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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
March 17, 2010

Remembering Romero

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff

St. Agnes Parish will be marking the 30th anniversary of the murder of Salvadorian Archbishop Oscar Romero March 24 with a 7 p.m. Mass. About five years ago, I got a chance to interview the archbishop’s youngest brother, Santos Gaspar Romero, right here in my cubicle. I’d been working for The Catholic Sun for less [...]


March 5, 2010

Bishop Olmsted interview on ‘Horizonte’

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

If you missed Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s interview last night on KAET Channel 8, don’t worry. You can watch it right now on Arizona’s PBS Web site. The bishop sat down for a 24-minute interview with Horizonte host José Cárdenas, senior vice president and general counsel of Arizona State University. The wide-ranging interview covered topics [...]


May 7, 2009

Institute of the Incarnate Word anniversary

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

The Institute of the Incarnate Word will be celebrating 25 years of ministry this year. Locally, there will be a Mass celebrated at 6:30 p.m. May 8 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. Fr. Walter Mallo, IVE, will be the homilist. Fr. Miguel Buela founded the Institute of the Incarnate Word in Argentina in 1984. [...]


April 16, 2009

Bishop Olmsted to mark 10 years as a bishop

Posted by : J.D. Long-García

Yesterday, staff at the Diocesan Pastoral Center gathered to thank Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted for his leadership. On April 20, he will mark 10 years a bishop. We put together a short video from yesterday’s event. If you’d like to share with your thoughts about our bishop, you can post a comment here, on our [...]