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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
November 21, 2008

What’s going on this weekend

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

Is the weekend looking pretty boring? We’ll here’s a list of things to do from our sunbeams section. Sunbeams, or The Catholic Sun events calendar, is a feature of every issue of the newspaper. You can find a range of things at the end of each issue — from meetings and classes to entertainment to [...]


November 20, 2008

Portraits

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Photos

On Tuesday, I went to Sacred Heart Parish to meet with Crosier Brother Jim Lewandowski about immigration services his order is offering the community. We spoke for a long time, and afterward I took this portrait photo of him. I wanted to capture the smallness of his working area, but I think that might be [...]


November 20, 2008

Thank you, principals

Posted by : ambria

Remember that old trick of learning to spell “principal” by thinking that “the principal of my school is my pal”? Well, today, see if you can’t find a way to really make the principal of your school or your child’s school feel special — like your pal — as it is National Catholic School Principal [...]


November 19, 2008

A successful race

Posted by : ambria

    Some 500 runners and walkers took part in the first Race for Maggie’s Place Nov. 16 After reaching at least double, if not triple the number of targeted runners/walkers in the first Race for Maggie’s Place, staff members are calling the fundraising venture a success. I haven’t heard official numbers yet, but one organizer [...]


November 18, 2008

Catholics support immigration reform, poll finds

Posted by : J.D. Long-García

WASHINGTON — A recent Zogby poll of Catholics nationwide showed overwhelming support for reform of the nation’s immigration laws, with Catholics supporting a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million people in the country illegally. The poll conducted Oct. 17-20, included a sample of 1,000 people who self-identified as Roman Catholics and was commissioned [...]