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Super Bowl fever hits local parishes
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 [...]
Catholic schools help Maggie’s Place
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 [...]
Make pro-life work ‘click’
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. [...]
Feb. 5 Issue Preview
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 [...]
Vatican goes YouTube
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 [...]