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Maureen Adams will work closely with families, schools and businesses to expand the organization's ability to make Catholic schools available, affordable and accessible

An outdoor life-size statue of St. John Paul II greets visitors at St. Bernard of Clairvaux in Scottsdale.

Two seventh-graders earned top honors at the diocesan science fair and advanced to the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair April 7 where they competed among 1,200 other young scientists in several categories. One picked up an award there too.

TONOPAH — After 10 years in Arizona of living out their charism of praying in Adoration, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, affectionately known as the “Desert Nuns,” now have an autonomous monastery within the Diocese of Phoenix.

She is one of seven scholarship recipients the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society will honor April 9.

The Xavier Gators were already up to bat and the bulldog from St. John Bosco is on deck for on-field recognition this season.

Being young, Catholic and in the local work force can be challenging, but soon such individuals will have the opportunity to connect with peers facing similar struggles by joining the nation’s newest chapter of Young Catholic Professionals and the first one based out of the Arizona.

The idea of a Catholic high school to serve the West Valley finally has tangible signs of reality.

The Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference are grateful for the passage of the pro-life bills (SB 1474 and SB 1485) that were signed into law today by Governor Doug Ducey.

Friday night and Saturday classes for nine months at Benedictine University in Mesa can turn adult students into financial planners ready for certification.