Golf tourney to benefit diocese’s ‘Mother Church’
As temperatures prepare to cool down, duffers are getting ready to participate in the sixth annual Friends of the Cathedral Golf Tournament Sept. 27 on the links at the JW Marriot Desert Ridge Resort and Spa.
Another ’40 Days’ one week away
The next 40 Days for Life prayer vigil starts Sept. 25 with a kickoff rally this weekend in Tempe. Five of the 306 sites largely stationed outside of abortion facilities lie within Diocese of Phoenix boundaries. Local pro-life Catholics, including some who are also involved with the Silent No More awareness campaign, are coordinating efforts.
Tom Peterson: Ad exec uses talents to bring Catholics home
At 35, Tom Peterson was a cradle Catholic who ran his own ad agency and never missed Mass. “But I lived in that lukewarm area where I could pick and choose,” Peterson said. He was prone to swearing and given to anger, busy running his agency.
Governor, president declare Colorado’s flood zone disaster areas
Colorado Gov. John W. Hickenlooper declared a state of disaster emergency in response to massive flooding across 15 counties, from south of Colorado Springs to the Wyoming border, caused by several days of heavy rain fall that began Sept. 11.
‘Terrible loss of life’ at Navy Yard shocking and sad, says archbishop
As military, police and federal investigators searched for answers as to why a lone gunman opened fired Sept. 16 at the Washington Navy Yard, killing 12 people and wounding at least eight more, religious leaders and public officials offered prayers for the victims and their families.
Establishing common ground: Catholic schools adopt new curriculum standards for math, English
Whether they know it or not, Catholic school students at all 29 elementary and six high schools are now being held to a new learning benchmark known as the Arizona’s Common Core Standards.
‘Padre’s Pies’ feed student scholarships
Some ingredients remain a baker’s secret, but the most important part of one pie-maker’s recipe for success is clear: it needs faith. Or, to quote the bold black letters in the corner of his custom-made apron: “add Jesus.”
New Chancellor for the Phoenix Diocese devoted to family, faith
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted installed Dr. Maria Chavira as the new chancellor of the Diocese of Phoenix at a Mass Aug. 20 at the Diocesan Pastoral Center. Surrounded by her family, the new chancellor was introduced to diocesan staff.
Catholic universities ‘come from the heart of the Church’
The Catholic Church has had a profound connection with the concept of higher education in the pursuit of truth, dating back a millennium to the founding of the first universities in Europe.
Church embraces those with same-sex attraction, says ‘Courage’ director
Fr. Paul Check, the national director of Courage, an apostolate that seeks to minister to those with same-sex attraction, will visit Phoenix Oct. 11 to address members of the Catholic Physicans Guild and clergy.
