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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
March 2, 2010

Seminarian midterms

Posted by : ambria

Steven Torres, a first-year seminarian at the Pontifical College Josephinum and a Bourgade alumnus, just sent me this photo and the following message. Thought I’d share it as well as the request for continued prayers as midterms, essays and projects culminate this week (in this Year for Priests, these prayers for seminarians from The Curé [...]


October 25, 2009

Priesthood Sunday

Posted by : ambria

Today marks Priesthood Sunday. As the name suggests, today is a time to specially honor priests for their lifelong service to the Church.
A host of groups sponsor the annual event including the USA Council of Serra International and catholic Scouting groups, who encourage local parishes to find their own ways of honoring their priests. Some [...]


August 18, 2009

Inspiring vocations

Posted by : ambria

In a not-so-surprising headline, especially given that it is the Year for Priests, I read today that “Nuns, priests urged to reach out to young people to promote vocations.” The results came from the “Study of Recent Vocations to Religious Life” released Aug. 11 and compiled into a CNS story yesterday.
The story urged having full-time [...]


August 5, 2009

CatholicTV celebrates Year for Priests

Posted by : ambria

Appropriately, it seems many parishes, dioceses and other Catholic groups are creating ways to honor the Church’s spiritual leaders during the Year for Priests.
As our readers should know, The Catholic Sun is profiling Phoenix priests in its regular “Your Catholic Priest” feature.
“Feed My Sheep” is a television series along the same lines. CatholicTV originally broadcast [...]


August 4, 2009

Vianney drama premieres today

Posted by : ambria

Today marks the feast of St. John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests, who will soon become the patron saint of all priests. St. John Vianney’s name has rightly come to the forefront since the Year for Priests began June 19.
To share and celebrate the story of “one of the greatest shepherds in Church [...]