Phoenix families prepare for World Meeting of Families
What do you get when you mix eight children, two parents and a 2,300-mile journey in a 10-passenger van? The Hanning family of Mesa is about to find out.
Restore Dignity hosts benefit for vital healing retreat
A nonprofit healing ministry that provides resources to help survivors of abuse and trauma is fairly new to the Diocese of Phoenix and hosting a benefit event to offset costs for retreats that are, by design, small in number.
St. Vincent de Paul serves guests in overnight hours
A St. Vincent de Paul dining room that nearly functions like a restaurant now offers makeshift sleeping quarters too.
Two groups take next step toward diaconate
Fifteen men are continuing their journey toward a more intimate life within the Church.
Catholic Charities prepares to receive Syrian refugees
Images of them crowding into boats and walking along roadways and railways throughout Europe have poured across media channels. Soon, some of them will be headed to Phoenix.
Circle the City opens family health center to serve those experiencing homelessness
For those who live on the streets, a visit to the doctor might be necessary, but it’s no longer out of reach.
BVM trio celebrates 70-plus years of religious life
The sisters taught at Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Agnes schools in the Diocese of Phoenix.
Priests in U.S., Canada can already absolve women who had abortions
BALTIMORE (CNS) — Pope Francis’ Sept. 1 announcement that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have...
Catholic women ready to host first meal in new peer ministry
An emerging Arizona chapter of an international peer ministry to Catholic women is taking root in the Diocese of Phoenix. Catholic women from throughout the Valley have been in formation for two years and are eager to see a slew of fresh faces at an inaugural meal. Catholic women and their friends of any or no faith are invited.
First graduating class begins final year at Annunciation Catholic School
The newest school in the Diocese of Phoenix now has its first graduating class in the waiting. Two of the 12 eighth-graders at Annunciation Catholic School in Cave Creek have been there since its doors opened on the St. Gabriel Parish campus in 2009. They were second-graders at the time and huddled around their principal in a small circle — with first-graders too — for opening prayer.
