Capt. Jennings H. Mease, Sr.

Holy Family Parish receives inaugural Catholics Can Award

WEST JORDAN — The Catholic faith acknowledges that there are crosses to bear, trials to endure and sufferings to take on, "but even with all those realities, God is there and there’s reason for hope and joy and gratitude," said the Most Rev. John C. Wester, Bishop of Salt Lake City, during his homily for the annual Catholics Can Mass, which celebrates those with disabilities.

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Benedictine monk from Idaho visits Judge Memorial CHS

For two days in September, Judge Memorial Catholic High School hosted Father Kenneth Hein, OSB, a Benedictine monk from The Monastery of the Ascension in Jerome, Idaho. Fr. Kenneth celebrated seven daily Masses in two days with 12 theology classes and gave instruction on the symbolism behind the parts of the Mass.

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The elderly are a blessing, not a burden

As the 20th century came to a close, the United Nations celebrated the International Year of Older Persons, heralding the vision of "A Society for All Ages." The first years of the new millennium have been anything but that, with the abandonment of frail seniors during natural disasters from New Orleans to Japan, the legalization of assisted suicide in several U.S. states and foreign countries, and political rhetoric that seems to consider the growing population of seniors merely as a drain on our health care system and the federal budget. Is this the society for all ages we envisioned in 1999?

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Blessed Sacrament student competes in international martial art competition

Sarah Whittenburg, an eighth-grade student at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School in Sandy, placed 5th in pairs poomse (synchronized forms) at the 2011 Hanmadang World Taekwondo Festival in South Korea, an international event for Taekwondo practitioners. >>>

'Catholics Can' Mass at St. Joseph the Worker

Many thanks to Dolores Lopez and Carol Ruddell for all their work in organizing our annual Catholic Disabilities Mass. >>>

New Catholic Chaplain at Hill AFB

We have a new Catholic chaplain at Hill Air Force Base whose name is Rev. Cyriacus Onyejegbu. >>>

Our Lady of Lourdes School welcomes mural

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Con gran éxito se celebra el primer seminario de Liderazgo Pastoral Campesino en Delta

DELTA - después de tres día de enseñanzas, alabanzas, comentarios, compartir sentimientos, alegrías, preocupaciones, y sobre todo de estar agradecidos decenas de líderes Católicos se reunieron en la misión de San Juan Bosco para el primer seminario de ‘Liderazgo Pastoral Campesino’ impartido por el Colegio Católico México Americano (MACC por sus siglas en inglés).

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Niños en busca de familias temporales

SALT LAKE CITY – Maria Dominguez siempre tuvo el sueno de formar una familia grande.

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