Religion briefs

Published: Saturday, March 28 2009 12:00 a.m. MDT

See 'Renewal' free at Wagner center

A free screening of "Renewal: Stories from America's Religious Environmental Movement" will be Tuesday, March 31, 7 p.m., at the Wagner Jewish Community Center, 2 N. Medical Drive.

"Renewal" is the first feature-length documentary to capture the vitality and diversity of today's religious environmental activists.

The Utah Education Network, Utah Interfaith Power and Light and the Wagner Jewish Community Center are co-sponsoring this event.

Catholic women invited to league tea

All Catholic women, ages 18 and over, are invited to the Catholic Women's League Membership Tea on Sunday, March 29, 2 p.m., at Juan Diego Catholic High School, 300 E. 11800 South, Draper.

Tickets are $5.

Catholic students raise service funds

The old adage, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime" is not lost on the students of the "S" generation in the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Salt Lake City.

The "S" - Service is a component of the curriculum in every Utah Catholic Schools from Pre-K to 12th grade.

Campaigns held in each of 16 schools during National Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 25-31, resulted in $90,474 from the efforts of 5,734 students enrolled.

One of the schools raised $2,669 to build a home for a family in Haiti through Food-for the-Poor organization. Another school has stretched its efforts beyond Catholic Schools Week with homeroom projects for Rescue Mission, Christmas Box House, Homeless Outreach Center, St. Joseph Villa, Ronald McDonald House, and the Road Home ?— all projects here in the community.

Sister Catherine Kamphaus, CSC, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, thanked students for their generosity, and reminded them of Jesus' words: "Whatsoever you do for the least ones in the community, that you do for me."

St. Ann's Men's Club plans salmon bakes

The St. Ann's Catholic Men's Club will hold Lenten Salmon bakes, on Fridays, 5-7:30 p.m. during Lent.

The event is at the recreation center, 430 E. 2100 South. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children and can be purchased at the door.

Call 801-486-0741 for more information.

Five-time Grammy and 11-time Dove Award winner Larnelle Harris will be in concert on April 9, 7:30 p.m., in the Pardoe Theater on the BYU campus in Provo.

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