Valley faithful venerate relics of St. Padre Pio
Nancy Rossiello recalls her days as a girl in San Giovanni Rotundo, the small southern Italian town and home to the monastery where St. Pio of Pietrelcina, OFM Cap., served God.
No byline, but author’s tea room menu has faith written all over it
It’s beyond tea. “We’re serving their soul in some way.”
Xavier teacher carves corpus of Christ
“The only time I got cut, I was carving the crown of thorns," said Nathan Ward, art teacher.
Diocese follows guidelines to ensure dying live their faith in their final days
When Carol Pavlak’s 90-year-old father was nearing his final weeks of life, she knew just where she wanted to turn for the last days he would spend on earth.
Church’s canon law experts convene in Phoenix
They hailed from a good 45 U.S. states plus its law-making city, five countries and, of course, Vatican City. Church law should exhibit prudent consultation, heeding the voice of God which resounds in the conscience, one keynote speaker said.
Parish, chancery life now fading memory as Fr. Diskin retires
"Fr. Diskin had a unique way of putting things into perspective and offering people possible solutions to the issues they were struggling with,” MAria Chavira, chancellor, said of her assistant counterpart.
New website invites feedback on current crisis
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and the Diocese of Phoenix launched a new website this month to help local Catholics share their thoughts about the scandals surrounding the Church and what they think its impact has been on their faith.
Campaign fortifies St. Margaret’s facilities, parish community
Tucked away in Tempe, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish spent 14 years without a pastor. These days, the burgeoning church is home to roughly 2,500 families who worship the Lord mostly in Spanish. Now, they have a leader and he’s challenged them to step out in faith.
‘Humanae Vitae’ a gift from Blessed Paul VI, says visiting bishop
FLAGSTAFF — Pope Paul VI gave to the world a beautiful gift in 1968, “and the gift he gave us was ‘Humane Vitae,’” said Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico, during a Sept. 15 presentation of “The Wisdom of Pope Paul VI” at San Francisco de Asís.
Historic day for Byzantine Catholics as Phoenix Eparchy’s cathedral marks 50 years
St. Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral, the cathedral for the Phoenix-based Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy, celebrated 50 years of serving the faithful with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy Sept. 30.
