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9 DENVER CATHOLIC | JUNE 11-24, 2016 us a sense of shared history with the earlier Church. St. Dominic will host a relic June 13-15. They will have the forearm of the apostle St. Jude.• "These saints, especially the apostles, would be highly venerated in their own day. The way we know these relics are real is through the faith tradition of the Church," he said. "We don't don't have DNA and such because of the day in which St. Jude lived, but have the utter care and protection of the Church for the remains of the 12 who Jesus chose." He said that the prominence of relics in Church history is further proof of our need for concrete expressions of the faith. "Physicality is important," he said. "The Catholic Church has always seen material reality as having the possibility of conveying spiritual realities...What the relics do is draw us very close to the person through the veneration of the relic." Much like Byrne and Wheldon, Father Ruane sees exposure to relics as a way of connecting modern Catholics to the Church's rich history. "Relics enable us to come to a deeper understanding of the communion of saints," he said. In other words, St. Thomas More, St. John Fisher and St. Jude are connected with every Catholic alive today. Accord- ing to Wheldon, that's great news for modern Catholics.• "When they [Sts. More and Fisher] were faced with an impossible choice that the king put to them, they chose to follow Christ and their consciences. In that way they really show us faith in the face of trial," he said. W A S H I N G T O N PA R K D E N T A L C E N T E R 303-778-7707 | info@washparkdental.com • www.washparkdental.com Contact us today to schedule an appointment • Also offering Orthodontics 271 South Downing Street, Denver, CO 80209 New Patients Receive FREE Whitening with Initial Cleaning! Independent & Assisted Living Nursing • Medicare Rehabilitation In-Home Care • Out-Patient Therapy There is a place that's just waiting for you to experience senior living as it should be — St. Andrew's Village. Acting your age is not a requirement. Acting how you feel is always encouraged! Whether splashing in the pool, enjoying our Happiest Hour with friends and neighbors, or an evening of fine dining where our staff knows your favorite drink, you'll feel years younger and enjoy every minute of it. Ask about a Priority Reservation. Call 303.695.8100 for lunch and a visit! Click StAndrewsVillage.net Feeling Young at Heart? We know just the place. . . EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Relics of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher and St. Jude the Apostle will visit the Archdiocese this summer, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and St. Dominic Parish, respectively. PHOTO FROM OUR LADY OF VICTORIES, KENSINGTON, LONDON | PHOTO BY FATHER LAWRENCE LEW Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher: Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, June 29. http://bit.ly/1yP3Kpm St. Jude the Apostle: St. Dominic, Denver June 13-15 VENERATE THE SAINTS i

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