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If you’d like to celebrate Holy Week with Catholics around the country and around the world — including Pope Benedict XVI — tune in to CatholicTV. The 24-hour television station will air special programming from the Vatican,  Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, and Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart during Holy Week [...]

In case you missed the inaugural Nun Run this weekend, the Poor Clare Sisters sent me — and I would imagine a lot of their other supporters — a video recap. Nearly 500 people ran the 5k according to the race results. Another 195 continued on to finish the 10k. Women as young as 5 [...]

Parishes, schools and other Catholic groups are taking full advantage of the beautiful weekend weather in Arizona. This weekend’s calendar is jam-packed. Take a look: Activities/Entertainment — Nun Run — Here’s the complete schedule for tomorrow’s race. It’s at Victory Lane Sports Park, 22603 N. 43rd Ave. in Glendale. Proceeds help build a Poor Clare [...]

Catholic News Service posted a short article yesterday announcing that the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart launched a new Web site reportedly revealing never-before-seen images of their co-founder, Blessed Mary MacKillop among other things. The soon-to-be-saint — canonization is set for October — was among several key figures during World Youth Day [...]

St. Agnes Parish will be marking the 30th anniversary of the murder of Salvadorian Archbishop Oscar Romero March 24 with a 7 p.m. Mass. About five years ago, I got a chance to interview the archbishop’s youngest brother, Santos Gaspar Romero, right here in my cubicle. I’d been working for The Catholic Sun for less [...]