Holding a Debate is Hard to Do

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Patricia Martin 1 Comment Dallas City Council, Debate, District 13, District 13 Debate, Jennifer Staubach Gates, Laura Miller, Preston Hollow People

We at Preston Hollow People decided to host a debate between Dallas City Council member Jennifer Staubach Gates and former Dallas mayor Laura Miller.

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Be Better Versions of Ourselves

February 20, 2019February 19, 2019 Patricia Martin 0 Comments Bishop Edward Burns, Column, Community, Holy Trinity Parish Leadership Council, Pat Martin, Sexual Abuse, TASC Force

Do you ever notice that sometimes a word or thought repeatedly comes up in your mind and you wonder why?

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Tearing Down An Old House? Please Salvage Its Materials

January 29, 2019January 24, 2019 Patricia Martin 0 Comments homes, Real Estate, Real Estate Quarterly, Recycle, The ReUse People of America

When I see an older home being torn down, it always makes me a little sad. I’ve lived in several older homes over the years and live in one built in the 1920s.

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What Comes After Righteous Indignation Over Abuse?

December 18, 2018December 17, 2018 Patricia Martin 0 Comments Abuse, Catholics, Church, Column, Jesuit Preparatory School, news, Pat Martin, Schools, Sexual Abuse, Word on Fire

I’m Catholic, and I’m mad as hell! I’m mad multiple occurrences of clergy sexual abuse have plagued us; I’m mad these men have violated so many children

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Reasons for Giving, Volunteering

November 23, 2018November 21, 2018 Patricia Martin 0 Comments Column, Crystal Charity Ball, Holy Trinity Center, Pat Martin, People Newspapers, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Volunteering

On a recent Sunday at church, I was appealing to the congregation to support our food pantry, the Holy Trinity Center. While practicing my talk, I concluded

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Butterflies, Africa, and Recycling

November 15, 2018November 14, 2018 Patricia Martin 0 Comments Column, Into the Okavango, Monarch Butterflies, Neil Gelinas, Pat Martin, Recycling

If you read my column with any regularity, I’m sure you already think I’m a tree-hugger. If you think of me as the annoying person at a dinner party that’s

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Art and Hope for the Homeless

October 11, 2018October 23, 2018 Patricia Martin 0 Comments art, Column, Communtiy, faith, homelessness, Pat Martin, Stewpot, The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center, The Stewpot

My recent visit to the Stewpot left me filled with hope, hope for people that are homeless and hope for families that are struggling to avoid becoming homeless