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3 DENVER CATHOLIC | APRIL 9-22, 2016 Vatican Notes Planning Your Will and Special Gifts Personally – Leave a legacy of what matters to you most. Financially – Wisely manage the assets that God has entrusted to you, in full compliance with the doctrine of the Catholic Church. Spiritually – Strengthen our parishes and our Catholic community through your charitable giving. The Catholic Foundation of Northern Colorado is here to help you plan your Will, including the opportunity for special gifts that you may not be able to create on your own. As Catholic faithful, we believe our earthly treasure is a gift from God, and we can give it a way to serve the greater good. Give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven. LUKE 12:33–34 www.TheCatholicFoundation.com giving@thecatholicfoundation.com Jean Finegan | 303.867.0613 Deacon Steve Stemper | 303.468.9885 VATICAN CITY ˆCNA/EWTN NEWS‹ » After hearing of the death of Mother Angelica on Easter Sunday, Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican's spokesman, recalled the joy of being able to meet the nun several years ago in Birmingham, Ala. Mother Angelica was "a great witness and a missionary apostle," Father Lombardi told CNA March 28, expressing his hope "that she prays for us more than we for her." Mother Mary Angelica of the Annun- ciation, an Ohio-born Poor Clare nun, founded the Eternal Word Television Net- work (EWTN) in Alabama in 1981, which has since become the largest religious media network in the world. She passed away March 27 at the age of 92. In addition to his role as the Vatican's spokesman and director of the Holy See Press O« ce, Father Lombardi is a long- time employee and former director of Vatican Radio. Father Lombardi said he "had the joy" of seeing Mother Angelica briefl y in person several years ago at one of the fi rst meetings of Catholic radio stations organized by EWTN at the network's headquarters in Birmingham. In the course of the meeting, "someone had kindly taken me to the shrine to greet Mother," the spokesman explained. He said his brief encounter with the nun served as "proof that faith and love of God are the true engine that drives our communication – more so than technique and 'professionalism.'" Although he was personally invited by EWTN's chairman Michael Warsaw to attend Mother Angelica's funeral. Father Lombardi said that unfortunately, he was unable to attend. However, he did confi rm his presence at a Mass organized by EWTN's Rome bureau that coincided with Mother Angelica's funeral in the United States. The Mass took place at the Vatican parish of St. Anne's at 6 p.m. local time April 1, which coincided with the nun's 11 a.m. funeral in Birmingham. Monsignor Dario Vigano, prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, has also pledged his prayers for the repose of Mother Angelica's soul. Events leading up to Mother Angelica's funeral in the U.S. included the March 29 reception of her body at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Birming- ham and a subsequent procession to the Shrine's Upper Church, where the Chaplet of Divine Mercy was prayed. On March 30 a public rosary was prayed in the morning, which was followed by an all- day public visitation. The following day also consisted of public veneration, the chanting of Solemn Vespers, and a prayer vigil and rosary in anticipation of Mother's funeral. At the close of Mother Angelica's April 1 funeral Mass, her body was carried in a procession through the Shrine's piazza and into the crypt where she is to be buried. Vatican spokesman recalls joy of meeting Mother Angelica Vatican Notes Mother Angelica, the founder of EWTN, died on Easter Sunday. She is remembered for her sassy personality, deep devotion to our Lord and her dedication to evangelization. PHOTO FROM CNA OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The following dispensation has been granted by His Holiness Pope Francis, and received by Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L. Mr. Kevin Richard Augustyn has been granted a dispensation from the clerical state and the obligations connected to Sacred Ordination of Priesthood by the Roman Ponti§ , Pope Francis, e§ ective immediately.

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