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Noted Dominican author to speak on St. Francis

SALT LAKE CITY — Dominican Father Augustine Thompson will present “Saint Francis, the Saint and the Man” at the March Dominican Forum at Saint Catherine of Siena Newman Center in Salt Lake City. >>>

CCS' weekend meal program receives $20,000 donation

OGDEN — Catholic Community Services Northern Utah received a $20,000 donation from Smith’s Food and Drug to purchase a truck to assist with the Bridging the Gap child hunger relief program. >>>

Refugee Resettlement Program given award by national foundation

SALT LAKE CITY — Catholic Community Services of Utah’s Refugee Resettlement program was honored for their work in the community by the national Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. >>>

Legislative update

During these final weeks of the Utah legislative session (which ends at midnight on March 12) several vital issues will be debated: >>>

State-sponsored execution is an affront to God's law

A recent debate in the Utah House of Representatives seems to suggest growing recognition among legislators of the precarious place any state occupies when it tries to take on a role best left to God. >>>

Bishop Wester urges support for state efforts to provide much-needed health care to the poor and marginalized

(The Most Rev. John C. Wester, Bishop of Salt Lake City, issued this statement Feb. 21.) >>>

Top student scientists advance to regional fair

SALT LAKE CITY — Of the 243 middle-school students who competed in the 19th annual Diocesan Science Fair Feb. 21, the 65 who received the highest scores will move on to compete against their peers from public and charter schools at the Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair, which will be in March at the University of Utah.   >>>

Catholic youth help prepare 200,000 meals for others

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La ejecución auspiciada por el estado confronta a la ley de Dios

El reciente debate en la Cámara de Representantes de Utah pareciera sugerir una creciente reconocimiento entre los legisladores del lugar precario que cualquier estado ocupa cuando se trata de tomar el papel que solo Dios tiene. >>>