Local News January 2009
St. John Bosco Interparish School collects $7,000 in quarters for hunger-relief effort
Jan. 21, 2009 02:06 PM
The Republic
No one can accuse the Ahwatukee Catholic children of not doing their part in the fight against global hunger.
Children from Corpus Christi Catholic Church and St. John Bosco Interparish School in Ahwatukee collected more than $7,000 in quarters for the hunger-relief organization Feed My Starving Children.
Now the church is trying to engage adults as well. Corpus Christi is staging a "food packaging event" Friday and Saturday to benefit the Minnesota-based nonprofit. <read story>
DIOCESE OF PHOENIX TO CONDUCT PRO-LIFE EVENTS
TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROE V. WADE DECISION
PHOENIX (January 16, 2009) The Diocese of Phoenix is conducting several public pro-life events to mark the 36th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade U. S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States.
The Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix, will celebrate a Mass for the unborn at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, 2121 S. Rural Rd., Tempe. At 5 p.m. the next day, January 22, many Catholics will participate in the Arizona Rally and March for Life, a pray vigil, rally and march to protest abortion. It begins outside of the Planned Parenthood Clinic on Apache Boulevard in Tempe. Afterward, there will be a march to the Hayden Lawn of Arizona State University for a rally organized by Arizona Right to Life.
Catholic Youth and Young Adults will gather for the Pro Life Vigil 2009 at 7 p.m. on Friday, January 23, at All Saints Newman Center, 230 East University Drive, on the Arizona State University Campus, Tempe. The evening will begin with music and an interactive educational presentation as well as an address by Bishop Olmsted, who will subsequently lead a Eucharistic procession up A-Mountain in Tempe.
“The generations born after 1973 are learning that nearly a third of their potential friends, teammates, and, in some cases, family members are missing due to the legalized murder propagated by the Supreme Court decision,” said Michael Phelan, director of the Office of Marriage and Respect Life for the Diocese of Phoenix. “Women from these generations should learn that they deserve better than abortion as an answer to a problem pregnancy.”
ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH NAUMANN TO BE GUEST HOMILIST
AT DIOCESE OF PHOENIX RED MASS
PHOENIX (January 16, 2009) The Most Rev. Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop of Kansas City, will be the guest homilist at this year’s Red Mass, at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, at St. Mary’s Basilica, 231 N. Third St., Phoenix. The Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix will be the main celebrant of the Mass.
Sponsored by the Saint Thomas More Society of Phoenix, an association of Catholic lawyers, the Red Mass is conducted annually at this time for Arizona’s legislators, government executive officers, judges and lawyers to help herald the opening of Arizona’s legislative session.
Archbishop Naumann has distinguished himself as a respected national leader among priests in the United States. He assumed responsibilities as the Archbishop of Kansas City in 2005, after having served as Coadjutor Archbishop in early 2004. He was ordained an Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis in 1997 and would eventually serve as Administrator of the Archdiocese of St. Louis until his appointment in Kansas City. Archbishop Naumann was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of St. Louis on May 24, 1975.
Catholic Schools Week 2009
Students to celebrate service during statewide gathering
By Ambria Hammel | January 15, 2009 | The Catholic Sun
During any given week you’ll find Catholic school students visiting nursing homes, tutoring youngsters or serving meals at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul dining room.
What began as a requirement for Catholic school students has quickly become a way of life, school administrators say. <read article>
DIOCESE OF PHOENIX WELCOMES DEACON HAROLD BURKE-SIVERS AS GUEST HOMILIST FOR MASS HONORING THE LATE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
PHOENIX (January 12, 2009) Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, a permanent deacon from the Archdiocese of Portland, will be the guest homilist at the Annual Celebration of a Mass honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at 3 p.m. on Monday, January 19, at St. Mary’s Basilica, 231 N. Third St., Phoenix. The Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix, will be the principal celebrant of the Mass.
Sponsored by the Office of Black Catholic Ministry and the Office of Peace and Justice at Catholic Charities, the Mass is held annually to commemorate the birthday of the slain civil rights leader who would have turned 80 on January 15.
Deacon Burke Sivers, who is also Director of Public Safety for the University of Portland, has been chosen to offer the homily because he is founder of Aurem Cordis, a Christian evangelization and apologetics organization dedicated to promoting Catholic values. He has been a frequent guest on EWTN, the national Catholic cable television network, and hosts a weekly radio program on a Catholic radio station in Portland.
