The county’s Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee approved the ordinance at their meeting Wednesday, sending it off to the full County Board for a final vote Tuesday.
Holy Cross Ministries fundraiser to spotlight staff
Friday, May. 07, 2021
Intermountain Catholic
SALT LAKE CITY – When the coronavirus pandemic hit Utah in March 2020, the employees and volunteers of Holy Cross Ministries stepped up their work, taking many of their efforts virtual.
“We never, throughout the entire year, curtailed services,” CEO Emmie Gardner said. “In fact, we grew services because the need became so great. So many more people were facing potential eviction and needed rental assistance. Folks were having issues accessing health care because they were getting sick with COVID or have family members with COVID, so our services actually grew throughout 2020.”
Cathedral to host Filipino Marian celebration
Friday, May. 07, 2021
Intermountain Catholic
SALT LAKE CITY – The Filipino Catholic community has a unique way to celebrate May, the month of devotions to Our Lady. Traditionally in the Philippines, Catholics celebrate Flores de Mayo (Flowers of May), a novena that culminates in the Santacruzan, a religious-historical beauty pageant which depicts the finding of the True Cross by Queen Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. This nine-day celebration started after the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854.
In Salt Lake City, the Filipino community normally incorporates elements of the Santacruzan, where young people representing Queen Helena and other historical and scriptural characters participate in a procession prior to a Mass and a community gathering. The celebration is held every other year. This year, because of continued pandemic concerns, only a small celebration will be held at the Cathedral of th
St. Joseph the Worker celebrates 10th anniversary
Friday, May. 07, 2021
Fr. Patrick Carley, who ministered at St. Joseph the Worker Parish from 2000 to 2017 and now is a retired priest of the diocese, greets some of the parish s founding members prior to the May 1 anniversary Mass.
By Linda Petersen
Intermountain Catholic
WEST JORDAN – The parish of St. Joseph the Worker commemorated the 10th anniversary of its church with a bilingual Mass May 1 celebrated by Bishop Oscar A. Solis. Concelebrants were Father Patrick Carley, who ministered at the parish from 2000 to 2017 and now is retired; and Father Javier Virgen, pastor. Deacons Sunday Espinoza and Armando Solorzano assisted. Many of the parish’s founding members attended the Mass, during which the Knights of Columbus provided an honor guard.
Seminarian to be ordained transitional deacon
Friday, Apr. 30, 2021
Intermountain Catholic
SALT LAKE CITY Tristan Dillon has always wanted to be a priest. One of his earliest memories is attending Mass with his mother at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Wash., where he grew up. Awestruck by the beauty and majesty of the cathedral, he tugged on his mother’s sleeve and said, “Mom, I love our Church.” As he grew, that love deepened. When Dillon was a senior in high school in St. George, where his family had moved when he was 16, applying to become a priest in the Diocese of Salt Lake City seemed a natural next step in his life journey.