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INDEX Archbishop's Column ......................2 The Catholic Difference ..................4 Letters to the Editor .......................4 Nun of the Above quiz ....................4 World/Nation.....................................6 Bulletin Board ................................. 16 Puzzle Page......................................17 Service Directory ......................18-19 113 Years of Service to the Gospel www.DenverCatholicRegister.org I Follow us on INSIDE CATHOLIC LIFE Volume LXXXIX - No. 34 OCTOBER 16, 2013 Knights build on history of responding to crises BY JULIE FILBY Newly named St. Paul auxiliary bishop has Denver roots PAGE 2 FILM Writer strives for 'reel' encounters with truth PAGE 9 Oct. 19 GOSPEL OF LIFE CONFERENCE Members of the Knights of Columbus have a long history of serving after disasters, dating back to at least 1906 when they helped Californians recover from The Great San Francisco Earthquake. During last month's Front Range flooding, Colorado Knights mobilized right away to assist first responders, as part of a national Second Responders' initiative being rolled out across the country. "It's been a wonderful thing for us, and we're happy to do it," said Patrick Callahan, Grand Knight of Council 14398 at All Souls Parish in Englewood. Callahan was one of several volunteer responders who arrived at a Red Cross shelter in Commerce City Sept. 12, with an hour and a half notice, to help evacuees by cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner; and setting up cots and bedding. Knights manned two additional shelters in the area as well, and drove Red Cross supply trucks into affected areas to deliver thousands of pounds of cleaning products, food and water. "We work closely with partners through COVOAD (Colorado Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) ," explained Sir Knight Branden Baalman, from Council 13221 at Our Lady of the Plains Church in Byers. Baalman is Colorado's inaugural Second Responder coordinator, an appointment he received last April. The Second Responder initiative was announced at the PHOTO PROVIDED MEMBERS of Knights of Columbus Council 14398 from All Souls Parish in Englewood prepare sandwiches for flood evacuees at a Red Cross shelter at Adams City High School, 7200 Quebec Parkway in Commerce City Sept. 12; pictured from left: Rob Collins, Dennis Hughes, Bob Archibald, Ed Newell and Pat Callahan. Supreme Convention in Denver August 2011. Since that time, the Supreme Council has gradually been rolling it out state by state, with the ultimate goal of having a team in each of the 50 states. The program is designed to help local councils respond to natural or manmade disasters by providing food, clothing, shelter and other services. Shortly after the initiative was being launched in Colorado last EDUCATION PAGE 10-11 PHOTO BY ROXANNE KING/DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER See Knights, Page 14 Case management services Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Boulder County 303-742-0828 Weld County 970-353-6433 Larimer County 970-484-5010 To donate or volunteer: Visit www.ccdenver.org, call 303-742-0828, text "flood" to 50155 to donate, or mail 4045 Pecos St., Denver, CO 80211 YEAR OF FAITH: PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH Biblical, Catechetical schools' record growth a fruit of Year of Faith, leader says 8:30 a.m. Mass for medical professionals 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. bioethics speakers Cost: $40 Register: www.ccdenver.org St. Thomas More Parish, 8035 S. Quebec St., Centennial spring, the Black Forest fires raged near Colorado Springs. A team of Knights spent Father's Day, June 16 cooking meals for first responders and manning shelters to allow other volunteers a break. "The caboose has been in front of the locomotive the entire time," explained Baalman, a 30-year firefighter, now retired and working in farming. CATHOLIC CHARITIES' FLOOD RELIEF The precepts of the Church are laws made by Church authorities to guarantee for the faithful the very minimum required in the spirit of prayer and moral effort to grow in love of God and neighbor: 1. You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor; 2. You shall confess your sins at least once a year; 3. You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season; 4. You shall observe the days of fasting and abstinence established by the Church; 5. You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church. —Denver Catholic Biblical and Catechetical schools