Oliva Catalina Macias

Oliva was born in Villa de Santiago, Nuevo Leon, Mexico on November 30,1929 to Abelardo Alanis Tamez and Juventina Tamez Alanis. She received a business degree from Instituto de Ciencias Mercantiles de Monterrey NL. Oliva was married to Arnulfo Macias on January 4, 1959; they were married 34 years until his death in 1993.

Oliva was among the first laypersons in Dallas to become a Eucharistic Minister in 1973, ministering to the sick and homebound of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. In 1987, Oliva and her husband Arnulfo were among the 1,500 Eucharistic Ministers who distributed Communion to approximately 350,000 Catholics attending mass presided by Pope John Paul II in San Antonio, Texas. She was actively involved in the Cursillo Movement as well as other ministries at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Dallas. She was an active participant at La Voz del Anciano and other neighborhood groups.

Oliva is preceded in death by her parents, husband, and siblings.

Oliva is survived by her daughters Mary Helen Reynoso (Joe Reynoso), Mary L. Macias (Frank Rios), Estela Lopez (Daniel Lopez), Anna Marie Macias, and Linda Macias Huerta; her nine grandchildren Andrew Lopez, Melissa Arellano, Frankie Huerta, Ariel Aguayo, Mandy Gleicher, Patricio Aguayo, Michael Reynoso, Sol Huerta, and John Paul Rios; five great grandchildren Maya, Danny, and Cecilia Arellano, and Teddy and Olive Gleicher, and other family and friends.

Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:00am at the Calvary Hill North Chapel (inside the Mausoleum) with Fr. George Vaniyapurackal officiating. Committal will follow at Calvary Hill Cemetery at 12:00pm.

The family of Oliva Macias wishes to thank Fr. George Vaniyapurackal and the staff of VITAS Hospice for their loving and compassionate care.