PEOPLE

  • March 21, 2014

CATHOLICS MATTER: Adela Gaxiola – Hunger for God steers immigrant toward Eucharist

Growing up in Chihuahua, Mexico, Adela Gaxiola longed to go to church, but her father wouldn’t allow it....
  • March 20, 2014

Q&A: Baseball legend Tommy Lasorda is Catholic to the core

Tommy Lasorda, the two-time World Series champion and two-time National League Manager of the Year, was in town...
  • February 19, 2014

CATHOLICS MATTER: Leila Miller: Popular blogger teaches simple truths of Catholic faith

In the wee hours of the morning, while her husband and children peacefully slumber, Leila Miller sits bent...
  • November 25, 2013

Julian Nabozny: Business owner keeps faith at the center of his work

Julian Nabozny, owner of five Phoenix-area McDonald’s restaurants, gets up from a booth as a homeless man enters...
  • September 18, 2013

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....
  • August 15, 2013

Catholics Matter: Michelle Briseño: Mother of 12 credits prayer for her strength

When you turn onto their quiet street in East Mesa, you can spot the Briseño family’s house right...
  • July 17, 2013

Catholics Matter: Intrepid sister goes door-to-door inviting Catholics to Mass

That knock at the door might not be a sales person. Sr. Margery Therese Harkin, PVMI, with her...
  • June 18, 2013

Cristofer Pereyra: Radio host shares story of conversion, call to holiness

By the world’s standards, Cristofer Pereyra was doing well. He’d emigrated from Peru at age 15, graduated from...
  • May 13, 2013

Deacon Ken Kulinowski: Polish-American deacon pens book defending Pius XII

Deacon Ken Kulinowski was born in Buffalo, N.Y., just 22 days after the Nazis invaded Poland. The grandson...
  • April 20, 2013

New director of Mount Claret Retreat Center focuses on future

Nestled at the foot of Camelback Mountain, the Mount Claret Retreat Center stands as oasis of sorts in...