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Fr. Don Hope, pastor in Carbon County, had open-heart surgery at an Orem hospital on Saturday. The surgery went well and he is recuperating. Pat and Betty Byrne, of Saint Olaf Parish celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary during a trip to Ireland.Loran and Lacey Delmas, graduates of Juan Diego Catholic High School and members of St. John the Baptist Parish, are expecting their first child this January. The Jman Followerz youth group at Saint Mary Parish in West Haven traveled to the Steubenville conference in San Diego in July. Featuring great Catholic bands, Mass, the Sacraments, Adoration and Benediction, the three-day event touched their hearts and enlivened their spirits. The group is already making plans for next year. All seven members of Team St. Joseph, (Tony Hanebrink - 1/2 marathon; Carlo Ardito, Treva Fendrick, Joe Garcia, Lyna Garcia, Trevor Hills, and Sharon Merriman - 5K) completed their races with flying colors on Sept. 4. Lyna Garcia, Sharon Merriman and Carlo Ardito won medals in their divisions. Six had personal best records and all finished faster than they thought they could. (It must have been the Holy Spirit running with them!) Pledges and donations toward the new education building for St. Joseph Parish totaled just over $2,500 with $1,995.42 already collected. Matthew Boerke, director of the Diocese of Salt Lake City’s Youth & Young Adult Ministry, placed second overall in the Bear Lake Brawl Triathlon on Aug. 28. The event was a half-Iron Man length.It’s a girl! On Aug. 8, Mary and Jeremy Pool welcomed daughter Tilly to their family, which includes big brother Liam. Mary is on maternity leave from Saint Andrew Catholic School and will be returning to her 5th-grade class on Sept. 20.

Gabrielle Marie Gioffre, of Saint Marguerite Parish graduated from high school this spring at age 16 and now attends Salt Lake Community College. A member of her parish choir, she will perform at Kilby Court in Salt Lake City on Sept. 9 to raise money for East Hollywood High and at St. Marguerite’s Fall Festival on Sept. 10. She will perform again in her own show at Kilby Curt again on Sept. 21 in her first paid gig .