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December 30 - January 3

SLS20 presented by FOCUS: We want to help you see your family, parish, and diocese on fire with the Catholic faith! The Making Missionary Disciples Track at SLS20 is for any Catholic — parish leaders, parents, small-group facilitators, clergy and religious, working professionals and beyond — who wants to learn how to live as a true missionary disciple.

“FOCUS has demonstrated a unique ability to raise missionary disciples for the New Evangelization. I encourage those desiring to be formed for the work of evangelization to attend the SLS20 conference.” — Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted

Announcing an Exclusive Phoenix

Discount Opportunity!

Three full-day access
Tuesday, December 31 through Thursday, January 2
Only $299

Instructions for registration with discount:

Visit www.sls20.org, click on "Register", select "Making Missionary Disciples Track"
Select "Event Day Pass", and continue to fill out participant info
Select "Custom Day + Night Passes"
Select "Full Day" Options for Days 2,3,4
Double check selections for 3 full days
Payment Screen - Add code PHXDEAL20 (this will drop price to $298.98)

When and where: Dec. 30 through Jan. 3 (view the full schedule here), at the Phoenix Convention Center, 100 N 3rd St, Phoenix.

Phoenix Discount Bulletin Insert

Full Page Bulletin Insert

Half Page Bulletin Insert

Making Missionary Disciples Flyer (NEW)

Parish Poster

Promo Business Card

Christmas Eve Midnight Mass

You and your family and friends are invited to join us for Christmas Eve Midnight Mass with Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral! The Mass will be broadcast LIVE beginning at 11 p.m.

Tune in on AZTV Channel 7, or watch the live stream at youtube.com/phoenixdiocese and facebook.com/phoenixdiocese.

Attending in person? Join the Cathedral Choir of Phoenix for a prelude of Christmas Carols, Choral Works, and instrumental works for String Quartet and Organ beginning at 10 p.m.

When and where: Dec. 24, 11 p.m., Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, 6351 N. 27th Ave., Phoenix.

Mass for the Homebound

With the hope of bringing comfort to family members who are homebound or hospitalized, the Diocese of Phoenix broadcasts the Catholic Mass each Sunday at 9 a.m. on AZTV channel 7 and at youtube.com/phoenixdiocese. Please invite your loved ones who are unable to attend church to join us for spiritual nourishment. May God bless you.

New announcements for bulletins, websites and social media

January 10 &11

Bioethics Seminar: Each winter, The National Catholic Bioethics Center presents a series of two-day seminars in various cities across the United States to address current topics in bioethics. Required for those participating in the Center's National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics, these seminars are open to all engaged in, or preparing to engage in health care ministries consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church. These seminars are intended to benefit health care workers, clergy, those involved in research in the life sciences, members of ethics committees, and others who provide spiritual support and counsel to patients and their families. Those interested in understanding and advancing the Church’s moral tradition in health care will also find them accessible and informative.

The organizing framework for the curriculum is the application of The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services to critical issues raised in medicine and the life sciences. The seminars are structured to equip participants with the awareness to present, analyze, and resolve complex bioethical dilemmas encountered in clinical education and research from an interdisciplinary perspective. Faculty for each seminar includes NCBC Staff Ethicists and other distinguished experts.

When and where: Jan. 10-11, Diocesan Pastoral Center, 400 E. Monroe St., Phoenix.

Information and registration: ncbcenter.org/programs/two-day-seminars/, jkelley@ncbcenter.org, (215) 871-2013

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January 14

St. Thomas More Society Red Mass: The St. Thomas More Society invites members of the bar, bench, legislature, and interested faithful to the Annual Red Mass, Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Basilica. Bishop Robert P. Deeley, J.C.D. of Portland, Maine will join us in prayer for our lawmakers.

When and where: Jan. 14, 5:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Basilica, 231 N. 3rd St., Phoenix.

Information: stthomasmoresocietyphoenix.org, stmsphoenix@gmail.com

January 15

St. Thomas More Society Red Mass Breakfast: The St. Thomas More Society invites legal professionals and interested faithful to the Red Mass Breakfast. On Wednesday, January 14, 7:30 a.m. at the Phoenix Country Club with our keynote speaker, Bishop Robert P. Deeley, J.C.D. of Portland, Maine. Tickets are $35.

When and where: Jan. 15, 7:30 a.m., Phoenix Country Club, 2901 N. 7th St., Phoenix.

Information and registration: stthomasmoresocietyphoenix.org, stmsphoenix@gmail.com

February 8

World Day of the Sick Healing Mass and Catholic Fair: The Order of Malta invites you to join us for a bilingual World Day of the Sick Healing Mass and Catholic Fair in celebration of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Mass will include:

Anointing of the sick
Blessing of caregivers’ hands
Blessing with Lourdes water

After Mass please stay for a Catholic fair and refreshments served in the social hall!

Note: all attendees will receive Lourdes water blessed by the principal celebrant, Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix.

Unable to attend in person? Watch the broadcast live on AZTV Channel 7 or EWTN. You can also watch live on Facebook or YouTube (@phoenixdiocese).

Information: orderofmaltaaz@gmail.com

World Day of Sick Healing Mass and Catholic Fair Bulletin

June 17-26 2020

Pilgrimage to Poland with Bishop Olmsted: Join the FRIENDS of the Cathedral on an incredible 8-night tour of Poland with Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and Rev. John Lankeit. Space is limited and will fill quickly. Reserve your place today!

Itinerary: