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3 DENVER CATHOLIC | JULY 8-21, 2017 Vatican Notes *Public Parking between 2nd & 3rd on Columbine* Major Collection of Oils, Drawings, Watercolors, Sculpture & Lithographs! Friday, July 21st & Saturday, July 22nd 6-9pm Masters Gallery 303-221-2449 2616 E 3rd Ave. Denver, CO 80206 "Las Bodas de Canaan" Oil In Attendance! Alvar Suñol Spain's Foremost Living Artist Deacon David Arling, appointed deacon at Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Broomfi eld, and to Prison Ministry e¤ ective June 24, 2017 Deacon Ron Beck, appointed deacon at Shrine of St. Anne Parish in Arvada, and to Marisol Homes at St. Bernadette Parish e¤ ective June 24, 2017 Deacon Geoˆ rey Bennett, appointed deacon at Holy Trinity Parish in Westminster, and as Minis- try Coordinator for the Diaconate e¤ ective June 24, 2017 Deacon Hal Goldwire, appointed deacon at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Denver, and to Denver Health e¤ ective June 24, 2017 Deacon Robert Lanciotti, appointed deacon at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Ft. Collins, and to the Mission in Ft. Collins, e¤ ective June 24, 2017 Deacon Ernest Martinez, appointed deacon at Notre Dame Parish in Denver, and to Ft. Logan Hospital, e¤ ective June 24, 2017 Deacon Darell Nepil, appointed deacon at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Denver, and to Porter Hospital e¤ ective June 24, 2017 Deacon Greg Perzinski, appointed deacon at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Aurora, and to Heather Gardens in Aurora e¤ ective July 1, 2017 Deacon Pat Travis, appointed deacon at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Loveland, and to Good Samaritan Assisted Living Facility, e¤ ective June 24, 2017 OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS Vatican Notes I n his Angelus address on June 25, Pope Francis reminded the faith- ful that following Christ does not mean our lives will be free from all earthly troubles. "There is no Christian mission in the name of tranquility," the Pope said, speaking to those gathered in St. Peter's Square. "Di– culties and tribulations are part and parcel of evangelization." Pope Francis refl ected on the day's Gospel, in which Jesus instructs his followers not to be afraid. "Jesus' mission did not guarantee the disciples success, nor did it shield them from failure or su¬ ering," the Holy Father said. But Christ did promise them that he would always be with them as they faced the trials that were ahead. The same is true for us today, the Pope said. We should expect su¬ ering and even persecution if we follow in the path of the crucifi ed Christ, but at the same time, we can take comfort in knowing that "God does not abandon his children during the storm." Sometimes this storm comes not in the form of active persecution, but in indi¬ erence, through "people who do not want to be awakened from a worldly numbness, who ignore the truth of the Gospel message and build their own ephemeral truth." Regardless of the form that trials may take, we should persevere in faith- fulness, he said, also reminding those gathered in the square to pray for those facing serious persecution. "Jesus does not leave us alone because we are precious to Him." Following the Angelus, the Pope offered prayers for landslide vic- tims in southwestern China. He also o¬ ered a message to members of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church on the 150th anniversary of the canoniza- tion of St. Josaphat, as well as to Lith- uanians celebrating Blessed Theofi lius Matulonius. Christ doesn't promise freedom from di culties, Pope says Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 21, 2017. PHOTO BY DANIEL IBANEZ | CNA

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