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Mary Kay Griffin honored by Alumni Association

Mary Kay Griffin was among five recipients of the University of Utah Merit of Honor Award from the University of Utah Alumni Association at a banquet Nov. 10. >>>

Saint George Knights of Columbus make a tribute to the unborn children with memorial monument

Father Oscar Martin Picos, pastor of St. George Parish, dedicated a memorial monument in memory of the unborn children of abortion Dec. 6. >>>

New information uncovered about Bishop Scanlan's boyhood home

One of the delights of being a historian is the unexpected discovery of a new source or a bold new interpretation that reinvigorates a subject once thought closed or exhausted. Two such discoveries recently shed new light on the life of the Right Rev. Lawrence Scanlan, first Bishop of Salt Lake, about whom I mistakenly thought we knew all we were ever going to know. >>>

'Spirituality without religion' does not hold

When Bill de Blasio was elected Mayor of New York in 2013, he told reporters at a press conference that he was “spiritual” but not “religious” – thus giving a familiar theme nowadays heightened publicity. >>>

Solemnities and Feasts during December

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Holy Year will include 'missionaries of mercy'

The Holy Year of Mercy will be an opportunity to encourage Christians to meet people’s “real needs” with concrete assistance, to experience a “true pilgrimage” on foot, and to send “missionaries of mercy” throughout the world to forgive even the most serious of sins, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, the office organizing events for the Holy Year of Mercy, which will be celebrated from Dec. 8 until Nov. 20, 2016. >>>

Holy Cross Sr. Josephine Marie Mariano

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Salt Lake diocese to open cathedral door Dec. 13

SALT LAKE CITY — The Diocese of Salt Lake City will mark the beginning of the extraordinary jubilee Year of Mercy with the Rite of Opening of the Door of Mercy at the Cathedral of the Madeleine Dec. 13. >>>

Around the Diocese

To submit parish announcements, send to atd@icatholic.org the Friday before you would like the announcement placed. Note: Announcements will not run the weekend of the event. >>>