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St. Jude Thaddeus devotional group has a new banner for their pilgrimage around the diocese
Friday, May. 14, 2021
By Laura Vallejo
Intermountain Catholic
SALT LAKE CITY – In the Roman Catholic Church, St. Jude Thaddeus is the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes. A group of Utah Catholics devoted to the saint began congregating 11 years ago to celebrate a Mass honoring the saint on the 28th day of each month.
In 2010, the St. Jude devotional group started going to the old St. Jude Maronite Catholic Church in Murray and praying a rosary to the saint.
“Monsignor Bill [Bonczewski], who back then was the pastor there, opened the doors to us,” said Martin Alcocer, a parishioner of the Cathedral of the Madeleine who has a devotion to St. Jude Thaddeus.
2020 Year in Review
The pandemic led parishes to celebrate special liturgies, such as this Aug. 27 special Holy Hour at Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Parish to pray for the health and wellbeing of the people who work on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. As with all liturgies during this time, social distancing measures were observed.
By Marie Mischel
Intermountain Catholic
SALT LAKE CITY When the novel coronavirus struck Utah in March, Bishop Oscar A. Solis implemented emergency measures in the Diocese of Salt Lake City, issuing a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass, suspending public worship in Catholic churches, canceling events such as the annual diocesan Lenten retreat, and instructing the Utah Catholic Schools to provide remote instruction rather than onsite.
Bishop s Christmas Message 2020
Friday, Dec. 18, 2020
By The Most Rev. Oscar A. Solis
Bishop of Salt Lake City
Greetings of Christ’s peace!
We approach the celebration of Christmas this year in very unusual circumstances. Our traditional family and community holiday gatherings are restricted, attendance at Holy Mass curtailed and many remain isolated in their homes for fear of the coronavirus. For many months, we have lived with the darkness of a pandemic that drastically changed our daily lives.
Yet the spirit of the season has not been lost. Driving around, we see people continue to decorate our churches, homes, stores and streets with colorful lights, tinsel, ornaments and Nativity scenes. Radios and televisions continue to play the Christmas songs we know so well. People still shop in stores and malls to get some things so they can give or exchange gifts to celebrate the feast. Perhaps even more encouraging during this particular Christmas season, most people continue to
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