Unitarians to discuss self, sacrifice, faith
Lisa McCorry will present “Abstinence in the Age of Abundance” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive.
Participants will consider the interconnected relationship between self, sacrifice and faith.
For more information, visit www.durangouu.org.
Local Catholics invited to return to church
People who are Catholic but have been away from the faith are invited to become active members of the church again.
At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, St. Columba Parish, 1800 East Second Ave., will offer a place for listening, being heard and reconnecting with the faith as an adult.
For more information, call 247-0044 or email landings@stcolumbacatholic.org.
Lutherans to go snowshoeing Saturday
“Snowshoeing with Lutherans!” will be held Saturday.
The group will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road, and depart for Andrews Lake no later than 9:45 a.m. Participants should bring water and sacks.
For more information, call 247-5310.
3 exceptions allowed to BYU beard ban
PROVO, Utah – Muslims studying at Brigham Young University are pleased that they will be allowed to have beards after the school clarified exceptions to the ban on facial hair for men.
Hamad Javed and other Muslims are celebrating the recent decision by the Mormon-owned college that makes clear that there are three exceptions to the beard ban, the Daily Herald of Provo reported.
Students with a medical condition, students taking part in a theatrical production or students who want a beard for religious reasons, like Muslims or Sikhs, can seek permission to grow a beard, the Provo school said.
In the past, BYU made exceptions for beards on a case-by-case basis with no specific outline of exemptions.
Mormon woman forced to quit board
SALT LAKE CITY – A Mormon women’s group board member says she was forced to resign her leadership position as a condition of renewing her church temple privileges.
April Young Bennett of South Jordan, Utah, says her stake president told her she would have to leave Ordain Women’s board if she wanted to keep her so-called temple “recommend.”
The Salt Lake Tribune reports she thought she had little choice but to comply because she wanted to attend her brother’s temple wedding.
Local Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints officials issue “recommends” to devout Mormons attesting to members’ worthiness to participate in the faith’s most sacred temple rituals. They confirm through interviews that members’ beliefs and actions conform to standards of the church.
Ordain Women supports expanding the all-male Mormon priesthood to include women, which the church opposes.
Herald Staff & Associated Press
