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3 DENVER CATHOLIC | JULY 11-24, 2015 Vatican Notes B E N E F I T I N G : CATHOLIC CHARITIES & CATHOLIC SCHOOLS School Supply Drive HELP PROVIDE SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO 3,000 CHILDREN! Catholic Charities will be collecting supplies on SATURDAY, JULY 25 8:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. 3801 E. Florida Ave. Denver, CO 80210 For a full list of supplies visit ccdenver.org/ssd HELP KIDS IN NEED. DONATE NOW! ccdenver.org/ssd P ope Francis told a group of religious and priests during the Worldwide Priests' Retreat, to leave the "whip" hanging in the sacristy and to be "pastors with tenderness." He said Jesus asks priests to be people of compassion. "How often do I think that we are afraid of the tenderness of God and because we are afraid of God's tenderness, we do not allow it to be felt within us," the pope said June 12 in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. "Because of this we are so often hard, serious, punishing ... We are pastors without compassion." He told the group of retreatants that Christ asks faithful to fi nd rest in him, and he urged them to in turn o– er this tenderness to the "smallest" among them. "Today, I ask you, in this retreat, to be pastors with the compassion of God," Pope Francis said. The heart of Jesus Christ says this to us today, and it is what I ask in this Mass for you, and also for me." He referred to Luke 15 when a shepherd cared for one of his sheep that was missing. He asked the priests if they are moved by compassion when one of their sheep is lost. "Do you do the same with your faithful? When you realize that one of your fl ock is missing?" the pope asked. "Or are we accus- tomed to being a Church which has a single sheep in her fl ock and we let the other 99 get lost on the hill? Are you moved by all this compassion?" Pope Francis said don't forget how to give that com- passion—and look to the heart of Jesus. SOURCE: VATICAN.VA Pope: be compassionate OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS Deacon Michael Berens, reappointed deacon at St. John the Baptist Parish, Longmont, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon James Blume, reappointed deacon at St. Pius X Parish, Aurora, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Kelvin Brath, reappointed deacon at All Souls Parish, Englewood, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Ross Casados, reappointed deacon at Holy Trinity Parish, Westminster, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Robert Finan, reappointed deacon at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Jay Garland, reappointed deacon at St. Jude Parish, Lakewood, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Cecil Gingerich, relieved from sabbatical and appointed to St. Nicholas Parish, Platteville, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Henry Concha, relieved of duties at St. Cajetan Parish and appointed to Annunciation Parish, Denver, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon William Hastings, granted sabbatical status and relieved of duties at St. Peter Parish, Greeley, e¡ ective May 15, 2015. Deacon Robert Howard, reappointed deacon at St. John the Baptist Parish, Longmont, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Gordon Hudec, reappointed deacon at St. Mark Parish, Westminster, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Bill Jordan, reappointed deacon at St. Augustine Parish, Brighton, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Harold Kimble, reappointed deacon at Our Lady of the Valley Parish, Windsor, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Michael Magee, reappointed deacon at Our Lady of Loreto Parish, Foxfi eld, e¡ ective June 1, 2015 Deacon William Martinez, reappointed deacon at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Denver, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Richard Miller, reappointed deacon at Our Lady of Loreto Parish, Foxfi eld, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon George Morin, reappointed deacon at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Denver, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Rex Pilger, reappointed deacon at St. Joan of Arc Parish, Arvada,e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Robert Rinne, reappointed deacon at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon William Senger, reappointed deacon at Queen of Peace Parish, Aurora, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon Don St. Louis, appointed Director of St. Francis School of Theology for Deacons, e¡ ec- tive March 1, 2015. Deacon Edgar Valle, relieved from sabbatical and appointed deacon at Presentation of our Lady Parish, Denver, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon John Volk, reappointed deacon at St. John the Baptist Parish, Johnstown, and St. Nich- olas Parish, Platteville, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Deacon John Wehrman, relieved from sabbatical and appointed deacon at St. William Parish, Fort Lupton, e¡ ective June 1, 2015. Pope Francis speaks to a crowd in St. Peter's Square. The pontiŒ spoke to a group of priests during the Worldwide Priests' Retreat about compassion. PHOTO BY L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO OBITUARY Former pastor of Holy Rosary Parish, Father Joseph Meznar, died June 5. He was 82. His funeral Mass, celebrated by Archbishop Samuel Aquila, was held June 12 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. See the full obituary at DenverCatholic.org.

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