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Msgr. Moore to be honored with humanitarian award

SALT LAKE CITY — A priest from Ireland who has spent forty years ministering in Utah will be among those recognized at the 2009 Catholic Community Services’ (CCS) Awards Dinner. >>>

Student works in Nicaragua on humanitarian service project

SALT LAKE CITY — “Going to Nicaragua was such a great opportunity I could not pass it up,” said Luke Mirabelli. Mirabelli a senior at Highland High School, spent the summer in Nicaragua on a humanitarian project. >>>

Freshmen become leaders on wilderness journey

SALT LAKE CITY ­— Wyoming Catholic College (WCC) spends almost a month over the course of the freshman year teaching students how to safely participate in the beauty of the wilderness around them. It is challenging to those familiar with the back country, although all the students need to succeed in the wilderness is basic physical fitness and a desire to learn. >>>

Cursillo movement calls us to stay close to God

SALT LAKE CITY — “Jesus is the vine and we are the branches,” said Ceferino Aguillon, Cursillo Movement National English coordinator. “We have to be ready to go where God calls us.” >>>

St. Jude feast day, devotion planned

MURRAY — Catholics pray to St. Jude when they’re in dire straits, but the parish that bears his name is planning a regular devotion to the saint of impossible causes. >>>

Diocese to host its first CACE annual meeting

SALT LAKE CITY — About 275 Catholic educators will be in Utah for four days next week for the annual Chief Administrators of Catholic Education meeting. This is the first time the Diocese of Salt Lake City has hosted the event. >>>

Italian-American Civic League celebrates 75th anniversary

SALT LAKE CITY — Italian music played as guests arrived for the Italian American Civic League’s 75th anniversary at St. Vincent de Paul Parish Oct. 17. >>>

Animator brings art to life for Cosgriff students

SALT LAKE CITY —The film world came to J.E. Cosgriff Memorial School on Oct. 19 when Pete Oswald, an animator who recently worked on the film “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” showed students how to draw several characters from movies he’s worked on. >>>

2009 DDD successful despite fewer donors

SALT LAKE CITY — From support of the missions in rural Utah to the religious education in home parishes, the Diocesan Development Drive’s (DDD) funding touches almost every Catholic in Utah. >>>