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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
September 9, 2009
Facing cancer with the faith community
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News
Cancer awareness season seems to be upon us. Not only is September ovarian cancer awareness month — as I learned when writing an article about various cancer support options in the diocese — but it’s also childhood cancer awareness month and prostrate cancer awareness month. Then of course comes breast cancer awareness month in October. [...]
July 30, 2009
Cancer ministry coordinator loses own battle with disease
Debbie Bond, volunteer coordinator for the diocesan Healing Through the Body of Christ Cancer Ministry, died July 16. She was 42. Faithful Catholic Sun readers may remember her name or a bit of her struggle with Stage IV breast cancer. She was featured in a 2007 article on cancer ministries and mentioned in a 2006 [...]