06/24/2008
Leukemia patient needs help
By Melinda Weisser-Lee/Native American Ministries
On May 11, 2007, Houston Dory Hinton, Jr., a member of the San Carlos Apache Nation and father of five, was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. The Native Ministries Program Group has supported Dory and his family through fund raising at last fall's convention and through help during our holiday food drive. Dory had a bone marrow transplant last Christmas and went into remission for a few months. However, the leukemia has returned, and he is once again receiving treatment at the cancer center at the University Medical Center in Tucson. This illness has caused a great physical, emotional and financial strain on Dory and his family.
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06/24/2008
Heat relief maps available online
By Lita Johnson/Arizona Ecumenical Council
We are in triple digit weather. Survival for those living on the streets, in homes without refrigeration, for the disabled and elderly is at a crisis level. The need for hydration and refuge is immediate. A bottle of water can save a life! Now is the time to organize water drives and continue them throughout the summer!
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06/24/2008
Mulvey new rector at St. Anthony
By Peggy Sands/St. Anthony on the Desert, Scottsdale
SCOTTSDALE - St. Anthony on the Desert Episcopal Church joyfully announces that they have called the Reverend Dorian Mulvey to lead the congregation as Rector. Mulvey, previously Rector at Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Seattle, Wash., will celebrate her first services at St. Anthony on June 28 at 5 p.m. and June 29 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. A reception to welcome Mulvey and her family will follow each service.
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06/17/2008
Nothing is impossible at St. Jude's
By Greta Huls/Communications Officer
PHOENIX - Sixty-three people of all ages, genders, races, and economic groups gathered at St. Jude’s, Trinity Cathedral’s new emergent church service, on Sunday, June 15 at St. Mary’s, Phoenix and it’s safe to say there has never been another Episcopal service quite like it in the Diocese of Arizona.
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06/05/2008
Wilmot graduates from Seminary of the Southwest
By Bob Kinney
AUSTIN, TEXAS - The Rev. Susan Wilmot, of Church of our Saviour in Lakeside, is a recent graduate of the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest. Wilmot, who came to the seminary from St. Matthew's Church in Chandler, received the master of divinity degree.
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05/23/2008
Chew receives honorary degree
By Joyce Huyett Turner/CDSP
Berkeley, CA - Matt Chew of St. Stephen's, Phoenix, and retired Treasurer of The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, received an honorary degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific on Fri, May 23 at the Berkeley campus. Chew, a CPA, is a former member of the CDSP Board of Trustees, and a former trustee of the Church Pension Fund.
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05/23/2008
Actions speak louder than words
By Greta Huls/Communications Officer
PHOENIX - Lyle Skillen is a firm believer in strength for peace and as a result he's not what you might expect from a self-described conservative. Skillen, who retired from the U.S. Navy after 21 years - 17 of those as a special operations technician supporting the SEALs with training as an emergency medical technician, just returned to Arizona after a second voluntary tour to Darfur doing humanitarian work.
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05/23/2008
Small school is on a big mission to Mars
By Aaron Mackey/Arizona Daily Star
TUCSON - If fifth-grader Yuri El Boujami had designed the Phoenix Mars Lander, he would've traded the spacecraft's robotic arm for a laser.
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05/22/2008
New ad focuses on faith in action
By Episcopal News Service
Highlighting community outreach across the Episcopal Church and the theme "Put Your Faith to Work," new print and video advertisements are scheduled to debut starting May 22 for a summer run in public media.
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05/21/2008
What can ONE person do? The Power of ONE
By Myra Kingsley/Diocesan MDG Committee
Many of us wear the white armband with just the single word ONE. The armband signifies our common goal, united as ONE to make “poverty history.” The Diocese of Arizona is committed to that cause and has an active Committee that is working in the Diocese to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Those goals include ending poverty, feeding the hungry, ensuring clean water for the thirsty, providing health care and education, reducing child mortality, defeating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and being good stewards of God’s creation. Meeting the goals of the MDGs may seem to be an overwhelming task. The newspapers each day are full of stories about food shortages and humanitarian crisis in many parts of the globe. Can we defeat poverty? Can we eliminate HIV/AIDS? Not by ourselves, but each ONE of us together can.
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