‘Fleece’ Navidad and Advent
Our friends at Catholics Come Home graciously shared this video with us.
Welcome to the club: Cardinal-elders talk about pope’s 80th birthday
Like Pope Francis, many of the over-80 cardinals have active ministry schedules and continue to travel the world on behalf of the church.
New deacon Br. Athanasius, FHS, hopes to preach Gospel through example
LAVEEN — Br. Athanasius Fornwalt, FHS, spent his Thanksgiving break during his last semester at Catholic University of America being ordained a deacon at St. John the Baptist Parish in Laveen.
Advent tradition takes Phoenix Catholics to Navajo Nation
The Church is already halfway through Advent, the first season of the new liturgical year, a time to prepare to welcome anew the infant Jesus at Christmastime as well as His promised second coming.
Pre-New Year’s conference calls young men to step ‘Into the Breach’
Attention young men (high school and college): Finish 2016 strengthened in your resolve to be a warrior for Christ.
Faith extravaganza floods streets of downtown Phoenix
In an outpouring of unabashed affection for Our Lady of Guadalupe, hundreds of Catholics from every corner of the Diocese of Phoenix descended on the downtown area Dec. 3 for a day of festivities, fanfare, food, and most of all, faith.
‘Tis the season, and Bethlehem businesses hope for a merry one
After two Christmas seasons in which the political reality had overtaken holiday cheer, people seemed primed to finally feel some merriment in Bethlehem.
‘Open Bethlehem’ screening comes to Phoenix [VIDEO]
This Advent, journey to modern-day Bethlehem via film and post-discussion with the filmmaker. One night only: Dec. 16.
USCCB leaders seek prayers for migrants, refugees on Guadalupe feast
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patroness of the Americas — both North and South — and patroness of the Diocese of Phoenix, which serves Catholics from both continents.
Fr. Stanley Rother: the first US-born martyr
OKLAHOMA CITY (CNA/EWTN News) — Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother, a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City who served in Guatemala, making him the first martyr to have been born in the United States.
