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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
December 30, 2008

Alternative New Year’s

Posted by : ambria

Today’s entry on the xt3 Christmastide calendar listed alternative ways to ring in the New Year. The Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, is one of four U.S. venues who made the list.  That’s because the center is offering a way to ring in the New Year Catholic-style — by treating yourself to spiritual renewal in [...]


December 3, 2008

Another Advent calendar

Posted by : ambria

The other day, JD tipped you off to a Web site offering a plethora of resources to help you embrace the season of Advent. Allow me to add one more: I got another e-mail today from the folks at xt3, the pope’s social networking site for World Youth Day 2008 pilgrims. The e-mail debuted xt3′s [...]


November 7, 2008

xt3 election wrap-up

Posted by : ambria

Australian priest Fr. John Flynn, posted a discussion thread on Xt3, the social networking site for World Youth Day pilgrims, following Tuesday’s election. (As a quick side note, pilgrims read the message 410 times when I first saw it. Three hours later, it was up to 471). Fr. Flynn highlighted messages the pope and U.S. [...]