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Different faiths gather to share their musical traditions

SALT LAKE CITY – On Feb. 23, the Interfaith Musical Tribute 2014 took place at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. People of many faiths gathered to celebrate the spirit of unity and cordiality despite the different traditions, languages, beliefs and cultures.

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Medicaid expansion travesty at the Utah Legislature

SALT LAKE CITY — For months, a Utah legislative task force and gubernatorial work group met to hash out possible options for expanding Medicaid in the state. In the end, the work group had parsed through data, debates, and public comment to reach a consensus on several possible scenarios for providing health care to people living at 100 percent to 138 percent of the poverty line.

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Is Ash Wednesday still relevant in the 21st century?

Catholics who show up for work after Mass on Ash Wednesday wearing ashes on their foreheads will likely be thought by fellow-workers to be indulging in a quaint and harmless old Catholic practice with not much contemporary relevance.

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St. Olaf students make bowls for clean water in Kenya

While learning about the African continent, Saint Olaf School second-graders discovered that most African families don’t have running water in their homes and that most villages in Kenya don’t even have a freshwater well. They were shocked to hear that girls their age (6 or 7 years old) have to walk up to 15 miles to a watering hole, fill a bucket, and carry that heavy bucket back to their village. They also learned that many African children their age don’t go to school, not because they don’t want to, but because they don’t have a school building to go to. >>>

St. Joseph students speak before the Senate on H.B. 64

OGDEN — Two Saint Joseph Catholic school students were selected from a handful of students statewide to speak before a State Senate subcommittee to express why permanent funding for a Utah State History Day program is important to their education. >>>

Students compete in Diocesan Science Fair

SALT LAKE CITY — From aquaponics to astronomy, 6th-, 7th- and 8th-grade students from all the Catholic middle schools in Utah probed the wonders of the universe and displayed their results at the annual Knights of Columbus Diocesan Science Fair on Feb. 22.

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Souper Bowl of Caring exceeds its $100,000 goal

SALT LAKE CITY — During the Souper Bowl of Caring food drive, which ended Feb. 17, the Diocese of Salt Lake City raised 280,000 in canned goods and cash donations, most of which was given to Catholic Community Services Northern Utah Food Bank.

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Festival celebrates liturgical music with a variety of choirs

DRAPER – On Feb. 22 Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Draper was the scene for the Diocesan Musical Festival, welcoming musicians, choirs, composers and liturgical music lovers from all over the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City.

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Ministerio Hispano invita a clase del Concilio Vaticano II

SALT LAKE CITY – El ministerio Hispano de la Diócesis Católica de Salt Lake City entre las diversas clases de formación y aprendizaje que ofrecen pone a la disposición de la comunidad hispano parlante una clase de Vaticano II.

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