Wake up the World: Q&A with Fr. Darrin Merlino, CMF
Claretian Father Darrin Merlino was baptized a Catholic but not raised as one. It wasn’t until young adulthood that that he nonchalantly prayed, “Whatever Your will is for me, God.”
Wake up the World: Q&A with Sr. Maria Silva, OP
Sr. Maria Silva began working for a car dealership in the Bronx right out of high school. She was working her way through Fordham and studying to be a psychologist, hoping for a lucrative career. Instead, she became the youngest chief financial officer for the dealership at 23. In spite of great financial success, she felt drawn to the religious life.
Wake Up The World: Q&A with Sr. Theresa Jodocy, OSB
To help mark the ongoing Year of Consecrated Life, The Catholic Sun is featuring each month members of religious communities who serve the Diocese of Phoenix.
Wake Up The World: Q&A with Fr. David Halm, CSC
[dropcap type=”4″]P[/dropcap]ope Francis declared that a Year of Consecrated Life be celebrated throughout the world, a time dedicated to the faithful whose vows of poverty, chastity and obedience serve to illuminate heaven on earth. To help mark this occasion, The Catholic Sun is featuring each month members of religious communities who serve the Diocese of […]
Five years a bishop — Q&A with Bishop Nevares
https://www.phoenixcatholicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/BH-7-13-15.mp3 [dropcap type=”4″]O[/dropcap]n July 19, Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares celebrates his fifth anniversary serving in the Diocese of Phoenix. Bishop Nevares was ordained a priest for the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette July 18, 1981, and was incardinated into the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, before receiving his episcopal ordination in 2010. Bishop […]
Wake Up The World: Q&A with Sr. Cecilia Schlaefer, CSA
Sr. Cecilia Schlaefer, CSA, was born into a family of musicians and has spent her 75 years of religious life sharing the joy of music with students, retirees and parishes. At 93, she’s still active serving others.
Wake Up The World: Q&A with Fr. Tom Doyle, CSC
Holy Cross Father Tom Doyle grew up in a small town in Washington, the son of a country doctor and nurse in a family where priests were often welcome guests.
Wake Up The World: Q&A with Sr. Mary Fidelis, PCPA
Sr. Mary Fidelis discovered a vocation to the religious life when she began to understand the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. She joined the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, the order affiliated with EWTN’s Mother Angelica, 20 years ago and resides with four other sisters at Our Lady of Solitude Monastery west of Phoenix in Tonopah.
Wake Up The World: Q&A with Sr. Mary Claire Strasser, SOLT
Sr. Mary Claire Strasser teaches fifth- through eighth-grade social studies at Most Holy Trinity Catholic School. She grew up in a close-knit family on a dairy farm in Nashville. The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) community she belongs to was founded in 1958 as a Society of Apostolic Life and is composed of priests, brothers, sisters and laity living as disciples of Jesus through Mary.
Wake up the World: Q&A with Fr. Bradley Peterson, O.Carm
Fr. Bradley Peterson is a priest of the Carmelite Order, founded 800 years ago on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. He came to Arizona as a teenager and has been pastor of St. Agnes Parish since 2009. The central Phoenix church is home to some 1,600 families.
