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Paris France will be the location of one of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s]] newest temples. The news was first broken by the French press in July 2011 while government approvals were still pending. Church President, [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the Church's intention of building a temple on the outskirts of Paris in July 2011 and then confirmed it during the October 2012 semi-annual [[General Conference]] worldwide broadcast. Construction is planned for grounds in Le Chesnay, France, located in Paris’ western suburbs.
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Om 6 October 2012, during the Saturday morning session of the 182nd Semiannual [[General Conference]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced plans for a temple to be built in Tucson, Arizona - Arizona's second largest city.
  
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There are currently about 38,000 members of the Church in more than 100 congregations in France. [[Missionaries]] are serving in two missions in the country.
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The Tucson Arizona Temple will be the sixth Mormon temple in Arizona, the home of approximately 416,000 Latter-day Saints, meeting in over 800 congregations. The other temples in Arizona are the [[Mesa Arizona Temple]] (1927), [[Snowflake Arizona Temple]] (2002), [[Gila Valley Arizona Temple]] (2010), [[Phoenix Arizona Temple]] (2014), and the [[Gilbert Arizona Temple]] (2014). The Mesa Arizona Temple presents an Easter pageant every year that attracts tens of thousands of visitors. Cactus plants at the Tucson Arizona Temple site were transplanted to an on-site nursery and reintegrated into the final landscaping.
  
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The Paris Temple is the first to be completed in France. In the past the French Saints have attended temples in [[Frankfurt Germany Temple|Frankfurt Germany]], [[The Hague Netherlands Temple|The Hague, Netherlands]], and [[Bern Switzerland Temple|Bern, Switzerland]].
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The Tucson Arizona Temple is larger than the Gila Valley Temple and smaller than the Phoenix Temple. The two-story, 34,000-square-foot mission-style building includes a dome-shaped cupola reminiscent of the famous dome that crowns Italy's Florence Cathedral.
  
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[[Mormon Missionaries|Mormon missionary]] work in France began shortly after the Church’s organization. The apostle [[John Taylor]], who later served as the prophet of the Church, began a lengthy European proselyting mission in 1849. France’s first six Latter-day Saints organized the country’s first congregation in April of 1850 in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Just over three years later, there were nine small congregations in France, totaling 337 church members. Many of France’s first members (289 of that 337) were from the Channel Islands.
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The temple will serve approximately 33,000 members who make up the eight stakes in the Tucson area - from Sierra Vista, Wilcox, Avra Valley, Marana, Oro Valley to Nogales.
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The site for the Tucson Arizona Temple is in the Catalina Foothills, where East Ina Road curves into Skyline Drive.
  
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The growth of the Church continued at a slow pace until World War II ended. The LDS Church’s contributions to European reconstruction after the war sparked interest from outsiders. Missionaries resumed the work in France and the Church’s growth rate increased. In 1955, the renown [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] stopped to perform at the Parisian Palas de Chaillot during its historic European tour, at which time the country’s membership was roughly 1,500. The first meetinghouse for church members was finished and dedicated in 1962.
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==History of the Church in Tucson, Arizona==
  
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Former Church President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] visited France in 1998, prophesying that someday French members would enjoy a temple of their own. During a return visit in 2004, he asked members to exercise patience and faith. Now these members, who come from all walks of life, enjoy the exciting fulfillment of that promise.
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Latter-day Saints first entered the area that is now Tucson in the winter of 1846 as part of the Mormon Battalion which was organized to help in the Mexican-American War. The trails they blazed across Arizona had started in Iowa and ended in California and ultimately became the “highways” for people headed west throughout the 1800s. Thirty-three members of the Battalion returned and settled in what is now Arizona. More members of the Church arrived in 1873, having been sent from Utah to establish settlements in Arizona. In 1899, Nephi and Jacob Bingham settled in the Tucson area near the Rillito River, and they named the colony Binghampton. Gradually, more members of the Church settled in the area, and the first branch in Tucson was formed in 1910. The first stake in the area was formed in 1956.
  
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In 1912, Latter-day Saints who had settled in Mexico also relocated to Arizona, and 15 years later, Arizona’s first temple was dedicated in Mesa. In 1973, Arizona native [[Spencer W. Kimball]] became the 12th President of the Church and served until his death in 1985.
  
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In France,  Le Parisien reported that the final hurdles were cleared for the construction of the Paris France Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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==Temple District==
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[http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/yvelines-78/le-maire-a-dit-oui-au-temple-des-mormons-09-11-2011-1709366.php Le Parisien reported on 9 November 2011], "It's now a done deal. The city council has just given its green light by validating the building permit filed by La Foncie des Régions on behalf of the Mormon Church."
 
  
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In February 2012, [http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Frances-First-Mormon-Temple-Sparks-Controversy-138959424.html Voice of America reported] controversy regarding the building of the Paris France Mormon Temple.  France is traditionally a Catholic country, but as in many countries in Western Europe, few attend church.  As a secularized country, France is wary of any religion, especially a religion as demanding of its followers as Mormonism.  The fact that only worthy Mormons can attend the temple also concerns some French people. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints assures the French people that it is not extremist in any way and that the gardens (open to the public) will be a blessing to local residents.  There is always an open house staged before a Mormon temple is dedicated to worship, and many LDS temples offer holiday programs for the public.
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The Tucson Arizona Temple is anticipated to serve members from the following ten stakes: Marana Arizona Stake, Sahuarita Arizona Stake, Sierra Vista Arizona Stake, St David Arizona Stake, Tucson Arizona Stake, Tucson Arizona East Stake, Tucson Arizona North Stake, Tucson Arizona Rincon Stake, Tucson Arizona South Stake, and Tucson Arizona West Stake. A final determination will be made before the temple is dedicated.
  
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==Dignitaries Attend Reception and Tour Paris France Temple==
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==Groundbreaking Ceremony==
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On Saturday, 17 October 2015, President [[Dieter F. Uchtdorf]], [[Second Counselor]] in the [[First Presidency]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tucson Arizona Temple. Services were broadcast live to area meetinghouses in English and in Spanish. Attendance at the ceremonies was by invitation only, however, the public was invited to view the proceedings live from local meetinghouses.
  
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On Thursday, 6 April 2017, dignitaries attended a reception and toured the newly completed Paris France Temple located just outside of Paris in Le Chesnay, France, which per the [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865677314/Mayor-of-Le-Chesnay-welcomes-Mormons-and-their-temple-to-France.html ''Deseret News''] is "a small city that borders Versailles on a site along Boulevard Saint-Antoine, within walking distance of the beautiful gardens of the Château de Versailles." The words that hold deep spiritual meaning to members of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], "Sainteté au Seigneur, La Maison Du Seigneur" — "Holiness to the Lord, The House of the Lord" were visible above the entrance as the guests entered the sacred edifice. Elder [[Neil L. Andersen]] of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], Bishop [[Gerald Causse|Gérald Caussé]] of the [[Presiding Bishopric]], and former GOP presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]] gave remarks in French to the dignitaries attending. Each of their wives was also in attendance. Per the ''Deseret News'', "The Caussés raised their family nearby and were longtime church leaders in France before Bishop Caussé's current assignment, and both Elder Andersen and Mitt Romney served LDS missions to France, with Elder Andersen also serving three years as a mission president in Bordeaux."
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==Open House Announced==
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The [[First Presidency]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] has announced that a free public open house for the Tucson Arizona Temple will begin on Saturday, 3 June 2017, and continue through Saturday, 24 June 2017, except for the Sundays of 4, 11, and 18 June 2017.
  
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Nearly 19 years after President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] had told the faithful Saints in France, "The time has come when you deserve to have a temple among you, and we'll look for a place to build one," Philippe Brillault, Mayor of Le Chesnay, greeted a crowd of 100 government, church and business leaders to welcome Latter-day Saints and their new temple to France. In French, he remarked, "Nous sommes heureux de vous accueillir. Nous vous respecterons à mesure que vous nous respectez, et nous vivrons en harmonie." - "We are happy to welcome you. We will respect you as you respect us, and we will live in harmony."
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==Cultural Celebration and Temple Dedication==
  
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During his remarks, Elder Neil L. Andersen referenced "The Little Prince," by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and quoted a portion in French:
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The cultural celebration will be held Saturday, 12 August 2017. The temple will be dedicated the following day on Sunday, 13 August 2017, in three sessions at 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. The dedication will be broadcast to members of the Church in Arizona. The three-hour block of meetings will be canceled for that Sunday for those congregations to enable members of the Church to participate and focus on this sacred event.  
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:"Et maintenant, voici mon secret, un secret très simple: ce n'est qu'avec le cœur qu'on peut voir à juste titre; ce qui est essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."
 
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:"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
 
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He further commented, "The temple is considered the House of God and while physically beautiful, constructed by skilled craftsmen with the finest materials, it is what is invisible — "His Spirit and influence" — that is so beautiful to those who come here."
 
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During his remarks, Mitt Romney stated, "Aujourd'hui, nous vivons dans un monde divisé. Ceux de différentes confessions peuvent se réunir. Il est bon d'avoir un endroit où nous sommes tous des enfants de Dieu." - "Today we live in a divided world. Those of different faiths can come together. It's good to have a place where we are all children of God."
 
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A cultural celebration titled "Que Votre Lumiere Luise Ainsi Devant Les Hommes," or "Let Your Light So Shine Before Men" ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/5.16?lang=eng#p15 Matthew 5:16]) was held on Saturday, 20 May 2017. The celebration featured music and dance performances by 950 Mormon youth from 13 stakes in France, Belgium and Switzerland gathered at the Velodrome National - a stadium which accommodates bike races - de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. The program opened with a reenactment of the famous Tour de France bike competition. In a fun twist, Latter-day Saint [[Missionaries|missionaries]] won the race.
 
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Cultural celebration director, [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865680439/President-Eyring-tells-French-youth-Que-la-fte-commence.html Christian Euvrard, said], "light — the light that happened centuries ago when Christianity arrived in France — is the common theme that runs through the celebration. The light grew and found roots in the Reformation and then in the Restoration." He continued, "The Paris France Temple is the result of the faith — all the light — throughout the centuries. Once light starts, little by little it becomes greater and greater."
 
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President [[Henry B. Eyring]], [[First Counselor]] in the [[First Presidency]], told the youth, "I hope you will have a wonderful time. I know that all who watch the performance will share in your happiness and be blessed by your talents. The Lord will bless all who have performed tonight and all who have trained and encouraged them. May we enjoy and long remember this celebration."
 
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The temple was dedicated on Sunday, 21 May 2017, in three sessions - 9:00 a.m., 12:00 noon and 3:00 p.m. - and broadcast to meetinghouses in France and French-speaking units in the Europe area. The three-hour block of meetings was canceled so that members could attend. President [[Henry B. Eyring]], [[First Counselor]] in the [[First Presidency]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] presided and dedicated the temple.
 
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Prior to the dedication, President Eyring conducted the symbolic cornerstone ceremony that signifies the construction is complete and the new temple is ready for dedication.
 
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Joining President Eyring were Elder [[Neil L. Andersen]] of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]; Elder [[Larry Y. Wilson]], executive director of the Temple Department; Elder [[Paul V. Johnson]], president of the Church’s Europe Area; and [[Presiding Bishop]] of the Church, [[Gerald Causse|Gérald Caussé].
 
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During his remarks, [http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/paris-france-temple-is-dedicated President Eyring said], "Dedications are a great opportunity for youth to have their faith increased in the blessings that come from a temple. These celebrations, they feature the young people because we’re hoping that it will set their hearts towards the day that they can come to the temple themselves."
 
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There are currently approximately 38,000 members of the Church in more than 100 congregations in France, many of them second-, third- and fourth-generation Latter-day Saints. The first [[Missionary|missionary]] to France arrived in 1849, and a small congregation was organized in 1850. [[Missionaries]] are now serving in two [[Mission|missions]] in the country. The Paris France Temple is the first temple in France and the 156th temple in the world.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 15:29, 27 May 2017

Tucson Arizona Temple

Om 6 October 2012, during the Saturday morning session of the 182nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Thomas S. Monson announced plans for a temple to be built in Tucson, Arizona - Arizona's second largest city.

The Tucson Arizona Temple will be the sixth Mormon temple in Arizona, the home of approximately 416,000 Latter-day Saints, meeting in over 800 congregations. The other temples in Arizona are the Mesa Arizona Temple (1927), Snowflake Arizona Temple (2002), Gila Valley Arizona Temple (2010), Phoenix Arizona Temple (2014), and the Gilbert Arizona Temple (2014). The Mesa Arizona Temple presents an Easter pageant every year that attracts tens of thousands of visitors. Cactus plants at the Tucson Arizona Temple site were transplanted to an on-site nursery and reintegrated into the final landscaping.

The Tucson Arizona Temple is larger than the Gila Valley Temple and smaller than the Phoenix Temple. The two-story, 34,000-square-foot mission-style building includes a dome-shaped cupola reminiscent of the famous dome that crowns Italy's Florence Cathedral.

The temple will serve approximately 33,000 members who make up the eight stakes in the Tucson area - from Sierra Vista, Wilcox, Avra Valley, Marana, Oro Valley to Nogales. The site for the Tucson Arizona Temple is in the Catalina Foothills, where East Ina Road curves into Skyline Drive.

History of the Church in Tucson, Arizona

Latter-day Saints first entered the area that is now Tucson in the winter of 1846 as part of the Mormon Battalion which was organized to help in the Mexican-American War. The trails they blazed across Arizona had started in Iowa and ended in California and ultimately became the “highways” for people headed west throughout the 1800s. Thirty-three members of the Battalion returned and settled in what is now Arizona. More members of the Church arrived in 1873, having been sent from Utah to establish settlements in Arizona. In 1899, Nephi and Jacob Bingham settled in the Tucson area near the Rillito River, and they named the colony Binghampton. Gradually, more members of the Church settled in the area, and the first branch in Tucson was formed in 1910. The first stake in the area was formed in 1956.

In 1912, Latter-day Saints who had settled in Mexico also relocated to Arizona, and 15 years later, Arizona’s first temple was dedicated in Mesa. In 1973, Arizona native Spencer W. Kimball became the 12th President of the Church and served until his death in 1985.

Temple District

The Tucson Arizona Temple is anticipated to serve members from the following ten stakes: Marana Arizona Stake, Sahuarita Arizona Stake, Sierra Vista Arizona Stake, St David Arizona Stake, Tucson Arizona Stake, Tucson Arizona East Stake, Tucson Arizona North Stake, Tucson Arizona Rincon Stake, Tucson Arizona South Stake, and Tucson Arizona West Stake. A final determination will be made before the temple is dedicated.

Groundbreaking Ceremony

On Saturday, 17 October 2015, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tucson Arizona Temple. Services were broadcast live to area meetinghouses in English and in Spanish. Attendance at the ceremonies was by invitation only, however, the public was invited to view the proceedings live from local meetinghouses.

Open House Announced

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that a free public open house for the Tucson Arizona Temple will begin on Saturday, 3 June 2017, and continue through Saturday, 24 June 2017, except for the Sundays of 4, 11, and 18 June 2017.

Cultural Celebration and Temple Dedication

The cultural celebration will be held Saturday, 12 August 2017. The temple will be dedicated the following day on Sunday, 13 August 2017, in three sessions at 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. The dedication will be broadcast to members of the Church in Arizona. The three-hour block of meetings will be canceled for that Sunday for those congregations to enable members of the Church to participate and focus on this sacred event.



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