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13 DENVER CATHOLIC | FEBRUARY 11-24, 2017 St. Mary Catholic School 2017-2018 Enrollment Information St. Mary Catholic School is now accepting registrations for the 2017-18 school year for grades Preschool - 8th, featuring our new full day classes for preschool designed to meet your family's needs. The following items will be needed for registration: a copy of the student's birth certificate, a copy of the Baptismal certificate and the registration fee of $175 for the first child and $155 for the second child (if applicable). St. Mary Catholic School 6833 South Prince Street Littleton, Colorado 80120 303.798.2375 littletoncatholicschool.com Private tours also available. Please call for reservations. Enrollment & Application For The 2017 - 2018 School Year Now Being Accepted! Night To Remember Gala Honoring Pat Glassmeyer – February 25 3920 Pierce Street, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 www.sppscatholic.com (303) 424-0402 Pre-School & Kindergarten Discovery Day – Saturday, March 11 Preschool to 8th Grades • Rigorous academics emphasizing truth, goodness, & beauty. • Nurturing a family-like environment. • Authentic Catholic faith formation imbued with Carmelite spirit. • Financial Aid & Scholarships available. • Centrally located, 6 miles from downtown Denver. Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School? BY AARON LAMBERT T he current bishops of Colorado, as well as two of Denver's former bishops — Archbishops Charles J. Chaput and José H. Gomez, and Bishop James D. Conley — have responded to President Donald J. Trump's recent executive orders regarding immigration and refugees. In a joint statement issued Jan. 30, Colorado's bishops Samuel J. Aquila of Denver, Michael J. Sheridan of Colorado Springs and Stephen J. Berg of Pueblo addressed President Trump's executive order on refugees, which halted admis- sions to the U.S. from seven Muslim nations — Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Soma- lia, Yemen and Libya — for up to 120 days. "As bishops of Colorado, we believe in the human dignity of every life, includ- ing the lives of the refugee and immi- grant," the statement said. "We support the United State's leadership on refugee protection, which both Democratic and Republican administrations have upheld for decades. It is our strong desire that the current administration will continue to support this much-needed refugee program while continuing to advance the safety and security of the rigorous vetting process that refugees must go through to enter the United States." Two of Denver's former archbish- ops took similar stances on the order. Archbishop Chaput of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia served as archbishop of Denver from 1997-2011, and he wrote in a column published Jan. 31 that Catholics have a moral obligation to stand up for immigrants and refugees. "There are few embodiments of the weak more needy or compelling than refugees," he wrote, and continued that as a result of the order, "…The human damage has been painfully bitter: dislo- cated families, refugees and legal immi- grants sent home or turned back, and intense fear in urban immigrant com- munities like Philadelphia. "We're living through an irrational and dangerous time in the life of the nation. … But if our di•erences are intractable, the very last people who should bear the cost of the current civil war are refugees." Archbishop Gomez of the Archdio- cese of Los Angeles penned a column Jan. 31 in which he said he was "pleased that one of the orders will mean that our country will finally begin giving priority to helping Christians and other perse- cuted minorities," but still expressed concern with the orders in question. "Those moments in history that we are least proud of are moments when we closed our borders and our hearts to the su•erings of innocent people," Archbishop Gomez wrote. Additionally, Catholic Social Ser- vices of Southern Nebraska, the board of which Bishop Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln serves on, also issued a state- ment expressing concerns with the exec- utive order. "...The recent refugee-related exec- utive order may cast undue suspicion on our neighbors who have already fled persecution and arrived in the United States, and cause undue hardship on our brothers and sisters who are living in desperate situations around the world," the statement said. "...This executive order, while it may have good intentions, is unnecessary and we pray it will be lifted at the earliest possible moment." Colorado's current, former bishops respond to executive order on refugees Colorado's bishops have responded to President Trump's executive order that halted admissions to the U.S. for refugees and immigrants travelling from seven Muslim nations in the Middle East. PHOTO BY CHRIS MCGRATH | GETTY IMAGES