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Annual Days of Yore Festival supports parish, community

SANDY – Music, food, games, a beer garden, and sweet shop were just part of the 23rd annual Days of Yore Festival at St. Thomas More Church June 8-11 on the grounds of the parish in Sandy. The three-day event also included a golf thournament and banquet, a 5-K run that drew 150 entrants, children’s rides, and home-made sausage by Frank Sida.

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Church dedication tribute to decades of planning, dreaming, and prayer

NORTH OGDEN — The prayers of hundreds of parishioners living and dead and eight pastors were answered June 9, when the new St. James Catholic Church was blessed and dedicated by Diocesan Administrator Msgr. J. Terrence Fitzgerald in the presence of parishioners and a host of diocesan officials. >>>

Madeleine Award winner's courage an inspiration

SALT LAKE CITY — The late Bob Fosse said to dance is to express joy. >>>

Pro-life college students walk across America

SALT LAKE CITY — Students from colleges and universities across the country are walking over 10,000 miles through 38 states and through thousands of towns and cities on a pro-life pilgrimage with Crossroads. >>>

Sister Bridget Clare retires after 58 years of service

SALT LAKE CITY — St. Louis Sr. Bridget Clare McKeever will retire June 19, to return to the regional motherhouse with her community in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley of California. She will be available for spiritual direction and is already scheduled to present a few retreats. >>>

Carmelite nun receives the black veil, professes vows

HOLLADAY — Carmelite Sister of the Holy Family (Kieu Hanh Bui) pronounced her solemn vows and received the black veil June 10 at 9 a.m. during a Mass and celebration at the Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ceremony marked the final step in Sr. Therese’s journey to become a full member of the Carmelite order, a cloistered, contemplative community of nuns. >>>

In the Spirit of the Feast of Pentecost

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Magna parishioners experience Katrina's devastation

MAGNA — "I hope the people of New Orleans get a break this year from a major hurricane," said Leslee Lewis, an insurance adjustor who saw firsthand the devastation left behind by Hurricane Katrina. "The people in New Orleans have had just about all they can handle." >>>

Lay Ecclesial Ministry formation begins Aug. 2006

SALT LAKE CITY — Recently the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops noted that; "for several decades and in growing numbers, lay men and women have been undertaking a wide variety of roles in Catholic Church ministries." Today over 32,000 ministers work at least 20 hours per week in parishes in the United States. These followers of Christ are composed of "every race and culture who serve in parishes, schools, diocesan agencies, and Catholic Church institutions [and] are identified by many different position titles." In the 2005 document, "Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord," this group is identified as "lay ecclesial ministers." >>>