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Finance Council - NOTE CHANGE - No Finance Council meeting in July


 


The popular web site For Your Marriage (www.foryourmarriage.org) recently launched a redesigned look that includes additional content and several new features. The Web site is a major activity under the U.S. Bishops’ priority goal to Strengthen Marriage. The site offers practical information and resources to engaged and married couples. The redesigned site features a news magazine format. Earlier this year, the bishops also launched Por Tu Matrimonio (www.portumatrimonio.org) to encourage Spanish-speaking couples to live their marriage more fully. 

On Saturday, October 2nd at 4:30 PM, the Office of Marriage and Family Life  will be gathering couples throughout the Archdiocese that have or will be celebrating their 25th, 50th or 50+ anniversaries this year for our annual Anniversary Mass.  The Mass will be held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver and Archbishop Charles Chaput will be the main celebrant.  It is always a great joy to recognize couples who have reached such a milestone in their marriage.  Please call the parish office at 303-849-5313 to register before Aug. 17th to be sent an invitation to this special Mass.

 

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Would you like to advance the educational endeavors of a seminarian, or provide nutritious meals to the hungry, or shelter a homeless family?  Your gift to the 2010 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal will do just that...and so much more!  Mail your Appeal donation today!  Always remember that “...God loves a cheerful giver.”  (2 Cor. 9:7)  Together, our gifts will yield a bountiful harvest.  Thank you.


Midwest Catholic Family Conference - Wichita, Kansas

August 6 - 8

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Please check out Kathy McGovern’s website.  She wrote the Lenten Reflections that were inserted in our Lenten Bulletins.  Kathy has taught at the Archdiocese Biblical School and sang with Ekklesia. The website is www.thestoryandyou.com


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Summer Reading

The Virginia Swift Memorial Library is located in the basement of Sacred Heart Church at Roggen.  Please feel free to take a book to read and return it in a timely fashion so that others may also enjoy the book.   

 


 

The Archdiocese Prison Ministry is starting a new Prison Ministry at the Hudson Correctional Facility.  We need men at least 21 years old, practicing Catholic fully initiated and able to pass a background and drug test.  We will train for this ministry and we always go in two’s to the prison.  If you are interested, please call Deacon Steve at 303-666-6401. Make sure you talk to Fr. Hector too.

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Marriage Encounter -

Put the fireworks back into your marriage! Are you looking for a way to rekindle that excitement of falling in love? The next Marriage Encounter Weekends are August 27-29 at St. Malo Retreat Center, and September 17-19 and November 5-7 both at Embassy Suites Denver. For more information, please visit www.northerncoloradome.org

or www.wwmedenver.org.

Marriage Encounter: “Seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”  (Today’s Gospel Reading). If you are seeking more intimacy and harmony in your marriage all you have to do is knock on this door and enrichment will be granted unto you. The next Marriage Encounter Weekends are August 27-29 at St. Malo Retreat Center, and September 17-19 and November 5-7 both at Embassy Suites Denver. For more information, please visit www.northerncoloradome.org or www.wwmedenver.org.

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RCIA - Interested in becoming a Catholic?

Rite of Christian Initiation Classes will begin in September.  Anyone who would like to be in full communion with the Catholic Church is invited to learn more about the Catholic faith or if you know anyone who has expressed an interest in the Catholic Faith, please invite them.  Please call the parish office at 303-849-5313 to sign up for the class. 

 

Heart of the Plains News

The Statue of the Sacred Heart and the Stations of the Cross Memorial benches were delivered and setup at Heart of the Plains Cemetery. more info here

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Respect Life Information

"The twentieth century often tried to do without that cornerstone, and attempted to build the city of man without reference to Him. It ended by actually building that city against man! Christians know that it is not possible to reject or ignore God without demeaning man. Allow me, dear young people, to consign this hope of mine to you: you must be those “builders”! You are the men and women of tomorrow. The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with him in the building of the civilization of love."

~Pope John Paul II


Loaves and Fishes Pantry in Keenesburg is in special need of toilet paper, boxed  products such as pasta dinners, rice dinners, Hamburger Helper, scalloped potatoes, canned fruit, and refried beans. Please leave your items in the back of the church marked for the Loaves and Fishes pantry.

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A trailer is located  at Holy Family Parking Lot for you to place your newspaper for recycling.  The trailer is available at all times.

 


A donation can has been set out at Holy Family if you would like to donate toward the Rosary making ministry so that we may purchase more Rosary cord to continue this ministry of  the Holy Family Altar and Rosary.  Just this past month we donated over 200 Rosaries to Fr. Robert Wedow for distribution in Sterling.  Please help us continue by making a donation.  Any contribution will be appreciated and used to by more cord. 

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Add to the beauty of the altar

Would you like to give Mary or St. Joseph or add to the beauty of the altar with  a bouquet of flowers on a Sunday of your choice.  As a parish, we welcome families to join in this gift of love.  Please pick a Sunday on put your name on the calendar at the back of the church.  You may bring the flowers on the prior Friday or Saturday or just come a little early on Sunday.  Please contact Jeanne Buchholz (303-849-5339) if you have any questions.


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Local Events

 

 


Theology on Tap—Denver Young Adults 18-35

8:00 - 9:30 pm (speaker starts at 8:30)

Braun's Bar and Grill - 1055 Auraria Parkway

A monthly gathering for young adults, Theology on Tap offers a comfortable social setting to explore the basics of the faith and how it applies to daily life. The evening is designed to reach young adults of varying back­grounds and faith levels — so all are welcome! No registration needed —just show up!

 


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Going on Vacation? Don’t miss Mass!!

You can call 410-676-6000 or go online to www.MassTimes.org

 and find a church in your area.


The Catholic Biblical School is excited about the rapidly approaching school year! 2009-10 1 st Year class is scheduled to open with Prayer Day on August 15th. Each year consists of a journey through 30 classes once a week with holiday breaks. Registration for the upcoming semester is about to begin! CBS asks those interested in embarking upon this beautiful Biblical journey with us, to please attend a 1 hour Information Session prior to registering. We are offering 14 Information Sessions for prospective students this year. Please visit our web site www.sivdenver.edu  to determine which location is best for you. Then call 303 715-3195 or email biblicaLschoo1@archden.org with you Information Session reservation!


Handmade cross pendants for sale.  Brochures are in the back of each church to choose your color and to sign up to purchase the number of crosses that you would like.  They are $11.50 each which includes shipping and handling. These are made by a local artist.


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Put your faith where your mouth is


Retreats and Gatherings

Denver Catholic Catechetical School - A Journey Through the Catechism of the Catholic Church is an exciting new course offering students an in depth study of four areas: Creed, Sacraments, Christian Morality and Life of Prayer.  You will meet for 2 hours each week for two years at a cost of $440 per year. Call 303-715-3195 for more information.

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Cardinal George Urges Catholics to Tell Administration- Keep Conscience Protections for Health Care Workers

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Healing Service & Praise Mass with Fr. Richard Ryan, CM,  the first Saturday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 42nd & Federal Blvd., Denver. Music provided by Fr. Don Malin from Pueblo Diocese and his band the 'Holy Rollers'! Call (303) 432-2694 with prayer requests if you are not able to attend.

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From the Office of Youth Ministry

WARNING AGAINST BOOKS
Schools are distributing these books to children through the Scholastic Book Club. They are devastating. Two particular books are, Conversations with God and Conversations with God for Teens, written by Neale D. Walsch. The books have been on the New York Times best sellers list for a number of weeks, and they make truth of the statement, "Don't judge a book by its cover."

The author purports to answer various questions asked by kids using the "voice of God". However, the "answers" that he gives are not Bible-based and go against the very infallible word of God. For instance (and I paraphrase), when a girl poses the question "I am living with my boyfriend. My parents say that I should marry him because I am living in sin. Should I marry him?" His reply is, "Who are you sinning against? Not me, because you have done nothing wrong."  Another question asks about God's forgiveness of sin. His reply "I do not forgive anyone because there is nothing to forgive. There is no such thing as right or wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone, do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another and this is wrong, because the rule is "'judge not lest ye be judged."


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Are you or someone you know suffering from the past decision of an abortion and the many after effects of this decision?  A Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat addresses the soul wounds that are very deep from an abortion experience.  You will encounter the healing presence and love of Jesus Christ at these retreats. Call Lori (303) 904-7414 for more information and testimonies of healing or see www.rachelsvineyard.org.  Participation is completely confidential. 


Fr. Michael Suchnicki, Chaplain of the Samaritan House has informed us that the Samaritan House is in need of the following items for the homeless:, Travel size bottles of deodorant, travel size bottles of shampoo, tooth brushes and tooth paste, combs, razors, hygiene items for women, and winter gloves.


CATV runs programming for Eternal Word Television Network [EWTN].

CATV needs your help in raising $35,000 to keep the station on the air.  Please consider sending an offering to help defray expenses and keep this Catholic programming network on the air.  You can send your offering to: CATV, BOX 441335, Aurora, CO  80044  -  Thank you!  In Christ, Fr. Frank


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Remember…. Tuesday weekday Mass and Adoration will be at 5:00 PM.  Mass begins at 5:00 PM and Adoration will start immediately following Mass for about 1 hour.  It is hoped that this might allow those who cannot attend morning Mass an opportunity for Daily Mass at a later time.

The Virginia Swift Memorial Library is located in the basement of Sacred Heart Church at Roggen.  Please feel free to borrow a book to read and return it in a timely fashion so that others may also enjoy the book. 

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 Priests of the Archdiocese of Denver make a radical choice to follow Jesus' call to be His servant-leaders. Their lives of joyful sacrifice bring to the people of northern Colorado the message of Jesus Christ that: I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live! (John 11:25). A priest is empowered by Christ to overcome death, sin, and despair with the message of life, forgiveness, and hope that is the core of the Gospel

Can you Answer the Call? Become a Foster Parent! - “Receive a little child, and you receive me,” Jesus said.  There are approximately 9,000 children in out-of-home placement in Colorado.  Learn how you can answer the call and receive one or more of these children by becoming foster or adoptive parents.  Join the Archdiocese of Denver & Catholic charities for an informational meeting on how to become Foster Parents at the John Paul II Center on Wednesday, May 14th from 7-8 pm.  Contact Cheryl Garcia for more information at 303-742-0828 or cgarcia@ccdenver.org.


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ACA - Our Lord has blessed us with countless gifts...our lives, our families, our friends, and our careers.  In thanksgiving, let us return a portion of these God-given blessings to those in need through a donation to the Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal.  Your gift will enable our larger Church to continue spreading the message of faith, hope, and love across the expanse of our Archdiocese.  May you be blessed for your sacrifice.


 Memorialize your loved ones and families by purchasing a brass plaque that can be engraved with your name(s) and/or a brief sentiment. These brass plaques will be mounted on the brick wall just outside the church entrance by the flower garden with the others that are already there. Please fill out an order form (found at the church entrance) and turn into Susie Bratrsovsky or Father Frank with your offering as soon as possible. Cost of each plaque is $100.00. All proceeds from the sale of the plaques will go to Holy Family Church. Please submit orders to Susie Bratrsovsky at 303-356-4308.


Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Q&.A: Catholic funeral practices

By Roxanne King .

"For dust you are; and to dust you shall return"- Gen 3:19 

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