Dear Friends, Recently, I have attended corporate tax credit breakfasts at several of our Catholic schools experiencing an inkling of school life. I always choke up with emotion when the children sing with pure joy, recite their school mission statement (without notes) and hear how thoughtful our students are while [...]
PHOENIX, AZ (April 29, 2021) – The Phoenix Business Journal’s annual awards of honoring the 25 Outstanding Women in Business for 2021 included Catholic Education Arizona’s Nancy Padberg, MBA, President and CEO. The 260 nominations consisted of all sectors and sizes of organizations. “It’s an honor to be recognized with [...]
Dear Friends, I pray you have a Blessed Easter Season and experience the gratitude and joyful renewal God’s love brings to each of us. Now we turn the corner to one of the most exciting times of year at Catholic Education Arizona, Tax Credit Deadlines. It’s exciting because we live [...]
Happy Easter! Easter brings God’s endless blessings and fills us with the hopefulness for new beginnings. The same can be said for our students and their families as they prepare for the school year ahead. Scholarship season is upon us, and I have the pleasure of assisting families with their [...]
Featuring Dan Salter Robert L. Waltrip formed Service Corporation International (SCI) in 1962. It began as a family-owned and operated funeral home in Houston, Texas, and soon grew to be North America’s largest provider of funeral, cemetery, and cremation services. Mr. Dan Salter was able to bring his love of [...]
March brings hope. It brings hope for the Spring to be in the air soon, hope that the pandemic will finally not be the only topic we hear about each day, and hope that our faith will be renewed by the Resurrection of our Lord in the weeks to come. [...]
Remember “Heart Health” When we hear “heart health”, we think about EKG’s, nutrition and activity to promote longevity and happiness in our lives. I want to take that a step further and include our willingness to serve as another important aspect of “heart health.” As children, we were taught to [...]
Dear Friends, Happy Saint Valentine’s Day! Saint Valentine was a 3rd-Century Roman Saint commemorated in Christianity on February 14 and has been associated with courtly love. We are filled with another kind of love - love for one another, as we continue to lift others out of despair, loneliness, lack [...]
PHOENIX, AZ (January 28, 2021) - National Catholic Schools Week is January 31 to February 6, 2021. This is the time when families begin choosing the best school for their children and when schools connect with families, donors, educators and other community members. There are 36 schools in the Diocese [...]
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! Wishing our Catholic Education Arizona community a blessed year filled with abundant health, faith and love. Let last year be our teacher and our coming year be filled with hope. I approach each day with opportunity in mind. The word opportunity comes from a Latin [...]
