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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
March 5, 2010

Weekend happenings

Posted by : ambria

There are plenty of things going on around the diocese these days. I blame it on Lent being in full swing and the fair weather. Keep the success of the following activities in your prayers, and if you have a couple of hours free this weekend outside of Mass, feel free to attend:

Spiritual enrichment —

Eucharistic [...]


March 2, 2010

Seminarian midterms

Posted by : ambria

Steven Torres, a first-year seminarian at the Pontifical College Josephinum and a Bourgade alumnus, just sent me this photo and the following message. Thought I’d share it as well as the request for continued prayers as midterms, essays and projects culminate this week (in this Year for Priests, these prayers for seminarians from The Curé [...]


January 29, 2010

Cheer on local spiritlines at state meet

Posted by : ambria

State championship titles are up for grabs tomorrow and  cheerleaders from four diocesan high schools are competing. If you won’t be near Tim’s Toyota Center in Prescott tomorrow, check out the competition live online.
Here is when our Catholic school students are expected to perform according to AIA’s schedule:

8 a.m. Notre Dame Preparatory (4A Division II) [...]


October 15, 2009

Show time for high school fall plays

Posted by : ambria

A couple of Catholic high schools sent us press releases about their upcoming fall plays. They’re listed in our Sunbeams section of our Oct. 15 issue.
To be fair, I thought I’d list them all here as well:

The Music Man — A salesman hoodwinks and charms a small Iowa town in 1912. Presented by Brophy and [...]


August 28, 2009

Health in Catholic schools

Posted by : ambria

We often hear about the health of our schools — fiancially or academically speaking — but school officials are also paying closer attention this year to the health of the students within those schools.
A few days after Cissy Frakes, one of two assistant superintendents for the Phoenix Diocese, addressed local principals about campus health and [...]