Schools resume their mission to graduate scholars heaven-bound
Families who choose to send their child to a Catholic school have extra partners in their quest to save their child’s soul for eternal life.
Sr. Mary Ruth Dittman, SDS (1924-2018): Comforted struggling newborns, their parents, among others
Sr. Mary Ruth Dittman, SDS, spent her retirement years in the Diocese of Phoenix, but couldn’t resist the call to continue sharing her NCIU nursing skills.
Phoenix bishops call for days of prayer, fasting in response to abuse
In the aftermath of revelations surrounding Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick and the newly released grand jury report on six Pennsylvania dioceses, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares called for a day of fasting and prayer Aug. 22, the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Aug. 22, the feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist.
‘It’s (another) boy’ for Maggie’s Place, but first partnership with Catholic Charities
The Gerard House opened Aug. 1 in Phoenix’s Sunnyslope area as the third “boy” in the Maggie’s Place family, but with some easily distinguishable features.
USCCB national pro-life conference calls leaders to be missionary disciples
More than 100 diocesan, state and national pro-life leaders from across the U.S. networked in Phoenix this summer.
African priests strengthen U.S. church
Thirty African priests — among them 13 from various orders — are spread out in parishes throughout the Diocese of Phoenix alone with others filling priest shortages in the church nationwide.
Back to school season brings double dose of ‘firsts’ for Our Lady of the...
Campus leaders plan to add one grade level each year until the current first-graders enter eighth grade.
40 Days for Life activists challenged to heal, rather than fight culture at national...
Praying in front of an abortion center around the clock for 40 days straight might seem a daunting endeavor, but pro-life leaders from around the world organize the vigils twice each year.
‘It’s really happening’: West Valley’s first Catholic high school set for start of...
Planned to handle the area’s rapidly expanding Catholic population, especially among Hispanics, the school will open for classes Aug. 13 and host a grand opening Aug. 21.
Pope Francis Names Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted As Apostolic Administrator of the Byzantine Eparchy...
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has appointed the Most Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted as the Apostolic Administrator Sede Plena of the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine...
