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8 AUGUST 13-26, 2016 | DENVER CATHOLIC A place for reconnecting With God. Come for a day or week. Book your next retreat with us! 719-258-1600 For Tour or Reservations www.eltesororetreat.org our neighborhoods, peace in our nation, and peace throughout the world. It is important to turn to the Lord in our time of need, so let us open our minds, our hearts, our ears and our eyes to receive God's gifts of peace and justice. During the vigil, parishioners and leaders from Cure d'Ars and the sur- rounding community expressed their desire for things to change. The parish has been working with other local churches over the past year to form a strong spiritual front against the violence occurring in their collective neighborhoods. One church they've been working closely with is Shorter African Methodist Episcopal Church and Rev. Davis. She attended the prayer vigil and delivered a moving message for those who were there. "Your mere presence here today gives me hope, a hope that is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righ- teousness," she said. "As St. Augustine said, hope has two daughters: anger and courage. Anger at the way things are, but the courage to make sure they don't remain that way. Do not lose your hope. Stay in prayer, keep the faith, and know that things will change." "If we truly believe that we serve a God who can do all things and is all things and is everywhere, then we have to believe that we can transform these communities just with our mere pres- ence," Davis said. "When we are pres- ent, that means the spirit of the Lord is present, and if the spirit of the Lord is present, that means that things can and will change." One Cure d'Ars parishioner, Skeet Cover Story « 'Hope has two daughters' Local African Episcopal Minister Rev. Tawana Davis delivered a moving message during the vigil, quoting St. Augustine. Her church, Shorter African Methodist Episco- pal church along with Cure d'Ars parish and several other churches began doing prayer walks last summer around the Park Hill neighborhood and surrounding areas, praying in the places where violence had occurred and for the people who live there. PHOTO BY ANDREW WRIGHT | DENVER CATHOLIC SONday, August 28th • 7pm-8:30pm Harvest Bible Chapel - 3651 S. Colorado Blvd. Cost • $7 Discount at markedmenforchrist.org - Select FACEBOOK R E F R E S H An Ecumenical Worship Event Featuring STEVE AGRISANO • A veteran musician, composer and youth minister who has been featured at 7 World Youth Days • Steve's easy, honest style of ministry is born from who he is: a committed witness to the life and love of Jesus Christ

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