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Two weeks ago, I took a quick drive up the 51 to attend the United Blood Services Valentines for Life luncheon at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa. The event honored blood drive coordinators for saving lives in 2009.
My presence at the pre-Valentine’s Day event  — minus the temporary heart tattoo I’d hoped [...]

A local face will be on CatholicTV’s “This is the Day” tomorrow. Holy Cross Father Andrew Gawrych, parochial vicar at St. John Vianney Parish in Goodyear, will discuss the Lenten season as co-editor “The Gift of the Cross: Lenten Reflections in the Holy Cross Tradition.”
The shows airs at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and is [...]

If you’re not already familiar with Sunbeams, our popular event calendar we publish inside the back cover each issue, take a peek now. It’s filled with retreat opportunities, classes, activities and worship opportunities.
The weekends are quite often filled with options of things to do. Here are some Catholic events I stumbled across on my own [...]

I have little doubt that in my three and a half years on staff, I have lost some readers, mid-story that is. I don’t like to think that, but I figure somewhere after the first paragraph or two, some readers either have the necessary info they need from a story or aren’t engaged enough to continue.
I [...]

Some time ago, I wrote an article titled “The beat goes on: Mom connects with son’s heart recipient.”
It was meant to coincide with National Donor Sabbath Month.  Two years later, Lupita LeBario and Steve Bond, the main subjects of that story, are again making headlines.
Bond, a heart transplant recipient, will ride on the Donate Life [...]