St. Mary’s High School hopes to fill large rice bowl for CRS this Lent
The first time St. Mary’s High School hosted its own Lenten Rice Bowl collection might feature one of the biggest “bowls” Catholic Relief Services has seen in its 40-year history.
Gutiérrez, new ‘Catholic Sun’ editor, brings fresh vision, faith to post
The new editor of The Catholic Sun is a critical thinker with an eye for detail and a thirst for knowledge.
Ss. Simon Jude students win Aerospace Challenge
Some 1,300 students on 300 teams competed in the annual Honeywell Fiesta Bowl Aerospace Challenge with Ss. Simon and Jude students claiming the school's fourth victory.
St. Mary’s, Franciscan communities mourn loss of Fr. de Blas
Franciscan Father Alonso de Blas, who split much of his priesthood among St. Mary’s High School, St. Mary’s Basilica and the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, passed away March 6. He was 75.
Three teens have nothing to fear in poetry, Shakespeare contests
Three Catholic high school students in Arizona have conquered the top fear of most Americans: public speaking.
Voces de Fe: El sacerdocio y las mujeres
Recientemente Inglaterra ordeno a su primera obispa anglicana. Ocasión ideal para hablar del sacerdocio en la Iglesia Católica y las mujeres.
Catholic college launches social work program, related scholarship
The College of St. Scholastica is offering scholarships to the first cohort of the school’s new bachelor-level social work program. It debuts this fall in the Valley.
City of the Lord celebrates 40 years of covenant community life
The fire of the Holy Spirit was the catalyst that drove a local group of Catholics to found a community that still thrives 40 years later with members renewing their commitment each year in February. Others, who have been discerning membership, join.
Hundreds express desire to become Catholic at Rite of Election
Becoming Catholic doesn’t mean that life’s battles will cease. The newly baptized and confirmed will have some strong partners on their side though.
Faithful pray for migrants, discuss their plight at ‘Mass for Migrants’
The first Friday of the 2015 Lenten season had local Catholics reflecting on death and its prevention for the countless immigrants longing for U.S. soil.
