Scottsdale couple receive Church’s highest honor for laity
SCOTTSDALE — Friends, family and dignitaries from around the diocese packed into St. Bernadette Church June 29 to witness Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted bestow the universal Church’s highest honor for the laity on one of the parish’s founding couples.
Meet Dcn. Stephen Schmidt
From preaching on the front porch to at the pulpit, Dcn. Stephen Schmidt can see God’s hand in it all.
Visit the Sick: Tan Duong gets ‘second chance’ to bring Jesus to elderly, infirm
Tan Duong was 6 years old when his parents put him and his two sisters into a small boat headed for America in order to escape life under Vietnam’s communist regime. The youngest of 11 children, Tan remembers being out on the open sea, facing armed pirates.
Local Catholic tapped to become CEO of United Cerebral Palsy National
Growing up in East Los Angeles, Armando Contreras never dreamed he’d one day stand at the helm of a national non-profit serving those with disabilities.
New coordinator for Safe Environment Training in Phoenix
The new coordinator for the Phoenix Diocese’s Safe Environment Training Office, Maria Escárcega, is a native of Arizona, is fluent in Spanish and has a background in the field of mental and behavioral health.
Instruct the Ignorant: Francesca Thomas finds calling as children’s catechist, strengthens own spirituality
Francesca Thomas has been working with little kids since she first graduated from college. “I went to church pretty faithfully, but I don’t think my faith was particularly deep at that time. I sort of went, doing what you’re supposed to do, but I really was captivated by this whole putting-your-faith-into-action thing,” Thomas said.
Meet Dcn. Jim Myers
For Dcn. Jim Myers, the path to the diaconate was filled with little signs nudging him along the way to ordination.
Men in the Breach: Advocate Tony Rizzo prepares men for fatherhood
"We treated him with love throughout, even when he wasn’t loving back. That sticks. That is the breach and that is the way it works," Tony Rizzo said.
Video: Catholics Matter 81: Sherry Boas
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On this edition of Catholics Matter, Fr. Rob Clements welcomes Sherry Boas, Catholic and author of “A Mother’s Bouquet: Rosary Meditations...
Comfort the Afflicted: Patty Chesebrough shares her experience to help post-abortive women
Patty Chesebrough gazes inside the darkened church and stares up at a portrait of the late Fr. John Hanley, the priest who showed her God’s mercy in her darkest hour. It was 1990 and Chesebrough’s husband was pressuring her to have an abortion. She called her parish, St. Theresa at the time, and asked to speak with a priest.
