Around the Diocese

Friday, Mar. 20, 2015

Dance Concert — March 25-27, featuring Juan Diego Catholic High School’s Dance Company, 7 p.m. in JDCHS auditorium, 11800 South 300 East, Draper. Cost: adults $8; seniors & children under 16 $5; SCC students, alumni and faculty free. Tickets sold at the door.

Scripture Reflections — on the Chrism Mass readings. March 25 at 7 p.m. in the Cathedral of the Madeleine’s Scanlan Hall, 309 E. South Temple SLC. Presented by Sister Dianne Bergant, CSA, is professor of Old Testament studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

 

Chrism Mass — Thursday, March 26, 7 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 309 E. South Temple. All Catholics are invited to participate with the diocesan clergy in this celebration.

Evening with the author — The Japanese internment camp experience will be recounted by Lily Nakai Harvey, author of Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp, a memoir that includes watercolors that she has painted. Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m. in the Saint Joseph High School Evans Black Box Theater, 1790 Lake St., Ogden. Free and open to the public. Presented by the Aquinas Institute of Saint Joseph Catholic Schools.

 

Salmon Bake — Friday, March 27, 5-7 p.m., Saint Ann Parish Recreation Center, 450 East 2100 South, SLC. Dinner includes salmon with special sauce, salad, steamed vegetables, potato, roll, dessert and beverage. Cost: $12 adults, $6 children. Hosted by the St. Ann Men’s Club. 

Lenten Fish Dinners: Friday, March 27, 5-6:30 p.m. Cost: family tickets, $50; 12 and older, $15; children, $6; under 6 years old, free. At Holy Family Parish’s social hall, 1100 East 5550 South, Ogden. Conducted by the Holy Family Knights of Columbus.

Knights of Columbus Fish Fry: Fridays through March 27 at St. Marguerite Catholic Church, 510 E. Vine St., Tooele. Service starts at 5:30 p.m., after Stations of the Cross. Cost for three pieces is $8; $6 for two pieces. 

Lenten Dinners: Fridays through March 27, 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Saint Olaf Catholic Church, 1800 S. Orchard Drive, Bountiful.

Ham Game Night Fundraiser — Friday, March 27, dinner at 6 p.m. with games at 7 p.m., in Saint Patrick Parish Social Hall, 1058 West 400 South, SLC. Each game is a chance to win a ham for your Easter table. Cards are $4 apiece.

 

RCIA Elect Retreat — All RCIA elect and godparents are invited to attend a retreat with Bishop John C. Wester on Saturday, March 28, 9 a.m. – noon at Saint John the Baptist Parish, 300 East 11800 South, Draper. For information, contact the Office of Liturgy, 801-328-8641 x 363.

 

Special Screening — The Skaggs Catholic Center has been selected for a special screening of the premier of A.D. The Bible Continues, produced by Roma Downey. Wednesday, April 1, 7 p.m., in the Juan Diego Catholic High School auditorium, 11800 South 300 East, Draper. This particular part of the series narrates the Acts of the Apostles.

 

OLOL Game Night — Saturday, April 11, 7 p.m. in Our Lady of Lourdes Parish’s social hall, 670 South 1100 East, SLC. Cost: games, $14; dinner, $4.

 

Madeleine Festival — Sunday, April 12, 8 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 E. South Temple, SLC. Featuring the Salt Lake Choral Artists under the direction of Dr. Bradley Allred.

 

Dream Builder’s Breakfast — April 15, 7-9 a.m. at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center, 5005 Old Main Hill, Ogden. Join Catholic Community Services and the Ogden community in honoring those who are making a difference in the lives of those in need.

 

Save the Date — Saturday, April 18, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 9757 So. 1700 E., Sandy. Patrick Madrid will present “Why Do Catholics Leave the Church? Why Do They Return? What Can Lay Catholics Do About It?” To purchase VIP tickets, call Sharon Jackson or Suzie Brown at the Blessed Sacrament parish office, 801-571-2071 or email  sjackson@blessedsacschool.org.

Call to Convention — The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s 87th Annual Convention will be April 25-26 at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel. ValLimar Jansen will be the keynote speaker. For details, registration forms and sponsorship information, contact your parish women’s group or visit http://home.catholicweb.com/slcdccw/. Registration deadline is March 27. For information, contact Bonnie Siegrist, 801-580-6960 or utahbonnie@comcast.net.

 

Holy Week — The Cathedral of the Madeleine will celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. Compline will follow at 9 p.m., then Veneration of the Eucharist from 9:15 p.m. to midnight. Good Friday, April 3, the Passion of the Lord will be in English at noon, followed at 3 p.m. by the choral meditation “Stabat Mater.” Stations of the Cross in English will be at 5:30 p.m. The Passion of the Lord in Spanish will be at 7 p.m. On Holy Saturday, the Sacrament of Penance will be offered from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Vespers will be sung at 6 p.m. The Easter Vigil Mass will be at 8:30 p.m. On Easter Sunday, Mass will be celebrated in English at 8 and 10 a.m. and noon. Mass in Spanish will be at 3 p.m. Vespers and Benediction will be at 5 p.m.  

 

A special 40-hour period of prayer made before the Blessed Sacrament in solemn exposition with a special emphasis for vocations is underway in the Diocese of Salt Lake City. Each parish in the diocese has been scheduled for a week of this devotion. Saint Florence Mission in Huntsville will have this devotion the week of March 22; it will begin that day with an hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament following Mass, and a sign-up sheet for parishioners will be available during the week. The week will conclude on Friday with an hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, a soup supper and Stations of the Cross.

 

Volunteers Wanted — Volunteers are needed for Bible study/Communion services at the Lone Peak Facility of the Utah State Prison in Draper. If interested, contact Father James Blaine, 801-756-7771.