HEADLINES

Church welcomes more than 1,100 people on journey to Catholic faith

For those not born into the faith, the process to become a Catholic can make for a long journey. This year, 1,130 men, women and children will complete that journey at the Easter Vigil.

MARCH 4, 2010

• CDA 2010: Patron saint for priests motivates faithful to live a life of stewardship
• Faithful listeners pledge support for 1310 AM, Immaculate Heart Radio
• Lifesaver: Corpus Christi blood donor meets his match
• Rite of Election: Church welcomes more than 1,100 people on journey to Catholic faith
• Catholic Charities helps refugees find new life with local supermarkets
• LENT: Penitential season calls Catholics to service
• New sports complex promises more room to practice
• Share your story: A special tribute to our priests
• Conference challenges men to be faithful and fearless
Your Catholic Priest: Fr. Jack Spaulding -- Care for disabled, love for Eucharist, Mary, drive priest
• News Briefs: March 4, 2010

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

• Lent: A time for prayer, fasting and almsgiving
• CSW 2010: Faith-filled learning environment leads to greater academic success, service to community, say supporters
• CSW 2010: Catholic Schools Week celebrates stewardship, tax credit
• CSW 2010: Long time Catholic school supporter receives Seton Award
• CSW 2010: St. Francis Xavier student wins spelling bee by a ‘millimeter’
• One Family in Christ -- CDA 2010: Students put stewardship into practice in support of CDA
• Tuition organization donors help students attend Catholic schools
• New Bullhead City church set to open in November
• Your Catholic Priest: Fr. Thaddeus McGuire -- Love for Eucharist, parents’ example inspire priesthood
• Vatican dismisses Fushek from clerical state following investigation

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

• Scouts celebrate century of faith-filled service, adventures
• Couple travel to Gibraltar to share beauty of Natural Family Planning
• Dominican sisters work, pray to renew Catholic education
• Local Church celebrates martyred nun’s legacy
• St. Vincent de Paul, St. Catherine of Siena schools mark milestones
• Men’s retreat to offer a more ‘masculine’ approach to faith
• Your Catholic Priest: Fr. Kieran Kleczewski -- Monk-turned-diocesan priest leads liturgy
• Help for Haiti: Local Catholics join relief effort in earthquake aftermath
• CDA 2010: CDA kicks off this weekend with $10 mil goal
• CDA 2010: New co-chairs hope to increase CDA awareness among families
• Pro-lifers rally in Tempe, Phoenix to change the culture |
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• News Briefs

JANUARY 21, 2010

• CDA 2010: CDA supporters gather to celebrate successes, future
• ‘Dividends’ focus of weeklong Catholic schools celebration
• Couple leads volunteers to be 'Angels to the Homeless'
• Choosing Life: Adoption offers mothers in crisis pregnancies a postive alternative
• Your Catholic Priest: Fr. Daniel McBride -- Chandler pastor has love for evangelization, hands-on work
• Large turnout expected for Tempe, Phoenix events marking ‘Roe’ anniversary
• Archbishop Burke: Justice should be administered in obedience to God

DECEMBER 17, 2009

• New pastoral letter points to Church’s role in university life | Read the pastoral letter
• The 'O' Antiphons: Waiting for a Savior, the King of Kings
• New northern church
  Cottonwood welcomes diocese’s newest Catholic church building
• Catholic Community Foundation
  Scores of students interview for Christian Service Awards
• Immaculate Heart Radio
  Catholic radio programing coming soon to Phoenix
• The King's House
  Local Catholic painter brings religious art home
• Our Lady of Solitude
  Poor Clares pray for additional building funds
• Thousands gather to honor the Blessed Mother
  Phoenix Diocese marks 40th anniversary with Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration
• YOUR CATHOLIC PRIEST
  Fr. Fred Adamson, VG -- Career in health care leads to vocation as priest for vicar general
• Visiting archbishop
  High-ranking Vatican official to be homilist at Red Mass
• Paz de Cristo
  Spreading Christ’s peace one meal at a time
• More to come

DECEMBER 3, 2009

• Manhattan Declaration
  Religious leaders pledge commitment to conscience issues
• ‘Encountering the living Christ’ for 40 years
  JPII left his mark on Phoenix Diocese, which celebrates anniversary Dec. 2
• Our Lady of Guadalupe still captures hearts, minds
  Miraculous image inspires local Catholics, pilgrims to visit Mexico City basilica
• Grant for East Valley Catholic high school
  Gila River Indian Community awards $250,000 grant to Seton
• 40-year anniversary
  Resurrection Parish to celebrate anniversary with Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine, celebration
• Parish fiesta
  Mesa parish celebrates 50 years of being a Catholic family
• St. Peregrine Shrine
  Spiritual, physical healing merge in new cancer shrine
• Immaculate Conception to celebrate Dec. 8
  Cottonwood community to dedicate long-awaited church
• MUSIC: ‘We Are the Beggars’
  Local musician debuts at No. 5 on iTunes
• 'Witness for Life'
  Bioethics Defense Fund honors bishop
• Year-end giving
  Streamlined ‘working poor’ tax credit to help thousands
• Blue Mass
  Local law enforcement personnel gather for Mass of Thanksgiving
• Finding hope in Dickens' classic
  Local Catholics star in production of 'A Christmas Carol'
• YOUR CATHOLIC PRIEST
  Fr. John Greb -- Mechanic becomes priest after 15-year hiatus from Church
• News Briefs