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5 DENVER CATHOLIC | JANUARY 23-FEBRUARY 12, 2016 Around the Archdiocese • Most Ethical Small Business in Denver, 2015 Better Business Bureau • 2013 Best of Service Award – Centennial/Englewood • All our Doctors of Audiology are Board Certifi ed • A+ Rated and BBB Gold Star Company More than 100 Physicians have referred their patients... Advanced Audiology, Inc. He a r i n g & Ti n n i t u s C e n t e r Dr. Fatima, AuD, BCABA Dr. of Audiology, HINDI/ URDU Dr. Jenkins, AuD, BCABA Colorado's 1st Board Certifi ed Dr. of Audiology We take your Hearing Seriously. www.AdvancedAudiology.com 303.649.2122 Centennial, Colorado Advanced Partner Siemens Hearing Instruments Call: 303.424.5037 Click: www.nufcu.com or Come by one of our convenient locations today! Disclosure *APR (Annual Percentage Rate). The Annual Percentage Rate is the advertised rate. Borrowers credit score must be 680 and above to receive the 2.49% interest rate. 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Celebrate with an Auto Loan Rate of 2.49% 2.49% 2.49% 2.49% 2.49% 2.49% APR APR APR * 2016-01 Come by one of our As an additional "Thank You" for bringing your auto loan to the Credit Union, receive $400 deposited into your savings account when you purchase a vehicle through Enterprise Car Sales. 1 ~ L I M I T E D T I M E O F F E R F O R D C R E A D E R S ~ Your savings federally insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government Agency NCUA H ap ap ap ap ap ap a py N ew Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Y a r a r a r a r a r a r a ! Varsity Catholic founder Thomas Wurtz was one of the speakers at the High School Formation Summit on Dec. 3 - 4, 2015 at St. Thomas More Parish. PHOTO PROVIDED L iving the Catholic faith should be evident in all aspects of life, and especially so in the classroom, according to the organizer of the inaugural Catholic High School Formation Summit that took place at St. Thomas More Parish in Centennial on Dec. 3 - 4. There were 55 people in attendance representing 23 schools from around the nation, and the summit featured speakers from all avenues of Catholic education. The event was conceived and organized by Father Paul Kostka, chaplain at Bishop Macehbeuf High School, and its purpose was to create collaboration between Cath- olic high schools around the nation in order to form students as authentic disci- ples of Jesus Christ. "The spiritual formation of students was the key focus of the conference," Father Kostka said. More than that, however, it was meant to be a forum for Catholic educators to come together and help each other become more ež ective at fostering a strong sense of Cath- olic identities in their respective schools. The Catholic school symposium that took place last October was part of the inspiration for the summit, Father Kostka said. The summit was a natural outfl ow from the theme of discipleship that was prevalent at the symposium, he said. Father Kostka has done much ministry around the county, and in doing so, he's encountered many school faculty and professionals who are doing great things to encourage discipleship at their schools. He's built a network of Catholic educators from these encounters, and among these were the attendees of the summit. There were talks on mission, athlet- ics, house communities and other access points that are opportunities to bring kids to Christ, he said. Thomas Wurtz, founder of the Var- sity Catholic branch of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, was one of the speakers in attendance. He gave a talk on school athletic programs and the role they play in making intentional disciples of Jesus Christ. "A young person involved in sports has the chance to be formed," Wurtz said. "I hope we can rally around the need to use sports as a tool in the formation of our young people." A portion of the conference was also dedicated to Catholic high school teachers, specifi cally theology teachers, and diž er- ent ways they could bring kids to Christ in the classroom through the use of primary sources such as scripture.® From this teaching, however, must also come action, and this was another goal of the conference. "We can give talks on mission, but if we don't have the students go and do mission work, all we're doing is talking," Father Kostka said. "There is a teaching part of it, but the teaching then has to manifest itself in concrete actions." The culture of collaboration discussed at the summit wasn't meant only to apply nationally, but also locally. Father Kostka said the independent nature and distance between the two Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Denver, Bishop Macehbeuf in Denver and Holy Family in Broomfi eld, can make them feel like islands. He hopes to build and foster a more collabo- rative relationship between the two schools. "[A lot of people] walked away from the summit encouraged to more intentionally live the faith in their schools, [and to] try some of the ideas people proposed and integrate them into their schools," Father Kostka said. The next Catholic High School Forma- tion Sum mit will be held Oct. 19-21, 2016, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta, Ga. For more information, visit http:// hsformation.org. Fostering Catholic identity in Catholic schools BY AARON LAMBERT 303-715-3138 | aaron.lambert@archden.org www.twitter.com/AaronLmbrt

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