LOCAL NEWS

Tucson, Gallup Catholics among eight finalists for Catholic Extension ‘Lumen Christi’ award.

SCOTTSDALE — Friends, family and dignitaries from around the diocese packed into St. Bernadette Church June 29 to witness Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted bestow the universal Church’s highest honor for the laity on one of the parish’s founding couples.

It was a pivotal day for the "public association of the faithful."

The gifts comprise a St. Joseph's Basket filled with toiletries, kitchen essentials and more.

Mandatory evacuation notices included roughly 100 families who regularly attend Mass at St. Joseph Mission along AZ-69 in Mayer. That entire passageway between I-17 and SR-169 remains closed.

Loyola Academy, a Jesuit junior high school on Brophy College Preparatory's campus, has students sending postcards of hope to displaced children around the world through Any Refugee.

She spent 57 years s serving the Grand Canyon State at parochial schools in Globe and in Mesa plus implementing Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and serving as director of religious education in Mesa and in Phoenix, as a spiritual director and retreat director.

Besides serving the community, they also visited the home of Fr. William Wasson, a 1947 SMHS alum, to honor and celebrate his life as a Knight.

Xavier College Preparatory alumna Amanda Benson was named to the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team which allowed her to compete in the Pan American Cup tournament.

Max Muehlhausen, a Gilbert resident and rising senior at Seton Catholic Preparatory in Chandler, was among 28 high school journalists from across the country selected for the Summer Journalism Institute.