Enjoy the holiday! We are glad to share the Good News with you! So many of you have been managing work, school, family life and the stress of these uncertain times. We hope you will take some time to rest this Labor Day weekend.
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NATION/WORLD
Solidarity is the antidote to selfishness, exploitation, pope says
VATICAN CITY — The pleasure of seeing other people face to face and not “screen to screen” as COVID-19 restrictions ease clearly demonstrates that people are social beings and need one another, Pope Francis said.
After six months of livestreamed general audiences, more than 600 people gathered in the San Damaso courtyard of the Apostolic Palace to see Pope Francis in person and listen to his audience talk about the virtue of solidarity.
“The current pandemic has highlighted our interdependence: we are all linked to each other for better or for worse,” he said. “Therefore, to come out of this crisis better than before, we must do so together, all of us, in solidarity. Together, not alone.”
#ICYMI
October 3 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Catholics in the Public Square Legislative Seminar (Virtual Event)
You are invited to participate in this special virtual event hosted by Bishop Olmsted on October 3. Join Bishop Olmsted for Mass at 8:30 a.m. followed by a blockbuster program featuring, among others, renowned law professor Helen Alvaré and religious freedom expert Alan Sears. Due to circumstances surrounding the pandemic, the only way to view this legislative seminar will be on the Diocese of Phoenix YouTube and Facebook pages. More: https://dphx.org/event/publicsquare
LOCAL CHURCH
Celebrating two new Consecrated Virgins Living in the World
On Saturday, August 22, on the Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted consecrated Kimberly Zeeman and Claire Halbur as Diocesan Consecrated Virgins Living in the World at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral.
LOCAL CHURCH
Join Bishop Olmsted in praying a 54-Day Rosary Novena for our nation
Bishop Olmsted announced the Diocese of Phoenix “Totus Tuus” 54-Day Rosary Novena, to begin on August 30, which is the memorial of St. Jeanne Jugan, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and ending on October 22, the feast of St. John Paul II.
Wondering what's going on in the Diocese?
We're excited to share a new online bulletin board for your upcoming events! Visit catholicsun.org/events to to see what is happening around town. Click or tap on the events below.
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 12-13
Pontifical Good Friday Collection
Support Christians in the Holy Land and be an instrument of peace.
October 1 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Tepeyac Leadership Initiative Open House
Virtual Event
October 1 - November 12 (Thursdays) @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Life-Giving Wounds Retreat for Adult Children of Divorced or Separated Parents
Virtual Event
October 3 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Catholics in the Public Square Legislative Seminar
Virtual Event
October 16 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
St. Gerard Mass of Comfort and Hope
Diocesan Pastoral Center, 400 E Monroe St, Phoenix
October 18 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Arizona Rosary Celebration
Livestream from St. Juan Diego Catholic Church, 3200 S Cooper Rd, Chandler
LOCAL CHURCH
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And whoever enters into God’s rest, rests from his own works as God did from his.
