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St. Giuseppe Moscati » 12 Holiness tips for singles A modern Jericho » 6 Eucharistic procession around Planned Parenthood St. Giuseppe Moscati Holiness tips for singles 6 Eucharistic procession Mother Agnes » 5 Called to build a culture of life Star Wars » 14 The struggle between light and darkness VOLUME XCII - NO. 3 | 115 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GOSPEL | FEBRUARY 13-26, 2016 www.DenverCatholic.org | @DenverCatholic | www.facebook.com/DenverCatholic | DenverCatholic@archden.org For a full photo gallery of the diaconate ordination, visit denvercatholic.org ONLINE Deacon Ordination » 10-11 " Your hearts must burn with love for Jesus and the people that you serve." J ulia Greeley is the Archdiocese of Denver's o cial model of mercy for this jubilee year. Unfortunately, the only existing picture of her is blurry, and most of her face is hidden by a large hat. "We had a lack of imagery for Julia, but there's a great devotion to her locally. There was a need to help bring her alive for the people of the diocese," Chancellor Dave Uebbing said. Luckily, there's a long tradition of Chris- tian art allowing an artist to show their subject without full knowledge of what they may have looked like. It's called iconography. Icons are more than pictures; they're meant to be a two-way door of communica- tion that not only shows a person or event, but actually makes it present. Unlike other types of religious art, they are not merely decorative or immediately understand- able. Icons contain their own language of symbolism. Uebbing commissioned iconographer Vivian Imbruglia to write an icon of Julia. Imbruglia was at fi rst hesitant to call the image an icon, because she didn't want to give the impression that she was canon- izing Julia herself. However, she used the unique language of iconography to com- municate Julia's life to the viewer. "I wrote it like I would a normal icon, with prayer and research, with the same media, but I did not put any gold in the background or a halo, because that would mean I was declaring her a saint," Imbruglia said. Uebbing sees the picture as a success. "What's important in this image, as opposed to the photo, is that it's full of sym- bolism. When I look at this picture of Julia, I see a person who is warm and loving and pure. She's not scarred by her experiences in any way. God's love shines through her," Uebbing said. BY MELISSA KEATING 303-715-3123 melissa.keating@archden.org www.twitter.com/mkeats42 | » 4 Decoding Julia Greeley Iconographer Vivian Imbruglia wrote an icon of Julia Greeley, the Archdiocese of Denver's o cial model of mercy for this jubilee year, based on the only photo of her known to exist. PHOTO PROVIDED

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