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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 [...]

The Mary, Help of Christians, Rosary Crusade will hold one of its regular public rosaries this week. This time, they’ll pray for the conversion of America near the state capitol, 1700 W. Adams Street. The prayer procession starts at 9 a.m. July 13. Meet at the Wesley Bolin Plaza. One crusader was recently featured on [...]

Church leaders worldwide have encouraged Catholics to pray for priests and an increase in vocations during the Year for Priests. If you’ve had trouble getting started with that in the past week, the Poor Clare Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Black Canyon City posted some handy resources on their special Web  page including a prayer [...]

As the Year for Priests gets underway, I found it interesting to learn about the nation’s newest priests. Catholic News Service reports on the demographic makeup of the ordination class each year. Like in Phoenix, the nationwide Class of 2009 is largely Caucasian. Our class is largely younger than the average age of 36 though. [...]

Today marks the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a day of prayer for the sanctification of all priests. It also marks the start of the Year for Priests. Perhaps it is because of both that one local parish has mentioned the idea of Home Enthronement in its bulletin lately. Particularly, it said that [...]