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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
September 20, 2011

‘Get Clean’ confession video

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Media/Arts, Video

In cleaning out older email, I ran across this video from last week’s xt3 update. It’s the winning entry from a New York contest encouraging youth to avail themselves to the sacrament of confession. Definitely a video that hits home if you ask me or a Catholic of any age, I hope. Inspired to find [...]


June 20, 2011

World Refugee Day

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Local News, Nation/World

Today is World Refugee Day, a time to remember those who have died while seeking refugee from their homeland, according to xt3.com. It’s also a time to realize how to help the hundreds of thousands who are currently seeking asylum. Some resources: The Church on World Refugee Day (a Q-and-A on Vatican Radio) Praying with [...]


May 23, 2011

A papal call to space

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Media/Arts, Nation/World, Video

Pope Benedict XVI made the first Papal call to space on Saturday, according to xt3.com, a social networking and resource site for Catholics. The nearly three-and-a-half-minute call included a Q&A with the 12 astronauts at the International Space Station. Topics included their mission, personal lives and the mystery of science and space in general. Follow [...]


January 3, 2011

Digital Story of the Nativity

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : Media/Arts, Nation/World, Video

Sure we celebrated the feast of the Epiphany at Mass this weekend, but I still have the Christmas season on my mind . . . and the Nativity set out at home. Today’s transition from “Christmas vacation mode” to “work mode” made the viral video, “Digital Story of the Nativity,” all the more entertaining to [...]


June 12, 2009

Happy birthday xt3

Posted by : ambria

Not only is today St. Anthony of Padua’s birthday, but it is the first birthday of xt3.com, the Catholic social networking site launched to help World Youth Day 2008 pilgrims stay in touch and for Catholics worldwide to continue to grow in their faith. I’ve pointed out a few highlights of the last year of [...]