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9 DENVER CATHOLIC | SEPTEMBER 24-OCTOBER 7, 2016 Dr. Barbara Jenkins, AuD, BCABA Colorado's First Board Certified Doctor of Audiology We take your Hearing Seriously. www.AdvancedAudiology.com 303.649.2122 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Advanced Partner Siemens Hearing Instruments • 85% of our patients come from physician and patient referrals • A+ Rated and BBB Gold Star Company • 2013 Best of Service Award – Centennial/ Englewood Physician's choice for hearing Loss & TinniTus care "Most Ethical Small Business of Denver 2015 Better Business Bureau. Advanced Audiology, Inc. Hearing & Tinnitus Center "Most Ethical Small Business of Denver 2015 Better Business Bureau. 2015 Humanitarian Practice of the Year (National Sivantos Aspire Award). WHEAT RIDGE, CO A fast, flat neighborhood course Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School NEW FAMILIES ARE INVITED FALL OPEN HOUSE Thursday, November 17, 2016 10:00 am Please RSVP: (303) 424-0402 www.sppscatholic.com PS-8TH GRADE Private Tours also available Financial aid and scholarships available Wheat Ridge, CO 8:30 am Official Welcome & Warm Ups 9:00 am 5k Run/Walk Begins 9:00 am - 1:30 pm Craft Fair, Food, & Games REGISTER NOW! www.coolduo5k.com (303) 424-0402 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 st , 2016 RUN WALK CRAFT FAIR GAMES FAMILY ❂ ❂ ❂ ❂ ❂ T hose who placed a full-page ad in The Denver Post calling for public funding of abortion in the name of "Catholic social justice" are "actively undermining " the consistent teaching of the Catholic Church on life, says Arch- bishop Samuel Aquila of Denver. On Sept. 15, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the archbishop released a state- ment in response to the ad placed earlier in the week by Catholics for Choice. The national campaign, which ran in more than 20 national and local newspapers across the country, is titled "Abortion in Good Faith," and it states that "public funding for abortion is a Catholic social justice value." "I cannot stress enough," stated the archbishop, "that those who partici- pated in this ad campaign are willingly engaged in actively undermining one of the most consistent teachings of the Catholic Church, which is that life is a gift from God that must be protected and cared for at every stage." "Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, and all of those participating in this campaign are doing grave harm to the Body of Christ," he added. Archbishop Aquila also reminded the faithful that in Colorado, another life-and-death battle is taking place this fall: "We are facing a tough battle this November against Proposition 106, a ballot initiative that would legalize phy- sician-assisted suicide. "In the name of compassion, pro- ponents of this bill would like to legal- ize suicide for those who are the most vulnerable among us—our terminally ill, our developmentally disabled, and our elderly. "Instead of promoting death, our state should be truly compassionate by improving the availability and quality of palliative and hospice care." "On this feast of Our Lady of Sor- rows," he said, "let us raise up a prayer to Our Lady, asking her intercession to help us defend the gift of life at all stages. In this Year of Mercy, let us talk with our brothers and sisters about real mercy and compassion, which seeks to help those in need, giving them aid and support so that they are able to live through diŒ culties, and not to simply throw them away. "And let us continue to actively work to protect every life, no matter its condi- tion. Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us!" The Colorado Catholic Conference, which speaks on behalf of the four bish- ops of Colorado, said in a statement: "It should be noted that this group does not speak for the Catholic Church. The ad and this organization sadly distorts the principled Catholic social justice tradi- tion by disregarding the need to defend human life in all its stages." Several pastors also responded this week with statements released to their parish communities. Father Michael Carvill, pastor of Nativity of Our Lord Parish and a priest of the Fraternity of St. Charles Borro- meo, wrote to his parishioners to "reaf- fi rm and reassure you that there is no space in Catholic thought for a position that supports legalized abortion. "It is the constant witness of the Catholic Church that each and every human being from the moment of con- ception to natural death is a creature made and wanted by God in his very image and therefore with a dignity which is infi nite and cannot be placed as a competing member in any hierar- chy of values." Archbishop responds to •Abortion in Good Faith' BY KARNA SWANSON karna.swanson@archden.org @KarnaSwanson

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