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INDEX Archbishop's Column ......................2 Year of Faith: Marriage ...................3 The Catholic Difference ..................4 Breaking Open the Word ................4 Letters to the Editor .......................4 Nun of the Above quiz ....................5 World/Nation.....................................6 Bulletin Board ................................. 18 www.DenverCatholicRegister.org I Follow us on INSIDE SCIENCE 113 Years of Service to the Gospel Volume LXXXIX - No. 20 MAY 22, 2013 Archbishop thanks seven priests for their 'yes' BY JULIE FILBY DIGITAL VISION/GETTY Human cloning a Pandora's Box that should be banned now, ethicist says PAGE 2 PEOPLE New York cemetery director to head Denver ministry PAGE 15 The day before the solemnity of Pentecost, the "birthday of the Church," Archbishop Samuel Aquila ordained seven men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Denver at a Mass of Holy Orders at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. Just as the Lord sent the Holy Spirit to the apostles at Pentecost, to help guide them in their mission to evangelize, the archbishop told the ordinands at the May 18 liturgy that the Holy Spirit will penetrate their hearts, souls, minds, bodies and wills as they begin their priestly ministry. "My dearest brothers and sons," he said during the homily, "remember the Spirit of holiness enkindled in you is the one that will guide your priesthood. "The Holy Spirit configures us to Jesus Christ and makes us sharers in his life." It is in sharing that life, through their priestly ministry, that they are charged to boldly proclaim the new evangelization, in a world where it may not always be received. PHOTO BY DANIEL PETTY FOR THE DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER DENVER Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, not in photo, ordains seven new priests at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on May 18 in downtown Denver. The ordained priests are, from right: Fathers Scott Bailey, Ronald Cattany, Arturo Chagala, José Aníbal Chicas-Guevara, William Clemence, John Ignatius, S.C.J., and Paul Kostka, S.C.J. Chagala, Father José Aníbal Chicas-Guevara, Father William Clemence, Father John Ignatius, S.C.J., and Father Paul Kostka, S.C.J. The new priests They have been in formaThe men ordained were: Father Scott Bailey, Father tion at the archdiocese's two Ronald Cattany, Father Arturo seminaries: St. John Vianney EDUCATION Theological Seminary and Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary, as well as Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Mass., where Father Cattany was in formation. Blessed John XXIII is a unique seminary for candidates between 30 and 60 years of age. Father Cattany, who will serve as parochial vicar at Light of the World in Littleton, is 59. See Ordinations, Page 16 YEAR OF FAITH: THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 2013 Catholic school grads earn nearly $70 million in scholarships PAGES 10-11 "The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself" (Catechism No. 234). God is not a vague, anonymous entity like "the Force" in Star Wars. God is personal and relational, dynamic and creative. As Scripture says, "God is Love" (1 John 4:8). The Trinity, therefore, is not an abstract theological formula, but a reality that has practical implications. As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said in his first encyclical, "Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which give life a new horizon and a decisive direction." —Evangelization and Catechesis Office, Catholic Biblical School

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