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SALT LAKE CITY — By the time this story is published, the Diocese of Salt Lake City will be 275 days without a bishop, roughly, nine-and-a-half months. Without delving too deeply into a pregnancy metaphor, it’s good to remember that we Catholics are an Advent people. We are accustomed to waiting – patient, prayerful waiting.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — For Ed Braak, one was more than enough. Hands cold and sore from working in the carport for more than a year on the same chunk of rock, Braak promised himself there would be no more of this. But the mind of an artist is a tricky thing.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — The large hallway outside the office of Mexican Consul Salvador Jiménez Muñoz boasts a bank of computers, hooked up not long ago to better facilitate providing official identification cards for Mexican immigrants arriving in Utah and the Western Region. Jiménez oversees the project, checking regularly with computer technicians and making periodic visits to the even larger room off the same hallway, crowded with newly arrived immigrants from Mexico hoping to get a taste of the American Dream.
>>>DRAPER — Juan Diego Catholic High School senior Ian Jansen signed with the University of Wisconsin Nov. 9 to compete in the decathlon and pole vault.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — Rodney "Rod" D. Courtright, 52, died Oct. 24.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — Nicolas James Smit, 16, died Oct. 28, in a car accident.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — The glass-enclosed Mausoleum of the Risen Savior in Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery was the soothing setting for an All Souls Day Mass Nov. 2. Many of the Mass participants had lost loved ones over the past year, and the annual Mass commemorating the souls of all the faithful departed was one of quiet comfort.
>>>OGDEN — With the war in Iraq on the minds of many Americans and elections Nov. 7, prayers were offered for world peace and unity at the Our Lady of Fatima Conference, Nov. 4, at St. James Parish, Ogden. Prayers were also offered for vocations to the priesthood during a holy hour.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — "I am St. Anthony, one of the most loved saints in the Church. I was a great teacher. If something is lost and can’t be found, pray to me and I’ll look around," said Zach Brackett, (as St. Anthony) a first-grader at St. Vincent de Paul School, Salt Lake City.
>>>PLEASANT VIEW — Deacon Bud Jennings Wardle, 90, died Nov. 4, 2006, in his sleep. Deacon Wardle, finished serving at the altar of God and began standing at the side of God. He died peacefully.
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