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FAITH AT HOME I 5 DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER I OCTOBER 15, 2014 Our planning services are offered as a courtesy to our donors. 303.468.9885 | 866.437.1842 | www.TheCatholicFoundation.com Giving for the Kingdom of God ® Planning Your Will and Special Gifts WHERE THERE'S A WILL … GIVE IT A WAY. Personally – Leave a legacy of what matters to you most. Financially – Wisely manage the assets that God has entrusted to you, in full compliance with the doctrine of the Catholic Church. Spiritually – Strengthen our parishes and our Catholic community through your charitable giving. The Catholic Foundation of Northern Colorado is here to help you plan your Will, including the opportunity for special gifts that you may not be able to create on your own. As Catholic faithful, we believe our earthly treasure is a gift from God, and we can give it a way to serve the greater good. Give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven. LUKE 12:33–34 By creating a Will, you can … Give it a way. 458 Uinta Way ∙ Denver, CO 80230 ∙ www.machebeuf.org For more information, contact Admissions at 303-344-0082 ext. 117 OPEN HOUSE Come discover our award-winning academic community of faith Explore our campus on a student-led tour Meet our faculty, staff, administration, and coaches Learn all about the Machebeuf Experience SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014 (9AM to 1PM) VOTED TOP 50 CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN THE U.S. By e Cardinal Newman Society ∙ 2006, 2007, 2008-2009, 2012-2013 Peru Mission Trip BY JULIE FILBY In today's world of media bombard- ment, Archbishop Samuel Aquila en- couraged parents to set limits on one of their children's biggest distractions— cell phones. "I know young people get excited when I say this, but parents, take their cell phones away from them by 7 p.m. at night and don't give them back un- til 7 a.m. in the morning, or when they leave to go to school," the archbish- op said at a confi rmation Mass last month at St. Thomas More Church in Centennial. Cell phones are great, he continued, but a huge source of temptation. He also encouraged parents to be plugged in to the messages their children send and receive. "If you're not already reading your children's text messages, all the way through high school, you better start," he advised. When kids ask him, "How can you say that? It's private!" he armed parents with a response. "[It's] because you love them, and you care for them," he said. "And it's im- portant to see what's out there, because it's frightening what's out there." In matters of faith and morality, the archbishop reminded parents of the importance of their involvement and guidance. "You're the only ones who can give wit- ness," he said. "I can talk until I'm blue in the face, but it's you who are the fi rst teachers to your children in the ways of faith, and they will learn from you." Parents must also be authentic wit- nesses by regularly attending Sunday Mass and monthly confession as a fam- ily, he said, even when children "fi ght against it." Watch the archbishop's homily at www.DenverCatholicRegister.org. Julie Filby: 303-715-3123; julie.fi lby @archden.org; www.twitter.com/DC RegisterJulie Limit cell phone access, Archbishop tells parents PHOTO BY JULIE FILBY/DCR ARCHBISHOP Samuel Aquila delivers the homily at a confi rmation Mass Sept. 30 at St. Thomas More Parish in Centennial.