel, and partner agencies in the area of multicultural ministry within the Diocese of Dallas. The Cultural Diversity Office promotes dialogue, cultural awareness, and understanding among the ethnic/cultural communities in order to help them continue to build up their faith communities and cultivate among all Catholics a spirit of welcome and belonging.
About Cultural Diversity
The Cultural Diversity Office provides resources and services to diocesan offices, ministry leaders, parish personnel, and partner agencies in the area of multicultural ministry within the Diocese of Dallas. The Cultural Diversity Office promotes dialogue, cultural awareness, and understanding among the ethnic/cultural communities in order to help them continue to build up their faith communities and cultivate among all Catholics a spirit of welcome and belonging.
Black Catholic History Month
Photo Credit : The National Black Catholic Congress Inc.
Asian and Pacific Islander
Unity In Diversity
We had our first Diocesan Multicultural Celebration, with the theme “Unity in Diversity.” This exciting event was a vibrant showcase of the many cultures that make up our faith community, celebrating the richness and diversity within our diocese.
The Multicultural Celebration began with the Marian Procession featuring representatives from various countries carrying images of the Blessed Mother Mary that hold special significance to their homelands. And the Multilingual Rosary, where prayers were recited in ten different languages, reflecting the global nature of our faith. There were 3 choirs that sang in this Diocesan Multicultural Mass.
Relive the celebration here.
Hispanic Latino
John Paul II’s Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe
O Immaculate Virgin, Mother of the true God and Mother of the Church!, who from this place reveal your clemency and your pity to all those who ask for your protection, hear the prayer that we address to you with filial trust, and present it to your Son Jesus, our sole Redeemer.
Mother of Mercy, Teacher of hidden and silent sacrifice, to you, who come to meet us sinners, we dedicate on this day all our being and all our love. We also dedicate to you our life, our work, our joys, our infirmities and our sorrows. Grant peace, justice and prosperity to our peoples; for we entrust to your care all that we have and all that we are, our Lady and Mother. We wish to be entirely yours and to walk with you along the way of complete faithfulness to Jesus Christ in His Church; hold us always with your loving hand.
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mother of the Americas, we pray to you for all the Bishops, that they may lead the faithful along paths of intense Christian life, of love and humble service of God and souls. Contemplate this immense harvest, and intercede with the Lord that He may instill a hunger for holiness in the whole people of God, and grant abundant vocations of priests and religious, strong in the faith and zealous dispensers of God’s mysteries.
Grant to our homes the grace of loving and respecting life in its beginnings, with the same love with which you conceived in your womb the life of the Son of God. Blessed Virgin Mary, protect our families, so that they may always be united, and bless the upbringing of our children.
Our hope, look upon us with compassion, teach us to go continually to Jesus and, if we fall, help us to rise again, to return to Him, by means of the confession of our faults and sins in the Sacrament of Penance, which gives peace to the soul.
We beg you to grant us a great love for all the holy Sacraments, which are, as it were, the signs that your Son left us on earth. Thus, Most Holy Mother, with the peace of God in our conscience, with our hearts free from evil and hatred, we will be able to bring to all true joy and true peace, which come to us from your son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who with God the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.
His Holiness John Paul II
Mexico, January 1979. Visiting Her Basilica during his first foreign trip as Pope.
On June 16, 2023, the US bishops approved a National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry. The Plan refers to Hispanics/Latinos as a blessing from God, as a missionary and prophetic presence that revitalizes the church in the United States. A few of these graces include an abiding love for family and community, a rich practice of Catholic traditions, an authentic Marian devotion, and vibrant ecclesial movements.
For the past four decades, Hispanic/Latino ministry has flourished in thousands of parishes across the country. Such ministries have produced many fruits as millions of Hispanic/Latino families have been able to live and celebrate their Catholic faith. Building on that growth, the Plan calls for a synodal church that is more welcoming, evangelizing, and missionary at all levels; a church that can build vibrant parish communities with our Hispanic/Latino brothers and sisters, in the context of a culturally diverse society.
Below are some resources and links provided by the USCCB.
- Hispanic/ Latino Affairs | USCCB
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Hispanic Affairs Subcommittee Releases Resource Kit on Hispanic/Latino Communities and Ministries | USCCB
- U.S. Bishops’ Chairman of Hispanic Affairs Reflects on Hispanic Contributions and Leadership in the Church | USCCB
- Hispanic Heritage Month Prayer | USCCB
- Celebrating Latino Catholics during Hispanic Heritage Month | USCCB
On June 16, 2023, the US bishops approved a National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry. The Plan refers to Hispanics/Latinos as a blessing from God, as a missionary and prophetic presence that revitalizes the church in the United States. A few of these graces include an abiding love for family and community, a rich practice of Catholic traditions, an authentic Marian devotion, and vibrant ecclesial movements.
For the past four decades, Hispanic/Latino ministry has flourished in thousands of parishes across the country. Such ministries have produced many fruits as millions of Hispanic/Latino families have been able to live and celebrate their Catholic faith. Building on that growth, the Plan calls for a synodal church that is more welcoming, evangelizing, and missionary at all levels; a church that can build vibrant parish communities with our Hispanic/Latino brothers and sisters, in the context of a culturally diverse society.
Below are some resources and links provided by the USCCB.
- Hispanic/ Latino Affairs | USCCB
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Hispanic Affairs Subcommittee Releases Resource Kit on Hispanic/Latino Communities and Ministries | USCCB
- U.S. Bishops’ Chairman of Hispanic Affairs Reflects on Hispanic Contributions and Leadership in the Church | USCCB
- Hispanic Heritage Month Prayer | USCCB
- Celebrating Latino Catholics during Hispanic Heritage Month | USCCB
Empower Your Faith
Black Catholics
Join hands with others from across the nation, embracing our shared heritage, writing the vision, and embracing the prophetic call to thrive.
Tolton from Slave to Priest was showcased to more than 1,000 attendees throughout the span of 5 shows! This powerful multimedia live production, filled with music, drama, and inspiring performances, tells the remarkable story of America’s first Black priest, Father Augustus Tolton. It delivers a message of hope and healing for the wounds that plague our culture. By sponsoring this show, the Cultural Diversity Office aimed to inspire others with Father Tolton’s perseverance and faith.
Be on the lookout for future events!
Anti-Racism and Racial Inequality
Experience a day of spiritual enrichment with Deacon Art Miller as we delve into “A Prophetic Call to Thrive: Envisioning Our Multicultural Church”
Empower Your Faith
Asian American and Pacific Islander
Join hands with others from across the nation, embracing our shared heritage, writing the vision, and embracing the prophetic call to thrive.
Migrants, Refugees & Travelers
Lord Jesus, when you multiplied the loaves and fishes, you provided more than food for the body, you offered us the gift of yourself, the gift which satisfies every hunger and quenches every thirst! Your disciples were filled with fear and doubt, but you poured out your love and compassion on the migrant crowd, welcoming them as brothers and sisters.
Lord Jesus, today you call us to welcome the members of God’s family who come to our land to escape oppression, poverty, persecution, violence, and war. Like your disciples, we too are filled with fear and doubt and even suspicion. We build barriers in our hearts and in our minds.
Lord Jesus, help us by your grace, to banish fear from our hearts, that we may embrace each of your children as our own brother and sister; to welcome migrants and refugees with joy and generosity, while responding to their many needs; to realize that you call all people to your holy mountain to learn the ways of peace and justice; to share of our abundance as you spread a banquet before us; to give witness to your love for all people, as we celebrate the many gifts they bring.
We praise you and give you thanks for the family you have called together from so many people. We see in this human family a reflection of the divine unity of the one Most Holy Trinity in whom we make our prayer: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
CONGRESS XIII
- 20 - 23 July, 2023
- Gaylord National in National Harbor, Maryland
Join other Black Catholics and those who minister to Black Catholics in the United States for a celebration of our faith and culture.
Lenten Reflection
Throughout the Sundays of the Lenten Season, the Interracial Healing Task Force invites each of us look inside ourselves to consider the challenging struggle of achieving racial healing.