By Melissa Fittro | Paradise Valley Independent
After several years of planning, fundraising and construction, the Town of Paradise Valley’s newest desert jewel is near competition at the Franciscan Renewal Center.
Coined, Our Lady of the Angels Church, the new worship center has been built on a county island, owned by the Franciscan Renewal Center at 5802 E. Lincoln Drive in the center of Paradise Valley.
Since 1951, the Franciscan Renewal Center — affectionately known as the “Casa de Paz y Bien” or simply “the Casa” — has existed as a Catholic retreat center in Paradise Valley, to offer spiritual growth, healing and transformation that moves lives into the service of others.