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Where to send your charitable donation
If you haven’t donated to a charitable organization that supports the working poor and plan to, you have 10 days left. The deadline is Dec. 31. Details from the state of Arizona. You can donate up to $400 for married couples and $200 for single filers. If you itemize your state taxes, you’ll get that [...]
Holy Cross blog features familiar faces, voices
Holy Cross Father Tom Zurcher has impacted lives across the Phoenix Diocese whether they realize it or not. He spent 10 years as a “priest for the priests,” formally known as the Vicar of Priests in the Phoenix Diocese. Fr. James Wall, now bishop of Gallup, preceded him nearly five years ago. Now Fr. David [...]
Sermon on the street — from André House
If you’ve never stumbled across Holy Cross Father Eric Schimmel’s monthly blog from the André House in Phoenix, you’ve been missing out. His “Sermon the on Street” is readable, personal, humorous and ends with a strong yet gentle message Catholics need to hear. This month, he focuses on the idea of seeing real value in [...]
Congregation of Holy Cross
It will be a new era for Holy Cross fathers. Fr. Hugh Cleary, the congregation’s leader for the last 12 years, the maximum term according to the order’s constitution, is being replaced. Fr. Richard Warner, CSC, was elected Superior General of the Congregation of Holy Cross during its general chapter meeting in Rome late last [...]
Homeless memorial service
The month of November is quickly coming to an end and with it, the end of the month which Catholics pray in a special way for the departed. Parishes throughout the diocese have displayed photos of the faithfully departed that relatives brought in and priests have remembered the names in the Book of Life in [...]