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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
January 31, 2009

Super Bowl fever hits local parishes

Posted by : ambria

Local Catholics and Catholic agencies are using Sunday’s Super Bowl as a way to promote fellowship while raising money and collecting goods for various causes.
St. Rose Parish in Anthem raised $1,300 during its second annual NFC championship tailgate party Jan. 18 (it raised the same amount in 2007). Parishioners rented a space in the parking [...]


January 30, 2009

Catholic schools help Maggie’s Place

Posted by : ambria

Tomorrow marks the end of Catholic Schools Week. It was a week marked by creative classroom activities, spirited dress and hair days, prayer and service activities.
For whatever reason, many schools chose Maggie’s Place as their benefactor. I’m thinking the recent fire at the Magdalene House, the birthplace of Maggie’s Place, had something to do with [...]


January 30, 2009

Make pro-life work ‘click’

Posted by : ambria

 
 
Did you miss some or all of last week’s pro-life events in Tempe and want to do something to advance the cause? Maybe you were among the hundreds who attended the special Mass for the unborn Jan. 21, the demonstration and rally at Arizona State University Jan. 22 or the youth rally and hike Jan. [...]


January 30, 2009

Feb. 5 Issue Preview

Posted by : andrew
Filed under : Uncategorized

We’re finishing up proof-reading and laying out the Feb. 5 issue of The Catholic Sun. It’s a pretty packed 28 pages, filled entirely with local news. Here are some of the stories you’ll find inside:
Coverage of all the events marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, including a Mass for the Unborn, a prayer vigil [...]

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January 30, 2009

Vatican goes YouTube

Posted by : jd

I stumbled across this news while I was picking out a story for La Comunidad. The Vatican YouTube channel will have audio in English, Italian, Spanish and German. According to Archbishop Claudio Celli, president of the Pontifical Council of Social Communication, the move signals that the Vatican is working “to be present wherever the people [...]