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March 23, 2011

‘Greatest Love’ all-age Lenten retreat

Posted by : ambria

It turns out that a secular paper recently allotted space for a Catholic pastor to discuss the liturgical season of Lent. Fr. Michael Accinni Reinhardt’s guest column, “Lent — A Call to the wilderness” was published yesterday. It promoted, among other things, the traditions of Lent and the need for a period of retreat. Many [...]


November 22, 2010

Sixth grader invites history into the classroom

Posted by : ambria

Camille McCollum, a sixth grade at San Francisco de Asís School in Flagstaff, met a Holocaust survivor and invited her to share a history lesson with her class. Doris Martin recounted her experience for the class last week. A press release from the school shared the following: As a young girl living in Poland, the [...]


April 10, 2009

Good Friday

Posted by : ambria

Don’t forget to pray the Stations of the Cross today at your local parish, participate in a reading of the Passion and venerate the cross. You can even pray the Stations of the Cross online.     Lent has come to an end and we’re now in the Triduum. Read how others embrace it. If [...]


November 19, 2008

A successful race

Posted by : ambria

    Some 500 runners and walkers took part in the first Race for Maggie’s Place Nov. 16 After reaching at least double, if not triple the number of targeted runners/walkers in the first Race for Maggie’s Place, staff members are calling the fundraising venture a success. I haven’t heard official numbers yet, but one organizer [...]