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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.

Italian Jesuit missionary Father Eusebio Kino first introduced Christianity to Arizona when he established San Xavier del Bac Mission in Upper Pimeria, just south of present-day Tucson in 1700.

MONTREAT, N.C. (CNS) — The Rev. Billy Graham, a fiery Baptist preacher who was easily the most famous evangelist of the 20th century and for decades one of the world figures most admired by Americans, died early Feb. 21 at his home in Montreat, according to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He was 99.

The presentation of the Christ Child in the temple — an act by his parents according to Jewish custom — and the men and women whose lives are set apart in service to Our Lord were both celebrated by the Diocese of Phoenix in a vigil Mass that brought together members of consecrated life and laity.

He founded the largest Catholic Studies program at University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. It has since spread to places like University of Mary-Tempe.

The deacon, father, grandfather and devout Packers fan had many titles, but “most important and most cherished title,” however, was that of “Roman Catholic,” his son, Matthew, said.