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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
December 18, 2008

More on the Salesian sisters

Posted by : ambria

If you’ve made it to p.29 of your Dec. 18 issue already:

Congratulations! You’re more than half-way through one of our largest issues ever.
Despite so many pages, there still wasn’t room for all of our stories. Most notably, there are some details missing from the Salesian sister feature on p.29. That info is below.

The women continue [...]


December 18, 2008

The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Posted by : jd
Filed under : From the Staff, Video

It’s been six days since parishes across the Phoenix Diocese celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and even longer since Catholics joined to honor their mother. Still, I thought this video might help those of us who are relatively new to Our Lady of Guadalupe understand her a little better. I came across [...]


December 9, 2008

Honor Your Mother 2008

Posted by : jd

Catholics from around the Phoenix Diocese gathered for a procession and Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 7 in downtown Phoenix. An estimated 700 joined Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, who concelebrated the Mass with several priests, including Holy Cross Father John Herman, the bilingual homilist. The event also marked the beginning of [...]


November 13, 2008

St. Mary’s athletes sign letters of intent

Posted by : jd

Six St. Mary’s High School students signed athletic letters of intent with NCAA Division 1 universities.
The Nov. 12 signings will result in more than $1 million in college scholarships, according to the high school. The signings included: Bryon Fulton, basketball, Weber State University; Blake Davis, basketball, Weber State University; Molly Smith, softball, Sacramento State University; [...]


November 10, 2008

‘Where every child is a gift’

Posted by : jd

BAPCHULE, Ariz. — Students from St. Peter Mission School sang in thanksgiving for the Joe Garagiola Learning Center during its Nov. 2 blessing.
In this video, the students sing “This Man is our Joe,” a take off of Woody Guthrie’s classic “This Land is Your Land,” only with different words. “Joe” is former major league [...]