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Facing cancer with the faith community
Cancer awareness season seems to be upon us. Not only is September ovarian cancer awareness month — as I learned when writing an article about various cancer support options in the diocese — but it’s also childhood cancer awareness month and prostrate cancer awareness month. Then of course comes breast cancer awareness month in October. [...]
Cancer ministry coordinator loses own battle with disease
Debbie Bond, volunteer coordinator for the diocesan Healing Through the Body of Christ Cancer Ministry, died July 16. She was 42. Faithful Catholic Sun readers may remember her name or a bit of her struggle with Stage IV breast cancer. She was featured in a 2007 article on cancer ministries and mentioned in a 2006 [...]
A Novena towards healing
MESA — Christ the King Parish invites Catholics to join its novena to St. Peregrine which began today at the 8 a.m. Mass. (Sorry about the late notice. In my rush to beat yesterday’s storm, this didn’t get posted). The nine-day prayer is for the successful completion of the St. Peregrine Chapel and Shrine. Although both [...]