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DCR - Sept. 10, 2014

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INDEX Archbishop's Column ......................2 The Catholic Difference ..................4 Marriage Missionaries ....................4 Guest Column: Abby Johnson ......5 Making Sense of Bioethics ............5 Bulletin Board ..................................13 Nun of the Above quiz .................. 14 Service Directory ...................... 14-15 'It's still not over' PHOTO BY NISSA LAPOINT/DCR NICOLE WRIGHT-MEYER, center, bows her head in prayer with her parents and St. Vincent de Paul Society volunteers at a flood victim warehouse in Greeley. A year after the September 2013 flood, the family received needed household items from SVDP Society. SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 114 Years of Service to the Gospel Volume XC - No. 30 www.DenverCatholicRegister.org I Follow us on INSIDE REMEMBERING 9/11 PAGE 2 EVERYDAY CATHOLIC PAGE 3 'Never tell God never' NYC Firefighter remembers 9/11 every day RESPECT LIFE TRUTH AND BEAUTY PAGE 3 PAGE 11 New mountain church offers 'spiritual recreation' Apostolate reveals God's mercy with end-of-life care BY NISSA LAPOINT When the rain falls down around his home, Joe Montez can't sleep. A year ago when it rained, rivers swelled and flash floods swept the Front Range region ravaging homes and displacing thousands, including Montez and his family. Without warning, 6-foot- high waves of water from the Platte River deluged their Weld County property on Country Road 52 and left them stranded, forced to sleep the night on the raised railroad tracks nearby. "It'll be with us forever be- cause of the fear," said Montez, 59, a Vietnam veteran. "When it rains you can't sleep, because you don't know." There was no way to an- ticipate heavy rains causing severe flooding in Septem- ber 2013 would reach historic levels earning it the title of a 1,000-year rain and a 100-year flood. More than 18,000 res- idents were evacuated, and 1,621 homes destroyed, ac- cording to state agencies. Funding continues to pour into the state to help flood vic- tims pick up the pieces of their lives. The U.S. Housing and Urban Development dedicated an ad- ditional $58 million this sum- mer to the $262 million grant given for disaster recovery. Gov. John Hickenlooper an - nounced last month a $12 mil- lion wastewater and drinking water system recovery project for northern Colorado. Charities are also helping families stay afloat. Since December, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has giv- en donated housewares and furniture to 87 families in Weld County through its House in a See Flood, Page 8 Flood victims find solace, ongoing recovery year after devastation KEVIN NERNEY

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