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6 MAY 25-JUNE 7, 2019 | DENVER CATHOLIC Cover Story Amazing 12-day Marian pilgrimage DEADLINE JUNE Information: Susan, Stella Maris Tours 303-726-4009 www.materdeitours.com • 1-800-515-2632 Amazing 12-day Marian pilgrimage DEADLINE JUNE Daily Mass with Fr. Israel Gonsalves, O.C.D. our Chaplain. Round trip airfare from Denver and all taxes, air conditioned motor coach, 22 meals, English speaking tour guides. SEPT. 1627 • FRANCE PORTUGAL SPAIN Visit the following Marian Shrines: Lourdes, Fatima, Torreciudad, El Pilar, Sonsoles, Almudena. Visits to: Madrid, Lisbon, Barbastro, Zaragoza, Avila, Segovia and PARIS. See Saints shrines: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. James of the "Camino de Santiago", St. Francisco, St. Anthony of Padua, and much more... Friday, June 21, 2019 e Pinnacle Club at the Grand Hyatt, 555 17th Street, Denver Cocktails and Silent Auction - 5:30 pm Dinner, Awards and Live Auction - 7:30 pm - Summer attire - Please join us in celebrating the generosity of our honorees: Spirit of Cabrini Award Rick & Dionne Lewis Company for Cabrini Award FOCUS - The Fellowship of Catholic University Students MOTHER CABRINI SHRINE Gala 2019 j For more information, call Mother Cabrini Shrine at 303-526-0758 or visit our website at www.mothercabrinishrine.org j j j and gave his life to protect his friends. He was 18 years old, and just days away from graduating high school. The week after his death, a series of events were held in the Denver Metro and surrounding areas in remembrance of his life, culminating in a funeral Mass held May 17 at St. Mary Parish in Lit- tleton and presided by Bishop Jorge H. Rodriguez. "Kendrick gave everything he is, and everything he had — family, a future, a degree, his life — so other young men and women could go back to their fam- ilies, have a future, graduate and live," Bishop Rodriguez said in his homily. "Kendrick's life is like the echo of Jesus' words: 'Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.' "Only a young man with God in his heart and possessing a big, good heart can do what he did: to lay down his life to save his friends. I'm sure [Kendrick's parents] John and Maria, that you feel proud of your son. God, too, is very proud of his child, Kendrick." Kendrick was an alumnus of Notre Dame Catholic School, where his dad, John, said he fit in so well. A few days after his funeral, John told the Denver Catholic he was sitting with his wife, reflecting on their son's life and look- ing through his old schoolwork, when he came across an assignment where Kendrick Castillo laid down his life for his friends « John Castillo glances at his son's casket during the funeral Mass cel- ebrating his life May 17 at St. Mary Parish in Littleton. Bishop Jorge H. Rodriguez celebrated the Mass and said that God was "proud of his child, Kendrick" for his heroic actions and the way he lived his life. PHOTOS BY ANDREW WRIGHT Hundreds attended Kendrick's funeral, including those who knew him during his time at Notre Dame Catholic School, his fellow classmates from STEM School Highlands Ranch, and other members of the commu- nity who were fortunate enough to know Kendrick.