Spiritual Life

These are our regular spiritual events:
  1. Daily Mass at 12:30 at the Parkland Chapel
  2. Theology Reading Group (1-2 times per month)
  3. Bible Study (1-2 times per month)
  4. Women's and Men's Small Groups
  5. Annual retreat
  6. Annual White Coat Mass

For more information or to share ideas, email the leaders at basilsociety+leaders@groupspaces.com.
’How can this man give us His flesh to eat?’  So Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.  He who eats [trogon: to chew or munch] My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.’”   (Gospel of John, 90-100 AD)

“[The Gnostics] do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which the Father, in his goodness, raised up again.” (Ignatius of Antioch, 110 A.D.)

“For not as common bread nor common drink do we receive these; but since Jesus Christ our Savior was made incarnate by the word of God and had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so too, as we have been taught, the food which has been made into the Eucharist by the Eucharistic prayer set down by him, and by the change of which our blood and flesh is nourished, is both the flesh and the blood of that incarnated Jesus.  (Justin Martyr, 150 AD) 

“For we do not allow a crumb to fall or a drop to spill.” (Apostolic Tradition 200 AD; Tertullian 200 AD; Origen 250 AD [paraphrased])

Theology reading club
A group of graduate and medical students together with some faculty gathering for fellowship and in-depth discussions of topics relevant to the faith in the present times. Topics and readings are selected by the participants and vary widely. The meetings take place every two weeks in the evenings and the location generally is the home of Dr. and Mrs. Collins.

For more information, contact Robert.Collins_at_utsouthwestern.edu or James.Brugarolas_at_utsouthwestern.edu.

Women's Group
The women of St. Basil Society meet in a small group setting once a week to discuss Scripture, papal documents, or other spiritual readings. We support each other in our growth as daughters of Christ and women physicians. For more information, email basilsociety+leaders@groupspaces.com.


Men's Group
The St. Basil men also meet for prayer and fellowship. For "as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." Email the Basil leaders for more information.


Looking for more?
There is a vibrant Catholic community in the Diocese of Dallas; email the Basil leaders if you'd like more information about Catholic gatherings and formation opportunities in the DFW area.
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The Way of the Cross, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem