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14 MAY 28-JUNE 10, 2016 | DENVER CATHOLIC saint vincent DE paul Catholic SCHOOL CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2016 w w w. s v d p k 8 . c o m St. Vincent DE Paul Catholic School 1164 S. Josephine Street Denver, Co 80210 303.777.3812 Analiese Abbasi-Chavez Sydney Able Michael Andersen Liam Berry Sophia Bradac Jakob Bubelis Caitlyn Buchanan David Burnham Lucy Chase Clare Davidson Hannah Davidson Ayden Ezell Sebastian Garnica Patrick Graham Peter Hall Seamus Henderson Reilley Horneck Mary Estelle Jarecke Scott Jensen Philip Joseph Aleksander Kilstrom Bryon Large Stephen Luebbers Joelle Macke Caroline Magolske Alexis Makowski Chloe Martinet Amanda McBournie Casey McCloskey Sophia Michas Winn Morley William Ohlson Scott Palmer Sophie Post Jack Reich Dylan Renner Paulina Shiraishi Allison Stephens Emma Stern Payne Stiteler Isabella Stumpf Charles Sutherland Faith Toner Timothy Unger Sean Wallace Bella Wallrath Zachary Zuberbuehler Congratulations St. Thomas More Catholic School CLASS OF 2016 St. Thomas More Catholic School Zach Banko John Barry Emma Barry Katherine Berrian Jamison Butler Skylar Cain Anna Zafira Conkling Shannon Cunningham Paige delaCuesta John Dennen Julija Eddy Makenna Ellmann John Fete Patrick Finnegan Madeleine Fitzmar n David Fischer Kayla Foreso Joshua Frank Megan Frontz Nicholas Giacomozzi Logan Gaudet Mikayla Gross Rachael Haneghan Greta Heitmann Isaiah Henry Xavier Herrera Michaela Lewis-Hiner Benjamin Jackson Jaxon Jehl Grace Kea ng Mary Kearney John Keller Ava Leege Susannah Leisegang Kathleen Liedtke Caitrin Lombardo Grace Lordi Nicole e Mara Sophia Marcinek Emma Mar n Hailey Mar nez Cole McCoy Madeline Metzger Natalie Mitchell Emelei Mogor Chris na Nelson Joshua Neppel Fiona O'Doherty Emma Peltes Maclain Pierce Gabriella Pira 7071 East Otero Avenue • Centennial, CO 80112 • 303.770.0441 • www.stmcatholic.org Alexander Price Michael Preiss Jonathan Rapp Drew Rau Sophia Rotello Emma Roy Isabella Rymkiewicz Antonio Sandora Julia Searle Emily Smith Sara Snocker Kylie Staples Cameron Storne a Rebekah Tschumper Olivia Wiley Carly Whitehouse Madeleine Yeingst Around the Archdiocese BY AARON LAMBERT A new initiative within the Fellowship of Catholic Uni- versity Students (FOCUS) is bringing beauty to the forefront of evangelization. Dubbed simply as "A Beauty Ini- tiative within FOCUS," this initiative seeks to encourage the collective tal- ents of FOCUS missionaries, specifi - cally artists, and utilize them as a means of evangelization. Serving as the start- ing point for the initiative is Origin, an album of beautiful worship music per- formed by the FOCUS worship team. The idea for Origin and the beauty initiative as a whole was planted at last year's SEEK conference in Nashville. Shaun Garrison and Leah Sedlacek are among a group of musicians that lead worship for the conference each year, but they said last year in particular was especially powerful. They were a part of a great line up of musicians, not only in terms of musical ability, but also in prayerfulness and in the ability to trust and rely on one another. Sedlacek recalled taking out her in-ear monitors during their perfor- mance of "Be Thou My Vision" and being taken aback by the unity of wor- shipping voices. "I just started crying. It was so beautiful, this intimacy of singing to Our Lord together," she said. "I think there I felt the power of the Holy Spirit bonding the band together that was then helping people to be bonded together as the body of Christ to worship." Garrison and Sedlacek felt as though the Lord was stirring something in them to do more. They drafted a proposal for the beauty initiative, the fi rst step of which was organizing a retreat with the FOCUS worship team and creating an album of music. Garrison and Sedlacek, along with the rest of the worship team and a few kindhearted volunteers, retreated to a cabin in Buena Vista for fi ve days and FOCUS initiative seeks to evangelize through beauty A BEAUTIFUL ORIGIN Watch a video about how Origin came to be: http://focus.org/origin To learn more about the mission of FOCUS, visit http://focus.org ORIGIN