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Utah Catholic Schools Open Houses

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Around the Diocese

To submit announcements, send to atd@icatholic.org the Friday before you would like to see it published. Notices will not run the weekend of the event. >>>

Al final todo lo que quedo fueron cenizas

 El 15 de diciembre un incendio dejo a una familia de 10 personas con tan solo las vestimentas que llevaban y un hogar resumido a  cenizas. >>>

Gifts of the Epiphany

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Some items that caught my attention recently

I find that my occasional brief commentaries on news and other items are popular with readers. So here are some things that caught my attention recently. >>>

Juan Diego CHS seniors impact community with week of volunteer service at 30 local agencies

One school, 234 seniors each offering 40 hours of volunteer work: If each hour were paid at minimum wage, that would translate to more than $67,000 donated in one week to 30 different agencies throughout Utah by Juan Diego Catholic High School seniors as part of a metamorphosis of the service program of the school. >>>

$tewardship or S+ewardship?

Unfortunately, when most of us hear or read the word “stewardship,” we instinctively think of it spelled as “$tewardship,” a code word for giving money to the Church. The request for money may be politely phrased, clothed in pious language and linked to giving of time and talents. But, in the end, stewardship still means, for most of us: “I must give some of my money so that we can operate the Church.” >>>

Warmth of mercy can overcome cold indifference, pope tells diplomats

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cold indifference to migrants, the poor, the hungry and the persecuted must be overcome through the warmth of mercy, which can transform people into artisans of peace, Pope Francis said.  >>>

National Park Service honors Jesuit missionary with a legacy day

TUMACACORI, Ariz. (CNS) — Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, an Italian missionary to the American Southwest known as the “Padre on Horseback,” was honored Jan. 10 at the Tumacacori National Historical Park with Kino Legacy Day. >>>