Denver Catholic

W e don't know anybody who's had a career tra- jectory like Mark Haas. After working as sports reporter for Denver's CBS4 for several years, you may remem- ber he was hired as the Director of Public Rela- tions for the Archdiocese of Denver in 2018. Haas has been an invalu- able part of the archdiocese during his tenure, which is why it's a bit bittersweet to announce that he recently stepped down to pursue yet another noble (and quite different) career ambition: becoming a Denver firefighter. We will certainly miss Mark 's kind and generous heart, understated faith and serious grace under pressure, and we wish him nothing but the best for him and his beautiful family as he embarks on this new endeavor. Here's hoping the next time we meet him won't be while he's on the job! "O peration Sacred Rescue" came to a fitting close with the Aug. 22 reinterment of 62 Sisters of Loretto at Mount Olivet Cath- olic Cemetery in Wheat Ridge. The historic exhumation of these sisters from the Loretto Heights campus in southwest Denver was a years-long process involving the Sisters of Loretto, the Archdiocese of Denver, and Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services. When the difficult decision was made earlier this year to exhume the sisters and move them to Mount Olivet, the team got to work. For months, professionals from Metro State University and the University of Colorado Boulder carefully, diligently, and reverently exhumed and analyzed each sister's remains in order to better understand their lives. "I don't think the Catholic Church would be what it is in Denver but for the foundational work that these 62 sisters laid for all of us," said CFCS executive director Gary Schaaf. "It's just a privilege to be able to celebrate their lives so long after many of them lived. To really get to know them, it's unique. This is allowing us to connect with the history of our church in Denver in a profound way." T he Catholic Media Association recently announced their 2021 Cath- olic Press Award recipients, and with great honor, we are pleased to share that the Archdiocese of Denver's publications received a total of 25 awards between the Denver Catholic and its Spanish sister publication, El Pueblo Católico. On behalf of the entire staff of the Denver Catholic and El Pueblo Católico, we remain grateful for the ongoing support and encouragement from you, our readers, and we are humbled to serve the church in Northern Colorado and all of her faithful. We are inspired daily by the examples of faith within the archdiocese and can say with confi- dence that the Lord is moving in big ways here in Colorado. There's never a shortage of stories to tell, and we thank you for giving us the distinct honor and privilege to tell them. For the glory of the Father! LOCAL N E WS From sportscaster to PR director to... firefighter? Exhumed Loretto Sisters reverently laid to rest at Mount Olivet Denver Catholic and El Pueblo Católico staff honored with 25 Catholic Press Awards for 2021 48 SEPTEMBER 2022 | DENVER CATHOLIC V E G A N M E A L C I T E E D U C E A T M O O D E R N O L T E T U T U N E R O I M P O S I T I O N D A M S R O M O G E E A W L N A B S E M M A U S B O O S C O I F U N I T E R O T H C O N O N E D I T A Z T E C K A L E D E L I M Y O P I C I D E M D E N H O O K D O M L A K E H Y P O S T A T I C O D O R O R O S T N O T E S A N D R I O S L I M B O E R G S T E R A E A S E S m o c . s c i l o h t a c r o f s e m a g d r o w . w w w Photo by André Escaleira, Jr.

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