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With July marking the start of the new fiscal year, and oftentimes, new pastoral assignments, it is the most common month for dioceses to establish new parishes. The Phoenix Diocese has 13 of its 92 parishes marking another year of service to local Catholics this month. May saw 11 parish birthdays and June had 10. [...]

Here’s what’s going on around the Phoenix Diocese this weekend: a Christmas dance for Catholic singles, a Catholic Daughters of the Americas meeting, a Miracle of the Roses pageant. Details on our Sunbeams events calendar. Plus Caroling for a Cause, Las Posadas, a collection for retired religious and other events below… Caroling for a Cause: [...]

Some of you may be in the midst of an election novena that won’t wrap up until Tuesday. I just got a reminder call and e-mail from Fr. Carlos Gomez, pastor of St. Augustine Parish, that his parish’s prayer effort leading up to Tuesday’s election ends tomorrow with a solemn outdoor Mass at 7 p.m. [...]