Around the Diocese

Friday, Sep. 16, 2016

Drop-in Tour — of The Madeleine Choir School, 205 1st Ave., SLC. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. No appointment necessary. Staff, students and parents will be available to answer questions. For information, visit utmcs.org, email admissions@utmcs.org, or call 801-323-9850 x103.

Level II Training — for those who minister Eucharist to the sick and shut-in. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 6-9:30 p.m. at the Diocese of Salt Lake City Chancery Building, 303 E. South Temple, SLC.  $10 workshop fee covers materials.  For information or to register, call Trisha, 801-328-8641 x 323. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required.

Beat the Bomb — sponsored by the Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Friday, Sept. 23, 6 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. at the Rice Pavilion at Liberty Park, 900 South 700 East, SLC. Includes Burundi, Japanese Taiko, Congolese and West African drumming, and ceremonial tree planting. Free and open to the public.

Oktoberfest — at St. Olaf Parish, 1800 S. Orchard Dr., Bountiful. Saturday, Sept. 24, 1-10 p.m. Children’s games, inflatables, live entertainment and a beer/wine garden. Serving Mexican, Filipino, Italian and German food. All are welcome. 

Revised Rite of Celebrating Matrimony Workshop — for wedding coordinators, prep teams and musicians. Saturday, Sept. 24, 9 a.m. – noon at St. John the Baptist Parish, 300 East 11800 South, Draper. To register, call Trisha, 801-328-8641 ext. 323 by Sept. 21. Registration is required. The Revised Rite of Celebrating Matrimony will take effect Dec. 30; changes will be discussed at the workshop. 

Spaghetti Dinner — to benefit Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 2840 South 9000 West, Magna. Sunday, Sept. 25, 1-5 p.m. Take out begins at 11 a.m. Adults: $13; children: $8. Basket raffle drawing.

Class on Catholic Dogma — Patience Kabamba, an anthropology professor at Utah Valley University, will offer four classes on the role of dogma in the Catholic faith. The one-hour classes are scheduled for 7 p.m. on the following Mondays: Sept. 26, Oct. 24, Nov. 28 and Jan. 23 in the Dominguez Room of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church’s classroom building, 65 East 500 North, Orem. Free and open to the public.

Open House — at Catholic Community Services’ Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank, 2504 F Ave., Ogden, to see how CCS works to fight hunger every day. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 5-7 p.m.

 

Steak Fry — Knights of Columbus Council 5502’s annual event will be Saturday, Oct. 1 at St. Olaf Parish, 276 East 1700 South, Bountiful, starting at 7 p.m. Tickets: $25/adult, $5 children’s meal. Tickets available after the weekend Masses beginning Sept. 10. On parish game night, Friday, Sept. 9, tickets will be available for $20.

Women’s Retreat — Saturday, Oct. 1 at St. James Parish, 1st North 100 West, Vernal, 8:30 a.m. check-in. The day of inspiration, worship and activities, titled “Laugh, Love, Live the Faith,” will be led by Maria Devereux and Jeanne Lachowski. It will end at 4 p.m. A $20 donation includes food and supplies for the day. To register, email your name, contact information, and dietary restrictions by Sept. 24 to  joyfulevent@yahoo.com. For information, call Jeanne at 801-580-2513.

Blessing and Dedication — of the Guadalupe Garden at Give Me a Chance, 2913 Grant Ave., Ogden. Saturday, Oct. 1, 11:30 a.m. Free and open to the public. For information, call 801-627-2235.

Retreat with Pope Francis — six 25-minute DVD conferences and discussion with Rev. Anthony Ciorra, Ph.D at the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish rectory, 670 South 1100 East, SLC. The discussions will take place between the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday Masses from Oct. 2 to Nov. 6.

Free Concert — The Saint Ann’s Bell Choir will perform a free concert on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. at the church, 450 East 2100 South, SLC. Light refreshments will be served.

Eccles Organ Festival —Sunday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 309 E. South Temple, SLC. Organ recital with Jens Korndörfer of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Ga. Free and open to the public.  

Fashion Show Luncheon — The annual Catholic Woman’s League event will be Saturday, Oct. 22 at Little America Hotel, 500 S. Main, SLC. This year’s proceeds will benefit Kearns-Saint Ann School’s reading program and the Weigand Homeless Resource Center. Tickets are $38; RSVP to patty@camrina.com or 801-571-6952.

Best practices — for inviting, assisting and organizing fellow parishioners to deepen, in concrete ways, their baptismal call to social ministry. Three-part training by the Diocese of Salt Lake City and Catholic Relief Services: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 29, Nov. 12 and Dec. 10. Registration required. Visit the diocesan calendar at www.dioslc.org and click the registration button for the Oct. 29 event.

Solemnity of All Saints — Tuesday, Nov. 1, is a holy day of obligation. Check your parish for Mass times.

CCS Humanitarian Awards Dinner — Friday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. This year’s honorees are Elizabeth Smart, Archbishop John C. Wester, and President Russell M. Nelson. For tickets, call 801-428-1216 or email dstamos@ccsutah.org. 

Eccles Organ Festival —Sunday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 309 E. South Temple, SLC. Organ recital with Alison Leudecke of St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla, Calif. Free and open to the public.  

 

ONGOING 

Help a Parishioner — Nancy Johnson, a Saint Ann parishioner is in need of the Pauza Discseel  medical procedure, to alleviate pain. It is only performed at the Texas Spine and Joint Hospital in Tyler Texas at this time and is not covered by medical insurance. To assist, contribute to GoFundMe.com/29473s8c.