Pastoral Team Articles

February 2020

Feb 29

Return Old Palms To The Earth

Return Old Palms To The Earth By now the palms that you received on Palm Sunday last year should be dried up and brown and you may be wondering what to do with them. If your first instinct is to throw them away, STOP and keep reading! There are proper ways to dispose of palms and other items that have been blessed, and putting them in the trash...
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Feb 22

Seasons of Life

Seasons of Life The seasons of the liturgical year give us opportunities to focus on healing the hurts in our lives and renewing the strength of our soul. God wants to renew us and make us whole. However, it is our choice to seek holiness and to desire to become saints. Sharing our Faith We are blessed to have twenty small...
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Feb 15

Love in Action - Charity & Development Appeal

Love in Action Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, For fifty years, the Diocese of Phoenix has embraced the Charity and Development Appeal (CDA), giving hope to people in need of God’s grace and mercy. When people have hope, they know they are deeply loved and cared for by God. This gives them strength to overcome trials, and...
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Feb 8

Charity & Development Appeal 2020

CHARITY & DEVELOPMENT APPEAL 2020 You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world.– Matthew 5:13-16 Salt and light possess properties which influence the world around them. To be salt is to deliberately influence those among us by showing them the unconditional love of Christ through our good...
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Feb 1

Bible and Myth

The Old Testament contains many different types of writing: stories, poems, prophesies, and songs, to name a few. One of the earliest and most misunderstood genres is myth. We tend to equate myths with grand stories about gods and goddesses or epic tales of classical heroes and large-scale battles. But myth is so much more than an ancient...
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