The Catholic Sun

College representatives visit high schools nationwide Feb. 1 so athletes can sign their collegiate letters of intent on National Signing Day.

An attorney-turned-priest and canon lawyer whose archdiocese has been a petitioner in bankruptcy gave the homily reminding Massgoers, "You work in a field in which virtue can be contagious and can contribute to an environment in which we can draw others to Christ."

Fr. John Parks, who currently serves as chaplain at Notre Dame Preparatory, has been appointed by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted to fill the newly created role of Vicar for Evangelization.

At one time, Hispanic pastoral ministry in the United States meant offering resources in Spanish. While there is still a need to do so, there is a growing population of second- and third-generation Hispanics whose dominant language is English. It is the need to serve this emerging demographic that has led the U.S. Bishops to call for a two-year process known as the “V Encuentro,” the fifth such initiative done in the United States.

Families and community leaders were among those gathered on a windswept dirt lot Jan. 27 to witness the groundbreaking for the newest Catholic high school in the Diocese of Phoenix.

After an 8-month, nationwide search, the Brophy College Preparatory Board of Trustees has named Adria Renke as its 11th President since the founding of Brophy in 1928.

Fathers John — Fr. John Muir and Fr. John Parks — who both grew up in the Diocese of Phoenix, discuss the daily surprises found within their vocations over a mock breakfast.

Determination is a spiritual gift Seton students are studying. Tony Melendez, a musician born without arms, exudes it and will perform for students then again for English and Spanish-speaking audiences in the community Jan. 30-31.

Although St. John Paul II’s encyclical, “The Gospel of Life,” says post-abortive women may be the “most eloquent defenders of everyone’s right to life." Everyone else should follow suit, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted said.

Connect with pro-life social media streams and around 600 University of Mary students, administrators and friends who are at and leading the 44th Annual March for Life Jan. 27 in Washington D.C.