The Reason for the Season For many, Christmas is about spending time with family and friends. It’s about making memories that will last a lifetime. It is the time to touch every heart with love and care, with the promise of a bright future ahead. However, beneath the hustle and [...]
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (93) Seton Catholic HS (1997) Regis University (2001) Background: I am an Arizona native, having been born and raised in the East Valley. My parents moved here right before I was born from Michigan and Indiana. They both came from large families but moved to [...]
Dear Friends, Wishing you a blessed Advent and Christmas season! I am thankful for our Bishops, our Board of Directors, our Arizona corporate and individual tax credit contributors, our Changing Lives with Legacy Donors, principals, school faculties and staff, priests, deacons, clergy, women religious, our associates and our vendor partners [...]
Dear Friends, We have so much to be grateful for at Catholic Education Arizona! Last week, we mailed award letters to 111 students awarding just over $300,000 in Disabled/Displaced scholarships for the first time in our 24 year history. We couldn’t do it without our caring, generous community and Cigna’s [...]
Thanksgiving, a Time to Appreciate and Make History Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations. For more than two centuries, days of [...]
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Real change isn't something that happens overnight. It's brought on by the tireless efforts of those on the ground floor in communities, meeting the needs of the masses, and making a difference one person at a time. The workers at Catholic Charities understand this better than most, as they dedicate [...]
CEA has helped my boys attend and receive a Catholic education. Without the support of CEA scholarships my boys would have attended public school. I was skeptical from the beginning on sending the boys to a Catholic school, why? because I did not believe it was possible or affordable to [...]
Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. —F. Scott Fitzgerald Welcome to Fall, where cooler temperatures, beautiful mornings and amazing sunsets are ours to embrace. Arizona offers such beauty and is just one of the many reasons to reside here. Arizona also offers freedoms not [...]
Grade School: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Scottsdale, Graduated 1999 High School: Xavier College Preparatory, Graduated 2003 I am the third of four children. My parents sent my sisters, brother and me to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Scottsdale for grade school and to Xavier and Brophy for high school. [...]
