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Diocesan Lenten Retreat offers a day of prayer, reflection

SALT LAKE CITY — The Most Reverend John C. Wester, Bishop of Salt Lake City, will welcome parishioners from throughout the diocese at the Diocesan Lenten Retreat, April 5 at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Salt Lake City. >>>

Silent Lenten retreat at St. Mary Parish

WEST HAVEN — The third annual Saint Mary Catholic Church Lenten Retreat, titled "Lenten Journey with Mary: Poor in Heart, Hand United," will take place on Sunday, April 6. >>>

Comunidad es invitada al Retiro Diocesano de Cuaresma

SALT LAKE CITY — El retro Diocesano de Cuaresma se realizará el sábado 5 de abril en la Iglesia de Saint Vincent De Paul en Salt Lake City. >>>

Retreat invites all young adults to have a personal conversion

SALT LAKE CITY — All young adults from 18 to 35 years old in the diocese are invited to attend the Young Adult Lenten Retreat, scheduled for March 23 at Christ the King Catholic Church in Cedar City. >>>

Tenebrae service offered during Holy Week

OREM — Shadows will fall at Saint Francis of Assisi on the Wednesday of Holy Week as the parish hosts a Tenebrae service. >>>

Father James Semple remembered for his long service

SALT LAKE CITY — Father James Semple, who ministered in the Diocese of Salt Lake City for more than 50 years, was recalled as generous, big-hearted and a great priest during the Feb. 14 funeral Mass. >>>

Legislative Update

The Diocese of Salt Lake City has been busy on Capitol Hill. We are working daily to promote anti-poverty measures, criminal justice reform items, and a healthy environment. While legislation moves quickly, here are a few items we are still working to pass: >>>

USCCB joins other faith groups defending traditional marriage

SALT LAKE CITY — A coalition of faith groups, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has joined a variety of individuals, states and other organizations in urging the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to resist redefining marriage. >>>

Radical renewal needed for religious life

Today, many women’s religious orders and congregations seem headed for a very insecure future (to put it mildly), or worse, extinction. Those that have taken a more progressive direction since Vatican II have experienced the greatest disorientation and the sharpest decline in new vocations. >>>