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Medicaid expansion travesty at the Utah Legislature

SALT LAKE CITY — For months, a Utah legislative task force and gubernatorial work group met to hash out possible options for expanding Medicaid in the state. In the end, the work group had parsed through data, debates, and public comment to reach a consensus on several possible scenarios for providing health care to people living at 100 percent to 138 percent of the poverty line.

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St. Olaf students make bowls for clean water in Kenya

While learning about the African continent, Saint Olaf School second-graders discovered that most African families don’t have running water in their homes and that most villages in Kenya don’t even have a freshwater well. They were shocked to hear that girls their age (6 or 7 years old) have to walk up to 15 miles to a watering hole, fill a bucket, and carry that heavy bucket back to their village. They also learned that many African children their age don’t go to school, not because they don’t want to, but because they don’t have a school building to go to. >>>

Students compete in Diocesan Science Fair

SALT LAKE CITY — From aquaponics to astronomy, 6th-, 7th- and 8th-grade students from all the Catholic middle schools in Utah probed the wonders of the universe and displayed their results at the annual Knights of Columbus Diocesan Science Fair on Feb. 22.

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St. Joseph students speak before the Senate on H.B. 64

OGDEN — Two Saint Joseph Catholic school students were selected from a handful of students statewide to speak before a State Senate subcommittee to express why permanent funding for a Utah State History Day program is important to their education. >>>

Souper Bowl of Caring exceeds its $100,000 goal

SALT LAKE CITY — During the Souper Bowl of Caring food drive, which ended Feb. 17, the Diocese of Salt Lake City raised 280,000 in canned goods and cash donations, most of which was given to Catholic Community Services Northern Utah Food Bank.

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Festival celebrates liturgical music with a variety of choirs

DRAPER – On Feb. 22 Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Draper was the scene for the Diocesan Musical Festival, welcoming musicians, choirs, composers and liturgical music lovers from all over the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City.

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Ministerio Hispano invita a clase del Concilio Vaticano II

SALT LAKE CITY – El ministerio Hispano de la Diócesis Católica de Salt Lake City entre las diversas clases de formación y aprendizaje que ofrecen pone a la disposición de la comunidad hispano parlante una clase de Vaticano II.

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Saint Ambrose Parish hosts pro-life speaker on 'Raising Children with Humor'

SALT LAKE CITY — Mary Ann Kuharski, a wife, mother of 13 children, and a grandmother, spoke about "Raising Children with Humor" at Saint Ambrose Parish Feb. 22.

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Dorothy Forbes Thomas

SALT LAKE CITY — Dorothy Forbes Thomas, 89, passed away Feb. 20, 2014 of symptoms related to Alzheimer’s disease.  >>>