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This California girl may have ranked among the nation’s longest-serving sisters. She spent time at three diocesan schools and a fourth in Tucson.

How the observance looked in the Diocese of Phoenix and across the country, including a few elementary schools.

GILBERT — The East Valley chapter of the Serra Club, the only lay organization whose mission is promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life, is praying a traveling crucifix will help address the ongoing shortage of such men and women.

The bishop calmly warned that without these quiet practices “anchoring our lives and our hearts,” the age of noise will transform us and develop in our hearts a reactive, uncharitable and often intemperance that is seen in the media and social media.

The daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia banker, Katharine received marriage proposals but wanted to become a contemplative nun.

A quick reflection on three spiritual dysfunctions in us and how prayer, fasting and almsgiving heal each one.

Dual talks will address “God’s Pedagogy: A Family Model for Education” and “The Family: Living Symbol of the Father’s Loving Plan.”

"At any stage of our life, we're all sick. And we need this kind of healing Mass," said one of the co-chair's for the Mass and health fair that followed.

His priestly ministry stretched from Illinois to Kansas to a parish, mission, the Native American Reservation and tribunal in the Diocese of Phoenix.

Fr. Silvan would start telling a story and laugh so hard he wouldn’t finish it.