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Millennials are falling away from the faith, but solid efforts from Young Catholic Professionals and Alpha are coming to Phoenix and offering concrete hope for genuinely bringing them back.

Golda Miller is one of two student representatives, on a board of 20, that will provide perspective to the Arizona Chapter.

The Aug. 4-6 conference was intended to give fraternity chapters direction while reinforcing the organization’s vision for future members.

It's not just for students, parents, teachers and other campus staff. It's for a key volunteer group too.

“What I always sense is the passion and desire of our students, coupled with a belief that all things are possible with Christ,” the incoming president of the Diocesan School Board said.

Ask most first-graders what they hope to be when they grow up and you’ll get the standard responses — firefighter, doctor, police officer, teacher or pro baseball player. But from the age of 6, Peter Dobrowski knew he had a different calling. He felt the persevering inner tug of the Holy Spirit to serve God as a priest.

When a pair of Girl Scouts launched a Vinnies Rosary Project this summer, the Marian connections behind it all eluded them.

The teachers hold a variety of roles at St. John XXIII School in Scottsdale but are united in their desire to better integrate science, technology, engineering and math — STEM — across the curriculum.

Roughly 10 groups from the Diocese of Phoenix are among the untold numbers of Catholics making their way to Krakow, Poland.