blogtcs.com

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

Dinner fundraiser tonight

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

It’s usually more fun when your meal has a theme. Make tonight’s theme “baby” food. That’s because Chili’s — the home of the baby-back ribs — is hosting a fundraiser to help pregnant women and moms with babies. For every restaurant patron who presents the special “Give Back Night” flyer with their order tonight, 10 [...]


August 31, 2009

Café Justo

Posted by : J.D. Long-García

Earlier this summer, I traveled to the border with a group from All Saints Catholic Newman Center. We went to Agua Prieta, Mexico to see some of the work being done for deported immigrants. But perhaps even more interesting was Café Justo coffee roaster located in that city. Café Justo is a coffee grower cooperative [...]


August 28, 2009

Health in Catholic schools

Posted by : ambria

We often hear about the health of our schools — fiancially or academically speaking — but school officials are also paying closer attention this year to the health of the students within those schools. A few days after Cissy Frakes, one of two assistant superintendents for the Phoenix Diocese, addressed local principals about campus health [...]


August 27, 2009

Discerning the call

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

Last Sunday, Ambria Hammel covered the Welcome Back Mass at All Saints Catholic Newman Center in Tempe. I happened to be attending, so afterward, she asked me to interview Megan Holcomb, a former Arizona State University student who’s joining the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Holcomb attended the Newman Center for the [...]


August 27, 2009

St. Mary’s alum faces alma mater tonight

Posted by : ambria

Athletic games are always more fun when there’s something bigger at stake than the final score — like bragging rights. And that’s what either St. Mary’s High School or one of its alumni will earn tonight. The Knights of St. Mary’s kick off their football season against 2008 state champion, the Hamilton Huskies at 7 [...]