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LOCAL NEWS I 15 DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER I MAY 7, 2014 CELEBRATING THE SACRAMENTS and Other Celebrations Caitlin Elizabeth Barry FIRST COMMUNION Caitlin, we are so proud of you! Congratu - lations on receiving the sacrament of First Holy Communion. Continue to trust in God and He will be with you always. We love you! With much love, Dad, Mom, John & Emma Joey Feijoo FIRST COMMUNION Congrat- ulations Joey on your First Commu- nion April 27, 2014, the day Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II were canonized Saints. What a special day! Always stay close to Jesus in the Eucharist. Much love, Grandma 'Nette, Aunt Emily & Aunt Lauren Sydney Lauren Jones FIRST COMMUNION Sydney, Congrat- ulations on your First Holy Com - munion! May the Lord bless you on your spiritual journey. Love, Mom, Dad, Emma, and Gramma Kathryn Grace Thompson FIRST COMMUNION Kathryn, Congratu- lations on making your 1st Commu- nion! We are so proud of YOU!!! We love you, Dad, Mom, Haley, Jack and Megan Cole and Kendall Vanmeveren Congratulations, Cole, for receiving the sacrament of CONFIRMATION! Congratulations, Kendall, on receiving your FIRST COMMUNION! God bless you both!!! We love you very much! Your family, Dad, Mom, Mackenzie, Kelsie, Chloe and Olivia Julie Hyde CONFIRMATION Julie Hyde, May the gifts of the Holy Spirit be with you on your Confirmation day and always! Love, Dad, Mom and Noah Davion Rodriquez GRADUATION Congratulations Davion Rodriguez, 2014 graduate of Arrupe Jesuit High School. The Rodriquez family is proud of you and your accomplishments and your acceptance at Regis University. For news that touches Catholics everywhere, every day, we invite you to spend some time with us at WWW.DENVERCATHOLICREGISTER.ORG Lighthouse Women's Center needs you! Are you expecting? We are training new nurses June 2-12, and we need expectant mothers who will be 6 to 24 weeks along to be ultrasound models. Please call 303-320-8352 to schedule your free ultrasound. Thank you! LighthouseDenver.org BY DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER The Fra Angelico Celebration of Art and Spirituality, sponsored by the Colorado Dominican Vocation Foundation (CDVF), will be held May 17 through June 6 at Ar- tHaus in the River North (RiNo) Arts Dis- trict, near downtown Denver. The celebration, held every other year by the CDVF, supports the nonprofi t in providing spiritual and fi nancial support for the Dominican novices studying to become priests and brothers at the Do- minican Novitiate house of formation in Denver. The focal point of the celebration will be the Windows to the Divine art exhibit and sale featuring more than 80 original works of sacred art from 57 artists representing Christian, Jewish and Native American traditions. Through art, the CDVF aims to promote interfaith dialogue and the voca- tions of the artists and the Dominican or- der. They believe artists are inspired by the divine and have a special vocation to bring beauty into the world and thereby promote the good, according to a CDVF statement. Since 2011 they have helped educate 19 novices at the Dominican novitiate, who minister in the Church serving the poor, sick, elderly and youth at Samaritan House homeless shelter, Mullen Home for the Aged, St. Vincent de Paul School and Escuela de Guadalupe. The gala opening, which will include light supper and cocktails, will be held at ArtHaus at 3343 Larimer St. beginning at 6:30 p.m. May 17. Tickets range from $75 to $150 per person. For more infor- mation, visit www.windowstothedivine. org or contact Shannon Robinson at 303- 679-1365 or Shannon@artistcalling.com. Following the opening, the exhibit will re- main open to the public, at no charge, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays. Sacred art exhibit in River North to benefi t Dominicans AN ICON of St. Francis of Assisi by artist Tatiana Grant will be among the original works of art for sale at the Fra Angelico Celebration of Art and Spirituality, sponsored by the Colorado Dominican Vocation Foundation, May 17 through June 6 at ArtHaus. all the students around the building to get the sense of our prayerful embrace of the school and the mission and vision of the school," he said after leading the students in prayer. "Visually it's more impactful to see the whole student body praying for the building, praying for one another. It's the feel of that embrace." He said a blessing over the school after students recited a part of the rosary. Father Espino asked God to keep the children safe and make the school a place of learning. "We dedicate this building to the education of youth and learning," he prayed. "Make it become a center where students and teachers build on the words of truth, strive with their whole heart to stand by Christ and live Christ as their teacher. Grant that students and teachers alike may follow Jesus Christ, the way the truth and the life, forever and ever." The prayer circle followed the all- school May Crowning. Hattenbach said she wants to expand the prayer around the perimeter to in- clude the neighboring church. "I think the more presence we have, the more it'll catch on," she said. Nissa LaPoint: 303-715-3138; nissa. lapoint@archden.org; www.twitter.com/ DCRegisterNissa Prayer From Page 1

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