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St. Paul

1/17/2016

Today’s Pilgrim Train stopped at a little over three hours south in a town that is pronounced a bit different. Do not make the mistake I did and pronounce this town “Hur-i-keyn” like the tropical cyclone. Instead it is pronounced “Her-ah-kun” by most native Utahns. I was wondering if there were hurricanes in Utah. Since there are not, how did this town get the name? Apparently, there is a legend that one windy day in the 1860's Mormon leader Erastus Snow had a whirlwind blow the top off a buggy he was driving. He reportedly said, “Well, that was a Hurricane. We’ll name this the Hurricane Hill.” The town of Hurricane is very windy, especially in winter when wind gusts soar over 50 miles per hour. Today I was very fortunate to have little to no winds.

Located in Washington County, Hurricane is a part of the St. George Metropolitan Area. The community was intended to establish the southern end of Utah for agricultural purposes. The town once operated a

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San Pablo

1/16/2016

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About 35 minutes west of Cedar City, the town of Beryl Junction is located in the southwestern part of Iron County and was named for the junction of two state highways, State Routes 18 and 56. Beryl Junction sits on the southern edge of the Escalante Desert and covers approximately 1.8 square miles. According to historic records, the New Castle Reclamation Company invested in land near the Beryl Crossroads in the Escalante Valley in 1909. Subsequently, that company built a hotel to bring prospective buyers, promoting the land for agricultural development. Despite the failure of the venture, the community has grown slowly since then as modern irrigation techniques have made the farmland productive.

Located near the heart of town is San Pablo Catholic Mission ∙ 702 N Highway 18 ∙ Beryl Junction, UT 84714 ∙ Phone: (435) 586-8298 ∙ Website: http://www.saintgeorgecatholics.com/Web%20Pages/Masses/masses.htm. San Pablo translated in English means Saint Paul and he epitomizes the incorporation of

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Weber State University - Newman Center

1/8/2016

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“God has created me to do some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it is this life, but I shall be told it is in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught… Therefore, I will trust Him… If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve him, in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him. If I am in sorry, my sorry may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me. Still, He knows what He is about.” - Blessed John Henry Newman

Blessed John Henry Newman, a British theologian, was born on February 21, 1801 in London, England. He was an influential churchman and man of letters, who led the Oxford Movement in the Church of England. Later he became a cardinal-deacon in the Roman Catholic Church. His powerful books, particularly Parochial and Plain Sermons, Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church and University Sermons, revitalized importance on the church. By 1845 he came to view the Roman Catholic Church as

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Good Shepherd

1/2/2016

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The Book of John, Chapter 10: 1-21 is entitled, “The Good Shepherd”. “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.” Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them. So Jesus said again, “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came [before me] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the

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