More water, more restoration bound for Colorado River Delta By TONY DAVIS Arizona Daily Star Oct 8, 2017 UA geosciences professor Karl Flessa stands in a base-flow release into the main Colorado River Delta channel in Mexico. Martha Gomez-Sapiens 2016 In March 2014, the staged release of water into the Read more
Growing Food 101 – How to Start Your Backyard or Community Garden * (Recommended for first time backyard and community gardeners) Growing Food 201 – Once You’re Ready For More Than The Basics** Workshop #1 – How to start a community garden to grow your own food * Date: Read more
Opinions Harvey should be the turning point in fighting climate change People walk along a flooded road’s median during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Tuesday in Houston. (Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) By Vernon Loeb August 29 at 8:46 PM Vernon Loeb is managing editor of the Houston Read more
September 21, 2017 World Day of Peace Thursday, 7 pm – 9 pm Franciscan Renewal Center, 5801 E Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale 7pm: Interfaith Prayer & Music 8pm: Presentation of Nonviolence Leadership Certificates 8:15pm: Presentation of the Casa Peace Award 8:30pm: Closing and Dances of Universal Peace Social Gathering & Read more
We invite you to gather in downtown Phoenix next week to bear witness to the real, lived experience of those facing racism and injustice and to speak truth to power. Recent events in Charlottesville and the subsequent national response have again brought to the forefront our country’s shameful history on Read more
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light’s Board of Directors and members are heartbroken over the events we witnessed this past weekend in Charlottesville. We are deeply troubled by the hatred and violence which led to the senseless death of Heather Heyer, who courageously went to Charlottesville to replace hatred with love Read more
Short Answers to HardQuestions About Climate Change By JUSTIN GILLIS UPDATED July 6, 2017 Photo Credit: James Yang for The New York Times The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. Predictions about the fate of the planet carry endless caveats and asterisks. We get it. So we’ve put together a Read more
A new catholic church in Paradise Valley is in its final construction stage. It’s Our Lady of the Angels Church at the Franciscan Renewal Center, and the new building will replace the small chapel that has been at the site for years. The new church is being built under the guidelines Read more
By Doug Bland, AZIPL Executive Director This Sunday Christians will be celebrating Pentecost, the day when Holy Spirit descended “like the rush of a mighty wind” and with “tongues of fire” (Acts 2). The gift of the Holy Spirit was that people from all over the known world suddenly Read more
The Franciscan Renewal Center in collaboration with Phoenix Peace Initiative will present the award-winning documentary, INSIDE PEACE, on Friday, June 16. INSIDE PEACE tells the story of criminal offenders who discover their humanity and struggle to change after attending a “Peace Class” in a Texas prison. What will make this Read more