Denver Catholic

10 JULY 23-AUGUST 12, 2016 | DENVER CATHOLIC Around the Archdiocese August 15-24 8-Day Individually Directed Silent Retreat Aug. 29-Sep. 5 Retreat House closed September 21 Day of Prayer (9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.) Sep. 30-Oct. 2 Weekend Retreat (Men & Women) October 7-9 Weekend Retreat (Women) October 11 Day of Prayer (9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.) 4801 North Highway 67, P.O. Box 185, Sedalia, CO 80135 Phone: 303-688-4198 ext. 122 (information/reservations) Website: www.sacredheartretreat.org BY JOSH FLORENCE I n downtown Denver, it's ordinary to see buses, light rail trains, and plenty of foot traŸ c. Everything is in movement, because movement is ordinary for city life. Progress is abundantly evident in the changes downtown Denver has experienced over the years. However, when one reaches the corner of Nineteenth and California, it's also ordinary to witness someone stop, however short it may be, and look up, not at the skyscrapers above, but at Holy Ghost Church, which will soon celebrate its 75th anniversary. Pope Francis has been quoted as saying how a church needs "…near- ness, proximity." He also says how it can be compared to a "fi eld hospital." Holy Ghost has used its proximity to downtown Denver to fulfi ll this descrip- tion, not only providing for the spiritual but the corporal needs of its surround- ing neighbors who ask for assistance. Through the years, however, the "fi eld hospital" has become in need of some repairs. A parish committee was formed at the request of its pastor, Father Chris Uhl, in preparation for the church's anniversary. One of the goals for the planning committee, Father Uhl' said, was to "look at ways we can clean and restore some of the damage at Holy Ghost and some of the deterioration. There's a lot of dirt and a lot of candle wax and incense smoke that have built HOLY GHOST, RENEWED BY THE SPIRIT Refurbishing plans are put in place to renew church's beauty Holy Ghost Parish stands as a "fi eld hospital" in the midst of Down- town Denver.

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