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7 DENVER CATHOLIC | JULY 22-AUGUST 11, 2017 Dr. Barbara Jenkins, AuD, BCABA Colorado's First Board Certifi ed Doctor of Audiology Parishioner We take your Hearing Seriously. www.AdvancedAudiology.com 303.649.2122 Centennial, Colorado 80112 • 85% of our patients come from physician and patient referrals • A+ Rated and BBB Gold Star Company • 2013 Best of Service Award – Centennial/ Englewood • 2015 Better Business Bureau Torch Award Winner Advanced Audiology, Inc. Hearing & Tinnitus Center Most Humanitarian Practice 2015 National Award Sivantos Hearing Care Most Humanitarian Practice 2015 National Award Sivantos Hearing Care 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: $156,040.23 COLLECTED TO DATE: $83,850.00 COLLECTED TO DATE: $156,040.23 COLLECTED TO DATE: $83,850.00 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 and negotiated its purchase in 1910, after taking her oath as a U.S. citizen the year prior. Three Sisters of the Sacred Heart lived on and maintained the land, which had a small farming operation. The land had no known reliable source of water, but as the story goes, in September 1912, Mother Cabrini told some of the thirsty, complaining sisters to lift a certain rock and start digging. The sisters obliged and uncovered a spring, which has not stopped running to this day. Many pilgrims to Mother Cabrini Shrine believe the water has brought about healing and peace in their lives. It was also in 1912, during her final visit to Colorado, that she and builder Thomas Eckrom would draw up the plans for what would become the famous Stone House that stands today. Construction began in fall of that year and was finished in 1914. Girls from the orphanage would stay in the house during the summer camp. Also during her last visit, Mother Cabrini took a few sisters and girls from the orphanage to the top of the highest hill on the property and arranged stones in the shape of the Sacred Heart. She dedicated the hill to the Sacred Heart and named it "Mount of the Sacred Heart," and to this day, those very stones lay arranged just as they were, pre- served beneath a glass case for all to see. Mother Cabrini died on Dec. 22, 1917, in Chicago. The cause for her beatifica- tion, and her subsequent canonization into sainthood was opened shortly after her death. She was canonized on July 7, 1946, by Pope Pius XII. A July 4, 1946, article in the Denver Catholic Register chronicled Mother Cabrini's travels during her life, and concluded that she founded an "average of one house for each of her 67 years of life." And so, St. Frances Cabrini's legacy lives on at Mother Cabrini Shrine. Var- ious additions have been made over the years that have turned it into the shrine it is today, all of which likely capture the spirit Mother Cabrini intended for the land when she acquired it. A replica of the grotto at Lourdes was made in 1929 and then rebuilt in 1959, which has become a frequented place of prayer for the faithful of Denver. In 1954, the statue of Jesus that over- looks I-70 was installed above the heart of stones, and a 373-step staircase leading up to the Mount of the Sacred Heart was also built, which has come to be known as the Stairway of Prayer. In 1970, a convent for the Sisters of the Sacred Heart was completed, which, among other things, provides overnight accommodations for visitors, making Mother Cabrini Shrine a popular spot for retreats, as well. St. Frances Cabrini may be 100 years gone, but her spirit is very much alive in the streets of Denver, and especially at Mother Cabrini Shrine. If anything, it's an ever-present reminder of the Christ- like love that this simple woman poured into our great state—a love that made her a saint. Shrine, saint's years after death For more information on Mother Cabrini Shrine, visit mother- cabrinish- rine.org. Mother Cabrini Shrine cele- brated Mother Cabrini's birthday with a week- end-long celebra- tion July 15-16. The occasion also com- mem- orated 100 years since her death. PHOTO BY NICOLE WITHEE

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