‘Into the Breach’ inspires call to action among diocesan men
It’s time for prayerful discernment and action, say parish and ministry leaders throughout the Diocese of Phoenix in light of Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s apostolic exhortation to the men of the diocese, “Into the Breach.”
World Meeting of Families welcomes pope, inspires generations
They came from more than 100 countries around the globe — including several groups from the Diocese of Phoenix — to hear high-profile speakers challenge and encourage them to build up family life.
Local Catholics on hand for papal visit energized, inspired by experience
“When you’re 51 years old and you’re screaming your head off like that — just like everybody else — you lose yourself in it. It was so much fun," a Mesa Catholic said.
Catholic students praying for community after NAU shooting tragedy
Students at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff are in shock after a shooting on the campus left one of their fellow students dead and another three hospitalized.
Bishop Olmsted challenges Catholics to be ‘missionaries of mercy’ in State of the Church...
This year the bishop zeroed in on who it is Christ calls the faithful to be.
A little vow goes a long way for seminarians in Rome
Dan Connealy, one of two seminarians from the Phoenix Diocese studying at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, was among 39 seminarians ordained to the diaconate Oct. 1 in Rome.
Benefit walk strengthens friendship with, outreach to poor
The eighth annual Friends of the Poor Walk brings together Catholics who support the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and benefits the work its nearly 7,000 volunteers at 85 parish-based Vincentian conferences of charity carry out daily to support those in need.
Crosier, Chandler communities mourn loss of priest
Crosier Father Richard McGuire, who served at St. Andrew the Apostle parish in Chandler since 2005, died Sept. 30.
Community mourns loss of ‘cowboy priest,’ veteran chaplain
Fr. Kenneth Kleiber, who was known for his cowboy boots, his dedication to early weekday Masses in Glendale and his service to veterans living in Arizona, has died.
Flagstaff community mourns loss of deacon
A man, who gave more than 40 years of his life to the Church via the diaconate, was called home to heaven. Dcn. Larry Whelan, from San Francisco de Asís Parish in Flagstaff, passed away Sept. 20 following complications from a surgery. He was 81.
