Randi Lile, manager of Red Kiln Pottery Studio and Gallery in Salt Lake City and, with Cheryl Glenn, one of the organizers of the event, said buyers were encouraged to join the artists “for a simple meal of soup and bread, then choose a bowl for $15 to take home as a reminder of all the bowls you helped to fill.”

The three criteria mentioned deserved some consideration.

Both have sponsored children through the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA), a Kansas City, Mo.-based charity that works in 25 countries to pair up needy children and elderly people with sponsors. In the case of Kaiser and Carr, they each donate $30 per month that is allocated for their sponsored child’s education, clothing, nutrition, and household items needed for basic comfort and good health.

“Eighty years of service to the Church in Utah and our communities, what a wonderful milestone,” said Roberta “Bobbie” Hunt, National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) president, and keynote speaker. Hunt is a member of St. Rose of Lima Parish, Layton. Hunt has served on the NCCW Board of Directors. As a Region two vice president, she chaired the communications committee and was a member of the International Concerns Commission team. She served as the San Francisco Providence director, and is a past DCCW president.

St. John the Baptist Parish in Draper, St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Salt Lake City, Holy Cross Ministries in Salt Lake City, First Congregational Church in Salt Lake City, and other ecumenical churches within the Salt Lake Valley have parish nurses. There are 15 parish nurses who are members of the Rocky Mountain Parish Nurse Ministries (RMPNM) in Salt Lake City.

“The sacraments of the New Testament were instituted by Christ the Lord and entrusted to the Church. As actions of Christ and the Church, they are signs and means which express and strengthen the faith, render worship to God, and effect the sanctification of humanity and thus contribute in the greatest way to establish, strengthen, and manifest ecclesiastical communion. Accordingly, in the celebration of the sacraments the sacred ministers and the other members of the Christian faithful must use the greatest veneration and necessary diligence.”

Fernández visited Salt Lake City from Detroit, Michigan to present a liturgical workshop for the Hispanic music ministries in the Diocese. The workshop was on Saturday, April 12 at the Saint Ann parish, and was sponsored by the Diocesan Offices of Liturgy and Hispanic Ministry.

Nowadays, Fr. Omar is confident and knowledgeable in the radio station. He seems relaxed whether he is the interviewer or the interviewee. A couple of weeks ago he interviewed Dulce María, a member of RBD, an internationally acclaimed music group.

Taylor Anderson, a senior at Juan Diego, signed a Letter of Intent with Snow College next year to play softball. She has received both an academic and an athletic scholarship.

Thomas Kaiser was born July 4, 1923, in Minneapolis, Minn. to Walter and Erma (Maas) Kaiser, both deceased. He attended St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul Minn., and was ordained a priest on June 4, 1949 for the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City.

“All refugees come to this country facing great challenges,” said Suzanne DeVoe, administrative assistant at CCS. “They come seeking safety, asylum, and a better life. They’ve been forced to leave their homelands.”

The wives of the deacon candidates are an integral part of the diaconate program. They support their husbands through prayer, sacrifice, and by assuming added duties of home and family.

“She has a harder time choosing what to wear,” said Cal Gaddis, her husband of 64 years. “But she is pleased when I approve her outfit,” he said.

Even though Irene’s passion for high-maintenance has not changed over the years, other things have. “You have a different person altogether, than the one you married,” said Gaddis referring to the many ways Alzheimer’s disease has affected his wife.

Price, 79, and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, will be honored as a 2008 Silver Bowl of Caring Award recipient to represent Salt Lake County at a recognition luncheon at the Provo Marriott April 29.

Rita Suter was born October 6, 1924, and raised on a farm near Clara City, Minn., the second of Joseph and Sophia (Schaack) Suter’s six children. Having felt a call to religious life in grade school, she asked to attend a Catholic high school and was enrolled in St. Benedict’s High School and then in St. Benedict’s College, St. Joseph, Minn.

“Marco is my husband, my friend, my companion,” she said.

But Mejía’s story is not just a love story. It is also one of faith and determination to help the neighbor in need.

The eighth grade religion class performed their stations at least 50 times between the two days. Many were in tears because it is not an easy thing to watch.

Vinson Kashiwaeda was recognized as a National Student Council Award winner among students from 37,473 junior and senior high schools around the country. He was recognized for his activities and honors as Freshman Class President, Peer Leader, Honor Roll, Key Club, and Daughters of the American Revolution just to name a few.

It’s a passion he shared with his wife of 62 years, the late Grace Mary (Ivers) Gallivan until her death in 2000.

Three days after the kidnapping, Till’s body was found in the Tallahatchie River, weighted down with a farming implement tied around Till’s neck with barbed wire.

The Wasatch Deanery will host this year’s convention. The theme is “Bringing Light to Our Global Society.” The two commissions to be addressed this year are Community Concerns and International Concerns. The keynote address will be given by Roberta “Bobbie” Hunt, National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) president. Hunt’s keynote address will be “The Work of Our Hands.”

“At St. John the Baptist Parish, Draper, we have a year-round RCIA process, which begins in February with five or six people that gains momentum and people as we get closer to September,” said Martha Happ, RCIA director. “In our process, we take people where ever they are, in what ever faith background they come from, or lack there of, and we meet them at that point.

“The RCIA team at St. John the Baptist listens to the inquirers faith stories, and shares their own personal faith journeys with the inquirers.

The bi-lingual liturgy was rich with music in English, Latin, and Spanish, including a newly composed communion antiphon, “Has amado la justica” by Leo Nestor, director of the Institute of Sacred Music at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. It was dedicated to the Coro Hispano de la Catedral (the Cathedral of the Madeleine’s Hispanic liturgical music group), and was premiered during this Chrism Mass. The music was provided by the Madeleine Choir, the Coro Hispano de la Catedral, and choristers from the Madeleine Choir School under the direction of Gregory Glenn.

Fr. Piacitelli was ordained a priest for the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) June 9, 1945 at St. Mary of the Barrens Church in Perryville, Mo. by Bishop George Donnelly of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Mo. He arrived in the Diocese of Salt Lake City Sept. 8, 1982.

Sr. Gloria will leave April 5, to return to Saint Francis Convent, the Franciscan Motherhouse in Garrison, N.Y .

“The Bulldogs finished with a 17-4 record, and ended the year winning 14 of their final 15 games,” said Jeff Baird, Judge Memorial freshmen basketball coach and freshmen and sophomore English teacher. Baird has coached the freshmen team for four years.

The letter, dated Feb. 12, 2008, was written by Kelly Peterson, chief executive officer of the Utah Foster Care Foundation on behalf of Utah’s children and youth in the foster care system.

“I would like to thank you for your willingness to help us with articles and press releases about the need for foster families,” Peterson wrote.

Smith delivered the Marjorie Pay Hinckley Endowed Chair Lecture in Social Sciences Feb. 7, in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium on the Brigham Young University (BYU) campus. His talk was “Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers.” Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton co-authored the book “Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers.”

The second grade core curriculum provides many opportunities for use of computers in the classroom. Providing technology in the classroom provides students with hands-on opportunities for learning. Technology allows for differentiated instruction to take place that will allow students to work at their own pace. Technology engages students and makes learning effective, efficient, and fun.

Amanda Cupido, class of 2007 was one of the top 100 “Bronze Heroes” named; Jessa Brocklebank, a junior at Juan Diego was one of the top 25 “Silver Heroes;” and Claire Cushing, class of 2007 was selected as one of the top “Gold Heroes.” The ten Gold Heroes will go to Washington DC, February 23-24 for a “Schools-For-Schools Summit” to discuss political advocacy and vision for peace in N. Uganda. The Summit is being held by Invisible Children leaders in conjunction with the “N. Uganda Lobby Days” in which students will meet with their own representatives in Congress.

“This team improved as much as any team we have ever had,” said James Yerkovich, Judge Memorial Catholic High School head basketball coach and vice principal.

“We lost some really good college-level athletes last year, and these guys just stepped in and kept getting better and better,” said Yerkovich. “We can look at this season in four segments.”

The ceremony began with the hymn, “Holy God We Praise Thy Name,” followed by the Posting of the Colors and the Pledge of Allegiance, both led by Austin Dennis.

Bishop Wester concelebrated the golden jubilee Mass with Msgr. J. Terrence Fitzgerald, vicar general of the Diocese of Salt Lake City and Father Dennis Ruane, serving as pastor of Immaculate Conception while Father James Semple, pastor, is on medical leave.

“You have a beautiful building,” said Bishop Wester in his homily. “This church is homey and comfortable. You have a wonderful history. Bishop Lawrence Scanlan was your first pastor in 1890. There is a lot of history with all the mining and all the aspects of the many cultures of Copperton.”

“It is amazing to see the ideas that come from young people’s minds,” said Chuck Dover, Knight of Columbus state deputy.

“There was 100 percent participation from the middle schools in the Diocese of Salt Lake City,” said Dover. “It took us 11 years to get every school to participate.

“Vivienne often finds articles, information on the Internet, or helps them become baptized,” said Lineback. “She feels with compassion the pain of others and acts to sooth the sick. We at UVRMC are all grateful to have Vivienne in our lives. She inspires each of us to be more loving, more conscientious, more thoughtful, and more edifying of those who are suffering.”

DeCarlo was invited to Salt Lake City by Scott Lowe, executive director of Ten Thousand Villages, a fair trade, non-profit store in Salt Lake City. Her talk was also sponsored by the Utah Chapter of Net Impact and Westminster College of Business.

The voices of the students of the Madeleine Choir School resounded in the cathedral, and Bishop Wester told them it is helpful to look at the physical church as a mirror of the Catholic Church at large. “It marks the passing of time.”

“We are meeting Feb. 25 with the finance council and the parish council to discuss the parish five-year plan,” said Pastor Father Martin Diaz. “We will make plans then for the renovation of the church.”

Young, a retired ambassador with more than eight diplomatic postings to his name, was named to his USCCB position six months ago. His visit to Utah included meetings with Bishop John C. Wester, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration and Refugees, attending the Westminster College Interfaith panel on Immigration, “Beyond Borders, and Fronteras,” and meeting with the staff of the CCS program.

The funding will be used during the next 12 months in northern and central Utah to provide hot meals, food boxes, rent, and utility assistance and clothing. It will help thousands of individuals and hundreds of needy Utah families.

“This happened to people your age, people younger, and people older,” Bartman told about 350 Judge Memorial students, and seventh and eighth grade students from Blessed Sacrament School. “I made a personal commitment years ago to a survivor when I was at a school in Florida that I would do everything in my individual power to never let anyone within my sphere of influence forget that the Holocaust happened.

Last year, students at Juan Diego Catholic High School saw a film, “Invisible Children: Rough Cut,” and were so taken by the children in the film they set about raising funds for them. Not only did they raise $35,000 for the organization, said Molly Gorman Dumas, director of institutional advancement/public information at Juan Diego Catholic High School, but two seniors, Amanda Cupido and Claire Cushing, traveled to Uganda to see the situation for themselves.

Joseph Glavin, a senior at Juan Diego Catholic High School, Draper, signed with the College of Southern Nevada in baseball as a middle infielder. Brieann Dimond, a senior at Juan Diego, signed with the College of Southern Idaho in softball as a pitcher. Lewis Walker, a senior at Judge Memorial Catholic High School, signed in football as a cornerback and special teams, such as kickoff returns and punt returns, with the University of Hawaii at Manoa on the island of Ohahu.

Father Peter Rogers, pastor of St. Catherine Newman Center, welcomed Dominican Brothers Albert Camburn, Simon Kim, Gabriel Mosher, and Michael James Rivera, who spoke at each of the weekend Masses about their religious vocations.

The Rite of Election was divided into three sections according to deaneries of the diocese to accommodate the 426 candidates and catechumens, their sponsors, godparents, Rite of Christian Initiation of Adult (RCIA) directors, family, and friends. At the Rite of Election Feb. 10 at 1:30 p.m., an interpreter for the deaf was provided for a catechumen from St. Vincent de Paul Parish. In this way, he could understand the homily, answer the questions asked him, and enjoy the words to the music.

The pilgrimage, slated for Aug. 11-17, will be led by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C.

“She told the judge my client had apologized and that putting him in prison for life was not going to help her heal,” Yengitch said. “It wouldn’t bring her son back.”

Deacon Werling graduated from the University of Detroit in 1954 in engineering. He worked for Chrysler Corporation before moving to Brigham City in 1961. He worked for Thiokol Corporation designing tools for rocket and missile motors until his retirement in 1992.

Duckworth and Kansas City Royals Catcher John Buck, were guest speakers at a baseball fund raiser dinner and live auction at Juan Diego Catholic High School Jan. 26. They addressed the Juan Diego baseball team first, and then were available for photographs and autographs for a $15 donation to help the Soaring Eagle team raise funds to travel to a tournament in Memphis, Tenn., next spring. Duckworth and Buck also addressed the audience at large.

After Communion of the Mass, I returned to my place in the first pew, sat down, and to my delight several young children right behind me began to feel the bald spot on my head. I guess they wondered why my hair was worn off. And they also gently rubbed their little hands through my short and gray hair, wondering again why my hair was gray – not too usual for the Mayan Indigenous males in this gorgeous village.

Bishop Wester confirmed 34 young people at the Mass, and in his homily, which reflected on the Scriptural story of the Beatitudes, the bishop told the young people another word for “blessed” is “honored.”

Deacon Hector Mota, of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, was presented with the 2008 Detention Volunteer of the Year Award. He has been a volunteer for 10 years.

“Last year was the first year in the history of the Diocese of Salt Lake City that we raised $2 million,” Lee said. “Our final total was 2,059,461. The fact that we broke the $2 million mark by more than $59,000 says something about the generosity of the people in the diocese.”

Bishop Wester gave the 2008 Aquinas Lecture, clearly outlining the position of the Catholic Church on issues of immigration, which have become hot-button issues during this election year.

The sisters used the occasion to announce their congregation’s new associates program, which brings thousands of people who have had some ties to the Congregation of the Holy Cross, to pray and work for justice in accord with the order’s corporate stand on nonviolence.

Pond signed his Letter of Intent in baseball with the University of Utah as a pitcher the same week Judge Memorial played in the 2007 State Football Championship game against Logan High School Nov. 16. It was quite a week for Pond, who was the starting quarter back for Judge Memorial. “Judge Memorial came in second place, but Joe was an All State quarterback in the championship game,” said James Cordova, Judge Memorial head football coach. “That is pretty impressive. “He is baseball star but played football as well as anybody did last year.”

“I could only choose the United States, but I did not know exactly where I would end up,” said Bruno. “It could have been anywhere in the United States, but it is usually a small city like Murray.

That telephone call came to Allred, who was commuting from Ogden to Kearns, in March, 2007, “and almost immediately I started getting e-mails of congratulations from my colleagues throughout the diocese,” he said. “And Louise Price, my predecessor in this job gave me as many tips and pointers as she could. I have gotten a great deal of support, for which I am very grateful.”

“My daughter was called to respond to the brush fire at St. Joseph Catholic High School as a member of the U.S. Forest Service Wild Land Fire fighting crew,” said her father, Steven Evans, in an e-mail to the Intermountain Catholic June 5. “She drives a pumper stationed at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. Her pumper (engine) was located just east of the Lew Joseph Soccer field, providing water to prevent the fire from moving west into the adjacent residential area and the St. Joseph High School campus.

When you ask parents what makes Our Lady of Lourdes such a wonderful school, you will hear any number of answers: great teachers, small size, variety of programs, individual attention to each student, proximity to Judge Memorial Catholic High School, accelerated math and science classes, a renowned reading program, the wonderful sense of community and on and on. Inevitably, you will also hear this answer: “its diversity.”

“Now, I’m ready to make the transition to a Catholic education system,” he told the Intermountain Catholic. “I was educated in Catholic schools.”

“About 20,000 children ‘age out’ of foster care every year,” said Mike Hamblin, area representative for the Utah Foster Care Foundation. “That is, they turn 19 years old, are no longer eligible for foster care, and are considered adults.”

The theme for the 2008 drive, “Abide in Christ: Our Journey together,” is taken from Bishop John C. Wester’s Episcopal motto: “Abide in Christ.”

“I know the ideal situation would be that everyone who comes through our doors speaks English,” Church said in and interview with the Intermountain Catholic. “But that simply isn’t the reality we’re dealing with. We are seeing growing numbers of immigrants and refugees who are being resettled in Utah, and they need out help, just as many of our American and native-born Utahns need our help.

The DPC, formed more than 20 years ago to gather representatives from the diocese’s various deaneries who then act as an advisory group for the bishop, met Jan. 12 at Blessed Sacrament parish, Sandy.

Today, cemetery officials, with a constant eye to extending the usable life of the cemetery, have located 125 grave sites purchased more than 60 years ago for which there has been no contact information for the buyers or their heirs, nor any communication. Officials now are making every effort to contact the buyers of those grave sites or their heirs in an effort to reclaim the grave sites, making them available to others.

Bishop Perry concelebrated Mass with Bishop John C. Wester, of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, and Father Javier Virgen, pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, West Valley City. Deacon Rick Huffman assisted at the altar.

Why does the church gather us in the dead of the night like this? This is a very symbolic time – midnight. It is in the middle of the night that Jesus first came to us. The symbolism of it is that Jesus pierced the darkness as the light, and we believe, as in keeping with Paul’s letter to Titus this evening, that Christ’s second coming in glory will be at midnight, at this time, this symbolic hour, when the light overcomes the darkness.

“This is the second time the interlocking pieces on that wall have collapsed,” said Rick Bartman, Judge Memorial principal. “That wall is a brick facade. It does not have anything to do with the structural integrity of keeping the stadium up. But the problem is, it is the facade that basically puts the cap on the outside of the stadium.”

“They wanted to make a difference for families who might otherwise not have much of a Christmas,” said John Leonardi, St. James Parish youth minister. “They contacted Your Community Connection (YCC), a local Ogden charity that shelters women and children from domestic violence, and asked if they could adopt two families for Christmas.”

“This service project takes about six weeks to prepare,” said Shelly. “We started Nov. 18, and our last delivery this season was Dec. 23. The youth begin with pulpit talks at Mass to encourage everyone in the parish to participate. We put up our cardboard tree, and we gather as a group to label the tags for the tree with items families or individuals would like.

The estimated $61 million project includes 285 base isolators on which the Capitol now safely sits, and hundreds of miles of wire making this Capitol one of the most technologically advanced and seismically secure buildings in the United States, said David A Hart, executive director of the Capitol Preservation Board and architect of the Utah State Capitol.