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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
September 30, 2011

Weekend calendar: Sept. 30-Oct. 2

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Local News, Media/Arts

It’s that time of year. Fido and Fluffy (or whatever trendy name dogs and cats are going by these days) are invited to church. Many parishes are holding a Blessing of the Animals this weekend. It’s in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals. Check out your nearest Catholic church for times [...]


August 12, 2011

Weekend Calendar: Aug. 12-14

Posted by : ambria

Parish life outside of Mass and eucharistic adoration is starting to pick back up. Check it out: Patron Saints of World Youth Day — 6:30 p.m. Aug. 12 following the rosary on KXXT 1010AM and online. Ongoing series teaches listeners about the patron saints of next week’s World Youth Day. They include St. Ignatius of [...]


July 1, 2011

Parish birthdays — July

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Local News, Photos

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. [...]



December 11, 2009

Weekend calendar

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

Tomorrow marks the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and of the Diocese of Phoenix. Largely because of that, and the coming Christmas season, there are a lot of events going on this weekend. Here’s a quick look at some of them: Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration at Resurrection. Our Lady [...]