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David Trujillo: Living the joy of his religious vocation

SALT LAKE CITY — David Trujillo is anticipating his ordination to the transitional diaconate with all the eagerness of an actor waiting for the curtain to rise. >>>

Ready for school in the fall

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Catholic priest to lead retreat for Deaf and hard-of-hearing in the Diocese of Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY — The Catholic Deaf community in the Diocese of Salt Lake City will host a retreat using the American Sign Language at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church June 21-22. The retreat master will be Father Michael Depcik, an Oblate of Saint Francis de Sales and pastor at Saint John’s Deaf Center in the Archdiocese of Detroit.  >>>

Fortnight for Freedom: A time for thanks and prayer

People of faith in the United States are blessed. While we face some challenges to our religious practice, our laws and traditions protect us from the more insidious acts of religious discrimination that occur in other parts of the world. During the 2014 Fortnight for Freedom, June 21-July 4, I encourage American Catholics to give thanks for our freedoms and to pray for those who suffer severe religious persecution.  >>>

Need a key to the Trinity? Start with Jesus, the Son

The Trinity is a mystery. (Popular translation: The Trinity is a complicated, inexplicable – and not particularly exciting or even spiritually relevant –doctrine.)  >>>

Fortnight for Freedom daily reflections

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Educational immigration workshop will be offered at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church

SALT LAKE CITY — On Saturday, June 21, Communities United/Comunidades Unidas with ‘Coalición Enriquezcamos a Utah’ are presenting a workshop about immigration and education at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Salt Lake City. >>>

CCS refugee foster children earn high school diplomas; urged to continue their education

SALT LAKE CITY — Without their parents, they flee from war-torn countries, from drought, from death, and yet they are children who, when they come to the United States faced yet another formidable challenge: school, without knowing the English language.  >>>

Kearns-Saint Ann student wins contest, names street sweeper

SALT LAKE CITY — Amou Akot, a first-grade student at Kearns-Saint Ann School, won the South Salt Lake City Public Works’ “Name the Street Sweeper” contest. She was rewarded with a certificate, a gift certificate to Toys “R” Us and the opportunity to ride in the sweeper she named Scrubby in the South Salt Lake City Fourth of July parade.  >>>