Jpii University Parish Campus Ministries

st. john paul ii university parish and campus ministry is a faith based center that serves the university of north texas and texas woman’s university students, alumni, faculty and the greater denton community. the combined student population of these two public universities is currently 52,000. our center was founded in the 1980’s and became known as the catholic center, or the "c" for short. on july 1, 2012, the now former bishop of the diocese of ft. worth, kevin vann, granted and therefore expanded our center into a full parish. what was formerly known as the catholic center has now become an ever growing parish now known as st. john paul ii university parish. at the time of our elevation on a campus center to a parish, we were graced with the presence of fr. kyle walterscheid, then the vocations director for the diocese, as our pastor. the responsibilities of becoming a parish has included an increase of student outreach, investment of land for expansion of our c