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André House has been making headlines in recent weeks. Here’s a recap: Volunteer recognized nationally — The Congregation of the Holy Cross marks today, its feast day, each year by honoring lay collaborators with the Spirit of Holy Cross Award. One of nine recipients this year is Robert Coccagna. The St. John Vianney parishioner has [...]

Holy Cross Father Tom Zurcher has impacted lives across the Phoenix Diocese whether they realize it or not. He spent 10 years as a “priest for the priests,” formally known as the Vicar of Priests in the Phoenix Diocese. Fr. James Wall, now bishop of Gallup, preceded him nearly five years ago. Now Fr. David [...]

Youth from St. John Vianney Parish in Goodyear are meeting up with youth from other U.S. parishes and schools staffed by Holy Cross religious for World Youth Day events in Madrid, Spain this week. Here’s a “Did you know?” video the youth traveling with Holy Cross priests made. It presents random facts about who and [...]

SAINT FACTS: French name: Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney Struggled with Latin and the seminary in general Well-known confessor spending some 14-18 hours in the confessional Canonized in 1925, the only parish priest to have received the honor St. Luke Productions brought a live drama about his life to the Phoenix Diocese in 2009 during the [...]

From Catholic News Service’s TV programming notes for the week: “Brother André.” The struggles and miracles in the life of Holy Cross Brother André Bessette (1845-1937) — whose canonization is scheduled for Oct. 17 — are detailed in this biographical profile. From his modest position as doorman, Brother André not only increased devotion to St. [...]