CDA seeks to reach $8.1 mil by month’s end

As the fiscal year comes to an end, the 2013 Charity and Development Appeal is working hard to hit its $8.1 million goal by June 30.

Deacon Petersen elected president of Catholic Physicians Guild

Deacon Dick Petersen, M.D., has been elected president of the Catholic Physicians Guild of Phoenix. Deacon Petersen, who was ordained in 1997, graduated from Creighton University Medical School in 1965. The father of three and grandfather of three has been a member of the Catholic Physicians Guild for the last 20 years.

Phoenix parish marks 40 years of ministry

Theresa Enciso moved to North Phoenix 35 years ago with one requirement — to be close to a Catholic Church. That Church ended up being Our Lady of the Valley Parish, founded only five years earlier, on July 24, 1973.

Poirier takes his family on the road again, farewell concert May 21

For years, the Poirier family has toured the country, visiting almost all 50 states, sharing music, stories, and testimony in hopes of encouraging renewed...

Fortnight for Freedom June 21-July 4

On April 12, the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a document, "Our First, Most...

Maximilian: Play about WWII saint inspires fight for religious liberty

The Nazis arrested St. Maximilian Kobe in 1941 and sent him to Auschwitz. At one point, after a prisoner had tried to escape, the...

Skyline Productions moves into new studios, continues popular TV Mass outreach

Skyline Productions, which normally brings the weekly TV Mass from Phoenix’s cathedral into thousands of Arizona homes, instead welcomed viewers and supporters to its...

Ireland Eucharistic Congress attracts local Catholics

do betta fish sleep Catholics from the Diocese of Phoenix joined thousands of pilgrims from around the world at the 2012 International Eucharistic Congress in...

Fr. Bolding takes on new role at St. Mary’s high school

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted tended to a historic business matter at St. Mary’s High School. He installed Fr. Robert Bolding as the school’s first...

Phoenix Diocese kicks off Year of Faith

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted welcomed the Year of Faith Oct. 7, a time during which Pope Benedict XVI has called Catholics to a deeper...