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Weekend calendar: Dec. 3-5
Doing some Christmas shopping this weekend? Don’t forget Catholic bookstores and St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores have tons of bargains. Shop early so you don’t miss the diocesan celebration honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe tomorrow. Other events: DonateLife drive — 1-8 p.m. Dec. 3 at Brophy. Drive thru and register to be an organ [...]
Mother’s Day gift ideas
Still looking for a way to honor your earthly mother this Sunday? Here are some Catholic/life-affirming ideas: Help feed struggling families in her name — The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is giving the local community a chance to honor their mom by giving her “Flowers that Feed.” Moms will get a custom-designed gift/note [...]
Phoenix at 40 – part 1
I told some people over the Thanksgiving break about the Diocese of Phoenix turning 40 today. All of them — 99% non-Arizonans — figured Phoenix was older than that, but it just isn’t so. Oddly enough, talk of Phoenix becoming its own diocese died down just before the announcement became official. Or at least, that’s [...]
The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe
It’s been six days since parishes across the Phoenix Diocese celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and even longer since Catholics joined to honor their mother. Still, I thought this video might help those of us who are relatively new to Our Lady of Guadalupe understand her a little better. I came across [...]
Honor Your Mother 2008
Catholics from around the Phoenix Diocese gathered for a procession and Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 7 in downtown Phoenix. An estimated 700 joined Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, who concelebrated the Mass with several priests, including Holy Cross Father John Herman, the bilingual homilist. The event also marked the beginning of [...]