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SALT LAKE CITY — The Catholic Foundation of Utah (CFU) celebrated a remarkable landmark Nov. 6 at a reception at the bishop’s residence. Outgoing CFU President Pieter I. Scholte announced that the fiscal year ending July 30, 2007, saw Foundation investment returns reach a record high of 14.13 percent.
>>>WEST VALLEY CITY — Father Raynato "Rene" Rodillas is taking up a fourth language, now that he’s been assigned to Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in West Valley City. In addition to his native Tagalog, spoken in the Philippines, Fr. Rene, a member of the international Congregation of the Divine Word Priests and Brothers, speaks German and English, and is now studying Spanish.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — "We got ready for the Thanksgiving feast by churning butter, making headdresses, and painting turkeys," said Sam Brown, a kindergarten student at the Madeleine Choir School, Salt Lake City. "We made cornucopia place mats and vests out of paper bags. We colored them with crayons because they are picture stories. It’s lots of fun."
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — Bishop John C. Wester of the Diocese of Salt Lake City has been named chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration. He succeeds Bishop Gerald R. Barnes of San Bernardino, Calif. The position will not be Bishop Wester’s first experience with the committee. He had served previously as a committee member, and then as a consultant.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — The cases that come across Narda Beas-Nordell's desk these days are disturbing. The newly appointed juvenile sex offender specialist for the office of Salt Lake County Attorney Lorha Miller, Beas-Nordell prosecutes sexual crimes in which both the victim and the perpetrator are under the age of 14.
>>>LAYTON — Bishop John C. Wester of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, made a pastoral visit to the Catholic community of Christ, Prince of Peace at Hill Air Force Base in Layton. Father David V. McGuire, chaplain for Hill Air Force Base, welcomed Bishop Wester to the base and gave him a tour of some of the bases facilities and sights.
>>>DRAPER — John Colosimo, Juan Diego Catholic High School vice principal and head football coach, was named the 3A Coach of the Year, by the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA). He was presented with the Distinguished Service Award Nov. 1, at a luncheon at Willow Creek Country Club.
>>>BOUNTIFUL — Heidi Schaefer, the third grade-teacher at St. Olaf School, was honored as an outstanding teacher on KSL NewsRadio and during Mass at St. Olaf Church Nov. 2.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — The Rotary Club of Hispano-Latinos of Salt Lake City, in cooperation with the Murray Rotary Club Foundation, have begun their 2007 toy drive, many of the beneficiaries of which will be children and families served by Holy Cross Ministries in Park City, Wendover, and Salt Lake City. At a Nov. 8 meeting of Clinica Hispana and Rotary Club of Hispano-Latinos of Salt Lake, Dr. Cesar Diaz, president of Rotary Club of Hispano-Latinos of Salt Lake, got the ball rolling, setting dates for visits to schools and churches where parents will bring their children to meet Santa and receive gifts of toys and clothing.
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