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Year of Mercy Reflection

Editor’s note: During the Year of Mercy, the Intermountain Catholic will publish a short reflection each week written by a variety of Catholics in the Diocese of Salt Lake City: priests, deacons, religious, seminarians, Utah Catholic Schools teachers/principals, lay ecclesial ministers, religious education teachers and others. We hope you enjoy these, and that they give insight into the myriad ways mercy can be incorporated into everyday life. >>>

INN Between provides hospice care for homeless

Homeless, frail and dying – the INN Between was created to provide individuals in this situation with volunteer professional hospice care that offers them dignity in their last days. >>>

Visit of St. Sharbel's relics is motivation for a Christian life, Maronite bishop tells Utah faithful

A standing-room-only crowd greeted Bishop Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon as he escorted the relics of St. Sharbel into St. Jude Maronite Catholic Church Dec. 6. >>>

Faith in action

With the opening of the Year of Mercy and continued interest in Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si,’” I have been more conscious of trying to live our Catholic faith. Recently, I had two experiences that helped me do just that. >>>

Mary Kay Griffin honored by Alumni Association

Mary Kay Griffin was among five recipients of the University of Utah Merit of Honor Award from the University of Utah Alumni Association at a banquet Nov. 10. >>>

Saint George Knights of Columbus make a tribute to the unborn children with memorial monument

Father Oscar Martin Picos, pastor of St. George Parish, dedicated a memorial monument in memory of the unborn children of abortion Dec. 6. >>>

New information uncovered about Bishop Scanlan's boyhood home

One of the delights of being a historian is the unexpected discovery of a new source or a bold new interpretation that reinvigorates a subject once thought closed or exhausted. Two such discoveries recently shed new light on the life of the Right Rev. Lawrence Scanlan, first Bishop of Salt Lake, about whom I mistakenly thought we knew all we were ever going to know. >>>

'Spirituality without religion' does not hold

When Bill de Blasio was elected Mayor of New York in 2013, he told reporters at a press conference that he was “spiritual” but not “religious” – thus giving a familiar theme nowadays heightened publicity. >>>

Solemnities and Feasts during December

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