The leader of Utah's 300,000 Catholics dedicated hospital chapels in Layton and Lehi this week as places of healing and comfort.
Bishop Oscar Solis, leader of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, gives a dedication Mass and blessing of the small chapel at Holy Cross Hospital —Mountain Point in Lehi on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.
hospitals finished their chapels for visitors and patients to use as places of prayer and had these spaces dedicated this week., leader of Utah’s 300,000 Catholics, performed the dedicatory Mass for the chapels in Layton and in Lehi . In the Lehi ceremony in Lehi, Solis expressed the importance of providing a place of prayer and comfort to those who are sick. He blessed the space, a former hospital mail room, to be a “house of salvation and praise” to aid in the healing of patients. “The beautiful thing about all this is that the chapel has never been locked,” Solis said. “It is a place of refuge. It is a place of quiet. It’s a place to pour your soul out to God.” Solis blessed the space, walls, altar and sacred objects, explaining the spiritual and theological significance. Given the relatively small size of the chapel, visitors attending the Mass sang hymns and prayers in the overflow next door. The Rev. Godwin Nnamezie, left, participates in the dedication of the chapel at Holy Cross Hospital — Mountain Point in Lehi on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Chris Stines, president and CEO of Lehi’s Holy Cross Hospital — Mountain Point, emphasized the importance of health care and its legacy, in both body and spirit. “This chapel will be an important part of the services we provide here at this hospital,” Stines said. “As we stand here today … we call ourselves small but mighty. And so this chapel, too, I think, takes on that spirit of small but mighty.” The chapels will be available to all hospital patients and visitors. A weekly Mass will also be held at each location with the first weekly Mass in Lehi taking place Friday. Bishop Oscar Solis, leader of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, is assisted by Lorena Needham as he dedicates the small chapel at Holy Cross Hospital — Mountain Point in Lehi on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.is a Report for America corps member covering faith in Utah County for The Salt Lake Tribune. Your donation to match our RFA grant helps to keep him writing stories.She left the LDS Church and then came back. Now she’s trying to appeal to members and ex-members alike. Commentary: From Latter-day Saint to Catholic saint? The incredible spiritual journey of a mystical Utah native. Commentary: For 150 years, Utah’s Catholic schools have been teaching the three R’s and a whole lot more Commentary: This is the place not just for Brigham’s band of Saints but also for a benevolent corps of Catholic nuns
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