Around the Diocese

Friday, Oct. 26, 2018

“Remembered Light” — The McDonald Memorial Peace Windows Project: From Rubble to Stained-Glass is open through Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Walker Center, ground floor, 175 S. Main St., SLC. The exhibition of 25 windows and other glass art pieces was inspired by the stained-glass fragments and memories of World War II veteran Fred McDonald. Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Free admittance.

70th Jubilee Celebration — Sunday, Oct. 28 for Sr. Paula Wellnitz, OLVM’s time as a religious sister at Mission San Rafael, 1716 S. Highway 10, Huntington. The noon Mass will be followed by a potluck.

CCS Humanitarian Awards Dinner — Monday, Oct. 29, Little America Hotel, 500 S. Main St., SLC. Social hour 6 p.m.; dinner 7 to 9 p.m. RSVP to Andrew Robinson, 801-428-1231 or arboninson@ccsutah.org.

Les Petits Chanteurs France French Boys Choir concert — Tuesday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 65 East 500 North, Orem. This choir of boys, ages 9 to 17, will perform 16th-century music, along with Handel’s Hallelujah, Ave Maria from Gounod, and French folk music. Conducted by Veronique Thomassin-Olivier and accompanied by François Olivier, principal organist at the church of St. Eustache at Paris (France). Free.

Holy Day of Obligation — Thursday, Nov. 1, for the Solemnity of All Saints. Check your parish for Mass times.

All Souls’ Day – Friday, Nov. 2. Mass will be celebrated at noon in the Risen Savior Mausoleum, Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Fr. Thuy Ha will be the celebrant and homilist.

Hesburgh Lecture — Friday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m. St Catherine’s Newman Center, 170 University St., SLC. “Science and Religion: Beyond the Myth of Eternal Warfare” by Dr. Matthew Ashley of the University of Notre Dame. Free and open to the public.

Boutique and Food Fest — at St. James the Just Parish, 495 N. Harrison Blvd., Ogden. Nov. 2-4; hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 80 vendor booths; more than 300 silent auction baskets. Free and open to the public.

First Friday Mass and Rosary — with the Catholic Woman’s League. Friday, Nov. 2, 11:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Villa, 451 Bishop Federal Lane, SLC.

Parish Game Night — Friday Nov. 2 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 65 East 500 North, Orem. $14; dinner at 6:30 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m.

St. Martin de Porres Feast Festival – Saturday, Nov. 3; 10 a.m. at 4914 South 2200 West, SLC. Kids’ games, entertainment, dinner. Prize drawing and silent auction. Dinner tickets: $12 adults; $6 kids ages 3-11. For information, call Darrin or Rose-Marie Sluga, 801-268-2895.  All are welcome.

Thanksgiving Mass — for canonization of Archbishop Romero and Pope Paul VI. Monday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. All are invited to join Bishop Solis at the Mass.

School Open House — Wednesday, Nov. 7, 5-6:30 p.m. at Judge Memorial CHS, 650 South 1100 East, SLC. All prospective students and their families are invited; campus tours and meet the students, faculty and administrators.

School Tour — Thursday, Nov. 8, 9 a.m. at J.E. Cosgriff Memorial Catholic School, 2335 Redondo Ave., SLC. For parents of prospective students from 2 years old to eighth grade for the 2019-2020 school year. For information, email Maggie Kearns, mkearns@cosgriff.org.

“Mamma Mia!” — Nov. 8-9, 11, 16-17, fall musical at the Judge Memorial CHS auditorium, 650 South 1100 East, SLC. 7 p.m. each night with 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 11. Tickets available at the auditorium ticket office beginning 40 minutes before performances: $10 adult; $5 students/senior citizens.

School Tour — Saturday, Nov. 10, noon at J.E. Cosgriff Memorial Catholic School, 2335 Redondo Ave., SLC. For parents of prospective students from 2 years old to eighth grade for the 2019-2020 school year. For information, email Maggie Kearns, mkearns@cosgriff.org.

Advent Retreat — Saturday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St Ambrose 1975 South 2300 East, SLC. The retreat will focus on the Eucharist. Opening session by Fr. Joshua Maria, followed by lunch and afternoon session by Fr. Michael Buckley. Tickets are $15. Reservations must be made by Wednesday, Nov. 7. For information, call Carol, 801-274-1000, or Dick Hall, 801-891-9792.

Eccles Organ Festival — Sunday, Nov. 11, 8 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 309 East South Temple, with Monica Czausz, artist diploma candidate, the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Penn. Free and open to the public.

Monsignor Benvegnu Lecture — Monday Nov. 12, 7 p.m. at Saint Vincent de Paul Parish, 1375 Spring Lane, SLC. Deacon Michael Bulson will present “King David: The Story of Mercy.” Free and open to the public.

Volunteers needed — for the St. Vincent Homeless Center in SLC. Contact Monica Rich mrich@ccsutah.org to schedule a volunteer opportunity at the Weigand Day time Center or St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall.

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