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Catechetical orders contributed to diocese's life of faith

The history of the Diocese of Salt Lake City offers eloquent testimony to the importance of religious orders – particularly those of women – in extending Catholic ministries to our often sparse and widely scattered people. Even to this day, we have always had to borrow priests from other parts of the country and the world just to provide minimal pastoral care in our parishes, and arduous travel has been required of many of those priests to bring the sacraments to our missions and stations. Fortunately, we have been the beneficiaries of the generosity and dedication of religious orders that have filled what would otherwise have been many gaps in pastoral care. >>>

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Speaking of St. Francis

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Lenten Events

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Jesse Daniel Shields

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Anna Marie Mancuso

MESQUITE, Nev. — Anna Marie (Gottone) Mancuso, 111, passed away, Jan. 30, 2015.  >>>

Elaine Riley Dern

SALT LAKE CITY — Elaine Riley Dern, 87, passed away on Jan. 9, 2015.  >>>

Develop a friendship with Christ Jesus, Bishop Wester urges during Rite of Election

SALT LAKE CITY — Each year during Lent, those who are preparing to enter the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Salt Lake City celebrate the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion, during which the bishop publicly acknowledges God’s work in them, and names them as members of the Order of the Elect (candidates for baptism and full communion). During the ceremony, the catechumens inscribe their names in the Book of the Elect. They now will complete their preparations for the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist, which they will receive at the Easter Vigil. The candidates for full reception, because they have already been baptized, prepare to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation and, at the vigil, will make a profession of faith, be confirmed, and receive the Eucharist. >>>

Healthy Utah rally

A rally at the Utah State Capitol March 5 urged legislators to pass the proposed Healthy Utah legislation, which was supported by the Senate but not by the House of Representatives, which March 4 passed a separate bill. >>>