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Swing for Life raises money for research through sports

SALT LAKE CITY - Swing for Life is an organization that uses sporting events to raise money for cancer research. "I am so proud to see these kids out there on the field in pink raising awareness and money for research," said Kathy Howa, founder and breast cancer survivor. >>>

Letter to the Board of Pardons asking for commutation of Ronnie Lee Gardner's sentence

On June 11, the Most Rev. John C. Wester, bishop of Salt Lake City, sent the following letter: >>>

$10,000 is raised in first cancer awareness football game

SALT LAKE CITY - Kyle Aberton raised more than $10,000 for breast cancer research by organizing a pink cancer awareness football game for senior night between Cottonwood High School and Cyprus High School. He is a 2010 graduate of Cottonwood High School, a member of the National Honor Society, on the National Honor Roll, a National Merit Scholar and received the Diploma of Merit. He received the Utah Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Award, where athletic directors choose someone who has performed outstanding service in the community and achieved academically and athletically. He also received the Parent Teacher Scholastic Award. >>>

Memorial Mass celebrated for Sr. Thaddeus

SALT LAKE CITY - Eighteen years of local ministry and a lifetime of love were celebrated June 11 at the Memorial Mass for Sister of Charity of the Incarnate Word M. Thaddeus Quinlan, who served at CHRISTUS St. Joseph Villa from 1986 to 2004. She died June 8, 2010 at St. Placius Convent, Villa de Matel, Houston, Texas. >>>

Ultramarathon runner and nun cross 50 states to raise funds, awareness

SALT LAKE CITY - Filippini Sister Mary Beth Lloyd and accomplished endurance athlete Lisa Smith-Batchen are "Running Hope Through America," a 2,500-mile trek that is 50 miles in 50 states in 62 days to raise awareness for orphans around the world with AIDS. >>>

Let Us Pray: The Roman Collect

I just returned from a workshop on the Roman Missal and I must admit I am more fired up about the new translation of the Missal and the opportunities we will have to deepen our appreciation of the liturgy and Scripture in the coming months >>>

La pena de muerte nos disminuye

SALT LAKE CITY - Para cuando usted lea esto, un escuadrón de fusilamiento muy probablemente habrá disparado para matar a Ronnie Lee Gardner a nombre del Estado de Utah. Al sr. Gardner se le dio la pena de muerte por la muerte del abogado Michael Burdell el 2 de abril de 1985, una terrible tragedia que agravó el hecho de que en 1984 asesinó a Melvyn John Otterstrom durante un robo. >>>

Knights support Special Olympics

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Newman Center helps homeless families get back on their feet

SALT LAKE CITY- Most of the year, the classrooms at Saint Catherine of Siena/Catholic Newman Center hold teachers and students. For four weeks of the year, however, those same classrooms are transformed into bedrooms for a very important mission: helping the homeless. >>>