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SALT LAKE CITY — In a joy-filled, afternoon ceremony March 14, that included more than 50 bishops from across the country, five archbishops, including Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, and two cardinals – Roger Cardinal Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles, Calif., and Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C., Bishop John C. Wester was officially installed as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City.
>>>CARACAS, Venezuela — I had the privilege of making a brief but jam-packed journey to Venezuela with Witness for Peace (WFP), Feb. 16-24. My 18 companions were from Chicago, Louisville, Washington, D.C., and Utah. It was my first time in this beautiful and mountainous country, and we had the (mis)fortune to be there during "Carnaval," the three days before Ash Wednesday. The country was in a very festive mood.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — "O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me," sang the choristers of the Madeleine Choir School and members of the Cathedral of the Madeleine Choir at the evening prayer service for the installation of Bishop-designate John C. Wester at St. Ann Church March 13.
>>>Thanks be to God who has gathered us together today in this beautiful Cathedral of the Madeleine to celebrate this moment in the history of our local Church! To each of you present here now and to all who make up this wonderful Church of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, I express my deepest gratitude for your prayers, support, enthusiasm and kindness. I am also mindful and appreciative of those who cannot be with us today but do join us in prayer.
>>>WEST JORDAN — Linda DeCisto Trujillo, 59, died Nov. 14, of lung cancer.
>>>KEARNS — Charlene Kresser Hayes, 58, died Nov. 24. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Parish
>>>NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Holy Cross Sister Anna Marie Towers (Sister M. Eustace), 86, died Jan. 25, at St. Mary’s Convent, Notre Dame, Ind.
>>>Obispo Juan Wester predicó esta homilía en la Misa de su instalación el 14 de marzo en la Catedral de la Magdalena en Salt Lake City.
>>>Wester’s appointment as the new Bishop of Salt Lake City, and I
hasten to add my own voice to those of Bishop Wester’s fellow
priests, coworkers, and friends in congratulating him on
this appointment. This is certainly a moment
of joy for the Church in Salt Lake City as it
is one of pride for the Archdiocese of San
Francisco.
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