Deacon candidates advance

Eight men took another step toward holy orders in the Phoenix Diocese, their wives and family at their side. Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted installed the...

‘Blest Are They Who Believe’: New pastoral letter exhorts Catholics to the Year of...

Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a Year of Faith to assist Catholics in deepening, sharing and living out their faith at a time in...

Schools upgrade learning methods, but remain grounded in Truth

Being prepared for class these days doesn’t always mean having a sharpened pencil or a ballpoint pen. Sometimes it means having a stylus and well-charged tablet...

Schools open larger facilities to meet enrollment, embrace technology

Students at a few Catholic campuses returned to expanded and more modern facilities when school resumed in August. First- through eighth-graders at St. Francis Xavier...

‘Night of Hope’ seeks to close tuition gap

discount oem software download As the economy continues to struggle, so do many parents who are trying to pay tuition for their children’s Catholic school...

When he’s not behind home plate, umpire makes serving others a priority

BALTIMORE (CNS) — When major league baseball umpire Mark Wegner, a Catholic, is in Baltimore to work at an Orioles game, one way he...

St. James Parish celebrates 30 years of ‘presence of Christ’

GLENDALE — Members of St. James Parish gathered Sept. 8 for Mass followed by a festive dinner to celebrate their 30th anniversary as a...

Bishop releases third edition of “Catholics in the Public Square” during EWTN family weekend

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted released the third edition of his booklet “Catholics in the Public Square” during EWTN’s Family Celebration Sept. 8-9 at the...

‘It’s life or death’: Local Catholic turns to social media for living kidney donor

With time running out, Remy Marceau turned to social media to find an answer to his prayers — a kidney donor to save his...

‘Theology on Tap’ urges young adults to take part in the political life

In the early days of the Church, St. Paul engaged the Greeks in the Areopagus, telling them the truths of the Christian faith. Ryan...