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  • Festival of Lights opens for holiday season at Washington D.C. Temple

    Half a million lights illuminated the night sky in the nation's capital Nov. 30 as diplomats, congressmen and Church leaders gathered at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors' Center to open the 34th annual Festival of Lights.
  • Idaho ward reaches out in service

    When a lightning strike started a wildfire outside of Boise last summer, flames rushed through the foothills chewing up more than 5,000 acres that included four houses, outbuildings, vehicles, trailers and pets.
  • Massachusetts: Primary children help clean up after tornado

    On Wednesday afternoon June 1, a tornado hit the city of Springfield, Mass. Tornadoes are so rare in New England that no one expected it. Primary children of the Ludlow Ward, Springfield Massachusetts Stake each had a unique experience during the tornado
  • Georgetown University grads admitted into Alpha Sigma Nu

    Two May graduates of Georgetown University are believed to be the first Latter-day Saints at the school to become part of the prestigious honor society Alpha Sigma Nu. The school is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institute of higher learning in the United States.