CDA gears up to spread hope through outpouring of love
The coming days are prime time to discern how individuals and families will support this year’s effort which supports daily outreach in more than 70 charitable apostolates. The 2018 Charity and Development Appeal kicks off Feb. 10-11 at parishes.
JP2 Celebration to kick off year-long celebration marking 50 years of ‘Humanae Vitae’
Fifty years ago, in the midst of the sexual revolution, Blessed Pope Paul IV took a courageous step in promulgating his encyclical “Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life),” says Katrina Zeno, coordinator of the John Paul II Theology of the Body Resource Center.
St. Joseph the Worker receives sizable grant to further employment mission
An average of 10 people per day became gainfully employed in the last fiscal year. The figure goes higher if you just count weekdays.
Exceptional learners find welcome in Catholic schools
Catholic schools are entrusted with the mission of nurturing and developing the faith in students, and that includes those with special needs.
Catholic Schools Week: A Cause for Celebration
Like master weavers, our school leaders across the diocese endeavor to blend the three dimensions of authentic Catholic school education — faith, academics and service — into a seamless garment to be proudly worn as one of the most effective school systems in Arizona.
Vatican astronomer’s presentation provides heavenly insight
GLENDALE — Despite the perception that astronomy and, indeed, all science was incompatible with faith, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno says it is, in fact, quite the opposite.
Candlemas, or Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Feb. 2
Many folk legends are attached to this Irish abbess. However, one fact from her earliest biography in the seventh century remains unchallenged: She was superior of a double monastery — for nuns and monks — at Kildare in the years after St. Patrick’s death.
Pennsylvania priests hiking the Grand Canyon inspired by ‘grandeur of God’
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CNS) — The beauty of the great outdoors and the spirit of God that it exudes came into full view for three priests of the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, who experienced the grandeur of the Grand Canyon in the fall.
Faithful, ‘infected with God’s DNA,’ called to embrace diverse ‘movement of love’
To experience the effect Martin Luther King, Jr., left on America 50 years ago was to glance at the Behnke family during the Mass in his honor.
Dcn Roy Anderson (1919-2018): devoted dad, faith sharing trailblazer, Vincentian
Dcn. Anderson introduced Small Christian Communities to his Illinois parish and later brought it to St. Daniel. He raised seven children.
