LOCAL NEWS

MESA — Benedictine University at Mesa is poised to bloom alongside the city’s revitalization efforts as campus life emerges the week of Aug. 26.

Twin individuals make up about two percent of the general population, according to the Twins Foundation. Students at Christ the King Catholic School defied those birth odds more than three times over with twins accounting for 7.8 percent of its student body during the 2012-13 school year. Among the eight sets of twins, two were in pre-kindergarten and two graduated from eighth-grade in May and start at Seton this week.

For the past 20 years, Sr. Jean Steffes, CSA, wrote about — and was part of — the history of the Diocese of Phoenix through her many roles and responsibilities.

John Burgess left his home in Wisconsin where he and his wife lived for 34 years to take a job in Arizona, a state he felt would surely run out of water.

Teenagers and young adults throughout the Diocese of Phoenix echoed Pope Francis upon returning from World Youth Day celebrations held July 23-28 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — and their joy is greater than their exhaustion.

Dr. Maria Romo Chavira has been selected as the next chancellor of the Diocese of Phoenix, it was announced Aug. 8.

An average of 60 percent of graduates from Bourgade Catholic High School each year are the first generation to head to college. Support systems at the 50-year-old high school help them be ready academically, financially and logistically.

Julie Carrick is halfway through her speaking and music engagements for the year with another 50 or so to go. The city names and...

National Youth Arts bestowed 12 awards to five area Catholic schools for top-quality plays and musicals produced during the 2012-13 school year. The awards tally is split at six each for local Catholic elementary and high schools.

Phoenix’s seminarians have a couple more weeks left for their summer ministry — whether that’s at a local parish, in a department of the Diocesan...