St. Joe's doesn't have weekday Masses on Fridays, but today was the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed - the Feast of All Souls - so a Mass was said anyway. Yesterday, being All Saints' Day, was a Day of Obligation, but I was able to go to Mass this morning as well. There were only nine of us there, and with one exception I was the youngest ( Read more... )

Last Sunday was the first Sunday in Advent, which is the beginning of the Catholic liturgical year.  Around the time the first (purple) candle was being lit, it occurred to me that perhaps I should get an Advent wreath for home. I did some shopping on Amazon and found some nice wreaths, but the one I kept coming back to was this one. It was on the ( Read more... )

I've only been a parishioner at my parish, St. Joseph the Worker, for a couple of months. I registered sometime after May, although I haven't really technically been living in Utah since September. Be that as it may, for the six months I've been going, Masses have been held in Sister Fabian Hall because the old church was demolished; a new church ( Read more... )

In 2006, PBS & Frontline produced a four-hour documentary about the Mormons. Although I think I've seen it previously (at least in bits and pieces), it's been interesting to watch it again, especially because I've only recently moved to the Salt Lake City environs. Tonight Ed and I watched the first half, which covered the history of the LDS church ( Read more... )