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St. Patrick’s Day events
Relive last year’s celebration at Ss. Simon and Jude School while checking out your options for this year.

Parade — Sr. Raphael Quinn, in the above video) is this year’s Grand Marshall for Phoenix’s 27th annual celebration. St. Mary’s High School bands are also scheduled somewhere in the lineup. The parade starts at [...]

MESA — Students at St. Timothy School heard a firsthand account March 5 of how funds from their second annual Operation Rice Bowl collection transforms lives.
The global hunger awareness initiative, which coincides with Lent, is a project of Catholic Relief Services.
Thomas Awiapo and his three brothers ate from a single bowl as children. His younger [...]

The Poor Clare Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are kind enough to keep me posted on major milestones in their quest to build their adoration chapel in Tonopah. A full-fledged monastery will be built as funds permit.
Construction crews successfully placed the dome atop the Our Lady of Solitude Monastery on Thursday. They sent me some photos, [...]

It seems like there’s a lot going on in the Phoenix Diocese this weekend. I’ll include a short list below and then, if you’re interested and available, read after the jump for event details:
FRIDAY—

“Curtains” musical, a Tony Award-nominated murder mystery, debuts in an Arizona school tonight and runs through Feb. 6.

SATURDAY–

Annual retreat, Phoenix Diocesan Council [...]

I’ve been thinking a bit lately about the vital role women religious have played in shaping communities throughout the country. My reasons are two-fold:

I’m working on a story about an upcoming anniversary celebration. That’s led to me reading about the early Arizona days of the Daughters of Charity.
I recently read on xt3 about a fascinating [...]