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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
April 14, 2010

SVdP scores Grand Slam Grant

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

I just re-tweeted this, but figured I’d put some extra info here too (by the way, feel free to follow us, if you’re not already).
The Arizona Diamondbacks awarded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul with one of three Grand Slam Awards. That means the society’s Family Evening Meal program gets a $100,000 boost.
Offering [...]


January 7, 2010

Leadership conference in Phoenix

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

The January Leadership Conference kicked off last night at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, hoping to inspire catechists and Church leaders to embrace Christ’s call to evangelization.
The conference has featured some local experts — like Ryan Hanning and Carmen Portela of the diocese’s Department of Family Catechesis and Legionary Father Thomas Bennet, parochial vicar of Our [...]


November 13, 2009

Donation match on for SVdP

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

Well, I slept through the annual benefit breakfast for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul this morning (late night with the Jaime Cortez concert as part of Christ the King Parish’s 50th celebrations), but apparently all is not lost. Organizers expected some 1,500 guests.
According to some SVdP tweets, you can still make donations online.
And [...]


September 16, 2009

More “quitters” make headlines

Posted by : ambria

If you follow us on Twitter or had a chance to break open the Sept. 17 issue of The Catholic Sun, you may have read J.D’s article on the DIGNITY program through Catholic Charities.
DIGNITY helps women divert their lifestyles from prostitution to the kind of productivity that also brings self-worth. Learn more.
Other women who are [...]


September 3, 2009

We’re on Facebook

Posted by : jd
Filed under : From the Staff

We don’t get to update it as often as we’d like, but The Catholic Sun has been maintaining a Facebook fan page for a while now. We aren’t able to access the page from our offices at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, but a few of us try to do what we can from home.
Mostly you’ll [...]