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3 DENVER CATHOLIC | MAY 23-JUNE 26, 2020 Around the Archdiocese How will you remember your faith family? To learn how you can make a gift beyond your lifetime out of love for your parish and Catholic faith, please call The Catholic Foundation. Promotes Community E V E R Y D AY P E O P L E M A K I N G A N E X T R A O R D I N A R Y D I F F E R E N C E As the parish priest, As the parish priest, I am grateful to each I am grateful to each individual and the individual and the families who came families who came before us to build before us to build our endowment our endowment fund to ensure St. fund to ensure St. Anthony's Catholic Anthony's Catholic Church continues to Church continues to flourish." flourish." FATHER MICHAEL BODZIOCH Our love of our Our love of our Catholic faith Catholic faith inspired us to give inspired us to give to the Foundation to the Foundation in support of the in support of the long-term needs long-term needs of our parish in of our parish in Sterling." Sterling." PARISHIONER St. Anthony's is a St. Anthony's is a true community in true community in Christ. Leaving a Christ. Leaving a legacy is important legacy is important and I want to do my and I want to do my part to maintain our part to maintain our Catholic traditions Catholic traditions and uphold our and uphold our faith." faith." PARISHIONER " " " 303.468.9885 "St. Anthony's of Sterling is grateful to The Catholic Foundation for their stewardship of our generous parishioners and the professional management of the money held at the Foundation. Our parish community remains financially strong in these community remains financially strong in these remarkable times." " FATHER MICHAEL BODZIOCH Additions · Remodels · Main Floor Masters DECKS SUN ROOMS PATIO COVERS GARAGES BASEMENTS BATHROOMS Matthew Alderman c. 720.217.1263 w. 303.495.2777 aldermanbuilders.com FREE CONSULTATION Now's your chance to help end late-term abortion in Colorado Fourteen-day cure period for Initiative 120 begins May 15; 10,000 signatures still needed S tarting May 15, Coloradoans have one last chance to get Initiative 120 on the November ballot and help end late-term abortion in Colorado. The "cure period" to gather the remaining 10,000 signatures needed for the measure to qualify for the ballot goes from May 15 until May 28. Visit the webpages listed below for an interactive map showing signing locations across the northern Colorado as well as a full list of signing events. respectlifedenver.org/ sign120map duedatetoolate.com/events Additionally, if you can't remember whether you signed the petition or want to see if your signature has been vali- dated, The Lepanto Project set up this online tool to check: 120.coloradokidsfi rst.org/ "This is a chance to put restrictions on abortion in Colorado for the fi rst time since 1967," said Deacon Geo™ Ben- nett, Vice President of Parish and Com- munity Relations at Catholic Charities of Denver. "We need to defend life from conception until natural death. To not make a stand here would be tragic." Over the course of several months, volunteers in support of Initiative 120 worked hard to gather signatures from Coloradoans in order to get it on the ballot. The requirement was 124,632 signatures, and on the March 4 dead- line, over 137,000 signatures were delivered to the Colorado Secretary of State oª ce. However, due to invalid and repeat signatures, 10,000 valid signa- tures are still needed in order for the measure to qualify for the ballot. Currently, over 400 people have volunteered to gather the remaining signatures at between 80-90 signing locations. Initiative 120 would restrict abor- tions after 22 weeks in pregnancy in the state of Colorado, with the only exception being if the mother's life is at risk. Under Initiative 120, a person con- ducting the abortion could be subject to having a medical license suspended and would be subjected to a fi ne, but it wouldn't impose a penalty on the woman receiving the abortion. If you have already signed the peti- tion to get Initiative 120 on the Novem- ber ballot, please share this informa- tion with your family and friends and encourage them to sign. BY AARON LAMBERT aaron.lambert@archden.org

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