Prison volunteers provide powerful witness to God’s mercy
An array of negative emotions swirls behind the barbed wire, steel bars and cold concrete walls that surround jails and prisons across Arizona, but so does hope thanks to Catholic volunteers.
NFP invites couples to special St. Gerard’s Mass
Infertility is often a quiet struggle, but one in which the Church reaches out in mercy to be a "very tender extension of Our Lord’s hands and heart."
P.E. teacher reaches running goal: Boston Marathon
St. Francis Xavier P.E. teacher Bry Lauck ran the Boston Marathon April 18 and beat her qualifying time by more than eight minutes.
Students spread hope one sandwich, lunch bag at a time
The sandwich meal fortified the body and nourished the soul of hundreds of guests at André House while its brown lunch sack, lit up with crayon drawings and notes, connected them to a larger part of humanity.
Crozier gala honors local Catholic leadership, paves path for future generation
While the theme of Catholic education was played out with chalkboards, the ringing of a school bell that called guests to dinner, and a blending of voices from the choir representing all six Catholic high schools, Major League Baseball scored a few points too.
Local philanthropist appointed as president, CEO of Catholic Education Arizona
Maureen Adams will work closely with families, schools and businesses to expand the organization's ability to make Catholic schools available, affordable and accessible
St. Bernard parish group raises $20K for life-size statue of John Paul II
An outdoor life-size statue of St. John Paul II greets visitors at St. Bernard of Clairvaux in Scottsdale.
Pope names papal nuncio to Mexico to be new nuncio to the United States
The papal nuncio to Mexico since 2007 will be the new apostolic nuncio to the United States. A nuncio is a Vatican diplomat with the rank of ambassador.
SVdP science students pick up some S.T.E.A.M.
Two seventh-graders earned top honors at the diocesan science fair and advanced to the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair April 7 where they competed among 1,200 other young scientists in several categories. One picked up an award there too.
Mother Marie André installed as first abbess of newly autonomous Our Lady of Solitude...
TONOPAH — After 10 years in Arizona of living out their charism of praying in Adoration, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, affectionately known as the “Desert Nuns,” now have an autonomous monastery within the Diocese of Phoenix.
