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Weekend calendar April 30-May 1
The weekend is still young. Check out your options for celebrating JPII’s beatification and Divine Mercy Sunday. Plus, a benefit run to end homelessness and how to start your Mother’s Day shopping. All Saints Garden dedication — 9:30-10:30 a.m. April 30 at Mount Claret Retreat Center. A Boy Scout/Seton student led the effort for his Eagle Scout [...]
St. Catherine of Siena Feast Day
Happy Feast Day to St. Catherine of Siena’s 4,430 families (Central/south of Southern Ave.) and 265 students in south Phoenix! A blessed feast day to St. Catherine parishioners, students and staff worldwide too! PARISH FACTS: Established May 22, 1946. Like St. Mark’s in Phoenix, it was founded three-and-a-half years before the Diocese of Phoenix was [...]
Teams advance in tennis playoffs
Student atheletes from the Phoenix and Tucson dioceses are serving up some friendly Catholic rivalry today. The 5A Division I state champioship match in tennis will feature the following teams: Girls: #1 ranked Xavier College Preparatory (Phoenix) v. #2 ranked Salpointe Catholic High School (Tucson) Boys: #1 ranked Salpointe Catholic High School (Tucson) v. #2 ranked [...]
Surfing Madonna
A local debate has been brewing in San Diego over the last few days over an illegally placed piece of art. See the amateur video of a local TV news report about the “Surfing Madonna.”
St. Mark Feast Day
Happy feast day to St. Mark’s 400 families in Phoenix (30th St./north of Van Buren) and St. Mark parishioners and staff worldwide! PARISH FACTS: Established March 2, 1946, three-and-a-half years before the Diocese of Phoenix was born. Its third pastor — in a line of Franciscan priests — acquired, dismantled and reassembled a POW army [...]