Red Mass, Irish music and more

Red Mass to usher in legislative session; Irish sounds abound; Pastoral Appointments; Diocesan podcasts now streaming Saturdays; Events for women.

Goodyear grade school celebrates opening of new $8 million addition

GOODYEAR — What began as a dream 25 years ago and coalesced with a pencil drawing on a napkin is now a reality, with students at St. John Vianney School able to escape the summertime heat while playing, performing and learning — and nurturing their Catholic faith.

After fleeing Iraq, Chaldean Catholic now makes faith-based films

His personal credo of cinema: "movies that are mainstream but movies that have a faith-based element. The two should meet."

Arizona’s Carmelite sisters erase short-term absence of religious life at longstanding Chandler school

The trio is the third religious community to serve at St. Mary-Basha.

Event aims to continue prayers following March for Life

Whether you're participating in a local, regional or national March for Life this month, there a "digital pilgrimage for life, of prayer and action, focusing on cherishing the gift of human life," that the faithful can take too or instead.

Steve and Linda Voita: Evangelizing through art

Linda Voita remembers the day a couple walked into the Voita Gallery in Scottsdale and admired a $5,000 painting her husband created depicting the Pittsburgh Steelers.

St. Sharbel relics return to Maronite church

The saint is known worldwide as a miracle saint for his spiritual and physical healings, including restoration of a Phoenix woman's vision restored after touching the relics in 2016.

Couple celebrates new home, mourns pilot lost in crash that took old home

MARIETTA, Ga. (CNS) — In March 2017, Dcn. Norm Keller and his wife, Barbara, lost their home in Marietta after a private plane crashed into their front yard and exploded.

Catholic groups decry end of immigration protection for Salvadorans

WASHINGTON (CNS) — As the Catholic Church in the U.S. began observing National Migration Week, a time to reflect on the circumstances confronting migrants, immigrants, refugees and human trafficking victims, the administration of President Donald Trump announced that it would end an immigration program for thousands of Salvadorans, one of the largest groups of modern-day immigrants in the country and one that includes many Catholics.

Indiana ‘Dreamer’ faces family breakup if DACA is allowed to expire

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Brenda Martinez’s first dream was to become an astrophysicist. As she finished seventh grade in Indianapolis, her heart was set on attending Purdue University with the help of a state scholarship program.