Bishop Michael F. Olson was ordained bishop and installed as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth on January 29, 2014.
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Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14 Please read this reflection by Father Metzler. @FWdiocese @TCUCatholic @TSUCCM @jp2denton @TCCUA @TXCatholic
Jesus told His disciples they cannot enter the kingdom of heaven unless they become like children. What does that mean?
Father Brett Metzler explains three practices "to be more human, more present, and more aware of the Divine around us."
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St. Augustine on the parable of the ten virgins from today’s Gospel, “The lamp of good works is a Christian profession, participation in the Church, and an outward appearance of faith... But the oil is the grace of inner joy that comes from a good conscience, the warmth of genuine charity.” @FWdiocese @NTCatholic @TCUCatholic @TSUCCM
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We cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that there are children who do not go to school. We cannot silence our conscience when we see a mother lacking the means to feed her children. We cannot ignore the many people around us who are suffering, alone and vulnerable. We need to commit ourselves to the charity and closeness of the Good Samaritan who did not remain indifferent upon seeing misfortune, but took responsibility for his brother’s life. (Lk 10:29-37) #ApostolicJourney #Uruguay
Pray for vocations! @FWdiocese @NTCatholic
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During National Vocation Awareness Week (November 1-7), please ask Our Lord for more dedicated, holy priests, deacons, and consecrated men and women. May they be inspired by Jesus Christ, supported by our faith community, and respond generously to God's gift of vocation.
“As we enter heaven, we will see them, so many of them, coming towards us
and thanking us. We will ask who they are, and they will say a poor soul you prayed for in purgatory.” Bl. Fulton Sheen
It is so important to exercise your privileged responsibility of citizenship and vote today! @FWdiocese #txlege
Today is Election Day! 🇺🇸 As Catholics, we are called to participate in public life. Voting is one way we can fulfill that responsibility and contribute to the common good. 🤝 For nonpartisan voting information, visit: midtermsmatter.us/vote-in-pe…
“Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God.” St. Martin de Porres
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🌟🙏 Today we celebrate All Saints Day and the countless holy men and women who show us how to follow Jesus. Holiness grows through everyday choices to love, forgive, and serve.
Which saint inspires your family?
#FWCSO #AllSaintsDay #CatholicFaith
The higher risk is that we will even more treat human beings like machines than treating machines like human beings. @NTCatholic @USCCB
The future of #ArtificialIntelligence is not pre-determined. As a technology developed by human beings, its future depends on the choices we make. We therefore have the responsibility to guide, change and, when necessary, reject its applications. A reliable system that serves the human person is of greater value than one that is exceptionally powerful but whose consequences cannot be adequately foreseen or controlled.
This is the most important way to be ProLife.
Support is closer than you may think. We encourage everyone to become familiar with the resources in their community that help mothers in need. A good place to begin is with a nearby parish's Respect Life Ministry. For a broad list of resources, click here fwdioc.org/pregnancy-help
Please pray for the health and recovery of Cardinal Tobin. He is a good man and humble servant of the Lord. He is an old and dear friend of mine! @FWdiocese @NTCatholic
Statement from the Archdiocese of Newark regarding Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin’s health diagnosis: Cardinal Tobin is scheduled to undergo surgery on Oct. 29 to remove a kidney mass.
Please join us in praying for his recovery. Read the full statement here: rcan.org/cardinal-tobin-heal…
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Come along with NTC correspondent Joan Kurkowski-Gillen as she explores the Franciscan tradition of Transitus at @jp2denton Parish -
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Please join our prayers with those of Pope Leo XIV, especially for an end to all terrorism and religious persecution. Let us pray for those who are persecuted for their faith like the Christians in Nigeria, Syria, North Korea, and Yemen. @usccbfreedom @FWdiocese @NTCatholic
Let us continue to pray together for peace. The day after tomorrow, on 27 October, let us join in spirit with the heads of churches and religious leaders who will gather in Assisi to mark the 40th anniversary of the meeting convened by Saint John Paul II. Never before has it been so clear that wars, as well as sowing death and destruction, impoverish and harm the world. May the Lord inspire choices of dialogue and peace! #PrayTogether
Today is the Memorial of St. John Paul II. He once said, “A democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism.” @FWdiocese @NTCatholic @UCCatUTA @TCUCatholic @jp2denton @CristoReyFW @NolanCatholic @cassatahs @TCCUA @StMarysSem_Balt @TXCatholic
This is wonderful news! Thank you for your prayers and let us continue them for his ongoing good health and protection. @FWdiocese @NTCatholic @TXCatholic
Pope Leo XIV’s doctors have confirmed that the tumor removed on October 13 was a lung adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized.
Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora said on Wednesday evening that a subsequent oncological assessment has confirmed that “no further treatment is necessary.”
“Missionary activity is closely bound up even with human nature itself and its aspirations. For by manifesting Christ the Church reveals to men the real truth about their condition and their whole calling” Ad Gentes #8. @TXCatholic @FWdiocese @UCCatUTA @TSUCCM @TCUCatholic
Bishop Michael Olson celebrated Mass for the centennial year of World Mission Sunday on Oct. 18 at St. Mark Church in Argyle.
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Today begins early voting in Texas. We not only have a right but a strict obligation to vote as well as to discharge our civic responsibilities for human dignity and the common good. Please pray and inform yourselves conscience before going to the polls. usccb.org/news/2026/citizens…
"As an evangelizer, Christ first of all proclaims a kingdom, the kingdom of God... Only the kingdom therefore is absolute and it makes everything else relative.” Pope Saint Paul VI @FWdiocese @NolanCatholic @CristoReyFW @cassatahs @UCCatUTA @TSUCCM @jp2denton @cathschlkeller
What are the things that are Caesar’s, and what exactly belongs to God?
"Our human nature is such that we cannot separate God’s image from our being."
@BpOlsonFW homily on World Mission Sunday
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Having consecrated the @FWdiocese to the #SacredHeart of Jesus, let us ask Saint Margaret Mary to intercede for us.
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, a nun of the Order of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: she ran along the way of perfection in an extraordinary manner and, endowed with mystical gifts, she was particularly zealous in her devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, accomplishing much to promote that cult throughout the Church. She fell asleep in the Lord at Paray-le-Monial in the territory of Autun in France, on the seventeenth of October.
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, pray for us!
