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Dec 1, 2023 · With the recent death of Brother Scott Slattum, St. Mary’s Basilica in downtown Phoenix lost the last living link the historic church had to its Franciscan friar origins.
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“[St.] Francis’ conversion was an experience of Christ crucified, who told him to go and rebuild the church, which was falling into ruin,” said the Very Rev. Michael Weldon, OFM, who has served as rector of the basilica since 2014. “They came here with a church in ruins — there were bats flying through the holes in the roof, and the adobe was crumb...
Fr. Weldon grew up as a parishioner at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Tempe and was actively discerning a vocation by entering the Tucson diocesan minor seminary in 1967 when he first encountered the Friars. Fr. Joel Scott, OFM, who was serving as principal of St. Mary’s High School, celebrated the Mass there while the resident priests were on vacatio...
From its earliest days, parishioners understood their social responsibility as, at one point, the only Catholic church in the city, and later as the “Downtown” church. The first fraternity of the Order of Secular Franciscans was a Spanish-speaking fraternity named for St. Elizabeth of Thuringia. The current fraternity, named for St. Francis, was es...
As the city of Phoenix has evolved, so has the flock St. Mary’s Basilica is called to serve. While it has traditional parish boundaries, because of its location in the heart of Downtown Phoenix, it also serves people who work downtown or who come to visit. “Our guests every Sunday are a huge part of the people we see only once or twice a year. With...
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Nov 20, 2023 · Br. Scott was 48 years old, and six years solemnly professed as a Friar. Funeral arrangements have been scheduled for Thursday, November 30, at St. Mary’s Basilica in downtown Phoenix....
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November 29, 1978. St. Mary's Basilica – officially The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – is a church of the Diocese of Phoenix located at 231 North 3rd Street at the corner of East Monroe Street in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It was previously known as St. Mary's Church.
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Nov 24, 2023 · The Mass of Christian Burial for our beloved Br. Scott Slattum, OFM will be at St. Mary’s Basilica, 231 N. Third St., Phoenix, AZ. on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., preceded...
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Its legacy began in 1881 and it is the oldest Catholic parish in Phoenix. Since 1881, St. Mary’s Basilica has built a community around Franciscan values of peace, justice, and the loving embrace of all people. It was proclaimed a Minor Basilica and then the place of the Papal visit of Saint John Paul II on September 14, 1987. Throughout its ...
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