Category: LOCAL

Saints, Gators ‘cheer’ each other toward nationals

'Spirit' is an understatement in the latest Catholic school showcase....

Fr. Gavin Griffith (1937-2017): Franciscan priest journeyed with many on road to recovery

Fr. Griffith's involvement in the “Serenity Retreat” movement was legendary as was his also instrumental bringing many other...

Love for sacred art gathers Vatican patrons in Phoenix

Beauty in art has the power to inspire and can bring people closer to the Divine Artist. That...

Crosier Father Louis Mraz (1928-2017): Served 20 years abroad, 28 in Scottsdale, Glendale

"Crosiers make clear why we live and, because of that, how to live," Fr. Louis Mraz once wrote....

Ministries provide vital services for the homeless with CDA support

Like most people who experience and recover from homelessness, Donald Brizedine is focused on the future....

Faithful find strength in Lenten sufferings

Lent has 40 days with which to enter purposeful suffering and other spiritual disciplines. The end result creates...

Apostolic letter: Catholic schools are vehicles of evangelization

Catholic schools play an important role in the New Evangelization, wrote Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted in his new...

Sr. Teresita Ryan, IBVM (1918-2017): Irish sister enriched lives of students, newborns, poor

Sr. Teresita Ryan spent nearly 99 years strengthening the Church on earth, most notably in her native Ireland,...

Christian Service Awards reward 35 students for putting faith into action with Catholic HS tuition support

Individual donors sponsor the scholarships, and each recipient also receives a medal of St. Katharine Drexel, the patroness...

Luck of the Irish spreads to all Catholics this Lent

It only happens with a wee bit of luck every several years: March 17, the feast of St....