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On July 9, a new nation, the Republic of South Sudan, will officially be born. The creation of South Sudan is the culmination of decades of civil war, a Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005, and a peaceful referendum vote by the people of southern Sudan in January of this year to secede.
>>>CEDAR CITY — Four Catholic High School girls from the Diocese of Salt Lake City were among 300 gathered at Southern Utah University in Cedar City to attend Girls’ State June 6-11. Girls’ State is a week-long summer program run by the American Legion Auxiliary that offers citizenship and leadership training for girls who are between their junior and senior years in high school.
>>>HELPER — Father Jose Nestor P. Lachica is back from his training at Fort Jackson in North Carolina and now is serving as the associate pastor (parochial vicar) of Notre Dame Parish, Price, with residence at St. Anthony in Helper.
>>>HURRICANE — When Saint Paul Catholic Center in Hurricane was dedicated in 2009, about 30 people regularly attended the biweekly Sunday services. Now, two years later, more than 100 people celebrate during the biweekly Masses. The center also boasts three Sunday Celebrations Absent a Priest (SCAP), a weekly holy hour, a women’s club and a Knights of Columbus council. The center recently celebrated its first baptism and funeral Mass, and held Stations of the Cross during Lent.
>>>DRAPER — The 2011 Knight of the Year award during this year’s annual Utah Knights of Columbus state convention was presented to Karl A. VanMaren.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — Daughter of Charity Sister Cecilia Van Zandt will retire June 30 after serving as a religious for 66 years. She took her first vows on Sept. 26, 1945.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — The 7th Grade class at Saint Vincent de Paul’s Catholic School worked hard in May becoming entrepreneurs and creating small businesses to help raise money for Japan earthquake relief. During religion class, teacher Alice Hall dared her students to donate $5 of their own money, but instead of just donating it, she challenged them to work in teams of three and come up with a small business idea that would grow their money exponentially.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — Mary Nelson had no intention of writing a novel 20 years ago when she first started researching her husband’s Scandinavian ancestry. She had written poetry and short stories, some of which were published in literary magazines, but it wasn’t until a neighbor suggested she try the longer form that she considered turning her fascination with the Norse sagas into a book.
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