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B2 NOVEMBER 11-24, 2017 | DENVER CATHOLIC OUR HOUSE TO YOURS! OUR HOUSE TO YOURS! Holy Family Parish Center, 4377 Utica St. Denver Altar and Rosary Baked, Cra & Rummage Sale Saturday, Nov 18, 8:00 – 6:00 & Sunday, Nov. 19, 9:00 – 1:00 ∏ ∏ For your Holiday Season Home Made Syle Tamales and Salsas! Call for your catering orders: 720-335-8137 A pretty way to show your faith! gailsdesignsco@gmail.com FREE Shipping over $20 w/ Code NATIVITY17 Artisan Catholic Jewelry gailsdesigns.net Christmas Craft & Bake Sale The Gardens at St. Elizabeth Senior Living Community Friday, November 17 1:30pm – 3:30pm Saturday, November 18 10:00am – 1:30pm Selling Handmade Crafts, Books, Jewelry, Baked Goods, New & Used Gift Items! 2835 W. 32nd Ave., Denver, CO 80211 (call Joy for more details: 303-964-2015) Come One...Come All To Arbors 3rd Annual Holiday Cra Fair Wednesday, December 6th 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. CRAFTS...CARDS...QUILTS BAKED GOODS...HOLIDAY GIFTS FUN GALORE!!! To Reserve A Table Call LaVelle - 303-426-9090 Email: Lavellet@cometosanmarino.com www.SanMarinoRetirement.com Arbors of San Marino 7425 Xavier Street, Westminster, CO 80030 East Side of 75th & Sheridan | Look for Balloons! BY AARON LAMBERT F ew worship artists perform with as much passion, conviction and sincerity as Matt Maher. The eight-time Grammy nominated artist writes powerful songs that are sung in churches both Catholic and non-Catholic around the world, and his latest record Echoes contains a collection of songs that resonates deeply with the state of the culture we live in today; a culture that is yearning for something more. Matt was kind enough to chat with us about the meaning behind Echoes. Full interview can be read on denvercatholic.org. DENVER CATHOLIC: Where does the title Echoes come from? Does that wordƒhave important mean- ing to you? MATT MAHER: It's a word that I've used to describe, in some ways, how I see catechesis. I've been processing the world around me and all the issues that are unfolding in the world today, and asking the question, "How do I respond?" and "How do I articulate my faith in this kind of world, and how do I do it in the face of persecution and disagreement?" I'd also been writing songs, and realized I'd written about 20 songs, and three-quarters of the songs really were songs that declared God's faithfulness and goodness in the midst of hardship. I started the process of recording the record in January, and in March, my father fell ill and actually went into the hospital on Ash Wednesday and passed away on the feast of St. Joseph. All the sudden, I realized that a lot of the songs that I had written were somehow meant for me, fi rst and foremost. The record took a bit of a shift; it wasn't, "How do you stand up to the world," it was, "How do you stand up to su¡ ering?" I thi nk ultimately, at the end of the day, even despite all the antagonists the Church and the faithful face day in and day out, ultimately the biggest antag- onist is su¡ ering and death, and how we choose to respond to that sets the tone for how we choose to respond to everything. I found myself wanting to put out a collection of songs that really spoke to this and hopefully would give voice to peoples' fears and hurts and longings and desires but then also give them a voice for declaring God's goodness and faithfulness, even when everything in their life seems to indi- cate the opposite. 2017 Christmas Gift Guide Q&A: Matt Maher Echoes the message of the Cross on new album Echoes is the latest release from Matt Maher. PHOTO PROVIDED