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16 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 2020 | DENVER CATHOLIC 4:30 Mass 5:30 Cocktails, Marketplace 7:00 Dinner and Program For tickets, sponsorships or donations to the Marketplace please contact: Shelly Saeman at 720-799-9289 or ssaeman@ccdenver.org Register online at ccdenver.org/Beacon Gala Beacon 2021 Hope of e Gaylord Rockies Resort & Conference Center Marisol Services - 10th Annual Benefit Dinner BEACON OF HOPE AWARD RECIPIENTS Tim & Martha Reichert SAME GREAT VENUE! Saturday, January 16, 2021 Save the Date 6700 North Gaylord Rockies Blvd. | Aurora, CO 80019 Please call us at 303-532-5343 Leave a las ng gi of faith and love to your family & the Church by pre-planning your funeral and burial. cfcsColorado.org A Ministry of The Archdiocese of Denver Filling the void of loss with faith. A few months later, thanks to the help of his father- and son-in-law, who had managed to move to the U.S., Galviz, his wife and his mother were able to fly to Miami seeking asylum. "We were scared that they wouldn't let us in, but I thank God they did. That night at the hotel, before going to sleep, the sensation was unbelievable – we finally felt free," he said. Since then, for the past two years the Galviz family has undergone a process of healing, of trying to understand why they had to leave their own beloved country "like criminals," of getting used to the idea that they may not be able to return any time soon. "We didn't want to leave. We left everything: family, friends, house, cars," he said. "When I realized I wouldn't be able to return any time soon, and officially resigned from my post at the university, I got very sick." Galviz assured that not only journalists were perse- cuted by the totalitarian government, but anyone who spoke out against it, including regular people of faith, as well as priests and bishops. "The priests who condemned [the injustices and evils] of the regime receive death threats," he said. "I've known of many. Father Luis Toro, for example, a very well-known priest in all of Latin America for being a great defender of the faith, was my parish priest. At one Mass, he spoke very strongly against the actions of the government, and he had to leave the country because of it. He's never returned since then." Amid the hardships, Galviz is very grateful for the help and community his family has encountered at St. Pius X Parish in Aurora. Ever since he was granted a working permit, he's been working several jobs he'd never done before, but he will soon return to the communications world as a host on a Spanish Denver radio station. "It's hard to leave everything and come do things you've never done before," he concluded. "But since I've been here, I feel that I've grown and matured. I feel so much calmer. I'm very grateful." Photo provided