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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
October 7, 2011

Another ceremonial first pitch

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Local News, Video

Watch this: The pitcher you see, Max Ashton, is a student at Brophy College Preparatory. He was chosen to throw the first pitch in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series Oct. 5 through his involvement with the Foundation for Blind Children. Despite being vision impaired, Ashton excels at Brophy, climbed the highest mountain [...]


February 2, 2011

Birdies for Charities

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Local News

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul blog tipped me off to the annual Birdies for Charity going on this week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open: All you have to do is simply pledge one cent or more for every birdie that will be made by the PGA TOUR players, Thursday, February 3rd through [...]


March 18, 2009

Brophy hiker to lead blind climber

Posted by : ambria

You may have seen or read about the “See Kili Our Way” trip scheduled for June in mainstream media lately. The climb is put together by the Foundation for Blind Children, an Arizona nonprofit which helps blind and visually-impaired children, adults and their families lead rather independent and dignified lives.  Turns out, there is a [...]