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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
November 29, 2009

More on “los niños”

Posted by : ambria

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 niece [...]


June 18, 2009

Catholic gymnast top in state

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

Last month I mentioned another honor coming Katie Won’s way. She’s the young gymnast and Christ the King parishioner and student  profiled in a fall issue of The Catholic Sun.
Well, award time is here. Won officially gets crowned June 20.
Her mom was kind enough to send me the following details on her rise to the [...]


May 9, 2009

Girls w-i-n in Spanish too

Posted by : ambria

Remember Jennica Dumond, the St. Thomas the Apostle eighth grader who won the diocesan spelling bee two years in a row?  She apparently set a trend for girls to excel in diocesan spelling bees.
At least a dozen of the 18 students who competed in the 13th annual Diocesan Spanish Spelling Bee at St. Mary-Basha School [...]


February 13, 2009

Seeing more green

Posted by : ambria

While there’s lots of talk these days about there being a lack of money for a host of businesses, families, activities and every day necessities, as a diocese, we’re seeing more green in another way.
I attended our annual Trip Reduction Program today to fill out a survey on how many miles I commute to work [...]