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St. Sylvester

7/10/2016

The small town of Escalante was named after Silvestre Velez de Escalante, a Franciscan Missionary and the first European explorer in the region. During his journey in 1776, usually referred to as the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition, Escalante and his companions passed by the Grand Canyon and were among the first white men to enter Utah. Fast forward about 100 years, the members of the Southern Utah militia, under the leadership of Captain James Andrus, passed through the Escalante area during the Black Hawk Indian War of the mid-1860s. They recorded finding wild potatoes growing in the area and named a valley just east of the Escalante Mountains “Potato Valley.” In 1872, a group of settlers from Panquitch investigated the area, meeting members of the John Westly Powell expedition. Powell’s group recommended any new community be named Escalante in honor of the explorer, even though the 1776 expedition never reached the remote valley. The community of Escalante was finally settled in 1875. - http://www.escalantecity-utah.com/about-us/escalante-history/ Today Escalante City, with only 850 residents, although it's considered a small ranching town, it's the largest town for 70 miles in all directions.

Located at the corner of Center and Main Street in the heart of Escalante, Saint Sylvester Catholic Church serves about a dozen faithful parishioners. Mass is at 6PM the second and fourth Monday of each month and is served by Christ the King Catholic Church in Cedar City. Before you go, confirm the time either on

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St. Dominic

7/9/2016

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Born to a well-to-do family in northern Spain in 1170, Dominic studied liberal arts and theology. After he was ordained a priest at twenty-five, he joined the Cathedral Canons. When he was about 30, Dominic escorted his bishop on several diplomatic missions in northern Europe where he was educated to the religious beliefs of the Albigensians, a Manichaean movement in southern France that believed that the soul is good, the body is evil and that man must be purified and needs to refrain from in any physical pleasures. Dominic founded the Dominican order, a religious community officially called the Order of Preachers. They are dedicated to preaching and based on a deep knowledge of the Scriptures and Christian truth. Wherever they went, they attracted others, and soon there were hundreds of followers of Dominic's ideal, many of them students and masters at various universities.

During the next 2 years Dominic traveled over 3,000 miles on foot, visiting and encouraging his men in Toulouse, Paris, Milan, Rome and in Spain. In 1220 the first meeting or general chapter of the friars took

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Duck Creek

7/9/2016

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I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 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 Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep. – John 10:11-15

Today’s Pilgrim Train stopped at a village that was once a favorite local spot for sheepherders. Today it serves as a gateway to several National Parks and many outdoor activities. Duck Creek is located at the edge of Cedar Mountain in the Dixie National Forest. The town’s people collaborated their talents to build a true community church for God. In other words, they used gifts that our Lord gave them and

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