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“All of us are recipients of the faith. We didn’t pay for it. It was a gift.” Diocesan leaders are asking the faithful to pay that gift forward.

With the Holy Spirit guiding them, Fr. Joseph Francis LePage, FHS, and his brother Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit are building and breathing life into the newly established Holy Spirit Newman Center at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.

Con el Espíritu Santo guiándoles, el Padre José Francisco LePage, FHS y sus Frailes Franciscanos del Espíritu Santo están construyendo y dando vida al recién creado Centro Newman Espíritu Santo en la Universidad Grand Canyon (conocido como GCU en inglés) en Phoenix.

As the “Together Let Us Go Forth ~ Juntos Sigamos Adelante” campaign works its way across the Diocese of Phoenix, individual parishes are being challenged to be part of the historic effort to raise $100 million in support of Catholic churches, schools, charities and the faithful.

The diocesan initiative is aimed at equipping and inspiring Catholics to bring the Good News of Jesus into every human situation.

Bishop Olmsted hopes the effort gains “many more missionary disciples and people of every age and culture who know Jesus Christ" across the diocese eager to invite others to follow Him.

Bishop John Dolan welcomed and thanked donors at the annual Shepherd’s Circle Mass and Brunch on Sunday morning at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix.  Shepherd’s Circle is a group of more than 600 families who donate $5,000 or more annually to support any combination of diocesan initiatives, including the Charity and Development Appeal, the Together Let Us Go Forth – Juntos Sigamos Adelante Campaign, Priests for Our Future, Catholic School Support 365, Mental Health Ministry and the weekly televised Mass.

If St. Mary’s Basilica can be called the “mother parish” of the Valley, then certainly the Franciscan Friars who have served there since the end of the 19th century can be called the Fathers of the Church in Phoenix.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., - - It may have been a record for the number of concelebrants gathered around the altar at Holy Trinity Newman Center in Flagstaff near Northern Arizona University. More than 20 priests concelebrated a special Mass with Bishop John P. Dolan of the Diocese of Phoenix June 9.  

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...