PEOPLE

  • February 28, 2019

Profiles in Mission: Barry and Adelaida Severson

We were blessed to be the chairs last year and were asked to chair it again this year....
  • November 28, 2018

New coordinator for Safe Environment Training in Phoenix

The new coordinator for the Phoenix Diocese’s Safe Environment Training Office, Maria Escárcega, is a native of Arizona,...
  • November 21, 2018

Profiles in Mission: Norma Carrillo

Seven years after what was supposed to be a short-term internship through AmericCorps, Norma Carrillo is still at...
  • November 21, 2018

Meet Dcn. Jeffrey Strom

Newly ordained Dcn. Jeffrey Strom did not think of becoming a deacon until in recent years, when in...
  • November 20, 2018

Meet Dcn. Stephen Schmidt

From preaching on the front porch to at the pulpit, Dcn. Stephen Schmidt can see God’s hand in...
  • November 19, 2018

Meet Dcn. Catarino Portillo

It happened 10 years ago at St. Matthew Parish in Phoenix. Dcn. Catarino Portillo and his wife Julia...
  • November 17, 2018

Meet Dcn. Jim Myers

For Dcn. Jim Myers, the path to the diaconate was filled with little signs nudging him along the...
  • October 23, 2018

Profiles in Mission: María and Mauricio Avalos

We moved to Arizona in 2003 so as soon as we got here, we started searching for a...
  • July 22, 2018

Meet Fr. Vinhson Nguyen: Prayer, spiritual brotherhood paves path to priesthood

What one East Valley boy once filled in the blank with for what he wanted to be when...
  • July 21, 2018

Meet Fr. John Nahrgang: Catholic convert credits Mary for vocation

For Fr. John Nahrgang, the call to the priesthood came not from a Catholic upbringing, but from the...