The Catholic Sun

OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has released a three-minute trailer to a forthcoming documentary on Fr. Stanley Rother, a U.S. priest who worked in Guatemala for 14 years until he was brutally murdered in 1981.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Proclaiming his innocence after being charged with sexual abuse, Australian Cardinal George Pell said, “I’m looking forward finally to having my day in court.”

Mandatory evacuation notices included roughly 100 families who regularly attend Mass at St. Joseph Mission along AZ-69 in Mayer. That entire passageway between I-17 and SR-169 remains closed.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are called to detach themselves from power, reject violence and sacrifice themselves for God and others out of love, Pope Francis said.

Loyola Academy, a Jesuit junior high school on Brophy College Preparatory's campus, has students sending postcards of hope to displaced children around the world through Any Refugee.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court June 26 said a Lutheran preschool should not be excluded from a state grant program to refurbish its playground surface just because it is a religious entity.

Like the 10 wise virgins from Matthew's Gospel, each carried a lighted lamp. Together, they joined their voices in an antiphon, "I am espoused to him whom the angels serve."

She spent 57 years s serving the Grand Canyon State at parochial schools in Globe and in Mesa plus implementing Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and serving as director of religious education in Mesa and in Phoenix, as a spiritual director and retreat director.

Besides serving the community, they also visited the home of Fr. William Wasson, a 1947 SMHS alum, to honor and celebrate his life as a Knight.

Xavier College Preparatory alumna Amanda Benson was named to the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team which allowed her to compete in the Pan American Cup tournament.