Following ‘Plan of God’ brings sisters from Peru to Arizona
The young sisters will partner with St. Paul's Outreach to serve students at Arizona State University plus nourish parish life at nearby Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Mercy is greater than any evil, says bishop at Mass of Healing and Reconciliation
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted prayed with tearful victims of abuse, other laity who came in support, along with roughly 10 priests and deacons from the diocese who concelebrated and assisted at the Mass.
Jubilee ends, mercy continues
Despite the close of the latest jubilee year, the door of mercy within the heart remains wide open, and Catholics in the Diocese of Phoenix are committed to bestowing and receiving it.
Fr. Kurgan, O. Carmelite (1938-2016), supported diocese’s early years
The Order of Carmelites and St. Agnes Parish are among those across Arizona who spent Thanksgiving Eve offering gratitude for the life of Fr. Charles Kurgan.
Faith extravaganza floods streets of downtown Phoenix
In an outpouring of unabashed affection for Our Lady of Guadalupe, hundreds of Catholics from every corner of the Diocese of Phoenix descended on the downtown area Dec. 3 for a day of festivities, fanfare, food, and most of all, faith.
Thanksgiving spirit, food stuffs parish halls to feed community
Early Thanksgiving feasts at several parishes across the Diocese of Phoenix rivaled what Americans are still slicing, dicing and mashing for Thursday.
Notre Dame Prep junior crowned county’s outstanding teen
Ela Wootton, a junior at Notre Dame Preparatory in Scottsdale, earned the title of Miss Maricopa County Outstanding Teen.
Forgiving injuries: Bryson Hall lives message of forgiveness, reconciliation
BAPCHULE — Growing up on the sprawling Gila River Indian Reservation south of Phoenix, Bryson Hall remembers the day tragedy shattered his world: Oct. 12, 1996. He was just 12 years old.
Church renews vigor for promoting dignity of human person
The Pontifical Academy for Life could very well study the Diocese of Phoenix to help achieve its original and recently affirmed goal.
Dcn. Pardini (1925-2016) knew how to build church physically, spiritually
Dcn. Lou Pardini died five days short of his 91st birthday, but to the pro-life warrior who counted gestation time, he was already 91.