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CATHOLIC LIFE I 3 DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER I OCTOBER 22, 2014 NATURAL FERTILITY EDUCATORS Couple to Couple League 303-960-9745 coloradohamills@gmail.com www.ccli.org The Couple to Couple League helps couples learn a beauti- ful way to live out the Church's teaching on sexuality that is safe, healthy, holy and effective! Visit our website for more information. PREGNANCY, WOMEN'S CARE AND FAMILY SUPPORT CENTERS Alternatives Pregnancy Center Six Metro Denver Locations plus Mobile Testing Clinic 24-Hour Helpline 303-295-2288 www.YouHaveAlternatives.org Alternatives Pregnancy Center exists to care for Den- ver-area women and men in pregnancy related crisis and offer them a meaningful alternative to abortion. Following the example of Christian love, we seek to meet emotional, physical and spiritual needs, enabling and encouraging women and men to choose life every day. We provide a 24-Hour Helpline, pregnancy tests, ultrasound services, confidential consultation, STD testing and treatment, adoption education, pre- and post-natal medical care referrals, financial and legal referrals, post-abortion coun- seling, success development curriculum and abstinence education. All services are provided free of charge. Gabriel Houses of the Archdiocese of Denver 303-377-1577 www.gabrielhousedenver.org • Denver 303-295-9470, Centro San Juan Diego Gabriel House, 2830 Lawrence Street, 9am–12noon Tuesdays and Thursdays • Denver 303-377-1577, 1341 Oneida St. • Boulder 303-449-0122, Sacred Heart of Mary, 6739 S. Boulder Rd. • Aurora 393-364-9929 13101 E. Mississippi Ave. • Jefferson County 720-459-8783 1980 Nelson St., Lakewood Gabriel House is a ministry of Catholic Charities that which reaches out to women and children in need. Women are provided emotional, spiritual and material support. The Gabriel House supplies diapers, toiletries, clothes and food for children newborn to six toddler. Lighthouse Women's Center 303-320-8352 3894 Olive St., Denver, CO 80207 www.lighthousedenver.org Lighthouse is located in NE Denver across the street from the second largest Planned Parenthood in the United States. Services include free pregnancy testing, counsel- ing, ultrasound imaging and an extensive referral network. Lighthouse encourages and upholds Catholic teaching re- garding human sexuality, reproductive health and medical referrals. This strategy of location intervention offers a very direct and visible alternative for women considering abortion. Will you stand with us as we promote the Culture of Life here on the front lines? Donations can be made by designated giving through Catholic Charities. Our Annual Beacon of Hope Gala for all Women's Services will be January 31st at Wings Over the Rockies – TOO wonderful to miss! Mary's Maternity of Motherhood Home 303-421-6092 7151 W. 52nd Ave. Arvada, CO 80002 Email: Marysmom1998@mail.com Providing homes that are inns of prayer, peace and charity. Our mission is loving availability to mothers and their pre- born and born children. This includes providing for their needs for shelter, food, clothing, life-skills training, coun- seling, educational opportunities and spiritual direction in a Catholic Christian environment, regardless of age, race or religious affiliation, thus preparing to be responsible, God-loving members of society. HEALTHCARE Divine Mercy Supportive Care 303-357-2540 Email: markskender@dmsci.org www.dmsci.org Divine Mercy Supportive Care is the Archdiocesan Catholic Hospice and Care Management Organization leading the movement to honor natural death with dignity and spear- heading the war against "Aid in Dying." Continuing a tradi- tion of care established more than 2,000 years ago, Divine Mercy Supportive Care abides by the teachings of the Catholic Church in caring for individuals and their families as they face life-limiting illnesses. Whether the need is for medical services, guidance on ethical decisions and faith or simply finding an open door where others were closed, Divine Mercy is here to help. POST-ABORTIVE HEALING Project Rachel Post-Abortive Healing Ministry Regina Caeli Clinical Services Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver 720-377-1351 Toll Free: 1-855-377-1351 8 W. Dry Creek Cir., Ste. 206 Littleton, CO 80120 www.hopeafterabortion.com Project Rachel is a ministry of specially-trained individuals who provide direct care to women, men and adolescents seeking healing from an abortion. Although it is an out- reach of the Catholic Church, Project Rachel is open to anyone who has been impacted by an abortion. Rachel's Vineyard of Colorado Contacts: Lori 303-904-7414 Amee 720-271-7406 Edith 303-775-4108 www.rvrcolorado.org Rachel's Vineyard is a ministry of Priests for Life with Fr. Frank Pavone as the Spiritual Director of this non-profit organization. Since 2002 Rachel's Vineyard has held 35 retreats addressing the wounds which run deep in women and men who have an abortion in their past. Retreats are held in Denver three times per year and dates can be found on the website: www.rvrcolorado.org. All inquiries are confidential. For more information or to register for a retreat contact: Lori (303) 904-7414; Amee (720) 271-7406; or Edith (303)775-4108 To raise awareness of pro-life ministries and businesses in the archdiocese, the Denver Catholic Register is publishing a list of resources whose services respect the sanctity of life from conception to natural death. PRO-LIFE RESOURCES PRO-LIFE RESOURCES BY NISSA LAPOINT If Christ is truly the priority in a person's life, then how one votes will be influenced by one's faith, Archbishop Samuel Aquila said. It's essential for couples to give witness to the world on what it means to follow Christ, the arch- bishop preached during the an- nual anniversary Mass Oct. 5 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Im- maculate Conception. Part of following Christ means voting one's faith in the voting booth, he said. "If Christ is truly first in our life, then how we vote matters, how we stand for life matters, how we stand in the truth matters," he said. The reason public policies against the sanctity of life or mar- riage thrive is because Catholics are not living this witness, he said. "The only reason that hu- man life is not respected in the United States anymore, the only reason our society is embracing same-sex unions so easily, the on- ly reason that religious freedom and the sanctity of conscience is under attack is because Catho- lics are not living their faith," the archbishop continued. "They are not putting Jesus Christ first be- fore anything else." He pointed out sometimes the faithful get caught up in be- ing more faithful to a particular party rather than reflecting on the truths Christ revealed and considering the common good of society when voting. He warned the church crowd of the deception spread when Christians are told to keep their faith out of the voting booth. "My sisters and brothers," he said, "they are voting their unbe- lief when they go in (the voting booth). Why should we not vote our faith? It is hypocrisy on their part." The archbishop added when witness is given to Christ, peace and joy will come, and it's some- thing "no one can ever take away." Nissa LaPoint: 303-715-3138; nissa.lapoint@archden.org; www. twitter.com/DCRegisterNissa How we vote matters, archbishop says PHOTO BY TODD WOLLAM/DCR ARCHBISHOP Samuel Aquila discusses voting one's faith during a Mass for couples Oct. 5 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.

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