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AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2024 | DENVER CATHOLIC
Ashleigh Bickerstaff
Jack Burnett
Mary Clare Cotter
Marie DeLauro
Annika Dutton
Evelyn Frank
Daniel Grady
Colleen Kelly
Hannah Klepsa
Marianne Lange
Luc Lessard
Emilie Neuman
Matthew Neuman
John Remstad
Tara Sargent
Joseph Stefanick
Summer Urban
Peninah VandenBurg
Ambrose Wambsganss
**FREE ADMISSION**
**Fun for all ages!**
Come celebrate Poland's culture & traditions!
www.PolishFoodFestival.org * PolishFoodFestival@gmail.com
Polish Food Festival
Sat, 8/24: 12PM - 9PM
Sun, 8/25: 12PM - 5PM
St. Joseph Polish Parish
517 East 46th Avenue, Denver
' GOD WAS VERY
CLOSE TO US'
The witness of Father Kapaun's Christlike
ministry to those around him transformed
hearts and pointed suffering soldiers to Emman-
uel, God-with-us.
For Lieutenant William Funchess, that trans-
formation began when he met the holy chap-
lain, who offered him a drink of warm water
from a makeshift cup hand-formed out of sheet
metal.
After downing the mouthful of snow that
had been melted and warmed over a fire, Funch-
ess thanked Father Kapaun.
"That was the first drink of water I've had in
almost two months," he said, having survived up
to that point by eating cold snow off the ground.
"That was the best drink of water I've had in my
entire life," he later admitted.
From that first encounter and "best drink of
water," Father Kapaun continued ministering
to Funchess and the other men in his spiritual
charge. Through that very ministry, Funchess
saw his life transformed, even in the face of cru-
elty, suffering and abuse.
After
I met
Father, I
realized
God was
very
near,
was all
around
us."
LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM
FUNCHESS
