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  At least 30 teenagers (middle and high school) at Christ the King Parish in Mesa will take the Lenten idea of fasting a step farther this weekend: they won’t eat for 30 hours. Thousands of teenagers from at least nine other Catholic parishes in Arizona and 51 other churches in the state plus more [...]

It was exciting, but also a bit anticlimactic to cover President Barack Obama’s visit to Mesa. Well, I didn’t really cover his visit as much as I covered the St. Timothy Parish prayer vigil across the street. I arrived at St. Tim’s early yesterday, hours before the 8:30 a.m. Mass. I’d heard there’d be a [...]

Catholics will gather for a peaceful prayer vigil tomorrow for human dignity at St. Timothy Parish in Mesa. President Barack Obama will be speaking at 10 a.m. across the street at Dobson High School. The vigil will with Mass at 8:30 a.m., but those planning to attend are encouraged to arrive between before 6:30 a.m. [...]

The St. Peregreine Chapel groundbreaking at Christ the King Parish in Mesa will happen tonight at 6:30 p.m. Prior to the ceremony, Chuck Lenhart, store manager of an ACE Hardware store in Mesa, will walk from the downtown Diocesan Pastoral Center to the site of the groundbreaking to honor all of those who have died [...]