Ministries provide vital services for the homeless with CDA support
Like most people who experience and recover from homelessness, Donald Brizedine is focused on the future.
Stewardship funding helps form both ‘saints and scholars’
“No matter how tough things got, we made a decision early on in our marriage to educate our children in Catholic school. We believe the education they are receiving is not only shaping their minds but also shaping their souls,” Ched said.
CDA funds mean ‘Love That Gives Hope’ [VIDEO]
The annual diocesan Charity and Development Appeal, which kicks off in parishes and missions the weekend of Feb. 11-12, is getting personal.
CDA grants foot the bill to educate and form local priests, deacons
All matters of great importance should first be discerned on the knees.
The diaconate is the first of three ranks in ordained ministry, and the priesthood is the second. Both require years of formation and discernment, a process aided by support from the annual Charity and Development Appeal.
Confirmation season boosts children’s strength to grow in spirit, service
The Easter season ushers in renewed joy and grace made particularly evident through the sacrament of Confirmation.
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.
CDA supports domestic violence victims, others in crisis
“It’s a cycle I’ve seen all my life with my mom — a vicious cycle — and I’m trying to break it,” said a survivor of domestic violence now safely staying at a CDA-funded shelter.
