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The Catholic Sun talked to a few Catholic school students recently about their favorite Advent/Christmas traditions that they look forward to with their family. Here’s what they said: We usually have a Christmas party at our house and have our whole family over. We play games. [Her mom added that they also pray for deceased [...]

Are you wearing green as you read this? Do you remember or know why? St. Patrick Parish in Scottsdale tipped me off to some articles to brush up on its patron saint. One reports on a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in North Carolina and some Catholic efforts to keep the saint’s name and bio alive. [...]

Earlier this month I wrote about some Latin American children who recently visited Most Holy Trinity School and students from 9 other diocesan elementary and high schools on a thank you tour for supporting them. I posted a video report about their visit. A short time later, the St. John Bosco principal told me that her [...]

Most Holy Trinity School invited me to the annual visit from Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos early last month. Some 16 youth (children to early 20s, I think), came from El Salvador for a bilingual Mass, intercultural dialog and cultural dancing. The goodwill tour served as a thank you to groups, including 10 diocesan schools, that support [...]

If some of the people around your work or school seem unusually silent today, there’s good reason for it. Students at 80 schools in Arizona are joining more than 3,700 nationwide in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity today. They’re not speaking today as a visual reminder of the 50 million voices that have fallen silent [...]