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Se ordenan dos nuevos sacerdotes en la Diócesis de SLC

SALT LAKE CITY - Durante la Misa, en la cual se reflejo la naturaleza global de la Iglesia Católica Romana, el Reverendo Joseph Frez y el Reverendo Tai Nguyen fueron ordenados sacerdotes por el Reverendísimo John C. Wester, Obispo de Salt Lake City, el 29 de mayo en la Catedral de la Magdalena. >>>

Monument to the Unborn installed at Tooele Cemetery

TOOELE — In a prominent place near the entrance of the Tooele Cemetery rests a dark gray, heart-shaped monument embraced by an angel’s wings. The inscription reads in part, "For the children that did not reach this world, May the angels guide them to the next…."

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La imágen de la Virgen de Zapopan visita Utah

Los padres franciscanos traen todos los años a los Ángeles la imágen de la basílica de Nuestra Señora de Zapopan en Jalisco, México. Este año Barridos Unidos de la Iglesia de Santa Teresita del niño Jesús hicieron arreglos para que la imagen viajera de la Virgen de Zapopan hiciera una parada en Midvale durante tres misas. >>>

Los Caballeros dan ayuda a manos llenas

WENDOVER – La situación económica ha tenido efectos en todas las personas en todos los lugares, y los habitantes de Wendover no han sido la excepción.

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Reality Town a hit at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School

SANDY — Middle School students at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School participated in Reality Town April 22. Reality Town is an educational business program that was developed to teach students about budgeting, debt, fiscal responsibility and the importance of education. It was created by Jane Parker, a middle school business teacher. Since 1997, over 100,000 students have participated in the curriculum.

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Traveling image of the Virgin of Zapopan brought to Utah for three Masses

Each May Franciscan priests bring the image from the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, in Jalisco, Mexico, to Los Angeles; this year, Barrios Unidos of St. Therese of the Child Jesus Parish arranged for the traveling image of the Virgin of Zapopan to stop in Midvale for three Masses. >>>

Sister Luke Hoshette will celebrate 60 years as a religious

OGDEN – Community and prayer life attracted Sister Luke Hoschette to the Benedictine Order 60 years ago. She took her first vows July 11, 1950 at St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minn.

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St. Olaf religious education director retires after 36 years

BOUNTIFUL — Jerrie Lou Barrett started working as a religious education teacher at Saint Olaf Parish in 1974 when her oldest son, Lou Barrett, was going to be confirmed, and is retiring with the confirmation of Lou’s son Jack Barrett, who received the sacrament May18 at Saint Olaf Parish. Barrett will retire June 30.

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Special collection helps extend Catholic cemetery's life

SALT LAKE CITY — Each grave in the Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum has a story to tell. There’s William A. Turnier, buried in 2004, who worked for Nabisco and helped design the Oreo cookie before retiring to Utah from New Jersey; his gravestone boasts an Oreo cookie. James McTernay, who died in 1910, was a local bar owner whose patrons took up a collection to memorialize him with the tallest monument in the graveyard. Then there is Sophia Maria DeCurial, AKA Sylvia Douglas, who died in 1908. Her red rock gravestone states that she was believed to be Etta Place, girlfriend of the outlaw Harry Longabaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid.

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