Por Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Diez años después de una histórica respuesta papal al abuso sexual clerical, el Vaticano instó a los sacerdotes a luchar por una mayor santidad en sus propias vidas, para que puedan actuar eficazmente hacia los demás y revertir la marea del ateísmo. En su carta anual a los sacerdotes Read More
Por David Agren Catholic News Service CIUDAD DE MÉXICO. (CNS).– Un sacerdote mexicano, reconocido por ayudar a migrantes centroamericanos indocumentados y desafiar a grupos del crimen organizado y políticos corruptos, se ha retirado temporalmente de su trabajo debido a amenazas. Las noticias de las amenazas se dieron el mismo día que funcionarios del Estado mexicano Read More
Eleazar Ortiz Caminar por las elaboradas horas del día, en ocasiones, resulta monótono. La regresión del tiempo es imposible, a menos que usemos el transportador que nos ofrece nuestra memoria. Todos vamos casi tomados de la mano viajando sobre la línea del presente. Unos caminamos muy rápido sobre la carretera del progreso y otros somos Read More
Por Lucero de Dávalos La oración es la comunicación del alma con su Creador, es su respirar, su vida… es la dinámica mas radial y básica de un ser vivo. Contemplar es descansar viendo al Amado, pensar por Amor, querer lo Bueno y unir por esto mismo mente y corazón. Por lo anterior se deduce Read More
Queridos lectores, hermanos y hermanas en Cristo, les mandamos un saludo muy caluroso. Cursillo busca líderes, líderes naturales que estén dispuestos, listos y capaces de utilizar su influencia para construir el cristianismo en sus ambientes. Para el domingo del fin de semana, las mentes de los Cursillistas están llenas de ideas y sus corazones llenos Read More
Projected scholarships could reach $26 million The Diocese of Tucson’s six Catholic high schools have graduated 503 seniors, and nearly every one is going on to college. “That is quite an accomplishment, and one that I am very grateful to our teachers, our parents and our students for achieving,” said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas. Bishop Read More
Winners of the annual essay contest of the Serra Club were recognized at a luncheon recently at a Tucson restaurant where the first-place winners read their compositions to an audience that included Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas. There were three entry categories: Grades four through six, grades seven and eight, and grades nine through 12. Winners Read More
Corporate leaders from throughout Southern Arizona were honored for their financial support of Catholic schools at the annual luncheon of the Catholic Tuition Organization, held last month at the Arizona Inn in Tucson. Donations to the school system can be written off dollar-for-dollar on state tax returns, said Ginny Clements, incoming president of the organization’s Read More
The cafeteria had just been cleared after the dinner hour at the Southern Arizona Correctional Release Center in Tucson and a makeshift altar was being set up on a table at one end of the room. There, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas commenced a ceremony that confirmed three inmates, Armanda H. Guadalupe Recio, Christina Margaret Groulx Read More
By DR. MINNNIE ALMADER I am a Just Faith Graduate from Most Holy Trinity Parish in Tucson and I am a professor and counselor in Ifrane, Morocco, at Al Akhawayn University. My career in education started out at Tucson’s St. John the Evangelist School, where I was blessed to have the Irish pastor as a Read More