Catholics plan Pie & Beer Day celebrations

Friday, Jul. 15, 2016

SALT LAKE CITY — July 24 marks the official state of Utah holiday that commemorates the day in 1847 when Brigham Young and the first group of pioneers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints entered the Salt Lake Valley.

All around Utah parades, festivals, reenactments and fireworks will celebrate what is known as “Pioneer Day.”

Some years ago “Pie and Beer” parties started emerging as an alternative to the celebration.

“Pie and Beer” is a play on words; the phrase sounds similar to “pioneer,” and many of the parties serve pie and beer.

“It’s as simple as ‘gather friends and family, bring pie and beer, have fun and eat.’ It’s been this way for years and it’s a formula that has proven to work,” said Mike Hansen, a parishioner of St. Catherine of Siena Newman Center, which for several years has hosted just such a celebration and plans one for this year on July 25.

Meanwhile, The Madeleine Choir School will host its 2nd annual Pie and Beer Day on July 24, and St. John the Baptist  Parish’s Knights of Columbus will have a Pie-N-Beer Day  that day as well.

 

WHAT: Pie & Beer Day

WHEN: Sunday, July 24, 1- 7 p.m.

WHERE: The Madeleine Choir School, 205 First Ave., SLC

For information or tickets, visit https://madeleinechoirschool.ejoinme.org/2016beerfest

 

WHAT:  Pie-N- Beer Day 

WHEN:  Sunday, July 24,  noon-2 p.m.

WHERE: Meeting Room A

Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, 300 East 11800 South, Draper 

 

WHAT: Pie & Beer Day 

WHEN: Monday, July 25, 6-8 p.m.

WHERE: St. Catherine of Siena Newman Center, 170 University St., SLC