Updated on Jan. 27, 2023
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Basil and Linda Rabayda, long-time parishioners here at St. Stephen Cathedral before their recent move to Colorado, will be celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary and will be here with us for the Sunday Divine Liturgy on 5 February 2023, after which Fr. Diodoro will confer upon them a blessing. For Basil and Linda Rabayda, may God give you many happy, healthy, and blessed years!
Welcome
to our two newest parishioners,
Henry Xavier Hill and Blake Ambrose Hill, who will be received into
the church on Saturday, 18 February 2023, at 2:00 PM. Our children
are the future of the church. May God grant them many happy,
healthy, faithful, and blessed years!
Middle
School ECF Classes
begin this month for mid-schoolers, and classes will be taught by
Subdeacon Kenneth Roberts. The theme is “Theosis,” the process
of growing in the image and likeness of God. Topics will include
Creation, the Fall, re-Creation through Our Lord, God and Savior
Jesus Christ and the Second Coming. Fliers with the dates for ECF
classes for the 2023 catechetical year may be found on the counter at
the back of the church.
Women’s Bible Study is next scheduled to meet in the Parish Hall on Tuesday, 24 January 2023 @ 7:00 PM, and will continue in its exploration of the Psalms. The Holy Spirit inspired them. Israel sang them, and Christ himself prayed them, as did our Blessed Mother. All women are welcome to come and join us and discover how these sacred hymns become our heartfelt response to God and help us to pray.
2023
Men’s Conference,
Saturday, 4 February 2023 @ 5:00 PM MST, at Xavier
College Preparatory,
4710 N. 5th
Street, Phoenix, AZ 85012. Speakers include: Tim
Gray,
President of the Augustine Institute and well-known Catholic author
and speaker – George
Weigel,
Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center,
Catholic theologian, and one of America’s leading public
intellectuals who holds EPPC’s William E. Simon Chair in Catholic
Studies – and Doug
Franz,
who is the host of the only podcast devoted to covering the
professional and college sports teams of Phoenix and Maricopa County
that is done by a radio professional.
Click here for ticket info.
First All Souls Divine Liturgy and Panachida will be sponsored again this year by the Eastern Catholic Clergy Association of Arizona on Saturday, 11 February 2023 @ 10:00 AM, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Cave Creek Road, in Phoenix. Come and pray with us!
Arizona March for Life: Once again the rights of the unborn are being publicly debated and threatened – even after the historic Supreme Court ruling last summer. Mark your calendar and plan to join us on 23 February 2023 @ 2:00 PM, at the Arizona Capital in downtown Phoenix. More detailed information will be forthcoming as the date approaches.
WORLD YOUTH DAY - LISBON: Next summer millions of young Catholics will gather in Lisbon between July 30-August 8, 2023 to pray, celebrate the Sacrament of Confession and Holy Communion, make Catholic friends from around the world for the next World Youth Day. The cost varies depending on whether participants provide their own travel to Europe and meet up with Eparchial group or if s/he travels with our Phoenix group from New York. Must be 18-35 years old. Pilgrimage price with self-arranged airfare (Land-Only): $2,466. Pilgrimage price including airfare from New York City: $4,095
A
complete brochure can be found on St Stephen’s webpage (stsbcc.org)
and our Facebook (St.
Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral).
