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SALT LAKE CITY — Frutoso DeHerrera, 82, died Feb. 21, in Salt Lake City.
>>>SANDY — American author John Updike wrote in his book "A Month of Sundays" that churches bore the same relation to God that billboards did to Coca Cola: They promoted thirst without quenching it. Lest Updike’s comment became true, parishioners of Saint Thomas More Parish mobilized and raised funds to update and extend the parish’s facilities, said Father David L. Van Massenhove, pastor. "We cannot invite people to join our parish if we do not have anything for them to do, to grow," he said during the groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 22.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — At the noon Mass, one of three Masses for Ash Wednesday celebrated in the Cathedral of the Madeleine, the Most Reverend John C. Wester, bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, advised Catholics to enter into Lent more intentionally, not to get dour for effect or intention, or because they feel they are in sacrifice for sacrifice sake.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — In a moving prayer on the floor of the Utah State Senate Feb. 26, The Most Reverend John C. Wester, bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, opened the session with words asking God to bless the political decision-makers of the state.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — "It is with great joy that we gather today to welcome women, men, and children from all over our diocese into a new relationship with the Church," said the Most Rev. John C. Wester, bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, at the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion Feb. 28.
>>>KEARNS — Students at Saint Francis Xavier Regional School welcomed characters real and fictional to the school Feb. 27 as they observed annual Read Across America Day.
>>>SANDY — Students and parents walked with anticipation toward the gymnasium in Blessed Sacrament Catholic School to watch the eighth grade class perform a play Feb. 20. This year, although the play includes a little bit of action, romance, and witty phrases, is not a Shakespeare comedy. Instead, the class performed a play written by one of their own, Erik Tita, which added to the excitement of the students.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — Mass with the bishop was a big, joyous event for the African community at Saint Patrick Parish in Salt Lake City Feb. 22.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — Four priests have been named Monsignors and one deacon has been recognized by the Vatican for his service to the Diocese of Salt Lake City. Rev. Msgrs. Colin E. Bircumshaw, pastor of Saint Ann Parish, Salt Lake City; Joseph M. Mayo, pastor of the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City; Terence M. Moore, pastor of Saint John the Baptist Parish, Draper; and Matthew O. Wixted, retired, will be invested March 18, 2009, and Deacon Silvio Mayo, diocesan chancellor, will be given the cross and ribbon of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, "For Church and Pope."
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — The Most Reverend John C. Wester, bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, was on hand Feb. 18, when the Utah House of Representatives and Senate passed joint resolution HJR 10, honoring the lives and accomplishments of Franciscan Fathers Francisco Atanascio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez De Escalante.
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