Profiles in Mission: Jeff Glenn
Growing up Methodist, I had no experience with Catholic schools (I went through RCIA in 1984 at the Newman Center at ASU when a student).
Parents hope faithful see education as investment to make ‘Together’
Arizona’s students spend 180 days in the classroom. For private school parents, financing their ticket in, so to speak, can feel like a 365-day affair.
Photo fun for Xavier teen merits ‘finalist’ status nationwide
She enrolled in a beginning photography class in January. A spontaneous photo taken about a month into it is now a finalist in a nationwide photo contest.
Bishop Thomas J. O’Brien, retired bishop of Phoenix, dies at 82
Bishop Thomas J. O’Brien, retired bishop of Phoenix, died at 6:11 a.m. on Aug. 26. He served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix from 1982-2003. He was 82.
Fr. Greg Rice, MHM (1939-2018), brought missionary zeal to Native American community, beyond
His call to priesthood began in the Middle Eastern desert. His final ministerial years culminated in a southwestern one.
Dcn. Ken Miller (1933-2018): Served St. Thomas the Apostle faithful for 25 years
He was such a family man, that this commercial structural engineer never took a job out of town or discerned the diaconate until his kids were grown.
Former nuncio’s claims should be ‘taken seriously,’ Bishop Olmsted says
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted issued a statement Aug. 27 asking that the questions raised by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, in a letter published by two Catholic media outlets, “be taken seriously and his claims be investigated thoroughly.”
Bishop Kicanas recalls McCain’s legacy of service, bipartisanship
TUCSON (CNS) — Retired Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson praised Arizona Sen. John S. McCain, who died at age 81 of brain cancer Aug. 25, for his service to the nation.
New friar joins Franciscan Renewal Center
Attracted to St. Francis’ care for the marginalized and his nonjudgmental outreach to all people, Fr. Page has been a Franciscan priest for 32 years.
Deacon candidates instituted as lectors
Twelve men from 10 parishes took another concrete step toward dedicating their life as a deacon of the Church.
