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13 DENVER CATHOLIC | JULY 8-21, 2017 ank you Deacon George Morin, Jr. for your many years of dedicated service to the parishioners of St. Vincent de Paul Parish. We wish you the best in your new assignment. Welcome to St. Vincent de Paul Parish Deacon Hal Goldwire. We are looking forward to your many years of uitful service to St. Vincent de Paul. Very Rev. Andrew Kemberling and Sta Your Help is needed. Your Help is needed. Thank you Thank you for your generosity! INTERIOR PAINTING & CLEANING INTERIOR PAINTING & CLEANING PROTECTION OF SACRED ITEMS, INTERIOR PAINTING & CLEANING PROTECTION OF SACRED ITEMS, ACCESS, SECURITY, FIRE SAFETY, There are several ways to donate: by mail, online, by kiosk at the Cathedral, or with a monthly or quarterly pledge amount. Visit www.denvercathedral.org or call us at 303-831-7010 for more information on contributing. Your Help is needed. All donations are tax deductible $2.3 million $2.3 million $4.4 million $4.4 million COLLECTED TO DATE: $220,194 COLLECTED TO DATE: $83,850 COLLECTED TO DATE: $220,194 COLLECTED TO DATE: $83,850 EXTERIOR EXTERIOR FAÇADE EXTERIOR FAÇADE REPAIR Be a Part of the Second Century Cathedral Basilica Immaculate Conception!! of the of the Your façade contributions will help repair and replace the missing, cracked and broken stone and carvings which have become a safety hazard. Your interior improvement contributions will address access, security, safety, wall and altar repairs. Help us preserve our historic and iconic Cathedral Basilica for the next 100 years. Father Ron Cattany - Pastor and Rector S the Date!!!! the Date!!!! "Respect All Life from Womb to Tomb" PROCEEDS: Proceeds from the race will be used to aid in the purchase of an ultrasound machine for a Pregnancy Crisis Center in Colorado as part of the Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Initiative Program. See our council website at http://www.kofc12567.org 7 th Annual Respect Life 5K Run/Walk Saturday July 22 nd 2017 Race Start: ~ 8:00 am Race Day Registration begins at 7:00 am Registration Deadlines Online registration at Active.com (by July 20 th ) Mail-In Registration (address below, by July 18 th ) Team Registration (online or mail, by July 15 th ) Registration Fees Individual Participant - $30 Team Participant - $25 (per person) Race Day - $35 Registration and Team Info Available at http://www.respectlife5k.org Race Location: Light of the World Roman Catholic Church 10316 W. Bowles Ave Littleton, CO 80127 For more information, email us: respectlife5K@gmail.com Team Question? Call John: 303-638-4371 Sponsored by: Knights of Columbus #12567 Father Francis Syrianey Council Two Team Categories! K of C Councils Parish/Organizations Fun for All! Pancake Breakfast Individual Age Group Awards Team Awards Prize Raffle Kid's Fun Run women to draw closer to Christ. As cre- ative people, it has the potential to draw the world [toward God]." But this isn't just a calling for women who see themselves as artists — anyone can be creative and enter into this com- munion with God through creativity, said Day. John Paul II wrote, "Not all are called to be artists...Yet, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: In a certain sense, they are to make it a work of art, a masterpiece." "[St. John Paul II] was inviting any- body, not just artists, to be creative…he highlights this 'beauty that saves.' We get this glimpse of what we're trying to get to [which is God], but we do this as a tangible way on this earth," Day said. The retreat's workshops, which included flower design, brush letter- ing, stained glass and rosary making, were all aimed to provide a place for women to enter into that encounter and rest in beauty. While the activities themselves might not be classified as "art," they are creative — solidifying the point of John Paul that while not all are artists, anyone can create. "As we were trying to bring authen- tic beauty to the workshops, we wanted women who have a personal testimony of how women live this out," Day said. "We wanted a mix, so it's not, 'You always have to make religious art to be a Cath- olic artist.'" "As women, the desire to craft and create isn't just a shallow waste of time," Day added. Wright was one of the speakers for the retreat, and in her talk, "Resting in Beauty," she emphasized that we can find rest in God as we create, especially through moments where we meet resis- tance: the point of creating where the craftsman or artist realizes, "This was not what I was hoping for," and wants to give up. It's another point in the creative process where we can encounter God. "When you meet that resistance point, that's where you meet God. You meet yourself and become aware of your flaws…and if I keep going, I'm able to see how God fills that smallness," Wright said. God "filling that smallness" in the creative process is still a part of encoun- tering beauty — it is still the transcen- dent experience of, as John Paul II says in his Letter, "a momentary glimpse of the abyss of light which has its original wellspring in God."

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