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Friday, Jan. 29, 2010
When I taught high school, my students passionately offered complaints and criticisms about the Sunday Mass they were "forced to attend." "Mr. Johnston, it's so boring." "But Mr. Johnston, the music is not good." "Mr. Johnston, our priest doesn't engage us." "Mr. Johnston, why don't they try to make it fun?" These may be valid concerns, but I always challenged my students to think a little deeper. I wanted them to examine their life in Christ as expressed in this communal gathering we call liturgy. So over the course of a semester, we studied the liturgical life of the Church and, in the end, the Spirit moved some of these young people to a deeper appreciation of the liturgy.
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Friday, Jan. 29, 2010
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Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - Despite the thousands of miles between Utah and Haiti, the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck the island nation also hit the Beehive State. Catholics are among the Utahns who are pouring time and money into relief efforts
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Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - Responding to the call to be co-workers in the Lord's vineyard, 20 men and women will receive certification as lay ecclesial ministers at a special Mass celebrated by Bishop John C. Wester on Jan. 30.
Members of the group spent four years studying theology and other topics through an online program presented by the University of Notre Dame.
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Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - Author, speaker and professor Peter Kreeft, PhD., will be the keynote speaker at the annual Aquinas lecture on Jan. 31 at the Newman Center. His topic will be "Suffering in Today's Society."
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Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - Don Ellefsen has been in scouting for almost 50 years. He began his scouting career in 1962 when his oldest son wanted to become a scout at age 7. Ellefsen became the leader at Saint Ann Parish because there was not a scouting program at Saint Vincent de Paul Parish where Ellefsen and his family have been members for many years.
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Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
DRAPER - Parishioners dressed in traditional clothing from their various countries processed into the international Mass at Saint John the Baptist Parish Jan. 17. Endre Hegedus, an internationally known concert pianist from Budapest, Hungary, played the offertory and communion hymns, and gave a short concert following the Mass.
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Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
LAYTON – La Iglesia Santa Rosa de Lima en Layton, ha sido iluminada con la llegada de un nuevo Sacerdote de origen latino, quien con singular alegría predica la palabra del Señor.
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Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - A pesar de que el hacer llegar provisiones como comida y alimentos a los cientos de miles de personas que quedaron desamparadas debido al terremoto del 12 de enero en Haití ha sido una tarea Herculeana, los católicos en Utah están dentro de las personas muy motivadas por ayudar.
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Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - The Sponsor-a-Student program developed last year gives an opportunity for people in the Diocese of Salt Lake City to provide a Catholic education for Utah students.
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