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11 DENVER CATHOLIC | JANUARY 28-FEBRUARY 10, 2017 Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat House January 31 Day of Prayer (9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.) February 3-5 Weekend Retreat (Women) February 7 Day of Prayer (9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.) February 10-12 Weekend Retreat (Couples) February 24-26 Weekend Retreat (Men & Women) March 1 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 www.proximotravel.com 508-340-9370 Hablamos Español 855-842-8001 anthony@proximotravel.com Call us 24/7 Several trips to different destinations: the Holy Land; Italy; France, Portugal, & Spain; Poland; Medjugorje, Lourdes, & Fatima; Ireland & Scotland; England; Austria, Germany, & Switzerland; Greece & Turkey; Budapest; Prague; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Colombia; Brazil; Argentina; Domestic Destinations; etc… We also specialize in custom trips for Bishops, Priests and Deacons We also offer other trips with prices starting at $2,499 ~ Prices are ALL-INCLUSIVE with Airfare from anywhere in the USA 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 Archdiocese of Denver Mortuary 12801 W. 44th Ave. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (303) 425-9511 Mt. Olivet Cemetery 12801 W. 44th Ave. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (303) 424-7785 St. Simeon Cemetery 22001 E. State Hwy. 30 Aurora, CO 80018 (720) 859-9785 • Professional, personalized service • Respectful • Compassionate The Archdiocese of Denver Cemeteries and Mortuary Caring for the faithful in Northern Colorado since 1893 in their most personal time of need. ALL SOULS CATHOLIC SCHOOL & PARISH PRESCHOOL THROUGH 8TH GRADE WWW.ALLSOULSSCHOOL.COM 303.789.2155 provides for our experience as fi rst year and second year teachers and gives us a really great skill set to go out into the world of Catholic school teaching," saidª Anthonyª Barrett, who teaches middle school literature and language arts at St. Pius X. "The program has really helped me to grow as a teacher, and as a person." In the summers during the two years, ACE teachers engageªinªsummer courses that are "highly practical and demanding." These courses are designed to prepare the teachers to lead a classroom of their own before their fi rst year of teachingª and address any challenges they may have encountered after thatªfi rst schoolªyear. "It's a really intense process," said Kyle MacDonald, who teaches middle school English, literature and religion at St. Therese. "ACE is good at making you not comfortable, and I say that in a positive way. It's easy, especially in the profession of teaching, to become com- fortable, and ACE does a really good job at making you feel uncomfortable and making you feel like there's always something more to strive for." ACE focuses on forming three main pillars of the teacher: their profes- sional life, their communal life, and their spiritual life. ACE teachers live in community with one another,ª are encouraged to get involved in extra- curricular activities at their schools, and are visited regularly by academic and spiritual mentors who push them to grow, MacDonald said. "ACE does really well valuing the whole person and meeting the diŠ erent needs that we have," he said. "It's really unlike any other teaching program. There's not a lot of programs that have that connection between our Catholic identity and serving in a school."

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