VIDEO: Bishop Olmsted reflects on the value of a Catholic education

Catholic schools are a great gift for our young people and their parents. Growing up, Bishop Olmsted went to a small country school with just a few students — and he and his family were the only Catholics! It was a good community and he has wonderful memories, but when he experienced Catholic education, upon entering the seminary, he was amazed at the richness of the Catholic intellectual heritage began to realize how much he had missed.

VIDEO: Giving thanks and praying for all of you — A new message from...

Bishop Olmsted urges us to keep our loved ones close to our heart this Thanksgiving, and offers up some practical tips to help prepare our hearts and minds to welcome the Lord as we enter into the Season of Advent.

VIDEO: Merry Christmas from Bishop Olmsted and the Diocese of Phoenix

On behalf of Bishop Nevares and all the clergy and religious of the Diocese of Phoenix, Bishop Olmsted is praying that you and your loved ones have a merry Christmas.

VIDEO: St. Joseph: Model husband and father

https://youtu.be/j0wii9ZW75o St. Joseph: Model husband and father On March 19 we celebrate the first of two feast days in the Church’s calendar that honor St. Joseph,...

40 Days for Life homilist: ‘Twisted’ view of abortion’s roots in the Fall of...

PHOENIX – Fifteen months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled abortion is not a federally guaranteed right, advocates for protecting life at conception “still have a lot of work to do.” But God’s law remains on their side, those advocates were told this week. “We pray for the day when we don’t have to be here,” Fr. Kilian McCaffrey told nearly 100 worshippers at St. Mary’s Basilica during a Mass to open 40 Days for Life’s annual fall campaign in the Diocese of Phoenix Wednesday.

Repeated invitations, coaxing of loved ones lead to ordination to the priesthood for two...

Joyce Coronel, Together Let Us Go Forth Magazine The two men recently ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John P. Dolan share a deep devotion...

First in her family to graduate college, Bourgade grad now assisting others to obtain,...

Miranda Maciel was a senior at Bourgade Catholic High School when the opportunity to be interviewed on The Bishop’s Hour popped up. The Diocese of Phoenix’s weekly podcast producers were looking for students who could attest to the many benefits of Catholic education.“ And I actually wanted to say no at first because I thought, well, I’m not super Catholic,” Maciel says. Then she found out she’d miss math class if she agreed