SALT LAKE CITY
19 November 2008
Peaches and
apricots from Utah’s 2008 abundant crop have been delivered
to people in need throughout the United States.
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MEXICO CITY
17 November 2008
At a cultural
celebration held the night before the Mexico
City temple rededication, President Thomas S. Monson
told nearly 100,000 Latter-day Saints in Mexico: "You will
never forget this evening. It will remain in your hearts and
in your souls forever."
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SALT LAKE CITY
11 November 2008
This past
weekend, two Roman Catholic bishops released statements in
support of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’
stance on Proposition 8 in California
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SALT LAKE CITY
7 November 2008
The Church issued
the following statement today: It is disturbing that The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is being singled
out for speaking
up as part of its democratic right in a free election.
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SALT LAKE CITY
5 November 2008
COMMENTARY
Since Proposition 8 was placed
on the ballot in June of this year, the citizens
of California have considered the arguments for and
against same-sex marriage. After extensive debate between
those of different persuasions, voters have chosen to amend
the California State Constitution to state that marriage
should be between a man and a woman.
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SEATTLE
6 November 2008
Canneries run by
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are busier
than ever. The
Seattle Times reports that cannery usage in
Washington has doubled over the past year.
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PROVO, Utah
30 October 2008
President
Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First
Presidency of the Church, recently addressed a group of
Utah Valley University aviation students assembled in an
airplane hangar at the Provo Municipal Airport in Provo,
Utah.
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia
28 October 2008
The Church
recently dedicated its first chapel in Slovenia, in the city
of Ljubljana. Groundbreaking ceremonies were previously held
for this building on 14 October 2006. Since then, the Church
in Slovenia has received an increase in media attention,
including this video from RTV Slovenia.
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SALT LAKE CITY
27 October 2008
Armed with
extensive resources from the Church’s welfare program and a
strong desire to help, “Mormon
Helping Hands” volunteers have been major
contributors in relief efforts to help people whose lives
have been devastated by natural disasters.
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SALT LAKE CITY
27 October 2008
This week’s
edition of
The Economist
contrasted Utah’s healthy economy with economies in
other areas and attributed Utah’s success, in part, to the
hidden economic strength of a large population of Latter-day
Saint families in Utah.
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SALT LAKE CITY
21 October 2008
Singer Brian
Stokes Mitchell and actor Edward Herrmann will be the
featured guest artists for Ring, Christmas Bells,
this year’s Christmas concerts by the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square.
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Wichita, KANSAS
21 October 2008
The Wichita Eagle
reported on two young Church missionaries who are
working in Kansas. Like tens of thousands of other Mormon
missionaries, Sister Grange and Sister Schiess serve for a
period of 18 months to two years teaching the gospel of
Jesus Christ.
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SALT LAKE CITY
16 October 2008
The Church has
opened a Welfare Services complex in Layton, Utah, 20 miles
north of Salt Lake City.
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico
16 October 2008
The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is opening the doors of
the Mexico City temple and inviting the public to experience
a guided tour of its interior.
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SALT LAKE CITY
14 October 2008
When Jennifer was
released from prison she thought everyone knew her past. “It
was like I had ‘felon’ tattooed across my forehead,” she
said. But after she interviewed at the manufacturing plant
at Deseret Industries, an agency sponsored by The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, her
life started to change.
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