Student art showcase bridges generations
Notre Dame Preparatory in partnership with Vi at Silverstone, will bring generations together in celebration of the arts at its annual Art Showcase and Open House March 21.
Arizona Catholic Conference seeks to increase charitable tax credits, affect abortion
A pair of bills aimed at charitable tax credits plus three bills aimed at abortion are making their way through the Arizona Legislature.
Joy of Jesus’s presence bookends Holy Week liturgies with modern day Calvary keeping Catholics...
Beginning with Palm Sunday, we go from the “Hosannas,” and the applauses to the mocking, “Crucify Him," to his His Resurrection.
Repair bills stack up at West Valley parish
They’ve depleted the budget and that “to do” list of projects that can’t be ignored keeps growing.
Phoenix pilgrims return with renewed sense of mission following papal visit to Mexico
CIUDAD JUÁREZ ― Even though Spanish is not Sr. Caritas Wendt’s primary language, she was able to experience a sense of the Universal Church when she made a pilgrimage to Ciudad Juárez for the last stop on Pope Francis’ Feb. 12-17 apostolic visit to Mexico.
Irish priests in Arizona: 70 years of service and love, delivered with a brogue
Waves of priests from the Emerald Isle began arriving in 'State 48' in 1946 with more than 100 priests trading in verdant fields for the scorching Arizona sun over the years.
Christian Service Awards honors 36 students filling vital community needs
Eighth-grader Stephanie Hamrick was nervous when she was called upon to counsel a peer who was pregnant through the pro-life organization she volunteers with, Voces Unidas por la Vida. “She was very open to what we had to say to her,” recalls Hamrick a student and parishioner at St. Timothy in Mesa. “We showed her her ultrasound and she wanted to keep her baby. Seeing the ultrasound changed her perspective on abortion, and knowing it’s a real person inside of them, it changes their minds and hearts. I was really happy to help her.”
Catholic college, university prepare to welcome first nursing students
Bachelor and doctorate-level nursing programs are launching soon in the Diocese of Phoenix at Saint Xavier University and College of St. Scholastica, respectively.
Catholics find inner peace in Confession, Adoration during global ’24 Hours for the Lord’
GILBERT – While most people are asleep at 3 o’clock in the morning, St. Anne Parish in Gilbert opened its doors to those night owls seeking refuge in the Lord through Adoration and the sacrament of Reconciliation. The parish was one of several throughout the Diocese of Phoenix — at least one in each deanery — participating in the worldwide “24 Hours for the Lord” initiative March 4-5.
Laugh4Hope comedy benefit supports ‘life’ outreach
Super funny and squeaky clean, the Laugh4Hope comedy night fundraiser returns for a third year, but in a new venue.
