Show I St. St Marys Mary's of Park City Hostess to Visiting Catholic Seminar I I Back in the nineties the records records re reo cords say the Holy Cross Sisters Cross Sisters from froni Ogden and Salt Lake City went to Park City to spend the summer summer months with the members members members mem mem- bers of their congregation at St. St Marys Mary's of the Assumption for they enjoyed a a. cooler climate there than they had at home This cool climate hay bay fever free tree too is part pant of the attraction attraction tion for the Park City Christian Formation seminar that tInt will be conducted August Auguet 4 15 and 6 under under un un- under der auspices Solid Heritage Many Mant workers are fairly I new new residents of Utah and know Park City only by its resort town Image They are unaware of its solid Catholic heritage Park City was fr from m the beginning a gentile sentile gen sen I tile town peopled by toy Catholics and by Protestants of many faiths Mass was celebrated there regularly regularly re reo from In 1882 1873 on a Catholic church and school were completed and in use Both II church and school were set afire by a pyromaniac on the of July of of the next nert year but were I promptly rebuilt in time for school to open In the fall I The Th silver jubilee of St. St Marys Mary's was was celebrated in 1907 St. St Marys Mary's gave the church and the community ity ity In Utah many influential citi- citi izena zens Fire F re was always a terrifying Cry try in in Ina a mining camp Few camps escaped without a disastrous con con- of the worst fires in the West burned turned down the Wooden wooden built built Park City in 1898 I This time the Catholic Church jand i and school were two of the few buildings to escape I When a relief committee of ladle ladies from the d different 1 f fer e n t churches in the town was formed the Sisters Sistels of the Holy Cross cleared a school room to be used aa as a depot for relief supplies Park City grew again agahi from its I ashes St. St Marys Mary's school has long been gone gone from Park City and the parish grew smaller as as the mines decreased activity It now Includes Includes includes in In- the Catholics living in the Heber City neighborhood and Inthe in inthe the summertime Holy Mass Maes draws vacationers from the Uintah I Mountain camping areas areas rea i iI Leanest Days I But even in its lea leanest est days I ithe the parish kept devoted Catholics The in Utah had Park City members from its ite very inception Since the Helpers Division Includes in in- eludes those who furnish transportation transportation trans trans- to COD workers Father Ignatius surely rates as the dioceses diocese's finest Helper be f cause of the many trips he made made- up and down Parleys Parley's Canyon In all fall kinds of weather to take three or four St. St Marys Mary's women to teacher training classes So when you CODers CODera come come cometo toWe to to m We Christian Formation seminar r dont don't see Park City as the theres resort rt town the ski center but make maker a pilgrimage to St. St Mary of the Assumption and recognize e the tle e staunch Catholic community that did more re than its share to build the Church In Utah We lWe remind you that the seminar sem eem inar is sponsored but it it Is I fashioned to deepen t tote the e spiritual life lite of all adult Catholics Parish Pariah chairmen of the Altar Society Committee on cooperating with the should sincerely try t to attend the lSe sessions and to enlist other women of their organizations to attend We talk a good deal about becoming committed Christians this lans this is your chance to take the first real step toward becoming one Intermountain Intel Catholic Register |