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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
October 28, 2011

Saints in our midst: Ss. Simon and Jude

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Local News, Nation/World

October has already seen five saint feast days that have local relevance for parishes, retreat centers and schools. Today marks the sixth and the one in which Catholics across the Phoenix Diocese can celebrate. It’s the feast day of Ss. Simon and Jude, where our diocesan cathedral gets its name. The cathedral in any diocese [...]


November 22, 2010

Sixth grader invites history into the classroom

Posted by : ambria

Camille McCollum, a sixth grade at San Francisco de Asís School in Flagstaff, met a Holocaust survivor and invited her to share a history lesson with her class. Doris Martin recounted her experience for the class last week. A press release from the school shared the following: As a young girl living in Poland, the [...]


March 26, 2009

Students excel in state science competition

Posted by : ambria

  Catherine Hanley, our Flagstaff correspondent, sent us the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair‘s results for San Francisco de Asís students. They faired rather well. The March 21-24 event was open to all schools within the state with judging at the elementary, junior and senior levels. The complete winners list is available here, but it [...]