Top Catholic business execs embrace ongoing call to conversion
SCOTTSDALE — Top-ranking Catholic business leaders spent three days at the Phoenician strengthening each other in their resolve to remain authentically Catholic in the marketplace.
Diocesan women’s conference to focus on faith
The third annual Phoenix Catholic Women’s Conference is aptly themed “Women Walking in Faith.” The double meaning refers not just to the Year of Faith, but to how key conference speakers have embraced life’s tragedies and triumphs. They will address Catholic women from across the state during the conference March 16 at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish in Scottsdale.
Last of Maggie’s Place pioneers steps down
Change is constant, especially for pregnant women. New mothers who come to Maggie’s Place can stay for up to 15 months — the full nine...
Charity and Development Appeal makes Catholic education possible
The value of Catholic education in a school or religious education program is invaluable to parents who want their children to receive effective instruction in the faith.
Arizona bishops endorse Gov. Brewer’s Medicaid plan
The bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference have endorsed Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid plan, joining a coalition of health advocates and business leaders who...
Catholics Matter: Artist uses gift to touch hearts, reach souls
A teacher spotted Mike Shanks’ extraordinary artistic ability when the St. Thomas the Apostle parishioner was in eighth grade. “What you have, it’s not normal,” the photography instructor told him.
Notre Dame breaks ground to expand saintly campus
A three-phase construction project calls for additional parking, a sports complex and a performing arts center.
Lent: Why we fast and offer acts of penance
The 40 days that stretch between Ash Wednesday and the onset of the Easter Triduum on Holy Thursday are set aside each year as a way for the faithful to draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, almsgiving and acts of penance.
Hundreds gather for Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference
Worry is a sin and it demonstrates a lack of trust in God, Fr. Bill Halbing said Feb. 8 at the Phoenix Convention Center during the “Let God Arise” Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference.
Baltimore archbishop promotes religious liberty among Catholic business leaders
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore brought his message of religious liberty to a group yearning to hear it: Catholic business leaders and their spouses.
