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December 31, 2008

Deacon Schmid in Valley magazine

Posted by : ambria

I keep forgetting to mention that I ran across a Q-and-A with Deacon Will Schmid in Raising Arizona Kids magazine last week. The article explores his discernment process. 
The piece was coincidentally written by a former classmate of mine when we were in one of the pilot classes exploring the world of online media. Therefore, the online [...]


December 30, 2008

Alternative New Year’s

Posted by : ambria

Today’s entry on the xt3 Christmastide calendar listed alternative ways to ring in the New Year. The Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, is one of four U.S. venues who made the list. 
That’s because the center is offering a way to ring in the New Year Catholic-style — by treating yourself to spiritual renewal in 2009. [...]


December 28, 2008

Issue Preview: Jan. 1, 2009

Posted by : jd
Filed under : From the Staff

Our first issue of the year is, once again, packed with a variety of local stories covering the life of the Phoenix Diocese.
You’ll find an advance on a pro-life speaker at Christ the King Parish in Mesa, a story on perpetual adoration starting at St. Bernadette Parish in Scottsdale and an update on the new [...]


December 25, 2008

High schoolers become Santa for Soldiers

Posted by : ambria

I got a press release from Xavier College Preparatory last week about the school’s effort to bring Christmas to soldiers whose service to their country has separated them from their families at Christmas. I since learned that other Catholic high schoolers also reached out to them.
It was all through the efforts of Bridget Alcocer from Phoenix, [...]


December 23, 2008

Christmas Mass online

Posted by : ambria

Unable to make it to a Christmas Mass this year?
That’s okay.
Now, Skyline Productions, the same people responsible for the TV Mass broadcast live from Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral every Sunday, is helping to put this year’s Christmas Eve Mass with Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted online.
Homebound Catholics won’t have to miss the communal celebration of this [...]