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Among the dozens of entrants in Friday’s Fiesta Bowl Parade will be Barb Davern, a St. Charles Borromeo parishioner, with a pro-life message of sorts. She’ll be among 24 fellow transplant recipients and donor family members from across Arizona carrying a large “Donate Life” balloon. Davern received a double lung transplant in 2006–the same week one [...]

I got this video e-card from Catholic Relief Services and thought I’d share it. Ironically, as this world has become more global through the Internet and social media, it’s also become more individualized with people only following news of “local” relevance. As a universal Catholic Church, it’s all local. Like many things, you just need [...]

 If you’re looking for a work distraction in these final days on the job before Christmas, here’s a positive one that could help a local Catholic school refresh its campus in the new year (other Catholic causes below): The Dad’s Club at St. Gregory School in Phoenix is on a quest to win a $250,000 grant [...]

St. Thomas Aquinas sixth-graders entered the annual Patriot’s Pen essay contest  and Jordan Meyer emerged on top at the post level. The Avondale student’s thoughts on whether patriotism still matters impressed the judges at the regional level too and she ended up third in state. The local VFW post, which sponsored the contest’s primary level, presented [...]

Among this month’s “Best Bets” on TV according to Eight Magazine, the monthly booklet for supporters of PBS in Arizona, is “The Calling.” It debuts tonight on PBS (9 p.m. for Arizonans) and concludes tomorrow night. The two-part, four-hour documenatary provides a behind-the-scenes look at seven young Americans of various faiths who are preparing to become [...]