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  • April 19, 2013

Catholics Matter: Alex Vera: Catholic mother spent years serving diverse immigrants

Alex Vera grew up in St. Joseph, Mo., during the 1940s — a time when European immigrants arrived...
  • February 18, 2013

Catholics Matter: Artist uses gift to touch hearts, reach souls

A teacher spotted Mike Shanks’ extraordinary artistic ability when the St. Thomas the Apostle parishioner was in eighth...
  • January 19, 2013

Catholics Matter: Joyce Coronel: ‘Sun’ columnist highlights plight of Chaldean Catholics

Although fiction, Joyce Coronel has taken elements of her life growing up in Scottsdale and as a writer...
  • December 16, 2012

Catholics Matter: Becky Greene: Former secularist embraces Catholic faith

Becky Green decided to become a Catholic and planned to enter at the Easter vigil but was deterred...
  • October 16, 2012

Alan Gaxiola: A slow journey back to the faith

Alan Gaxiola works in an aluminum recycling plant in Goodyear to support his wife and three children. He...
  • August 14, 2012

Catholics Matter: 1st Way director Kay Allen headed for Belize

Just three weeks shy of leaving the country and taking on a new mission in Belize, Kay Allen,...
  • August 6, 2012

Video: Weekly interview program shows just how much ‘Catholics Matter’

If you're among the 60,000 people who tune in each Sunday for the live broadcast of the Catholic...
  • May 1, 2012

Video: Catholics Matter 81: Sherry Boas
  • January 4, 2012

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