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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
November 18, 2010

Five years — and counting — of homeless outreach

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Local News, Media/Arts, Video

Found a rare video look inside St. Joseph the Worker. KEZ, a local radio station, helped put it together as part of the fifth anniversary celebration of combined outreach to the homeless at the Human Services Campus near the Arizona state capitol. It starts with quick general comments at the celebration and then gives a [...]


November 17, 2010

Golf fundraising

Posted by : ambria

It seems several organizations in the Valley, especially Catholic schools, use golf tournaments as a means of fund raising. As the weather cools, I imagine other groups will start planning winter and spring benefit tournaments. That includes the East Valley Serra Club every April to raise money for local seminarians. Should you find yourself registering [...]


November 16, 2010

DVD Tuesday — The Human Experience

Posted by : ambria

DVD Tuesday announcements are everywhere — the morning television news, your weekly e-mail from Redbox, the USCCB’s/Catholic News Service’s Media Review Office, and today, a special announcement from Grassroots Films. The Brooklyn-based film company, which produced “The Human Experience,” an award-winning documentary about the poor and suffering in different parts of the world, announced the [...]


November 15, 2010

‘Baking Bread’ priest releases two new books

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Media/Arts

Benedictine Father Dominic Garramone, who hosted a popular baking show on KAET for several years, recently released two new books through Reedy Press based out of St. Louis. “Thursday Night Pizza” — The 128-page softcover book features the monk’s favorite pizza recipes. They include six different doughs, seven sauces, and dozens of pizzas like Pesto [...]


November 15, 2010

Catholic school alumnus on Jeopardy tonight

Posted by : ambria

It’s down to the semi-finals of the college championship on “Jeopardy!” and a reported Brophy alumnus and St. Thomas Aquinas parishioner is in the running. Check out Flores’ video interview with the show about making it on air. Flores is already dubbed one of the top 15 college students equipped to play the academic trivia [...]