With record-high temperatures, volunteers help keep the vulnerable safe
St. Vincent de Paul and a local TV station teamed up to launch the "Be a Summer Action Hero" campaign encouraging people to hold food and water drives and volunteer or give to the society's summer relief efforts.
Notre Dame Prep invites citizens to chat with city mayor
The Scottsdale school is hosting an informal conversation about the city's future with Mayor Jim Lane June 20 in the cafeteria.
Xavier student aces ACT exam
She is the second student in the last several years to achieve such a feat.
Kino Institute grads sent forth to witness to Christ, serve the Church
Two years of intense studies and hard work paid off for 100 local Catholics.
Ordination prep ramps up for seminarian duo
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted admitted Nathaniel Glenn and Gabriel Terrill as candidates for priestly ordination during Mass at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, meaning they have four years of academic, spiritual and practical preparation ahead of them.
The Big Haul for St. Vincent de Paul [VIDEO]
Whether you're adding an item or more to a food donation bin, coordinating your own food drive or donating money to St. Vincent de Paul, there are plenty of ways to #BeASummerActionHero.
Four ordained to the priesthood
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted ordained four men — Fr. Sheunesu Bowora, Fr. Dan Connealy, Fr. Ryan Lee and Fr. David Loeffler — to the priesthood June 11.
Former pastor of two Phoenix parishes dies in Boston
Fr. Julio Lopresti, IVE, who was the pastor of St. Anthony and Immaculate Heart of Mary parishes the last four years, died unexpectedly May 30 in Boston, where he had been transferred to serve in that archdiocese’s cathedral.
Franciscan Renewal community loses a brother
Franciscan Brother Mario Vasquez, who spent most of his 55 years with the order at the Franciscan Renewal Center — the Casa — in Scottsdale tending to the garden and the people, died.
Bishop to ordain four to priesthood June 11, three to transitional diaconate May 29
For four men of the Diocese of Phoenix, June 11 will mark a day of both ending and new beginnings. That’s because their years of seminary study and formation are over. They’ll enter St. Thomas Aquinas Parish that day as transitional deacons and leave as ordained priests after Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted imposes hands on them.
