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13 DENVER CATHOLIC | AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 NEW Year 1 Class Locations Catholic Biblical School DENVER METRO and NORTH – MORNING CLASSES: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 3791 Pike Rd, Longmont Mondays 9:00-11:00am St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church 2375 E Arizona Ave, Denver Tuesdays 8:30-10:30am St. Jude Catholic Church 9405 W Florida Ave, Lakewood Tuesdays 9:00-11:00am Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church 11385 Grant Dr, Northglenn Thursdays 9:30-11:30am DENVER METRO and NORTH – EVENING CLASSES: St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church 1730 W 12th St, Loveland Mondays 6:30-8:30pm St. Mary Catholic Church 6853 S Prince St, Littleton Mondays 7:00-9:00pm St. John Paul II Center 1300 S Steele St, Denver Tuesdays 7:00-9:00pm St. Mark Catholic Church 3141 W 96th Ave, Westminster Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pm " Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ." BIBLICAL SCHOOL DENVER CATHOLIC ST. JOHN VIANNEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY LAY DIVISION C E L E B R A T I N G 3 5 Y E A R S CATECHETICAL SCHOOL DENVER CATHOLIC ST. J O H N V I A N N E Y T H E O LO G I C A L S E M I N A RY L AY D I V I S I 2016‹2017 LOCATIONS REGISTRATION INFORMATION + All classes are subject to a minimum enrollment + You must attend an Information Session before class begins. For further details and to view a list of summer Information Sessions, visit: sjvdenver.edu/biblicalschool "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ." – St. Jerome Classes begin the week of September 12, 2016 Prayer Day is on Saturday, September 10, 2016 PILLARS YEAR 1 (A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH) Holy Trinity Catholic Church 3050 W 76th Ave, Westminster Mondays 7:00-9:00pm Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Church 18000 E Arapahoe Rd, Foxfield Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pm St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church 6673 W Chatfield Ave, Littleton Thursdays 10:00am-12:00pm Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church 900 W Midway Blvd, Broomfield Thursdays 7:00-9:00pm APOLOGETICS FOR THE NEW EVANGELIZATION – PRACTICAL CATHOLICISM St. Patrick Catholic Church 6455 Brook Park Dr, Colorado Springs Mondays 9:30-11:00am St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 2746 5th St, Castle Rock Wednesdays 7:00-8:30pm Shrine of St. Anne Catholic Church 7555 Grant Pl, Arvada Thursdays 9:30-11:00am THE ART OF LIVING: MASTERING THE VIRTUOUS LIFE St. John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization 1300 S Steele St, Denver Tuesdays 9:30-11:30am Tuesdays 7:00-9:00pm 2016Œ2017 LOCATIONS REGISTRATION INFORMATION + All classes are subject to a minimum enrollment + You must attend an Information Session before class begins. For further details and to view a list of summer Information Sessions, visit: sjvdenver.edu/catecheticalschool BIBLICAL SCHOOL DENVER CATHOLIC ST. JOHN VIANNEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY LAY DIVISION C E L E B R A T I N G 3 5 Y E A R S CATECHETICAL SCHOOL DENVER CATHOLIC ST. J O H N V I A N N E Y T H E O LO G I C A L S E M I N A RY L AY D I V I S I O N Classes begin the week of September 12, 2016 Father Spahn and Father Nkom- bolwa celebrate Mass for the parish- ioners of Christ the King. PHOTO PROVIDED next to the parish. Due to the harsh terrain and distance between the out- stations, the girls live at the school. Immaculate Heart of Mary helped to fund the construction of the girls' school, which Father Spahn is very proud of. "Women are very subservient to men in African society and culture, so to empower them through education is really a wonderful thing," he said. Father Spahn has taken staŒ and parishioners from Immaculate Heart of Mary down to visit Christ the King each year for the past three years. The purpose of their trips is three-fold: to check on the status of various projects that funds raised by Immaculate Heart of Mary are going toward, to visit with Christ the King pastor Father George Nkombolwa as well as the parishio- ners and girls at the school, and lastly, to assess any future needs.´ Future projects include building an administrative building for the teachers of the girls' school that will double as a library, and also building a pump house by Lake Victoria to pump water to the school, parish and village. HARSH TERRAIN More recently, funds raised by Immaculate Heart of Mary went to building new dormitories and class- rooms for the girls' school, as well as getting Father Nkombolwa a new pickup truck, which is an absolute necessity for him to have while travel- ing about the harsh terrains of Africa. "It's so important that he has a pickup truck because the roads are very bad during the rainy season," Father Spahn said. "To get around, you need that four-wheel drive." Part of what Father Nkombolwa does as pastor of Christ the King is travel around to the diŒerent outstations to say Mass for the people and hear con- fessions. Part of the Mass is, of course, the oŒertory, and Father Ludanha noted that the oŒertory over there is much diŒerent than at a typical Mass here in the U.S. "When [Father Nkombolwa] goes to the diŒerent outstations, people give what they have," he said. In addition to rice and beans, Father Ludanha said,"Some will give chickens and some will give goats, so it's good to have a pickup that you can put things in." Father Spahn continued, "He puts all of that in the back of his pickup, brings it back to parish, and he has a little storehouse where he puts all of this. That's what he lives oŒ of, and he feeds the girls at the school with the supplies that come from the people at the outstations." SUNDAY'S BEST Though the people of Nyantakubwa don't have much, Father Spahn said they exhibit, in many ways, a happiness and joy that is infectious.´ "It is really infectious when you're around people who have a love for the Lord that just radiates from them," he said. "It's attractive, it's like a moth to a flame, and you want to be around that." Father Spahn explained that Masses are huge events for the people that last as long as seven hours and end up being an entire day's celebration. He said that the enthusiasm and fervor for the faith can be seen in the way the people dress when they come to Mass.´ "The people, when they come to Mass, show up in the best clothing they own," Father Spahn said. "Why? Because they're coming to Mass. What could be more important? They're giving God their best. It speaks vol- umes about what's in [their] minds and hearts." To learn more about Christ the King and the work that Father James and Immaculate Heart of Mary are doing in Tanzania, there will be a presentation and Q&A session on September 14th at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall.

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