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SALT LAKE CITY
15 May 2008
Seventeen-year-old Utah Mormon David Archuleta, one of two finalists in the singing contest American Idol, is experiencing what many other Latter-day Saint celebrities have faced before him. The Osmonds, golfing great Johnny Miller, singer Gladys Knight, Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, snowboarder Torah Bright, author Stephenie Meyer and other high-profile Mormons have all had to deal with questions about their faith and their fame. How do they reconcile the two?
Novelist Stephenie Meyer, whom London’s The Times newspaper called “a teetotal Mormon mother of three”, told that publication that her style, informed by her faith, resonates with a lot of readers. “I know a lot of kids who relate to my books because they don’t drink and they are not sexually active,” she said. “There are a ton of them but they don’t get a lot of representation in literature or television or movies.”
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SALT LAKE CITY
15 May 2008
FamilySearch, a genealogy Web site maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced yesterday its agreement with Footnote.com to publish two Civil War-era databases online — the 1860 U.S. Census and the Civil War Pensions Index. The two collections will provide free online access to millions of names of individuals from 1860 to 1865 in the United States.
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SALT LAKE CITY
13 May 2008
The Salt Lake Tribune recently profiled several women who are leaders in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other female Church members with leading roles in their communities.
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CURITIBA, Brazil
8 May 2008
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had its beginnings in this country in a small German community called Joinville. The handful of early members in the congregation couldn’t have imagined that nearly three-quarters of a century later a Latter-day Saint temple would be constructed less than 100 miles away in the city of Curitiba.
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SALT LAKE CITY
7 May 2008
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today extended its sympathy to the citizens of Myanmar following the recent devastating cyclone, and announced a package of humanitarian aid.
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SALT LAKE CITY
7 May 2008
Adam Ruri, the newly elected student body president at Brigham Young University, tried to keep a straight face as he poured a jug of water onto the head of the eighth-grade volunteer standing in front of his peers.
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SALT LAKE CITY
2 May 2008
On any given day, Carol Pia can be seen with a special loom making dozens of hats for the homeless. Jean Bentley organized medical relief for a Senegalese village thousands of miles away, and Carmen Pingree created vital resources to help those with autism in her community.
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SALT LAKE CITY
30 April 2008
Geghetsik Avetisyan had never tasted a root beer float, flown on an airplane, eaten pork or even seen a dishwasher before leaving her homeland in Yerevan, Armenia, to serve an 18-month mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, she had never been outside her own city except for a brief trip to Russia. Now she is getting a crash course in American culture at her assignment in Chicago, Illinois.
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SALT LAKE CITY
29 April 2008
The entire Osmond family, including the Osmond Brothers, Donny, Marie and Jimmy, will be featured as guest artists for this year’s Pioneer Day Concert by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square.
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SALT LAKE CITY
28 April 2008
Plans to build two new temples in Gila Valley and Gilbert, Arizona, were announced today by Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This will bring the total number of temples to 139 already in operation or in the planning and construction phases.
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SALT LAKE CITY
25 April 2008
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and government officials in the Philippines are joining together to provide resources to help strengthen families and communities.
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LAGOS, Nigeria
22 April 2008
It’s early morning, and Hilary and Patience Ekpo are going over the day’s plans. After reading scriptures and praying together, they gather their five children together and go through a similar exercise, this time with the whole family.
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WASHINGTON D.C.
21 April 2008
Elder M. Russell Ballard, a senior leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, told the Brigham Young University Management Society in Washington, D.C., Saturday that the Church has embraced the increased media attention brought about by the recent political campaigns.
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SALT LAKE CITY
17 April 2008
Elder Quentin L. Cook, an apostle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, appealed to the news media today to make a clear distinction in their reports between the Church and the polygamist sect in Texas that has made headlines throughout the world.
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HOUSTON
18 April 2008
Over 200 Mormon teens and youth leaders worked with their Baptist neighbors recently to clean up a downtown neighborhood. After an early morning gathering at the Sunny Side Missionary Baptist Church to get acquainted and receive assignments, volunteers rolled up their sleeves to spend the day beautifying Sunnyside. The area is an older neighborhood south of downtown Houston that has many vacant lots and homes in need of repair.
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SALT LAKE CITY
18 April 2008
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints collaborated with the Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society on the new movie “Emma Smith: My Story,” which was released in theaters across Utah on 11 April.
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SALT LAKE CITY
15 April 2008
In addition to the humanitarian and charitable efforts initiated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world, individual Mormons, independent of Church programs, are also identifying needs and organizing projects to provide relief.
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SALT LAKE CITY
14 April 2008
ABC Channel 4 journalist Chris Vanocur reported recently on an experience he had with Elder D. Todd Christofferson, the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Christofferson helped Vanocur to research his family tree.
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SALT LAKE CITY
10 April 2008
The public affairs office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today complimented U.S. media outlets for being careful to distinguish between the 13-million-member international Church and a small polygamous sect raided by Texas state officers late last week.
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CANBERRA, Australia
8 April 2008
As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave a historic apology to indigenous Australians earlier this year, Latter-day Saint woman Lorna Fejo watched the televised speech with great interest. In what has been called the “sorry speech,” Mr. Rudd apologized to individuals affected by earlier governments’ policies that led to Aboriginal children being forcibly removed from their families. These policies were based partly on the belief that the children would be given better opportunities if raised in white families.
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SALT LAKE CITY
6 April 2008
Elder D. Todd Christofferson, announced yesterday as the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, spoke to media in the Church Office Building Saturday afternoon.
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