Announcements

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 September 2025 With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility Any Spiderman fans out there? If so, you likely know the infamous line of Uncle Ben, “With great power comes great responsibility.” As Christians, we are called to live this truth with the Catholic Social Teaching tenant of Rights & Responsibilities. The Church teaches that everyone should be treated with dignity. With human [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 August 2025 Call to Family, Community, & Participation August brings back to school and a lot of more activities for so many families around the metroplex! We are all called to participate in our community, and Catholic Social Teaching highlights this through the Call to Family, Community, & Participation tenent. The family is the foundation of our society. We are called to [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 July 2025 Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Laudato Si Ten years ago, Pope Francis gave us the gift of Laudato Si, on Care for our Common Home. He encouraged all people to stand up to protect our environment and to be good stewards of the Earth and its resources. His words weren’t just abstract Earth Day pledges. Pope Francis saw firsthand [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 June 2025 Of New Things - and a New Pope! Last month, the world rejoiced as we watched the election of Pope Leo XIV! I know that we can’t wait to see how he will carry on the legacy of Pope Francis I, and of Pope Leo XIII.   If you aren’t familiar with Pope Leo XIII, he wrote a foundational document [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 May 2025 Life and Dignity of the Human Person This month, many of you likely celebrated your mother and our Mother Mary! We have so much to be grateful for in the mothers in our lives, especially in the way they nurture and uphold the dignity of the most vulnerable among us. The tenant of Life and Dignity of the [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 April 2025 Solidarity Today I would like to call us to a deeper understanding of solidarity. It is easy to look around right now and feel separated or isolated. Our faith calls us to reach out across divisions and join together with our brothers and sisters in need. Solidarity teaches us to treat everyone as our neighbor. Thanks to our [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 February 2025 Hello, my name is Devyn Buschow and I currently serve as the Parish Relations Program Manager at Catholic Charities Dallas. It’s a new year! We are so excited to grow in our service to others, together. Here is a quick email with links about our new programs, as well as resources helpful to your parishioners! Before we get to [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 December 2024 "What a beautiful year of parish support!" CCD has been blessed this year by a beautiful amount of support from so many of our parishes!  We wanted to dedicate this video to thank you for all of your efforts in supporting our work in the nine counties of the Diocese of Dallas.We cannot name every parish in this [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 November 2024 "The Why & USCCB Resources" Has anyone told you lately that you matter?  What if you went days, months, or years, without being told that you are loved and cared for?  As a faith community, we are called to show dignity to all people, and that includes serving those in need.  It can sometimes seem overwhelming to know where [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 October 2024 October is Respect Life Month October is Respect Life Month! Here at CCD, we know that every human life is valuable, and every day we choose to show dignity to those in need. Starting with the youngest that we serve, we offer pregnancy counseling, parenting classes, and adoption services. At Mater Maria, we offer a safe home for pregnant [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 September 2024 Do you know Miss Lucy? Have you seen our mobile food trucks driving around town? Our five refrigerated trucks make more than 140 drops at 99 different locations every month! With the help of our community and parish partners, we bring fresh food and healthy ingredients to all nine counties of the Diocese of Dallas. We are looking to [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 August 2024 Resource Cards Today I am excited to share our newest resource card with you. These cards are a great way to share information about all of CCD’s programs with your parishioners and community members. The card is printed in English and Spanish and includes our contact information, as well as a QR code to access more information on [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 July 2024 Back to school? Did you know that last year 17 schools in the diocese collected more than 73,000 pounds of food for Catholic Charities Dallas? This equals more than 61,000 meals for those in need. The support of our schools is incredible, so we wanted to send a special edition of this Parish Monthly Update to share how your [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 June 2024 Do you know what we do? I’m keeping it short and sweet today... Do you know everything we do at CCD? My hope is that you have a great idea of CCD in general, but my experience tells me you may not know about all the great programs that we offer! We have over 35 unique programs that have [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 May 2024 Come craft with us! First off, I want to thank you for your support with our Time for Giving campaign this month. We are so grateful for your help in supporting our programs that allow us to serve those in need in our diocese! I am so excited to share about our new project with Refugee Services! We are [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 April 2024 You may have heard that our diocesan-wide second collection campaign, called “Time for Giving,” kicks off on May 4th. This is the time of year that we love to not only highlight the work CCD does across all 9 counties of the diocese but also share specific details with your parish so you can truly see our mission in [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 March 2024 We know there are so many people in our Diocese who need assistance. In fact, we serve more than 200,000 people every year. Therefore, it always surprises us when we encounter people who don’t know what we do, or why we do it! We want to reach more people so they are aware of the resources they can access [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 February 2024 We are so excited to announce the launch of our new Parish Resources page! This is a webpage that all parish staff members can access to find more information about CCD. The page includes a recap of our previous parish update videos, easy-to-access resource cards with CCD phone numbers, and a Google drive filled with free resources to [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 January 2024 Hello, my name is Devyn Buschow and I currently serve as the Parish Relations Program Manager at Catholic Charities Dallas. We are so excited to announce that Mater Filius Dallas is now part of the Pregnancy, Parenting, & Adoption program at Catholic Charities Dallas under a new name, Mater Maria. Mater Maria will continue to serve pregnant women [...]

Devyn Buschow | Email: dbuschow@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8107 Parish Relations 2023 Recap Hello, my name is Devyn Buschow and I currently serve as the Parish Relations Program Manager at Catholic Charities Dallas. CCD has been blessed this year by a beautiful amount of support from so many of our parishes! We wanted to dedicate this video to thank you for all of your efforts in supporting our work [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 December 2023 This is my last parish monthly update as the Director of Parish and Community Relations at Catholic Charities Dallas. I’ve had a wonderful six and a half years here at Catholic Charities. I will now be moving to a full-time role with the Diocese of Dallas as the Executive Director of the Synod. I am so [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 October 2023 For this month’s update, we wanted to share about our new Co-Work and Coffee space! We know that so many of our parishes have limited space and a growing number of ministries. Our coworking space is a beautiful place for groups to meet or individuals to work. Attached to St. Jude Park Central, Co-Work and Coffee includes [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 September 2023 We are so grateful to serve in such a generous Diocese! We regularly get inquiries about physical donation items that could benefit our clients. To make it easy for all our parish and community partners, we are excited to announce a new in-kind donation page on our website. We have compiled all of the material needs for each [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 August 2023 Back to school means food security for some children, but many children and adults alike still do not know where their next meal will come from. At Catholic Charities Dallas, we work hard to alleviate hunger and food insecurity in our community. Our Hunger Services team works in multiple ways, including operating 2 fixed food pantries [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 July 2023 Celebrating Independence Day is a great reminder of the gift of freedom we have here in the United States that many people around the world risk their lives to experience. At Catholic Charities, our primary goal is to treat refugees, asylees, and immigrants among us with the respect and dignity they deserve. We believe that every person [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 June 2023 June is World Refugee Awareness Month. Refugees are men, women, and children who are fleeing war, conflict, and persecution and seeking safety in another country. Catholic Charities Dallas has the blessing of working alongside these individuals and aiding them in any way we can. Our reception and placement services welcome newly arrived refugees, asylees, and special immigrant [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 May 2023 Here at CCD, we work hard to live out the seven tenets of Catholic Social Teaching every day. These seven principles are life and dignity of the human person, call to family, community and participation, rights and responsibilities, care for God’s creation, option for the poor and vulnerable, the dignity of work and the rights of [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 April 2023 Did you know that April is National Foster Care Month? We would like to take this opportunity to highlight some of the foster care programs we offer here at Catholic Charities. Our Children’s Services team provides daily care, supervision, and case management services to eligible unaccompanied immigrant and refugee youth. Our top priority is reunifying children with [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 March 2023 Spring is the season of new life, and we would like to encourage you to support life in our Dallas community by taking advantage of the pro-life and pro-family resources provided by Catholic Charities. Today we’re focusing on our pregnancy crisis counseling, parenting classes, and adoption services. Parenting classes are offered through our Parenting in Action Program, [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 February 2023 Hello! My name is Lacy de la Garza, and I currently serve as the Director of Parish and Community Relations for Catholic Charities Dallas. CCD has a great opportunity that will be helpful for the families in your parish. Our Financial Stability and Career Services program has been rebranded and is now known as Next Gen [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 January 2023 Hello! My name is Lacy de la Garza, and I currently serve as the Director of Parish and Community Relations for Catholic Charities Dallas. The new year can bring stress and concerns about the future. Focusing on mental health is one way to take care of ourselves in times of distress.   Did you know that Catholic Charities [...]

Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 December 2022 Hello! My name is Lacy de la Garza, and I currently serve as the Director of Parish and community relations for Catholic Charities Dallas. It is hard to believe another year has come and gone already! Reflecting on this past year, we were able to accomplish so much for our community. This would not have been possible [...]